Liberty's Kids 101 - The Boston Tea Party (Pilot, Part I)

That's strange the way life is my own eyes I'm looking for a hero to idolize the red, white and blue never give up you represent America how can I see it any other way? here are some exciting scenes from today's episode of Liberty's Kids. It's time for us to unite, it's time for us to become patriots and patriots are men of action, are you with me, dear mother? I can't believe it's been a fortnight since I said goodbye to all of you. I miss them terribly, but my heart is also filled with delicious anticipation of the new life that awaits my father and me and the colonies.

I hope to settle in the house of dr. franklin in philadelphia and look forward to seeing my father again when he returns from the wild. I am proud to have a brave explorer like my father. wear his locket always we will all meet in the wonderful land he will surely discover I will be true to my word and write every day to your beloved daughter sarah so moses help moses hurry no more james fear so moses help me this is my last shirt Dr. cleans very gratefully. Franklin has warned you not to stand too close to the press while I work on it look fantastic when someone wants to know what's on my shirt I can sell them a newspaper they pay us to print the newspaper I don't use it I don't just print the newspaper I'm a journalist You are a trainee journalist true, but one day I will get the big story then dr. franklin will make me a full-fledged journalist james moses a letter is from dr. franklin in london give me that henry it's a dress for moses you look like james and you look like someone that's the dessert I'm going to eat tonight guys, drop everything, sarah phillips isn't coming to philadelphia well, I never understood why she did it Stay here anyway, bring your coats, let's meet her at the boat.

I thought you just said she's not coming to Philly. She's not Dr. Franklin. She says Miss Phillips was unable to travel in Dover. She's aboard the Dartmouth and the. dartmouth is headed to

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that's in the massachusetts bay colony and there's been trouble there lately we have to hurry she's alone come on i hope i don't bother her dr franklin not at all lady phillips i have an appointment just down the street plus the life is a desert without friends last night I had a terrible dream my sarah was in danger danger in philadelphia let me reassure you it is a beautiful city the second largest in the empire she will feel at home lady phillips, that is a relief, I am worried about her ben major phillips exploring new lands in the ohio territory sarah will be alone but she will not be alone, she will be in good company with my associates moses james and andre sarah could not be safer if she were still cradled in her own arms, gentlemen of boston, ha Come time, please gentlemen, you know me as Sam Adams, neighbor and friend, listen to me now, parliament continues to treat us with ill will, first, the sugar law increased our taxes.

Did we have a say? The answer is the name. Then the horrible stamp law almost ruined us. Who could forget our brothers who lost their lives in the Boston Massacre and now Governor Hutchinson insists on collecting the T-tax from Parliament, but we had a vote? This is Boston, it's smaller than I thought. Oh, my joints ache from these rotten roads. The shaft is bent. It will have to be repaired before returning. The ride home will be smoother. Otherwise, I prefer to walk home. How are we doing? to find miss phillips you don't even know what she looks like she sailed the dartmouth that's a good place to start it's time for us to unite as sons of

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it's time for us to become patriots and patriots are men of action you with me you can't go over everything hey moses indians james moses moak indians there's a story here let's see where they take us they're headed to dartmouth we have to find miss phillips quickly you get miss phillips i'm leaving to understand this story only men remember that we should not damage anything else we are just behind the team why are you destroying the team?

We are protesting unfair taxes parliament raised the tax despite our objections maybe next time they will listen do you know what that means? No, I owe it to the others who say it. We have come across the story of my life. I'm going to go below deck to see what's going on. Don't get in trouble, take that speech, miss phillips, sarah phillips, sarah, take that, what hit. I will never take me alive I will take you wherever the Indians take people I am not an Indian none of us are you are not an Indian who taught you grammar who taught you how to act mentally my apologies I thought you were here to kidnap me kidnap I'm a journalist for the pennsylvania gazette now what do you have to say about the tax protest is this is disgraceful tea is private property this is so uncivilized we shouldn't harm anything but you're just behind the team if you're any kind of english you let go that pencil and you put an end to it, so you think it's okay to tax the colonies, even though the colonies don't have a vote in parliament, I think they are loyal subjects. of the king they must obey the laws of his country and you can quote me on that, sir, what is your name?

Hiller James Hiller and who he would quote. Who can I quote? If he's going to write for a newspaper he should really try. words more carefully just tell me your name you will have work to do phillips miss sarah phillips from london england s a r a h p h i sarah phillips you are sarah phillips I can't believe you are sarah phillips I am and I will thank you stop shouting Mr. Hiller I have had a very rude welcome to america and you are not making things better we have been looking for you have it and why did benjamin franklin send us dr. franklin sent it now who is yelling redcoats abandon ship abandon ship we have to get out of here where is james?

Look, it's not a mistake James, come on, the redcoats are on their way, come on, let me go, Miss Phillips, I guess thank God we'll find you if those soldiers catch us. I will be imprisoned, which in my opinion is exactly where traitors belong. I'm sorry, Miss Phillips, but I can't print my story from jail. Let me go. I said: Let me go. I'd love to, but Dr. Franklin told us to take care of you. James, watch out, it's an order, I'll get you for this, rats, chives, men, stop them immediately, I want them now, is everyone okay?, that was fun, what a story, this is the main story, keep your voices down, not yet we are out of danger. you're crazy you want the brits to catch us i'm british we're all british now those soldiers think we're criminals criminals what did we do wrong we were in the wrong place at the wrong time the car is there let's get off The redcoats will recognize you three, but I'll be just another faceless servant, even if they don't like the laws, they can't just ignore them, that will lead to chaos, but what if the law is unjust?

Parliament would never pass an unjust law. But I already interviewed the men tonight, the colonies must pay taxes to the king but we have no voice in parliament. Does that seem fair to you? I do not know what to think. I just know that Ben Franklin would hardly approve of what happened tonight. Then you don't know, Ben Franklin, put the policeman down quickly, stay still or it will be jail for everyone. Good night police, bye, good night to the troublemakers, tell him it's your business, I'm just bringing some freshly butchered pigs to the Wheatley residence. At this time of night I think I'll take a look.

I wouldn't do it if I were you. These are some big ugly pigs, unpleasant to look at and do they ever smell? You're right, they suck. The Wheatley house is nearby. the corner hurry up now the redcoats have Boston under curfew no one can be on the streets after dark it won't happen again very grateful sir this is the place come on Moses how do you know the Wheatley? You've never been to Boston. I don't. I know the Wheatleys, but all my people know Phyllis Wheatley, oh, for her poetry, she is the greatest poet in the land.

Muse, where shall I begin the spacious field to tell what curses, disbelief, duff they produce? A woman who can write like that would never turn away someone who needs help why are we in the servants' tent yes, Miss Wheatley, yes, we are in trouble, Miss Wheatley and we are hungry, did Mr. Adam send you? Yes, there is a stable behind, the door creaked, so be careful, we can't wake up the master. You are a slave when I was eight years old. I was kidnapped in West Africa and taken on a slave ship to Boston. The Wheatleys paid for me at the auction and took me home.

Mrs. Wheatley helped me learn to read not only English but also Latin and Greek, please continue well A few years ago, all the reading gave me the urge to start writing poetry and soon after my first book was published, which It received a fairly good response in England, although very few copies were sold in the colonies. Surprising and maybe you should have put photos of it. The Wheatleys have helped me a lot. They even sent me to London, but I don't understand that you are still a slave. My situation is very different from most Wheatleys and I am from the old south.

Church, we hope that by meeting Africans, white people will realize how bad slavery is. I would love to read your book. I'm afraid you won't read it now. Miss Phillips, we better cover up before anyone sees us go. I'll bring some supplies. We'll never return to Philadelphia. This axle needs to be replaced properly. I like staying in Boston. This is where the action is me too. If Miss Wheatley can write half as well as she cooks. must be another shakespeare hey, how can a woman like Phyllis Wheatley be someone's property? She is outrageous. I'm the only one who sees this.

Those men throwing tea into the water tonight. All of this speaks of freedom. What about Miss Wheatley's freedom? Not everyone in the colonies believes. In slavery, sarah speaking is easy and freedom is priceless. I know I was born free in West Africa, but when I was not much older than little Henry, here, my brother and I were captured and chained to the decks of a ship, a horrible ship with a long voyage to Virginia and slavery that It's terrible Moses, how did you escape? I escaped using my head in my hands I learned to forge a valuable skill that a teacher lent me for odd jobs here and there and I was sometimes given silver coins for my work when I earned enough coins I bought my freedom back I traveled to Philadelphia there I learned to read and write and Dr.

Franklin offered me a job, a man who hates slavery as much as I do, but Moses, how can you support those rebels in England? Slavery is dying here. prospering I think America's fight is like mine the colonists consider themselves slaves to a master they didn't choose and that's a fight if it comes to fighting I won't bend over I'll fight you for that thigh hey oh it's too late we should go get some sleep, good night everyone, father, I pray that you are safe, I pray that you come back from the west so we can be a family again, my luck has gone, dear mother, so much has happened since I arrived I barely know where to start.

So confused that these Americans talk about freedom for all but deny it to those with skin different from their own. I just hope everything is okay once Dr. Franklin arrives and I trust that everything is okay with him. Dear Sarah, if you only knew. benjamin franklin the great dr franklin friend of humanity inventor of the lightning rod father of electricity author poor richard's almanac deputy postmaster general of north america yes, he has all these things but he is something more he is a traitor i accuse dr franklin of instigating at the boston tea

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y the east indian company lost hundreds of boxes of tea worth many thousands of pounds this anarchy was encouraged by dr.

Franklin in his speeches and writings his crimes are enormous and for his crime he must pay the price we must make Franklin an example that the colonists will never forget that I am looking for never give up you represent America