Liberty's Kids

2002 - 2003 TV-Y7 30m 7.9

The American Revolutionary War is seen through the eyes of an American teenaged lad, a young English lady, and a French boy, all three of whom work as reporters for Benjamin Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin enlists the help of young people to record the happenings leading up to and during the Revolution for his newspaper the Pennsylvania Gazette. First, there is a James Hiller, a patriot who tends to act before he thinks and is, at times, too quick a judge in his search for American heroes. Next is Henri, a French orphan who's only quest is for food. Lastly, a young woman named Sarah Phillips joins the team; the daughter of an ex-English general with strong views opposing slavery. Together, they travel the colonies witnessing the sacrifices made for freedom.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Boston Tea Party

1. The Boston Tea Party

Aired: Sep 2, 2002

When Moses, James and Henri come to Boston pick up Sarah, they find themselve...

Episode 2 The Intolerable Acts

2. The Intolerable Acts

Aired: Sep 3, 2002

Needing to escape occupied Boston, the kids can't stay out of trouble during ...

Episode 3 United We Stand

3. United We Stand

Aired: Sep 4, 2002

Sarah and Henri deliver a letter to Abigal Adams, while James learns some har...

Episode 4 Liberty or Death

4. Liberty or Death

Aired: Sep 5, 2002

While on a business trip to Virginia, the gang find Moses' brother enslaved a...

Episode 5 Midnight Ride

5. Midnight Ride

Aired: Sep 6, 2002

Paul Revere and William Dawes spread the word that the "British are coming!" ...

Episode 7 Green Mountain Boys

7. Green Mountain Boys

Aired: Sep 10, 2002

Trouble erupts in the New Hampshire Grants when settlers are forced from thei...

Episode 12 Common Sense

12. Common Sense

Aired: Sep 17, 2002

The kids meet the hot headed idealist, Tom Paine, whose popular anti-monarchi...

Episode 14 New York, New York

14. New York, New York

Aired: Sep 19, 2002

At the Battle of Long Island, Washington fights the British in open field bat...

Episode 15 The Turtle

15. The Turtle

Aired: Sep 20, 2002

The first attempt to sink a ship with a submarine fails (9/6/76).

Episode 16 One Life to Lose

16. One Life to Lose

Aired: Sep 23, 2002

A failed peace conference between the British Admiral Howe and John Adams and...

Episode 17 Captain Molly

17. Captain Molly

Aired: Sep 24, 2002

Ben Franklin, appointed to a commission to negotiate a treaty with the French...

Episode 18 American Crisis

18. American Crisis

Aired: Sep 25, 2002

The low point of the war for the Americans has arrived and General Washington...

Episode 19 Across the Delaware

19. Across the Delaware

Aired: Sep 26, 2002

To prevent ultimate defeat, Washington and his forces cross the Delaware Rive...

Episode 20 An American in Paris

20. An American in Paris

Aired: Sep 27, 2002

Ben Franklin sets up residence in Paris and begins his uphill battle to enlis...

Episode 21 Sybil Ludington

21. Sybil Ludington

Aired: Sep 30, 2002

Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington makes her own "midnight ride" in Westchester...

Episode 22 Lafayette Arrives

22. Lafayette Arrives

Aired: Oct 1, 2002

The 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette arrives after an eventful journey from F...

Episode 24 Valley Forge

24. Valley Forge

Aired: Oct 3, 2002

James, Sarah and Henri are there as George Washington and his Continental Arm...

Episode 25 Allies at Last

25. Allies at Last

Aired: Oct 4, 2002

News of the American victory at Saratoga helps pave the way for Ben Franklin ...

Episode 26 Honor and Compromise

26. Honor and Compromise

Aired: Nov 4, 2002

The States struggle to unite politically before the arrival of the French Amb...

Episode 27 The New Frontier

27. The New Frontier

Aired: Nov 5, 2002

In the Ohio territory, Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and his people are caught betw...

Episode 29 The Great Galvez

29. The Great Galvez

Aired: Nov 7, 2002

Spanish Governor Bernardo de Galvez aides the American cause by capturing Bat...

Episode 30 In Praise of Ben

30. In Praise of Ben

Aired: Nov 8, 2002

Sarah returns to Philadelphia and is reunited with her friends just in time t...

Episode 31 Bostonians

31. Bostonians

Aired: Nov 11, 2002

Sarah and Henri join the Adams family in Massachusetts just as John and his s...

Episode 32 Benedict Arnold

32. Benedict Arnold

Aired: Jan 20, 2003

James, Sarah and Henri are there when Arnold tries to hand West Point over to...

Episode 35 James Armistead

35. James Armistead

Aired: Jan 23, 2003

Virginia slave James Armistead joins Lafayette and spies on Benedict Arnold (...

Episode 36 Yorktown

36. Yorktown

Aired: Mar 31, 2003

The climatic battle of the war.

Episode 39 Going Home

39. Going Home

Aired: Apr 3, 2003

With the signing of the Treaty of Paris, loyalists are forced to leave their ...

Episode 40 We the People

40. We the People

Aired: Apr 4, 2003

With the new nation falling apart under the Articles of Confederation, Americ...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Family, War, Animation, History