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In 1776, in
South Carolina. In the north, the war
against the Crown has begun. The
Americans revolted against the English
in order to become free of English rule.
The Colonies are searching for
volunteers to join the regular army.
Benjamin Martin , the legendary "Hero of
Fort Wilderness" and now a farmer, he
does not think that war is the best way
to go and worries about the effect the
Revolution will have on America. He
tells his peers.
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Benjamin Martin was
known as a hero to his people because of
his actions during the French and Indian
War. During the French and Indian War,
Benjamin Martin's friends were massacred
because of the French and Indians. When
his army gathers the French and Indians
at Fort Wilderness, he shows no
compassion towards them and kills them
gradually. He then sends the body parts
of those people back to their respective
people, terminating the Indian treaty
with the French. In the movie,
Benjamin's son, Gabriel Martin, enrolls
in the colonial army to fight for their
independence against Britain, in
opposition to his father's will. As the
warfare grows closer to their residence
in South Carolina,
Gabriel returns home two years later,
stumbling wounded into the family home
and carrying military dispatches. The
next day, a military skirmish have the
Martins caring for the wounded from both
sides. British soldiers - the ruthless
Green Dragoons cavalry - arrive and kill
the Colonial wounded, burn down the
Martin house and arrest Gabriel as a
spy, intending to hang him. Ben's next
eldest son Thomas (Smith) is shot and
killed by the leader of the Green
Dragoons, Colonel William Tavington.
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