Revolutionary War Essay

When you are put in a life threatening situation it is a true test to see whether one is a man.  It proves to be a really big test in the way if you have people with you when you are put in this life threatening situation.  During the revolutionary war these soldier called the militia had an almost impossible test.  They had to go up against the mighty British.  But what the Americans had going for them was they had something big to fight for.  That something was freedom.

During the movie the patriot it clearly showed how war life was back then since it showed what people did when they were sad when one of the solders committed suicide when he saw that his wife and son had died due to a house fire that we can guess stared by the British.  There was also the black man who had to serve for 12 months but when his 12 months was over he decided to stay and help the cause because he wanted freedom.  Also when the Mr. Martin’s two sons died he could have went back to his family and said I am done but he stayed because he wanted to win the war and be free.  It took a team effort by every soldier but they got the job done.

For the family side of things a lot of the children back then had to live with their aunts or uncles and sometimes they didn’t have a house because the  British soldiers fired it down.  Like the kids in the story they had to live on their aunt’s plantation in South Carolina and their dad was gone so much they latterly hated him for a little while anyways.  Overall it would be hard in all aspects of family life since you would not be able to see your dad.

If I had to choose between the two sides in the war it would be the Americans since they were the ones who were fighting for something and we the Americans didn’t kill people at random.  What the British did was wrong and when we go the French at perfect timing the war was done.  The French did not like the British so there was even more of an erg to beat them.

The revolutionary war was hard for all people the British and the Americans.  It was easy for the French because they came over and helped the Americans win one battle and that was it it was all over and history was made.  The Americans were free.