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    The Patriot

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    A. The Patriot – there is no direct explanation for the deviation from fact but it is acknowledged that there are many discrepancies within the movie‚ “There was no such person as Benjamin Martin” and “The most serious deviation from the historical record was the incineration of the occupied church: There is no record of any such event”. This movie was an intentional deviation from fact and a mish mash of similar event surrounding that time simply for entertainment value. The movie provided just

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    The Patriot

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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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    Government 25-April-2012 Fourth Amendment vs. Patriot Act “Give me Liberty or give me death” by Patrick Henry It is dangerous world when you’re not safe in your own home. Thieves and robbers are not the suspects anymore; instead it’s the authorities that take their place in terrorizing your mind and body. The policing authorities have been given a free pass to do as they please to put fear in the nation’s eyes. With the implementation of acts such as the Patriot Act‚ the due process to investigate

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    French Village and the Loyalists The division of Nova Scotia to create the province of New Brunswick in 1784 set forth a wave of migrating Loyalists to settle this new province. Many of them settled on the ruins of abandoned Acadian villages where many Acadians had settled their families. After the destruction of the “Pointe-Saint-Anne” village in the winter of 1759 by Lieutenant Moses Hazen and a group of rangers‚ where he was only able to capture three of its families‚ many of the Acadians

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    There are many good reasons to become a Loyalist or a Patriot. Even though the Loyalist have a big and powerful army‚ I would still become a Patriot. I would want to be free or fight to be free. I would not want to be controlled by anyone or any king‚ like the Loyalist. Everyone deserves to be free‚ but not everyone wants to fight for their freedom‚ but the Patriots do. I would become a Patriot for many reasons. Some of the reasons include rebelling against taxes‚ believing in what we want‚ and fighting

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    British opinions on Napoleon were largely divisive and formulated by the radicals and the loyalists: the radicals believed in the same principles as revolutionary France and demanded change‚ whereas loyalists were devoted to king and country and entirely opposed to every aspect of ‘Napoleon’. In ‘British uses for Napoleon’ Stuart Semmel discusses the various criticisms and defences of Napoleon by British loyalists and radicals. He states that many radicals became disillusioned with Napoleon upon his

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    his time in America‚ he wrote probably his most famous piece of work. He wrote the Pamphlet Common Sense to inspire America to fight against their mother country England. In this essay one will be able tell what loyalist would most likely think of Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense. A loyalist‚ by definition is a British sympathizer‚ they were against the revolution‚ and were for continued relations with England and wanted to continue to live under

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    Was Loyalists Justified

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    beginning of the Reign of Terror where revolutionaries set out to rid France of those still supporting the king called Loyalists‚ and protect France from

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    Anson County Loyalists

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    History 1050 sec.12 10-12-04 Loyalists of Anson County The Loyalists of Anson County believed that there loyalty to the British parliament‚ and the king where their first and only true responsibility. They believed that even though they where thousands of miles away and across the great sea‚ they still needed to submit as if they where still living in Britain; in doing this they trusted that the king would support and protect them. The Loyalists believed that Parliament was there only

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    I believe it was a personal motive which is why they alliance and negotiated deals. The patriots wanted to elect their own government and the loyalists are those who supported British. The patriots supported independent because they feel British violated their rights as British citizens. Also‚ the loyalist who supported the British was most likely to be wealthy like landowner. During the war being a loyalist was

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