00:47the clear baton the great patriotic
01:16here are some exciting seeds from
01:19today's episode of Liberty's kids it's
01:23never been clearer to me than right now
01:25we have got to separate from England at
01:29Lexington and Concord the British fired
01:31on Americans it's time for them to get
01:34as good as they give it's time for the
01:37first American attack on the Redcoats
01:53who's this I'm a journalist not a
01:57workmen you're whatever I need you to be
02:00in order to get the Gazette to the
02:01people of Philadelphia yes James be a
02:05proper Patriot and stop complaining oh
02:12is there anything addressed to Miss
02:14Sarah Phillips Oh Monsieur Lefevre I am
02:17expecting a loud shipment of gold
02:19doubloons from off the coast of Virginia
02:21a small shipment ah perhaps news from
02:26the continent thank you my boy Franklin
02:32Franklin Franklin there's no word from
02:37I'm afraid letters from Ohio or a few
02:39and far between Sarah this separation
02:42cannot continue I will make a home with
02:45him in the colonies I vow it nothing for
02:49nothing for you either however I did
02:52receive these out-of-town newspapers
02:54finally my doubloons perhaps the next
03:07look at this forced from their homes
03:11where the New Hampshire grants will set
03:15up between New York and Canada beautiful
03:19country they call the hills up there the
03:21Green Mountains fine logging in the
03:24grants fine maple syrup to me Petula
03:28glisten ejectment coming thick and fast
03:31her woman's sobbing and lamenting
03:34children crying and men pierced to the
03:37heart was sorrow and indignation at the
03:39approaching tyranny now that's newspaper
03:42right it's by someone named Ethan Allen
03:46it sounds to me like mr. Allen is
03:48hyperbolized in an effort to inflame the
03:50emotions are potential traitors to the
03:52crown what did she say she said
03:57something I wouldn't lower myself by
03:59repeating she said onry that this man
04:03Alan is a liar he sounds to me like a
04:06patriot he sounds to me like a loudmouth
04:09as does someone else I know
04:11Jane Sarah Allen might be exaggerating
04:17allowing people's land to be taken out
04:19from under them the Redcoats aren't
04:21using muskets this time but they're
04:23firing a broadside at us nonetheless
04:25I've been wondering where the next
04:27hostilities with the crown might take
04:29place this could be our answer
04:38you have as much chance of filing a
04:41better story than me as a man has of
04:43walking on the moon your mother sure of
04:46yourself for someone with a chunk of
04:47venison stuck between his teeth oh
05:03that was scary can we do it again this
05:14would be an absolutely lovely place to
05:16my family to make a home
05:20please let me do the talking I do not
05:23need you to take care of me thank you I
05:26will talk with these afternoon
05:30youngsters can we search them now Tom
05:33can we search him that won't be
05:36necessary Luke my friends here will be
05:38happy to show us anything interesting
05:41they might be carrying about their
05:42persons won't you kids a ways back we
05:46passed a guy who looked real rich you
05:48can probably catch him if you hurry come
05:50on Tom let's go get him you're a clever
05:54pup ain't you tell old Tom what you're
05:58really doing up in these parts I am a
06:01journalist and a man safe passage in the
06:04name of King George the third
06:18I demand to meet your leader and I
06:28demand to meet your cook
06:32you boys trap game in the woods and
06:35don't invite me to the feast may I
06:38assume that you are the leader of this
06:40vile band of kidnappers and thieves some
06:43of the boys might take offense at your
06:46yes I'm their leader my name's Ethan
06:57all I did was ask you whether finest
07:00land is to be found in the grants you
07:03Tories come here and expect us to just
07:06hand over our land and property are you
07:09mad or stupid or you're just a thief I
07:14ah you called me a thief you're the one
07:17who had me bound and gagged and dragged
07:19here against my will my men were doing
07:23their duty in any way you're free now
07:26aren't you if you won't show me the land
07:29or go see it myself you'll do nothing of
07:32the kind my little red coat and sad to
07:43say no more can we fight your tyranny
07:47peaceably so often of the pleas and
07:49arguments of our lawful committees been
07:52ignored by your king
07:59ethan on our way here we saw man riding
08:02a gilded chariot hendricks back table
08:05you boys hendricks back pendrake you
08:10young scout mr. Hill I saw it miss
08:13Phillips it looks like you'll get to see
08:15a fine branch home after all
08:32leave my property immediately we cannot
08:36leave your property because we are not
08:38on your property you are the pendrake
08:42are a snake infesting our Eden we ask
08:45you one more time to leave this place
08:48peaceably in the name of the Governor of
08:51New York and the King of England I will
08:53not budge sir what would he do
08:56better get down take it boys
09:11anyone else in the house no Ethan set
09:15the horse free this isn't right it isn't
09:23fair I'm glad you're here little red
09:25coat you're about to learn something
09:27about fairness arthur pendrick we the
09:32people of the New Hampshire grants have
09:35resolved to offer a burnt sacrifice to
09:38the gods of the world time to burn now
09:42this is barbaric if you're intent on
09:46driving this good man out why don't you
09:48simply let the earlier occupant move
09:50back in let's ask the earlier occupant
09:53huh if I did that they'd just throw me
09:57and my family out again that thief would
10:00be back right back inside a house I
10:03built for my wife and children maybe
10:05this'll show them we mean business
10:07Ethan give me the torch
10:10sorry Tom no am i I built this house for
10:14freedom now I burn it for freedom
10:25go your way now to the devil with your
10:28governor laws King Council and assembly
10:42people have three and alienable rights
10:44James writes that they cannot be denied
10:48and those are the rights to life liberty
10:50and property if the government fails to
10:54protect those rights it's the people's
10:57right to revolt and form a new
10:59government it's never been clearer to me
11:02than right now that's exactly what we
11:05have to do we have got to separate from
11:09England at Lexington and Concord the
11:12British fired on Americans it's time for
11:15them to get as good as they give it's
11:18time for the first American attack on
11:20the Redcoats finally you wouldn't dare
11:25no more burning houses no more Arthur
11:29the Green Mountain Boys are gonna take
11:32Fort Ticonderoga in New York
12:02violence Colonel Allen is never
12:05justified it's the people's right to
12:07revolt just where did you get your
12:09outrageous excuse for a political
12:11philosophy anyway well let me think yeah
12:16I remember now that's right
12:18mr. John Locke from Pennsbury England
12:28am i addressing Colonel Allen you are I
12:32am Colonel Benedict Arnold
12:35Colonel I have been commissioned by the
12:37Massachusetts Committee of Safety to
12:38raise the regiment which I have done to
12:40attack Fort Ticonderoga through that end
12:42I hereby order you to turn over to me
12:44complete and utter command of the Green
13:00well Colonel with all the respect due a
13:03man of your high rank and obvious
13:06importance I formed this battalion these
13:10are my men and I'll be darned if some
13:13little red peacock is gonna strut in
13:15here and start giving them orders this
13:21is not a request colonel this is an
13:23order if you will not obey it I will
13:24force you to obey you and every single
13:27one of your so-called soldiers how are
13:32go back to your Committee of Safety the
13:35Green Mountain Boys are serving under
13:37Ethan Allen or the Green Mountain Boys
13:40are going home this attack is too
13:47important to jeopardize by sniping
13:50between fellow Patriots so I'll make you
13:53a deal I'll let you share command to the
13:56boys here and ride with me in front of
13:58them if you agree not to cause any
14:00trouble for us back in Massachusetts but
14:03remember no one gives orders to these
14:06men but me ever we agree he'll never do
14:16agreed all right good writing this way
14:21on the white horse with a bright red
14:23jacket he was a trim but he did you spot
14:27the British soldier to was you
14:34I decided to attack for Ticonderoga for
14:38first its cannon if we can capture the
14:41British cannon with all due respect you
14:43miss we can transport them to Boston and
14:46send those redcoats halfway back to
14:49England with their own artillery second
14:52if we control Ticonderoga we control the
14:55main waterway to the colonies from
14:56Canada and then my boy nothing goes on
15:00in or out of that water unless we
15:03American say it does now our spies tell
15:06us there are only 50 or so British
15:08soldiers defending the fort but we're
15:11expecting a heck of a fight anyway and
15:13let me say one thing to the good people
15:16of Philadelphia brothers and sisters
15:19there ain't one Green Mountain Boy on
15:22God's green earth who ain't prepared to
15:25meet his maker up there in that fort
15:27because miss Phillips every man here no
15:30matter how uncouth how rough how rude is
15:33profoundly committed to fighting for
15:36America's freedom to the last beat of
15:39Colonel Arnold I wonder if I might ask
15:42you a favor yes miss Phillips Colonel I
15:45request permission to join you in the
15:47Green Mountain Boys in your attack on
15:48Fort Ticonderoga might I be permitted to
15:51accompany you on your attack hmm I'm
15:54afraid that's out of the question son
15:56what you're asking is highly irregular
15:58sir with respect as the people of
16:01Philadelphia need to know the story of
16:03the colony's first attack on the crown
16:05sir the people of Philadelphia need to
16:07know the story of America's first
16:09attacked on the tyrannous mullions of
16:11King George the third
16:12that's minions well I suppose in their
16:17way the Green Mountain Boys are highly
16:20irregular too you'll stay as much out of
16:23harm's way as possible yes sir
16:27I don't doubt that the Pennsylvanians
16:30need news of our attack miss Phillips
16:32but I'm afraid they'll have to get it
16:33from someone less qualified than
16:35yourself I simply cannot permit a proper
16:38young lady to accompany troops into
17:31you didn't really think you'd be the
17:33only one getting this story did you
19:02take me to your commanding officer
19:26in the name of God and the Continental
19:29Congress I demand that you surrender
19:33come on out you'll rat
19:53our weapons artillery and ammunition
19:58order the horn boys and find the rest of
20:22Heather they are tolerate collect the
20:24cannonballs and musket shot outside
20:31an inch to the left and you'd be heading
20:35for a court-martial in Boston oh so
20:39sir I noticed you got your story after
20:47all miss Phillips I do hope we meet
20:50again under more favourable
20:51circumstances I believe you would like
20:54my father major Phillips retired I
20:57understand he was a fine soldier please
20:59send him my best regards I shall do so
21:02colonel I had dreamed that he might join
21:04me in the grants someday but I have
21:07recently learned that the New Hampshire
21:09grants are no place for our family to
21:11make a home no wonder the Redcoats
21:21didn't fight us they were too fat and
21:22happy from all this jerky all this
21:25without firing a shot we're gonna whip
21:28those redcoats in no time don't get
21:30cocky son we have a long way to go
21:33before we win our freedom
21:36hold on there Edward wasn't that little
21:40French weasel trying to drum up some of
21:42this stuff back in the green mountains
21:49dr. Frank gonna put my story on the
21:52front page he'll put mine on the front
21:54page dr. Franklin is many things but he
21:57is not insane papers ready
22:14I never thanked you for not giving me
22:17away on the boat that night I had to let
22:19you write that story how else could I
22:21prove the mine was superior
22:23spell superior gee these flapjacks look
22:30good oh I imagine they are