Ent, there may some debate as the the democratic values of the Roman Senators, but not that much, they weren't a democratic body in any modern sense of the word, and they didn't have a great deal of love for either the Equestrian class or the Plebeian classes. Â
The Patriot & LOTM
To be really fair we did have several success against the British, namely Saratoga, Cowpens and Yorktown all conventional battles. It was these increasingly conventional battles, the impossibility of supply (facilitated by the success of a massive privateer effort) and war in Europe with every other nation (Holland, Sweden, France, Spain and Austria) and sympathy in Parliament that tipped the British hand toward abandoning the war. A brief comment on the villain in the patriot is that he's based on a real man, Col. Banestre Tarleton
http://www.wga.hu/art/r/reynolds/tarleton.jpg and his "Legion" of Tories who were effectively Guerillas. Tarleton holds the distinction of being the most hated British officer to serve during the Revolution. Though he was probably not as bad as reported, "Bloody Ban" made himself a useful propaganda figure for his enemies. In reality he had a lot of problems controlling his troops, who lacked the discipline that more regular British Regiments had. It was Tareltons loss at Cowpens and the threat of an enemy fielding much larger armies in the south (Guilford Courthouse) that forced Cornwallis to retreat toward Yorktown.
Besides the events with Nathaniel and the company of foot early on in the movie and the miraculous shooting later on, I didnt think that LOTM did a bad job with their fight scenes. Considering that the french and indians outnumbered the column 3 to 1, and that it was made up of men, women children and a few regulars. They were also unarmed as per the surrender terms.
The actual numbers of people killed is unknown and probably wildly inaccurate, but historians place the full number at about 80-140. It is possible that the number was higher.
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