The Patriot

Main Characters

• Benjamin Martin
• General Cornwallis
• George Washington
• Nathaniel Greene
• Colonel Tavington

Warfare: Patriot

• The colonists used guerrilla warfare.
• The loyalists used gentleman's warfare.
• The colonists warfare was frowned upon.
• Guerrilla Warfare was new to the loyalists and worked well.

Warfare: Real Life

• The Patriot showed this area very well.
• The colonists did use guerrilla warfare.
• The Loyalists did use gentlemen's warfare.

BATTLES IN THE PATRIOT

• The battle of Yorktown.
• The battle of Cowpens.
• The battle at guiltford courthouse.
• The battle of Trenton
• The battle of Saratoga.

COLONISTS

• This movie accurately showed the colonists.
• They were farmers and untrained men.
• They used tactics to take out some of the English.

Loyalists

• The movie was one-sided against the British.
• They showed them as evil and cruel.
• The Loyalists would never have burned the church.

PATRIOT UNIFORMS

• The American army had a uniform.
• They wore red blue and white.
• However the militia wore their street clothes.

BRITISH UNIFROMS

• All the British wore one uniform.
• They wore red with some white.
• They were called red coats because of their uniform.

Conclusion

• Overall this movie shows many great aspects of the war.
• It shows the warfare used.
• It shows how the coloints were mostly untrained.
• It also shows how the British always used gentlemen's warfare.