Johnny Tremain Research Paper

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Johnny Tremain is a fictional character from a movie based on a real life setting from American history. The major events that occurred in the movie (Johnny Tremain) actually happened, but everything that was influenced by Johnny Tremain never happened since he is fictional. It is possible Johnny could have been a real person from that time period. The main point of his character is to show the real historical events from a first person view.
Early on in the movie, the movie shows some people from the sons of liberty which were historically there and others which were not. Paul Revere and Doctor Joseph Warren that were huge political and social influences during that time are just a few of the ones that were actually there in that time period. One of the characters in the movie lists off the members of the "sons of liberty", but not …show more content…
In the movie, the rebels were polite to the captain. They asked the captain for the keys to get to the tea from below the ship's deck. Also, they cleaned up the ship of the tea that they dumped overboard, and they did not harm anybody or anything. According to several sources, the asking of the keys, cleaning of the ship, and their act of nonviolence are all accurate. The one thing that was not shown in the movie is that they actually dumped tea out of three ships and not just one like the movie shows. In one part of the scene, the sons of liberty are marching back from dumping out the tea and hang up lights in a tree. On the march to the tree, the sons of liberty sing about the liberty tree, so it is safe to assume the tree they hang the lights from is the liberty tree. There is no historical evidence of the sons of liberty ever hanging up lights in the tree but, it was a symbol of revolution at the time and is a part of history today. Other than one or two minor details, the Boston Tea Party scene was an accurate portrayal of what actually
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