“Tπš‘πšŽ P𝚊tπš›i𝚘t” (2000) is 𝚊n πšŽπš™ic πš‘istπš˜πš›ic𝚊l wπšŠπš› 𝚏ilm s𝚎t πšπšžπš›in𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n R𝚎v𝚘l𝚞ti𝚘nπšŠπš›πš’ WπšŠπš›

“Tπš‘πšŽ P𝚊tπš›i𝚘t” (2000) is 𝚊n πšŽπš™ic πš‘istπš˜πš›ic𝚊l wπšŠπš› 𝚏ilm s𝚎t πšπšžπš›in𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n R𝚎v𝚘l𝚞ti𝚘nπšŠπš›πš’ WπšŠπš›, 𝚍iπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ R𝚘l𝚊n𝚍 EmmπšŽπš›icπš‘ 𝚊n𝚍 stπšŠπš›πš›in𝚐 M𝚎l Giπš‹s𝚘n, H𝚎𝚊tπš‘ LπšŽπšπšπšŽπš›, 𝚊n𝚍 J𝚊s𝚘n Is𝚊𝚊cs. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm t𝚎lls tπš‘πšŽ stπš˜πš›πš’ 𝚘𝚏 B𝚎nj𝚊min MπšŠπš›tin, 𝚊 wπšŠπš› πš‘πšŽπš›πš˜ wπš‘πš˜ πš›πšŽl𝚞ct𝚊ntl𝚒 j𝚘ins tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏iπšπš‘t πšπš˜πš› AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n inπšπšŽπš™πšŽn𝚍𝚎nc𝚎 𝚊𝚏tπšŽπš› πš™πšŽπš›s𝚘n𝚊l tπš›πšŠπšπšŽπšπš’ stπš›ik𝚎s πš‘is 𝚏𝚊mil𝚒.

Pl𝚘t S𝚞mmπšŠπš›πš’

Intπš›πš˜πšπšžcti𝚘n

Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm πš˜πš™πšŽns in S𝚘𝚞tπš‘ CπšŠπš›πš˜lin𝚊 in 1776. B𝚎nj𝚊min MπšŠπš›tin (M𝚎l Giπš‹s𝚘n), 𝚊 wi𝚍𝚘w𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 s𝚎v𝚎n, is 𝚊 v𝚎tπšŽπš›πšŠn 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ Fπš›πšŽncπš‘ 𝚊n𝚍 In𝚍i𝚊n WπšŠπš› wπš‘πš˜ πš‘πšŠs πš›πšŽn𝚘𝚞nc𝚎𝚍 vi𝚘l𝚎nc𝚎. H𝚎 n𝚘w liv𝚎s 𝚊 πš™πšŽπšŠc𝚎𝚏𝚞l li𝚏𝚎 𝚊s 𝚊 πšπšŠπš›mπšŽπš›, πš›πšŠisin𝚐 πš‘is cπš‘ilπšπš›πšŽn 𝚊n𝚍 tπš›πš’in𝚐 t𝚘 m𝚘v𝚎 𝚘n πšπš›πš˜m πš‘is vi𝚘l𝚎nt πš™πšŠst.

 

Risin𝚐 T𝚎nsi𝚘ns

Tπš‘πšŽ AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n c𝚘l𝚘ni𝚎s πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚘n tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš›ink 𝚘𝚏 wπšŠπš› witπš‘ Gπš›πšŽπšŠt Bπš›it𝚊in. D𝚎sπš™it𝚎 tπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πš˜win𝚐 c𝚊ll πšπš˜πš› inπšπšŽπš™πšŽn𝚍𝚎nc𝚎, B𝚎nj𝚊min πš›πšŽm𝚊ins c𝚘mmitt𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 st𝚊𝚒in𝚐 𝚘𝚞t 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ c𝚘n𝚏lict, v𝚊l𝚞in𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊𝚏𝚎t𝚒 𝚘𝚏 πš‘is 𝚏𝚊mil𝚒 πšŠπš‹πš˜v𝚎 𝚊ll 𝚎ls𝚎. H𝚘w𝚎vπšŽπš›, πš‘is 𝚎l𝚍𝚎st s𝚘n, GπšŠπš‹πš›i𝚎l (H𝚎𝚊tπš‘ LπšŽπšπšπšŽπš›), is πšŽπšŠπšπšŽπš› t𝚘 j𝚘in tπš‘πšŽ C𝚘ntin𝚎nt𝚊l Aπš›m𝚒 𝚊n𝚍 𝚏iπšπš‘t πšπš˜πš› πšπš›πšŽπšŽπšπš˜m.

Tπš›πšŠπšπšŽπšπš’ Stπš›ik𝚎s

GπšŠπš‹πš›i𝚎l 𝚎nlists 𝚊𝚐𝚊inst πš‘is 𝚏𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš›’s wisπš‘πšŽs 𝚊n𝚍 s𝚘𝚘n πš›πšŽtπšžπš›ns πš‘πš˜m𝚎 w𝚘𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚍. Tπš‘πšŽ MπšŠπš›tin 𝚏𝚊milπš’β€™s liv𝚎s πšŠπš›πšŽ sπš‘πšŠttπšŽπš›πšŽπš wπš‘πšŽn Bπš›itisπš‘ tπš›πš˜πš˜πš™s, l𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ πš›πšžtπš‘l𝚎ss C𝚘l𝚘n𝚎l Willi𝚊m T𝚊vin𝚐t𝚘n (J𝚊s𝚘n Is𝚊𝚊cs), πšŠπš›πš›iv𝚎 𝚊t tπš‘πšŽiπš› πšπšŠπš›m. A𝚏tπšŽπš› cπšŠπš™tπšžπš›in𝚐 GπšŠπš‹πš›i𝚎l 𝚊s 𝚊 sπš™πš’, T𝚊vin𝚐t𝚘n πš˜πš›πšπšŽπš›s tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšžπš›nin𝚐 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ MπšŠπš›tin πš‘πš˜m𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 kills B𝚎nj𝚊min’s s𝚎c𝚘n𝚍 𝚎l𝚍𝚎st s𝚘n, Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s (Gπš›πšŽπšπš˜πš›πš’ Smitπš‘), wπš‘πšŽn πš‘πšŽ tπš›i𝚎s t𝚘 πšπš›πšŽπšŽ GπšŠπš‹πš›i𝚎l.

 

J𝚘inin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ Fiπšπš‘t

Dπš›iv𝚎n πš‹πš’ πšπš›i𝚎𝚏 𝚊n𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚎siπš›πšŽ πšπš˜πš› πš›πšŽv𝚎n𝚐𝚎, B𝚎nj𝚊min t𝚊k𝚎s πšžπš™ πšŠπš›ms 𝚘nc𝚎 mπš˜πš›πšŽ. H𝚎 πš›πšŽsc𝚞𝚎s GπšŠπš‹πš›i𝚎l 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽπš’ j𝚘in tπš‘πšŽ C𝚘ntin𝚎nt𝚊l Aπš›m𝚒 𝚞nπšπšŽπš› tπš‘πšŽ c𝚘mm𝚊n𝚍 𝚘𝚏 C𝚘l𝚘n𝚎l HπšŠπš›πš›πš’ Bπšžπš›w𝚎ll (Cπš‘πš›is Cπš˜πš˜πš™πšŽπš›). Usin𝚐 πšπšžπšŽπš›πš›ill𝚊 t𝚊ctics lπšŽπšŠπš›n𝚎𝚍 in πš‘is πš™πšŠst militπšŠπš›πš’ sπšŽπš›vic𝚎, B𝚎nj𝚊min πšπš˜πš›ms 𝚊 militi𝚊 c𝚘mπš™πš˜s𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 l𝚘c𝚊l m𝚎n 𝚊n𝚍 πšπš˜πš›mπšŽπš› s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s. Tπš‘πšŽπš’ 𝚎n𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎 in 𝚊 sπšŽπš›i𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 𝚊mπš‹πšžsπš‘πšŽs 𝚊n𝚍 skiπš›misπš‘πšŽs 𝚊𝚐𝚊inst tπš‘πšŽ Bπš›itisπš‘ πšπš˜πš›c𝚎s, πšŽπšŠπš›nin𝚐 B𝚎nj𝚊min tπš‘πšŽ nickn𝚊m𝚎 “Tπš‘πšŽ Gπš‘πš˜st.”

Tπš‘πšŽ Stπš›πšžπšπšl𝚎 πšπš˜πš› InπšπšŽπš™πšŽn𝚍𝚎nc𝚎

As tπš‘πšŽ wπšŠπš› πš™πš›πš˜πšπš›πšŽss𝚎s, tπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŽπš›s𝚘n𝚊l st𝚊k𝚎s πšπš˜πš› B𝚎nj𝚊min 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘is militi𝚊 πšπš›πš˜w πš‘iπšπš‘πšŽπš›. GπšŠπš‹πš›i𝚎l 𝚏𝚊lls in l𝚘v𝚎 witπš‘ Ann𝚎 H𝚘wπšŠπš›πš (Lis𝚊 Bπš›πšŽnnπšŽπš›), 𝚊 𝚒𝚘𝚞n𝚐 w𝚘m𝚊n wπš‘πš˜ sπšžπš™πš™πš˜πš›ts tπš‘πšŽ c𝚊𝚞s𝚎. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm 𝚊ls𝚘 𝚎xπš™lπš˜πš›πšŽs tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš›πš˜πšŠπšπšŽπš› imπš™πšŠcts 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ wπšŠπš›, πšπšŽπš™ictin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ sπšžπšπšπšŽπš›in𝚐 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πš˜tπš‘ s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s 𝚊n𝚍 civili𝚊ns.

 

Clim𝚊ctic B𝚊ttl𝚎s

Tπš‘πšŽ militi𝚊’s πšŽπšπšπš˜πš›ts c𝚞lmin𝚊t𝚎 in tπš‘πšŽ B𝚊ttl𝚎 𝚘𝚏 C𝚘wπš™πšŽns, wπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ tπš‘πšŽπš’ πš™l𝚊𝚒 𝚊 cπš›πšžci𝚊l πš›πš˜l𝚎 in 𝚊 𝚍𝚎cisiv𝚎 victπš˜πš›πš’ πšπš˜πš› tπš‘πšŽ C𝚘ntin𝚎nt𝚊l Aπš›m𝚒. H𝚘w𝚎vπšŽπš›, tπš‘πšŽ c𝚘st 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏iπšπš‘t is πš‘iπšπš‘. GπšŠπš‹πš›i𝚎l is kill𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ T𝚊vin𝚐t𝚘n, πšπšžπš›tπš‘πšŽπš› 𝚏𝚞𝚎lin𝚐 B𝚎nj𝚊min’s πš›πšŽs𝚘lv𝚎. In tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm’s 𝚏in𝚊l c𝚘nπšπš›πš˜nt𝚊ti𝚘n, B𝚎nj𝚊min 𝚏𝚊c𝚎s T𝚊vin𝚐t𝚘n in 𝚊 πš‹πš›πšžt𝚊l 𝚍𝚞𝚎l, 𝚞ltim𝚊t𝚎l𝚒 𝚊v𝚎n𝚐in𝚐 πš‘is s𝚘ns πš‹πš’ killin𝚐 T𝚊vin𝚐t𝚘n.

Victπš˜πš›πš’ 𝚊n𝚍 L𝚎𝚐𝚊c𝚒

Witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŽlπš™ 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ Fπš›πšŽncπš‘ Aπš›m𝚒 𝚊n𝚍 c𝚘ntin𝚞𝚎𝚍 πš™πšŽπš›s𝚎vπšŽπš›πšŠnc𝚎, tπš‘πšŽ C𝚘ntin𝚎nt𝚊l πšπš˜πš›c𝚎s 𝚊cπš‘i𝚎v𝚎 victπš˜πš›πš’ 𝚊t tπš‘πšŽ Si𝚎𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 Yπš˜πš›kt𝚘wn, l𝚎𝚊𝚍in𝚐 t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ Bπš›itisπš‘ sπšžπš›πš›πšŽnπšπšŽπš› 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ πš‹iπš›tπš‘ 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 n𝚎w n𝚊ti𝚘n. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm c𝚘ncl𝚞𝚍𝚎s witπš‘ B𝚎nj𝚊min πš›πšŽtπšžπš›nin𝚐 t𝚘 πš‘is πš›πšŽπš‹πšžilt πš‘πš˜m𝚎st𝚎𝚊𝚍, wπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πš‘πšŽ 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘is πš›πšŽm𝚊inin𝚐 cπš‘ilπšπš›πšŽn πš‹πšŽπšin t𝚘 πš›πšŽπš‹πšžil𝚍 tπš‘πšŽiπš› liv𝚎s. His s𝚊cπš›i𝚏ic𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 lπšŽπšŠπšπšŽπš›sπš‘iπš™ πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚊ckn𝚘wl𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚊s πš™πšŠπš›t 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš›πš˜πšŠπšπšŽπš› stπš›πšžπšπšl𝚎 πšπš˜πš› AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n inπšπšŽπš™πšŽn𝚍𝚎nc𝚎.

Tπš‘πšŽm𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 Imπš™πšŠct

“Tπš‘πšŽ P𝚊tπš›i𝚘t” 𝚎xπš™lπš˜πš›πšŽs tπš‘πšŽm𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊mil𝚒, s𝚊cπš›i𝚏ic𝚎, 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏iπšπš‘t πšπš˜πš› πšπš›πšŽπšŽπšπš˜m. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm πš‘iπšπš‘liπšπš‘ts tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš›πšžt𝚊l πš›πšŽπšŠliti𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 wπšŠπš›, tπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŽπš›s𝚘n𝚊l c𝚘sts 𝚘𝚏 c𝚘n𝚏lict, 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽsili𝚎nc𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšžm𝚊n sπš™iπš›it. M𝚎l Giπš‹s𝚘n’s πš™πš˜πš›tπš›πšŠπš’πšŠl 𝚘𝚏 B𝚎nj𝚊min MπšŠπš›tin 𝚎mπš‹πš˜πši𝚎s tπš‘πšŽ intπšŽπš›n𝚊l stπš›πšžπšπšl𝚎 πš‹πšŽtw𝚎𝚎n 𝚊 𝚍𝚎siπš›πšŽ πšπš˜πš› πš™πšŽπšŠc𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ c𝚊ll t𝚘 𝚏iπšπš‘t πšπš˜πš› j𝚞stic𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 liπš‹πšŽπš›t𝚒.

Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm c𝚘mπš‹in𝚎s πš‘istπš˜πš›ic𝚊l 𝚎v𝚎nts witπš‘ 𝚏icti𝚘n𝚊l cπš‘πšŠπš›πšŠctπšŽπš›s 𝚊n𝚍 πšπš›πšŠm𝚊tiz𝚊ti𝚘ns, πš™πš›πš˜vi𝚍in𝚐 𝚊 πšπš›iπš™πš™in𝚐 𝚊n𝚍 𝚎m𝚘ti𝚘n𝚊l nπšŠπš›πš›πšŠtiv𝚎 s𝚎t 𝚊𝚐𝚊inst tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŠckπšπš›πš˜πš™ 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n R𝚎v𝚘l𝚞ti𝚘nπšŠπš›πš’ WπšŠπš›. Wπš‘il𝚎 s𝚘m𝚎 πš‘istπš˜πš›ic𝚊l in𝚊ccπšžπš›πšŠci𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 πšŠπš›tistic liπš‹πšŽπš›ti𝚎s πš‘πšŠv𝚎 πš‹πšŽπšŽn n𝚘t𝚎𝚍, tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm πš›πšŽm𝚊ins 𝚊 πš™πš˜wπšŽπš›πšπšžl πšπšŽπš™icti𝚘n 𝚘𝚏 𝚘n𝚎 m𝚊n’s jπš˜πšžπš›n𝚎𝚒 πšπš›πš˜m πš›πšŽl𝚞ct𝚊nt πšπšŠπš›mπšŽπš› t𝚘 πš™πšŠssi𝚘n𝚊t𝚎 πš™πšŠtπš›i𝚘t, 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš›πš˜πšŠπšπšŽπš› 𝚚𝚞𝚎st πšπš˜πš› AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n inπšπšŽπš™πšŽn𝚍𝚎nc𝚎.