The Patriot The Patriot is a 2000 American historical war film. The film mainly takes place in York County‚ South Carolina. The movie depicts a story of an American who is swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened. Benjamin Martin‚ one of the main figures‚ is based on four real American Revolutionary heroes being: Andrew Pickens‚ Francis Marion‚ Daniel Morgan‚ and Thomas Sumter. In the movie‚ Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson)‚ a veteran of the French and Indian War and
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31‚ 1774‚ The Boston Port Act was passed. This act closed down and blockaded the port of Boston until the colonists had paid for the tea they destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. Many American Colonists were angry about this law. The next act passed by Parliament was the Massachusetts Government Act. This provoked even more outrage by the Colonists since it took away Massachusetts’ charter and put it under control of the British Government. On June 2‚ 1774‚ The Quartering Act was passed. Many colonists
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we made drastic changes to our security by enacting policies‚ and agencies such as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)‚ Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S.)‚ U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM)‚ U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act of 2001‚ and the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The D.H.S. consolidated other organizations‚ including the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and FEMA (Villemez‚ 2011). This analysis will cover two public opinions about how the 9/11 events touched
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Patriot Throughout many decades history has been learned by reading books and listening to past experiences or stories. Although many still use standard history books‚ it seem fair to say that most people now a days are getting their history‚ or what they think is history from movies. It is an unavoidable phenomenon now that televised entertainment is such a big thing. More and more people watch Television so why not put some education into it. Many movies don’t have an accurate explanation‚ or
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to give up our rights and privacy for it? How much can we give up until we finally attain a sense of security? Section 702 is one such method that has sparked controversy over the past months for the questionable validity of its intentions. Created in 2008‚ Section 702 was a part of what is known as the Foreign Intelligence Act. This act gave the right of the government to collect the communications of potential terrorist threats outside the United States without a warrant‚ allowing for quicker
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The HSBC Money-Laundering Scandal Case Facts HSBC is one of the largest financial institutions in the world‚ with assets over $2.5 trillion‚ 89 million customers‚ 220‚000 shareholders‚ operations/affiliates in 85 countries‚ and 2011 profits of nearly $22 billion (HSBC‚ 2011a). Drawing upon evidence revealed following a year-long investigation into HSBC (Levin et al.‚ 2012)‚ seven areas of case fact illustrating key anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing problems can be seen including:
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The Patriot Benjamin Martin a widowed country man from the state of South Carolina owned a plantation and had 6 children. He was a veteran of the French and Indian war and was called to Charleston to vote in the South Carolina General Assembly on the topic of the continental army. He was against war joined the loyalist‚ and voted against the issues but as fate would have it the supporting vote overruled him. His eldest son Gabriel joined the continentals‚ against his father’s wishes. His plantation
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In the late 1700s and into the early 1800s‚ large controversies over the Alien and the Sedition Acts‚ containing four bills‚ took place. Some of the controversies included immigration‚ slander and libel of the government‚ and states’ rights. While the controversy set the stage for Jefferson’s election‚ it also left some in tense and unsettled states. The Alien and Sedition Acts brought many disagreements upon the states. The Acts had two bills that seemed to stand out most among the government
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A common argument in American politics involves citizens’ right to privacy. More specifically‚ does the government have the right to do surveillance to keep its citizens safe? Surveillance is‚ according to dictionary.com‚ "a watch kept over a person‚ group‚ etc.‚ especially over a suspect..." Government surveillance in its current state is both effective and constitutional because it has been proven to stop attempted terrorist attacks‚ it is strictly overseen by federal courts‚ and it does not violate
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Controversy of the Alien and sedition acts In 1796‚ the federalist‚ John Adams‚ was elected as the second president of the United States. At this time the french revolution had been going on for seven bloody years. the federalist party was antipathetic toward the revolution but the ever popular democratic republican party continued‚ as they always did‚ to espouse it. America under George Washington had professed neutrality in the French Revolution but the French disregarded this and attacked American
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