the militia using the advantage that this people had ,intelligence ,and the most important the heart of truth patriot willing to fight for a lot of different cause by which they were inspired.
Compared with what we learned in class , the movie is a really great help were it shows how things were happening at the moment .How people turned so violent because of the anger that they got together after all the abusive acts of the king to the colonies. The movie shows clearly how people made meetings to talk about the declaration of independence that some colonies proposed .Like we learned in class most of them refused to fight ,because most of them were pacifist and they knew that if they would go to war ,they would most probably dye in the open battles ,living pain to their families
In the movie they show real battles like The British possession of Charleston resulted from the Siege of Charleston ,Camden was based on the real Battle of Camden, the unnamed battle was based on elements from both the Battle of Cowpens and the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Yorktown, which is barely shown, is based on the real Battle of Yorktown.(www.patriotresource.com)
Benjamin Martin as shown in the movie is a mix of a lot of men that fought in this battle like for example: Francis Marion that also used to operate in South Carolina ,Andrew Pickens that also was part of militia in South Carolina an
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