Interesting Moment to Ponder

Think about your own attitudes on the Revolutionary War and your education about that war. In Social Studies text books, we read about the injustices that sparked the war, and the battles that were key to the our victory. In our minds, we likely to think of the war as a competition: the patriots are portrayed as heroic underdogs who took down the big bad British.

Now think about the scene where the rebels are beating up father in his tavern. What does this reveal about the Revolutionary War that your text books don't address?