01x03 - United We Stand

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see I

know the truth will rise and fall

yeah that's just the way it goes a word

now to the

wise the world was made to be these days

a

surprise i'm looking at life through my

own eyes i'm searching for a hero to

idolize feeling the pain as innocent

eyes looking at life

i shake my heart into battle give that

freedom by the rattle hit my independent

eye declare it on the ding line let the

Philadelphia freedom and patriotic

voices sing red white and blue never

give up you represent America

and praying for a brighter day i listen

to my heart and I obey how can I see it

any other way i'm looking at my life my

own eyes

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today on Liberty's Kids cowardly bandits

attacked the dark who is responsible for

inflaming the subjects of Boston to this

violence parliament raised the tea tax

over our objections maybe next time

they'll

listen but you must learn to distinguish

between a patriotic act of protest and

mob rule

all right these colonies are troubling

with England and Boston this is not

Massachusetts you say true this is

Philadelphia and Pennsylvania but

trouble moves round leave your politics

on board and don't pick up any politics

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ashore september

1774 dearest mother please give my best

to Dr franklin as he may have told you

Parliament's response to the Boston Tea

Party has not been warmly

received the Colonies has sent

representatives to Philadelphia to

attend a Continental Congress

uh no thank you

the first gathering of leaders from each

of the 13 colonies they intend to draft

a formal response to

Parliament there is so much beauty here

it's not difficult to understand why the

people are passionate about their

colonies and passions as you know can

make men's blood run

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hot by giving Canada the Ohio River

Valley the lives lost 11 years ago

during the French and Indian w*r were

lost for nothing but Parliament's demand

that Boston pay for the tea they

destroyed is perfectly reasonable the

tax is not reasonable only a Tory would

think so i saw Tori was a colony you

know like if a person was a Tori they

were from Tori like a New Yorker is from

New York sarah's not a Tory colonists

who defend Parliament are called Tories

a nasty name on this side of the

Atlantic i must learn to be careful what

I say since my opinions are not always

popular

sam it's vital these pamphlets are

distributed in Boston

immediately the pamphlets need to be

read while the British warships are

still there with cannons pointing at

church steeples john even I wouldn't

accuse the British of targeting church

steeples and I consider myself an expert

at stirring the pot you're right of

course it's too much but we must get

these pamphlets into Boston we must you

gentlemen have a way of agreeing that

makes it sound like you're arguing

your pamphlets are nearly done sarah

Henri James you remember Mr samuel Adams

yes sir we were there in Boston the

night of the tea party a most splendid

protest the people should never rise up

without doing something worth

remembering

and this is Mr john Adams the same John

Adams who defended the British troops

who fired on our patriots at the Boston

m*ssacre james that was many years ago

no Moses the lad is right i did defend

the British soldiers and they were found

not guilty for a good reason they

weren't guilty and our patriots were

they simply stood up for what they

believed i think it was very brave of

you Mr adams to defend unpopular men in

the midst of friends and neighbors who

wanted to see them punished i had

justice on my side the men involved in

the so-called m*ssacre were not patriots

they were a drunken mob spoiling for a

fight it was a case of

self-defense facts can be stubborn

things if I had been there I would have

been with the patriots son I admire your

heart but you must learn to distinguish

between a patriotic act of protest and

mob rule the tyranny of the people can

be just as brutal as the tyranny of the

crown the pamphlet looks good John now

all we need is a way to get them into

Boston how about you James here's a

patriotic act get these to my wife

Abigail i would but I've agreed to

assist the scribes during the congress

since the harbors closed British troops

patrol the roads stopping and searching

every carriage there will be danger

abigail is going to meet the convoy well

outside Boston the danger will be

minimal i'll go you You don't even

believe in our cause maybe not but I

believe in adventure i could take Henry

with me no one would suspect a thing

sarah is right and Henri is a stout able

young man right Henri

good then it's settled i'll notify

Abigail Vicer

you have to learn to be aggressive if

you want to be a journalist i think you

were very nearly rude to Mr adams i was

to the point nose tonose you were as

busy giving your own opinion as getting

his i like Sam Adams sam is a man of

action this is a time for action hey

who's that whoa what have we here

stay right where you are i was looking

for my shipmate i'll be on my way i

offered to buy you a drink i don't drink

that it or is you wouldn't join the

toast may Parliament rot the wretched

louts

where are you going i don't know my way

at night oh I'll ride already look I

don't want any trouble let me go about

my business you are my business

i'm worried about you out in the chilly

night air he needs a warm coat of tar

and feathers

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let me go stop i can't believe I'm going

to miss this i can't believe you'd want

to have anything to do with it if you

were a gentleman you'd put a stop to it

imagine how silly he's going to look

covered with tar and feathers you look

like a giant barn

owl hoody

hoot hoody hoot i'm Hoodie the

sailor hoody hoot hoody hoot

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isn't this more of a story than that

poor unfortunate sailor what story we're

loading wagons these supplies have been

sent from four different colonies that's

a

story i had the impression the colonies

consider themselves separate countries

they did until Parliament closed Boston

Harbor if they can do it to Boston they

can do it anywhere

stop what is it it's the Barnal on

parade

let me

go leave me alone

what is my crime that I disagree now

that's a story i want to see what

happens next hold on Henri we're leaving

soon the wagon master said the roads out

of Philadelphia are easier to travel

with this moon

honey honey honey on the same city

street at the same time I witnessed an

act of compassion as strangers donated

food for people in need for people they

have never met yet I also witnessed a

callous act of brutal bullying and James

is swept up in it

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no let me go

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enlarged type across the top hooty Hoot

gets the boot because he looked like a

barn owl after they tred and feathered

him and they kicked him when they cut

him loose get it hooty hoot boot i don't

think so Moses he had it coming to him

remember what John Adams said about mobs

what does Mr adams know about the

newspaper game he could learn something

from the author of that pamphlet he's

sending to Boston Novangelus now that

man is a writer novangelus is John Adams

it's a pseudonym meaning he writes under

an assumed name john Adams wrote a

government of laws and not of men that's

John Adams the very one

maybe I should write using a pseudonym

yeah I'll call myself something modern

dagger Quill all one word but capitalize

the Q chatterqu Quill would be more like

it the lesson here James is less about

the name and more about the message mr

adams is a very wise man you would do

well to learn from his example now get

this paper stock over to Congress

you will let me write a story about the

Congress for the Gazette only if you

study the issues learn about the men

arguing the various sides deal

that boy i forgot the paper stock

dearest mother this land is even more

spectacular than father has described in

his letters

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but the people I have met are most

uncommon their desire to learn what is

going on in the country and their

willingness to share with their fellow

colonials gives me hope for

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mankind i could choke half of them with

my bare hands don't they understand the

suffering that's going on in Boston

patience Sam we will make the case with

facts stacked one upon another like

bricks soon we will have an argument so

strong it will be impervious to attack

on our second day an old man brought his

sheep to the convoy he explained he was

too old to continue hering sheep he had

given most of his flock to his daughter

but he wanted to give the rest to the

blockaded city of Boston at first our

wagon master didn't want to accept the

flock it would have slowed us down too

much but I had an idea

all right troops i know nothing of sheep

but I know soldiers i depend on you to

assist me Lieutenant yes Chwell sir quit

fighting with the lieutenant you there

big horn if you behave I will give you

all ranks of honor and names of valiant

French knights and musketeers

it is essential at the outset to

determine our method of voting who is

that at the podium

him that's Patrick Henry population of

the larger colonies what say you here

point of order at the provisional

meeting of the Stamp Act we voted by

colonies one vote each yes we're all

equal no outrage who is that standing up

delegate Dwayne he's from New York what

say you to that sir the matter of the

vote has not been decided that's John

Adams him i know let's make a deal i'll

tell you everyone I know and you tell me

everyone you know i know everyone

everyone who's that john J of New York

now please i'm trying to listen as we

set about our business I remind everyone

of our purpose we are here to

reestablish harmony with Great Britain

we're not here to provoke Parliament

into further action against us you're

here outrageous gentlemen come to order

i have just received a message by Corer

that British warships have fired cannon

upon the city of Boston church steeples

have fallen there is panic in the

streets and some number of dead

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as we near the end of our last day on

the road we are met by a most marvelous

lady and her driver she is the wife of

the Massachusetts delegate John Adams

abigail Adams is so much more you would

like this lady very much welcome from

all the good people of

Boston and you must be Sarah forgive my

brazen husband that Mr adams sending a

girl on such an errand you must thank

him for me it has been a wonderful

adventure but I must ask you we heard

along our journey that Boston has been

fired upon is this true heavens no

general Gage sent troops to Cambridge

and took arms and powder stored there

patrols on the road stopped supplies

from entering the city but actual

warfare God save us from that has any

word come from England anything new from

Parliament that might provoke violence

no general Gage can act under his own

authority he claims he sees the powder

and g*ns to prevent violence however if

he finds these pamphlets it would be

sedition that could land us all in jail

sedition that's like treason you have

nothing to fear i won't let anything

happen to you i promise please put

everything in my carriage i know how to

get the pamphlets into Boston without

anyone going to jail my squadron

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if I follow the marsh road into Boston

no one will think twice young man that's

brilliant

tell me what happened in the Congress

well I found the delegates at Carpenters

Hall arguing over what to do about the

Intolerable Acts one group wants to

demand Parliament repeal the intolerable

blacks while the other group wants to

ask the king for his help who are the

leaders the fire brands that's what the

moderates called them are the

Massachusetts men John Adams and Sam

Adams write the names down who are the

moderates then who speaks for them our

own delegation can you believe it shame

on Pennsylvania mr galloway sounds as if

he were a member of parliament himself

good job James excellent reporting you

have all the facts why are you so glum

because they just talk and talk and talk

why won't they fight it out and be done

with it let's say a prayer of thanks we

have men who aren't so quick to fight

the moderates won they're going to

petition the king to fix it with

Parliament it could be weeks before

there's any news moses let me do a story

on the sailor that got and

feathered that's real news patriotic and

funny i know where you can find the

sailor maybe you should talk to him and

still see how patriotic and funny you

think it is

you want to ask Mr parker questions for

the newspaper yes doctor he's in a great

deal of pain he'll have to stay in bed

for a month maybe more he's hurt bad he

can't be i saw him i saw him stand up

and walk away

oh

when a person is tarred the tar is like

hot oil they boil it

tar burns a man's clothes onto his skin

you mean like hot candle wax and you

peel it off and worse when you peel the

tar off you peel the skin away then

there's the risk of infection which I'm

afraid has already set in but they were

patriots taking a stand they were

criminals who used the cause to beat him

and rob him of his hard-earned pay but

they were shouting slogans against

Parliament and they sang a liberty song

did they respect Mr parker's liberty

you want the real story go ask him a

question i I don't think I want to the

facts James if you want to be a reporter

you must have all the

facts oh

tears are salty that adds sting to the

wounds one tear leads to more hurt and

more tears it's a cycle of pain no man

should inflict on another for any reason

who is it it's Moses i brought the young

man I mentioned earlier could he ask you

a question or two yes

is there anything I can do

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these wagons headed toward Boston

somebody got an answer for me yes they

are they were loaded in accordance with

the law of the king by the sound of that

voice you're a ways from home here Missy

mother I am sorry to say these British

soldiers were far from gentlemen two of

them held musketss at the ready they

talked among themselves deciding who

would ride which wagon they intended to

sell the goods and pocket the money for

themselves sir my father is a British

officer really an officer you say which

one of you would like to sign for the

wagons i'm sure General Gage will want

to know who took the supplies general

Gage

uh see we didn't know these goods were

she's not the daughter of We don't need

to make an issue of who her father is

just sign we don't have time to take the

wagons now there aren't any newspapers

or pamphlets here i swear on the king's

health there are no printed or published

works in these wagons move on then

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what was your over there all right stay

quiet until we know what we're up

against

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you don't keep your eye on the six-man

lava cannon colel have we heard from the

Indian scouts they are the famous shadow

warriors you cannot see them until they

are right beside you yes sir general sir

they sound like sheep it could be

Indians they make noises like birds and

bears to fool the enemy they must have

taught the rebels how to do it let's get

out of here

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keep moving we will find a large field

to engage in a proper battle

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after Henri delivered his squad of sheep

he returned the dog he called Lieutenant

to the old

man we rode back to Philadelphia on

horses from the stable of Abigail Adams

i shall miss

her safely back in Philadelphia I made

my way to Mr adams with a letter from

his wife

thank you so much i worry about her

there in harm's way she asks you to

write more often yes I must if you would

include a message for Dr franklin in

your next letter to England tell him I

am as heartstrong as headstrong i am

convinced by this Congress that America

will support Massachusetts or perish

with her i will tell him that

john Adams arranged for us to see a bit

of Congress in action mr adams said it

best the distinctions between

Virginiaians Pennians New Yorkers and

New Englanders are obsolete i am not a

New England

man i am an

American we are Americans

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looking at life through my own eyes i'm

searching for a hero to

idolize feeling the pain

as looking at life my own i take my

heart into battle give that freedom

better rattle get my independent sign

declare it on the dotted line red white

and blue never give up you represent

America

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