However, he witnesses atrocities against his two older sons, Gabriel and Thomas, by the cruel British Colonel Tavington. He has resolved to avoid participation when the Colonies revolt against Britain and stay home to protect his seven children. It's the FICTIONAL story of a widowed South Carolina farmer, Benjamin Martin, who is disgusted by his past supposedly heroic deeds during the French Indian Wars.
(Apparently, it was the British who promised to free them if they joined their forces, but later reneged.) My apologies if my facts aren't straight. Since my viewing, I've looked up some info and note various inaccuracies such as misplaced characters, exaggeration of British atrocities, inaccurate torching of a church with townsfolk inside being burned alive, and depiction of American owned slaves being freed to serve in the Continental Army. When I watched it, I personally found it quite captivating but always have enough sense not to get my history from Hollywood. viewer, but note that many seem absolutely outraged at the historical untruths of this movie. Being Canadian, I probably know fewer details of the Revolutionary War than the average U.S.
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