The BEST episodes of Liberty's Kids season 1
Every episode of Liberty's Kids season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Liberty's Kids season 1!
Liberty's Kids was a truly "revolutionary" children's animated series by DIC. For as long as it ran on PBS, Liberty's Kids entertained seven to twelve-year-olds while introducing them to the exciting stories and people behind the birth of a nation. The program unfurled its historical vignettes through the eyes of two teenage apprentices, Sarah Phillips and James Hiller, who worked in Benjamin Franklin's print shop and discovered first-hand the great adventures of the American Revolution. Benjamin Franklin's wise words and strong principled actions gave guidance to our young heroes, whether he is with them in Philadelphia or writing from across the ocean in France.
#1 - Green Mountain Boys
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/2002
James heads to the Grants to cover the story of the settlers' struggle; Sarah goes hoping to find a place in the Green Mountains for her family to settle, and Henri wants to find maple syrup. Sarah and James witness the capture of the fort and Sarah befriends Benedict Arnold, whom she instantly respects.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - An American in Paris
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/27/2002
While visiting Abigail Adams, Sarah gets exposed to smallpox. Meanwhile Alexander Hamilton joins George Washington in the battle.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Born Free and Equal
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/1/2003
Sarah, staying with Abigail Adams in Boston, is thrilled to see Mum Bett freed and resolves to fight for civil rights. In France, Ben Franklin hopes that news of Yorktown will convince King George to surrender to his former colonies. James finds himself in a tight spot as he digs deeper for the whole story. Historical Content: The Massachusetts slave 'Mum Bett' sues for her freedom (May 28, 1781). When she wins, she renames herself Elizabeth Freeman (August 1781). With this decision and the case of another slave, Quok Walker, Massachusetts abolishes slavery (1783). In Great Britain, a bitter, recalcitrant King George III is finally convinced to recognize American independence and to go to the peace table.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Great Galvez
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/7/2002
Sarah is in London with her mother and is having doubts about belonging there. In the end, she finally decides she is an American. Meanwhile James and Henri are traveling a long ways to give a letter to Galvez, but on the way are Brittish soldiers, will they stop them and find the letter?
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Allies at Last
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/4/2002
James learns about religious freedom from Moses Michael Hayes; Sarah and Henri are in occupied Philadelphia.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Valley Forge
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/3/2002
James and Sarah see the hardship that foot soldiers endure during the war; Washington faces betrayal.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Honor and Compromise
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/4/2002
Henri befriends Abraham Nimham; Sarah and Moses watch Congress debate over the Articles of Confederation.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/2002
James, reporting on the Minutemen, and Sarah, falling in with the British forces, report from both sides on the ""shot heard ‘round the world"" at Lexington. They each leave the scene fearful of what the future will bring though James is caught up with the romanticism of fighting for liberty.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - The Turtle
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/20/2002
Sarah, Henri and James reports on a sea monster in the New York harbor, then they meet the submarine inventor David Bushnell.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Across the Delaware
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/26/2002
James learns more about the captured British spy.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Lafayette Arrives
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/1/2002
Henri meets the Marquis de Lafayette.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Midnight Ride
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/2002
Sarah and James travel to Boston to deliver a message to Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren and end up riding with the famous messengers so that they can write about it for the paper.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Bunker Hill
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/12/2002
James witnesses the Battle of Bunker Hill from the American side, while Sarah interviews one of the British officers, and Henri acts as a messenger.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - United We Stand
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/2002
Moses lets James report on Congress and after a British sailor is ""tarred and feathered,"" James learns about the ugliness of mob rule, when emotions get in the way of compassion. Sarah and Henri meet Abigail Adams and travel with her to bring supplies and pamphlets to the occupied city of Boston. Sarah immediately finds in Abigail a strong female role model to look up to.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - The Second Continental Congress
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/11/2002
Desperate for information on what Congress is doing behind the closed doors of the statehouse, James unknowingly befriends a British spy. Sarah and Moses meet George Washington and together use ""Yankee ingenuity"" to fix Washington's carriage after it breaks.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Postmaster General Franklin
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2002
When the Philadelphia patriots find out that some of their mail isn't being delivered to the right people by the British-controlled postal service, James and Sarah volunteer to carry important letters to New York. Ben Franklin becomes the colonies' Postmaster General on July 26, 1775.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - We the People
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 4/4/2003
Moses resolves to open a school for free black children; Sarah reunites with her parents. The Constitution is written.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Conflict in the South
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 1/21/2003
James and Henri follow General Nathanael Green; Sarah is upset to discover Thomas Jefferson has slaves.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - Bostonians
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/11/2002
James views the acts of the Iroquois and colonists; Sarah reunites with Abigail Adams.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - Not Yet Begun to Fight
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/6/2002
Sara's trip back home to England is delayed because of a ship wreck.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - Sybil Ludington
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/30/2002
James learns from the courageuos Sybil Ludington that the thought of independence not only lies in the hearts of soldiers and determined young men, but also in the hearts of determined young women. Sarah travels to Philadelphia with General Benedict Arnold and witness his passion of being ranked to a higher office in the army.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - American Crisis
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/25/2002
The gang meets back up with Thomas Paine. Meanwhile, George Washington is under pressure to win his battle.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Captain Molly
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/24/2002
With General Washington losing battle after battle, James' confidence wavers. He and Sarah go to Washington's camp to report from the front lines. However, because she is a girl, Sarah is sent to Fort Tryon with the other women and children. There, she befriends Molly, a spunky patriot whose husband was killed fighting the British. But then James finds out that the British are going to attack Fort Tryon! Meanwhile, back in Philadelphia, Moses starts teaching Henri how to read.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - New York, New York
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/19/2002
Sarah does a report on the loyalists opinion on the revolution in New York. Meanwhile James escapes to Manhattan with the Continental Army.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - The First Fourth of July
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/18/2002
Sarah and James meet Thomas Jefferson and witnesses the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
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