CHARACTERS
He is the main character and protagonist of the film.
Who is Benjamin Martin?
The war depicted in the film.
What is the American Revolutionary War?
This is the color of the British soldiers' uniforms.
What is Red?
Benjamin Martin’s militia uses this unconventional tactic.
What is Guerrilla Warfare?
Most colonial families lived in these types of areas, not cities.
What are rural or farming areas?
This British officer is the film's main villian, known for his cruelty.
Who is Colonel William Tavington?
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
This U.S. holiday commemorates the war featured in The Patriot and is celebrated with fireworks and patriotic displays.
What is Independence Day (The Fourth of July)?
This person leads the American militia in the film.
Who is Benjamin Martin?
This was the main way people traveled long distances in the colonies.
What is horseback (or horse-drawn carriage)?
Benjamin's eldest son who joins the Continental Army.
Who is Gabriel Martin?
The British army is also known by this color-based nickname.
What are the Redcoats?
This weapon is often used by Benjamin?
What is a tomahawk (axe/hammer)?
Benjamin tricks the British by pretending to do this.
What is retreat?
Colonists often made their own clothes from this material.
What is wool or linen?
She becomes Benjamin's love interest and later his wife.
Who is Charlotte Selton?
This document, adopted in 1776, formally declared the American colonies' independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This happened to Benjamin Martin's house.
What is burned down by the British soldiers?
Gabriel is captured while trying to deliver these.
This was a common chore for children in colonial families.
What is collecting firewood (or helping on the farm)?
This enslaved man earns his freedom by fighting in the militia.
Who is Occam?
The film takes place primarily in this U.S. state.
What is South Carolina?
This object is used as a symbol to represent freedom.
What is the American flag (or the militia's banner)
Benjamin’s militia hides and strikes from this type of terrain.
What are swamps?
Colonial homes were usually heated by this.
What is a fireplace?