Click2Flicks - Patriot - Chapter 1 - Preface

<body link="0000ff" alink="ff0000" vlink="000000" bgcolor=000033> <table width="100%" bgcolor=000033> <tr> <td align=center valign=top><table width=90% bgcolor=ffffff cellpadding=5> <tr> <td align=center valign=top><div align=center><p><b><font face="arial, helvetica" size=5 color=000000><b>THE PATRIOT</p> <p> HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION</b></font></p>  <table width="590"> <tr> <td align="CENTER" valign="top" bgcolor="000000" colspan=2><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="3" color="FFFFFF"><b>STORY CHAPTER LINKS</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center valign=top width=50%>  <table width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="0"> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><a href="#preface"><b>1. STORY PREFACE</b></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch2.htm">2. GEORGE III GOES TOO FAR</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch3.htm">3. VIOLENCE IN BOSTON</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch4.htm">4. "...NOT TO BE OBEYED..."</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch5.htm">5. REVERE RIDES</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch6.htm">6. "THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch7.htm">7. BUNKER HILL: A COSTLY REDCOAT VICTORY</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch8.htm">8. THE COLONIES STRUGGLE</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch9.htm">9. STEPS TOWARD INDEPENDENCE</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch10.htm">10. GETTING CLOSER</a></b></font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> <td align=center valign=top width=50%>  <table width=100% cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 border=0> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch11.htm">11. WE ARE FREE!</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch12.htm">12. EVIDENCE OF FREEDOM</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch13.htm">13. THE LOWS AND HIGHS OF '76</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch14.htm">14. SPIES AND TREASON</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch15.htm">15. DEATH BY HANGING</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch16.htm">16. THE SWAMP FOX</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch17.htm">17. THE REDCOATS RETREAT</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch18.htm">18. AND SURRENDER</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch19.htm">19. WASHINGTON RESIGNS</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="the_patriot_ch20.htm">20. THE NEW COUNTRY</a></b></font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table>  <p><b><font size="3"><u><a name="preface">PREFACE</a></u></font></b></p> <div align=center><b><i><font face="Times New Roman" color="000000" size="3">Whoever looks upon them as an irregular mob<BR> will find himself much mistaken. They have<br> men amongst them who know very well what<br> they are about.<br><br> </i>Lord Hugh Percy<br> 1775<br> </font></b></blockquote></b> </div> </div> <center> <table width="90%"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify"> <p><font face="arial, helvetica" color="000000" size="3">It was 1775. <a href="http://media.nara.gov/media/images/43/12/43-1154a.gif" target="_blank"><b>George III</b></a>, ruler of Great Britain, viewed the thirteen American <a href="http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/13colonies/13colonies1775maps75.jpg" target="_blank"><b>colonies</b></a> as "his." Heavy taxes, paid by the colonials, filled the King's treasury. Life was good - for some people. For others, like <a href="http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/images/paine.jpg" target="_blank"><b>Thomas Paine</b></a>,</p> <center><font face="times new roman" size=3 color=000000><b><i>Now is the time<br> that tries men's souls<BR><BR> <a href="http://members.aol.com/tompaine7/pict24.jpg" target="_blank"><b>The American Crisis</b></a></i></b></font></center> <p>What was trying "men's souls" was British rule. The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/gucoimg/guco1815book.html"><b>time had come</b></a> for America to be free.</p> <p>But cutting the ties that bound <a href="http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/images/Early%20American%20wars/ra1.jpg" target="_blank"><b>thirteen colonies</b></a> to England would not happen without a revolt. No one ever gives up a treasure without a fight - especially not a king.</p> </div> <p align="right"><font size="2"><a href="the_patriot_ch2.htm">GO TO CHAPTER 2</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="arial, helvetica" size="3"><a href="http://www.awesomestories.com/content/about_author.htm" target="_blank"><b>Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.</b></center></a></p><br> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  </body>