The Patriot is a beautiful summary of the American Revolutionary Wars. This film specifically captures the life of Benjamin Martin, a former Indian-French war hero turned farmer, in South Carolina with his seven children and a giant plantation. Benjamin is considered a Patriot among his peers; however, he refused to advocate war between Britain and the colonies. Martin is a man of character and sets high standards for himself within his community and family. This film is one of the most famous and accurate Revolutionary War films to date. The film shows how the British abused, deceived and controlled the colonists for far too long. The following essay provides a brief summary of the film The Patriot. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get the original essay When South Carolina votes to welcome a draft into the colonial army, Martin's eldest son Gabriel enlists as an infantryman. Martin strongly disagrees with his son's choices but can do nothing about it because Gabriel is an adult (18 years old). While Gabriel leaves town to join his fellow soldiers, Martin continues to work as a plantation owner. Owning and operating a plantation in this era normally meant requiring hundreds of slaves to farm the land to generate enough income for the family to prosper; contrary to this theory, Benjamin Martin only has free men and women work for him - we see a statement made by an anonymous worker at the beginning of this film. The war and the Martins continue as normal until one night when war comes to Martin's backyard. Gabriel gets injured and returns home to safety and rest, only to wake up the next morning to "redcoats" (British) and "bluecoats" (Colonists) lying on his porch waiting to be treated . When British Colonel William Tavington arrives with a command of officers. Tavington eventually insults Benjamin Martin, orders all injured settlers shot, captures Gabriel as a spy, and shoots Martin's second eldest son, Thomas. The death of his son leads Martin to embark on a sort of hunting trip. Martin takes two of his remaining sons, both around 10 years old, and goes after the unit that took Gabriel. Benjamin specifically tells the boys to "kill the officers first and go down from there." Once they find unity, the two sons and Benjamin kill all the soldiers and officers. The significance of the order to kill officers is that when this war broke out, it was against the War Code to kill commanders. This basically meant that the officers believed themselves to be invincible until Martin killed them all. This essentially amounted to telling the British that the Martins didn't care what the War Code was. The Martins were reunited after this little battle and Benjamin received the nickname "the ghost" because of the way he killed all the men. Benjamin then decided to create his own militia (kind of) under the Continental (colonial) army. Gabriel becomes a soldier under Benjamin and together they fight the British. Benjamin leads his army like a typical militia, except for a few details. One of the French ambassadors accompanied Martin on this long journey and the French ambassador taught the militia how to march and shoot as a traditional army would. Martin, less angry now, makes sure the army follows the War Code. There is an occasion when Martin has to go and speak to the British general Lord Charles..