local militia against British troops in the South during the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Martin‚ who is a widower with six children and a veteran of the French and Indian War‚ wants nothing to do with the war until a brutal British Colonel‚ William Tavington‚ kills one of his sons and takes his eldest son‚ a member of the Continental Army‚ prisoner. Martin‚ who’s character is loosely based on Francis Marion‚ the Swamp Fox‚ uses guerrilla warfare to cut British supply lines and attack
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Indian War and widower with seven children‚ is called to Charleston to vote in the South Carolina General Assembly on a levy supporting the Continental Army. Benjamin decides to abstain for the fear of a war against Great Britain. Some years later‚ Benjamin is given the rank of colonel to lead the local colonel militia. Benjamin’s militia harass British supply lines‚ capture goods‚ and burn half the bridges and ferries leading to Charleston. Cornwallis blames Tavington for creating these reactions and
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and nickname ’The Ghost’ were inspired by Francis Marion‚ known as the "Swamp Fox"‚ while the tactics of using the militia on the front to draw the British in the final battle were based on similar tactics used by Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens. Thomas Sumter and Andrew Pickens’ influence seems to be that both rejoined the fight after the British burned their homes (Online). Similarly‚ the antagonists (villains) in the movie are exaggerated orhave a melodramatic appearance in the movie. Adding
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getting himself into. Washington took command of an army made up of old men and young boys that had either come from their farms or the street. The army was short on weapons and gunpowder‚ lacked uniforms‚ and was racked by disease and drunkenness. Washington understood that what lies ahead would be difficult‚ considering he would be facing the most powerful country in world. But he probably didn’t expect his worst problems to come from his own army‚ which was an undisciplined and untrained group that
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Dorothy Lawrence Dorothy Lawrence was an English journalist and war correspondent during World War I (WW1). She disguised herself as a man with the help of British soldiers to serve on the front lines in France. She revealed her gender to her commanding officers after becoming ill and‚ eventually‚ wrote a memoir of her experience entitled Sapper Dorothy Lawrence: The Only English Woman Soldier. Dorothy Lawrence was forced into an asylum in her later life and perished with little recognition and
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Lal kurti lal kurti is an old literally meaning red shirt is a locality in the heart of firozpur cantonment in district firozpur of punjab ‚ india.It was also known as B.I.BAZAAR(BRITISH INDIA BAZAAR).It is a residential area from the british colonial era.It is situated in firozpur cantt in district firozpur which played a major role during Anglo Sikh war also known as battle of sara garhi. lal kurti has a population of around 2000 people which include a majority of Punjabi and a minority of Hindus
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Martin’s grandparents house before they start to fight in Boston. Interested by the conversations he heard and the possibility to earn some money‚Martin changed his mind and decided to became s soldiers. At the age of sixteen‚Martin enlisted in the army as a private in the Connecticut state troop. When the cold weather came in‚ the author observed how his troop did not have much food‚buttes‚guns‚gunpowder ‚clothes and other basic objects. He claimed that because of the little provisions they had
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Time and Place Bostonians responded with outrage to the closing of their port and the arrival of British soldiers and warships. The Committees of Correspondence that Sam Adams began in the early 1770s evolved to play an even more active role. In September 1774‚ all the colonies except Georgia sent representatives to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The Congress decided on a boycott of British goods and promised to stand together in defense of Boston. One result of this promise was the
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To what extent were the violent disturbances in Ireland during the 20th century a result of the actions of militant Republican organisation? This essay will show the extent to which the actions of Republican organisation caused violent in Ireland during 19000 and 2000. There will be shown several factors of the causes such as Easter Rising in 1916 and Economic failures in Ireland. All the factors that would be discussed are related to the outbreak of the republican organisation. The ’Troubles’
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killing him and burning it down. In response to Wallace’s exploits‚ the commoners of Scotland rise in revolt against England. As his legend spreads‚ hundreds of Scots from the surrounding clans volunteer to join Wallace’s militia. Wallace leads his army through a series of successful battles against the English‚ including the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297‚ and the sacking of the city of York. All the while‚ Wallace seeks the assistance of young Robert the Bruce (Angus Macfadyen)‚ son of the leper
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