When the words cheat, cheater, or cheating are mentioned, the first conclusion most draw are greatly negative. Cheating is the means gaining an unfair advantage over a system, players, or other instances, that help secure a victory. However, there were many instances throughout history where cheating has led extraordinary feats, that would not have been possible without deception. Without cheating, the United States of America would not exist and the ten-year long siege on the city of Troy would have claimed many more lives. During the American Revolution, the rebel American forces used lies and deception to win the war in favor of democracy. The new colonies originally had laws and regulations set up by the British, which gave the British the upper hand of how things were operated in the America’s. However as the colonists were continually mistreated and over taxed they decided to plan in secrecy, a way to overcome British rule. They resorted to cheating, by using guerilla warfare and ignoring the rules of engagement, set to previous wars. The American rebel colonists even attacked the British on a religious holiday to gain an …show more content…
Soldiers from Greece was been sent to fight the Trojans and to siege the city of Troy, but were grossly unsuccessful, costing many Greeks, and Trojans lives of this long war. Seeing that there recent tactics of fighting fair were becoming futile, the Greek’s decide to cheat. They create a giant wooden horse and offer it to the Trojans as gift to end the war. The Trojans gladly accept and bring the large horse into their city. However, overnight, a small group of Greeks deployed out of the wooden horse and opened the gates for the rest of the army to come in and overtake the city. Cheating was utilized to gain the unfair advantage in the final battle, but ultimately ended in the end to the ten-year blood