01x06 - The Shot Heard 'Round the World

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I still I

know the truth will rise and

fall that's just

toles a word now to the

wise the world was making he STS a

surprise I'm looking at life my own eyes

I'm searching for a hero don't idolize

feeling the pain as

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innoc I take my heart battle that

freed my Independence it on

the for your freeding and patriotic sing

Never up you represent America Hing and

praying for a glider day I listen to my

heart and I oy how can I see it any

other way I'm looking

at

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my today on Liberty's Kids these Rebels

need to be taught a lesson will you let

them burn down the town all companies

March to the bridge but hold your fire

do not fire on the king's TR troops

unless we're fired upon

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first it's a wonder you two are still

standing

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April 19

1775 Dear Mother

the people of the colonies are

stubbornly independent raised our taxes

did we have a say none more so than here

in Massachusetts and who can forget our

brothers who lost their lives in the

Boston

m*ssacre they are bent on governing

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themselves and now de cry the same Red

Coats who just 12 years ago helped them

win the French and Indian w*r the

British are on the

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Move cousin Tom he's serving under

general Gage marching un conquered what

must he be thinking right

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now cousin Tom you are the

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answer are you up already say what are

you doing I'm going to find my cousin

what he's thinking is what the people of

these colonies need to know a

Lieutenant's perspective on the solders

role in keeping peace there won't be

peace until we have the same rights

every Englishman has the rights we took

for granted not long ago James

these are the king's colonies is it

reasonable to expect him to just let

them disobey parliament's laws is it

reasonable to send soldiers to enforce

tyranny the king doesn't want trouble

any more than you do but unless both

sides understand each other trouble is

bound to come on that we agree but

Parliament has ignored our petitions

it's now up to the king to make them

understand he has the power if only he'd

use it and that's why I'm going to see

Tom so the colonist will understand

their fight is with the lawmakers not

with the soldiers you can't it could be

dangerous I expect it will but this is a

big story with two sides and you can't

cover both at the same time so we'll

have to work together even with the

danger I'm off to find my

cousin I thought we were working

together darn her together is faster

than mine

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Cy Hal see to your water supplies

Fallout Tom Tom

Phillips

Sarah where how

what are you doing here I came to see

you of course and who is this Tom this

is my cousin Sarah Phillips Sarah allow

me to present Lieutenant Brian

Johnson how did you know where to find

your cousin you're not a spy are you I'm

a loyal British subject thank you I'm

here to write a newspaper story and to

warn you that you and your company may

be in grave Danger don't worry there'll

be no trouble general Gage himself said

he doubts that the infernal Rebels would

take up arms against his Majesty's

troops Mr Monroe I'm James Hiller a

journalist for the Pennsylvania Gazette

I was wondering what militia this is and

who is in charge there are two companies

here James minute company and alarm our

leader is up ahead there at the green

and he would be a veteran of the French

and Indian Wars Captain John

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Parker major pitan what do you make of

all these barrs they announce our

present sir F this was to have been a

secret mission I'm afraid it's no secret

sir and I doubt we'll be able to seize

the Colonials Munitions as we planned

cursed Rebels we've endured a sleepless

night and tremendous discomfort because

of them

being a soldier suits you Tom the

finances back home left me no other

choice still everything works out for

the best I've done all right for myself

every man here is proud to serve with

him but Brian's the real Soldier these

ragtag colonists will Wilt when faced

with the likes of him in truth most of

the colonists remain loyal to the crown

there's only a small handful of

troublemakers I'm pleased to hear you

say that that's exactly the sort of

thing my readers need toar

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here Colonel Smith the scouts report a

number of armed Rebels just ahead major

you will proceed into the township with

an advanced guard I shall follow with

the grenadiers the rebels may be up to

no good dispatch your swiftest Rider to

general Gage have him send

reinforcements the cooler heads among

the rebels will carry the day if we

outnumber

them you'll be perfectly safe here if

you're under orders not to harm anyone

why should I need to hide it just a

precaution um the wall will work better

if you duck behind it should I be

worried about you Tom not at all neither

side wishes to fight I'll see you

shortly squatting behind walls isn't

very dignified for a lady and it's

useless for a

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journalist Gentlemen please form into

your respective

companies what about me Captain Parker

you're welcome to join us lad but you'll

need a weapon I'm afraid we have none to

spare here's my weapon I like to join as

a journalist a writer printing the right

things is worth a thousand soldiers you

might want to amend that statement sir

light company

Advance sound to

Arms sounded BS

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steady men stand your ground and don't

fire unless fired

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depart they number close to 650 how many

are we fewer than 80

job I should be able to see everything

safely from

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James Sergeant mon go form

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RS lay down your arms and disperse and

you will not be harmed stand your ground

men surround and disarm

them please disperse please do as the

major says surround and disarm them

charge V

light company

Advance Surrender Your

Arms never we will

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not we shall use Force disarm

them where did that come from who

fired who fired proms proms

no

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out stop hold your fire we were ordered

not to

fire to we're being shot at

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SE fire sound to

arm re arms re

arms

stop stop firing CE fire

cease fire cease

fire hold your

fire P

back it's the Boston m*ssacre all over

again sound to Arms

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and keep those flit loocks

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shouldered does anyone know how many

casualties there were eight dead sir a

number of others wounded I couldn't

count them I was afraid nothing to be

ashamed of we all ran who fired first I

couldn't tell it doesn't matter it has

brought us to w*r

a w*r no one

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wanted I'm sorry for these disagreeable

circumstances Colonel Smith the men show

little inclination for Discipline Do not

deplore the actions of your men without

first examining your own major we are

here to seize Munitions not k*ll

colonists there had better be no such

display in conquered wave a man

down

sergeant

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Tom

Tom it's Brian no his leg is badly shot

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up form ranks

Tom please don't go I must it's my duty

then I'm coming with you I don't think

you should things could become very

dangerous from here on

out don't try to talk me out of it a w*r

may have started here today I'm going to

cover the story start to finish and

you're going to help

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me shoulder arms we march to

conquer what have we done

where are we headed Mr Hosmer to the

Liberty pole major buttrick's giving

orders he's a good man we fought side by

side against the French and Indians

during the last

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w*r there's been sh**ting what's going

on is anyone the rumors are true the Red

Coats have shot and k*lled militia men

in Lexington two of my Kinsmen among

them we'll make

them now they're headed here to conquer

the men of act your orders major butrick

as do the men of lol's corner already

excellent we'll need every man to help

defend our liberties follow me we sh

them we must defend

ourselves we must fight for don't get

away with it Sergeant I have a friend a

fellow journalist who's with the British

is there a way we can tell the men not

to sh**t at her they won't aim for a

woman but these muskets are not accurate

at a long distance they could hit

anybody body or miss

everybody I hope that anybody is not

Sarah look at them how Brazen they're

not even trying to conceal their

strength from us Colonel Smith sir

Lieutenant Tom Phillips sir and this is

my cousin Sarah Phillips she's a

journalist is that so miss Phillips yes

sir for the Pennsylvania Gazette Ben

Franklin's newspaper Sarah is a loyal

British subject here to tell the British

side of the story sir I believe that the

majority of people here are loyal to

England and supportive of the Army's

presence but there are those who would

paint you as

monsters I wish the colonist to know

that the Army is just as human as they

are and Dr Franklin has allowed me to do

that you do have a way with words very

well allow me to offer you an excellent

seat and a spy glass so that you can

witness my gentle handed discipline of

the rebels

thank you sir Lieutenant you are

dismissed James James where are

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you you there yes you come

here yes sir if you're going to report I

want you to do it from a safe distance

nowhere near the fighting yes sir

they've given us the center of town

perhaps they want no more trouble and

neither do we let's not forget General

Gage's orders that the people have

conquered are to be treated with

respect there's smoke coming from the

center of town

sir will you let them burn down the town

I say we go and put a stop to it

I dispatched four companies to search

the Barrett farm for hidden Munitions

and two more to guard the North Bridge

excellent what happened in Lexington

must not be repeated here and conquered

these Rebels need to be taught a

lesson all companies March to the bridge

but hold your fire we not fire on the

king's troops unless we're fired upon

first

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they're coming to cross the bridge

Captain Lori if they want the bridge

we'll give it to them in pieces destroy

the

blanket how dare they ourd can't do that

I say we we can't let him do that let's

get him it's no use Captain we don't

have

time something is happening at the North

Bridge

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oh

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no keep

firing frezon

Tom get back here young lady

hold your ground hold your ground Tom

hooray we did

it hooray those red we grow them back

they won't TI that again Victory Is Ours

in the name of

Freedom Sarah

Tom don't worry

Sarah this was all just a

misunderstanding we've probably put a

stop to the trouble here yeah yes yes

everyone will see what has happened and

not want any more Bloodshed that's right

everything works out for the

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best Sarah James I'm glad you're all

right right my cousin Tom I'm so sorry

Sarah come let's get to a safer

Place April 19

1775

continued oh mother Tom's death seems to

me a sign of awful things to come this

conflict is not at all what James

thought it would be it won't be simply a

contest of ideas it promises to be a

contest of arms it promises to be

everything I had prayed we would

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avoid Dr

Franklin Dr Franklin Moses it's good to

see you how's London far away both

geographically and

politically

hey I have news for you Dr Franklin as I

have for you Moses I used to love

England its beauty its culture its

people I had hoped we could find a

compromise under which the colonies and

the crown could coexist

peacefully but Moses

I and our interests were met with

indifference disrespect contempt in what

was supposed to be a meeting about

recalling the governor of Massachusetts

my British friends tried to humiliate me

is a traitor he's a

traitor on the evening of 16 December

cowardly Bandit attacked the Dartmouth

and who is responsible for infl aing the

subjects of Boston to this

violence none other than the man before

us you have no honor sir you are a

scoundrel sir have you nothing to say

for yourself the heart of a fool is in

his mouth but the mouth of a wise man is

in his heart ah the famous Franklin wit

perhaps I need to remind you a rope is

the proper reward for

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treason being in England convinced me

that a fight between the colonies and

the crown is now inevitable being here

would have convinced you of the same

thing British soldiers fired on our

people at Lexington and

conquered the Crown's men fired upon her

own

subjects Unthinkable tell me everything

Moses here you can read all about it

the shot heard round the world by James

Hiller and Sarah Phillips I'm very proud

of them and now we must prepare for

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w*r

myar for a hero

toid feeling the pain as

inocent looking at my

I take my heart battle that freed get

my it on the line blue never up you

represent

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America C

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