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The Best Episodes of Liberty's Kids

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Liberty's Kids is an animated educational historical fiction television series produced by DIC Entertainment, originally broadcast on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002 to April 4, 2003, although PBS continued to air reruns until August

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    Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 12 - Common Sense
    9.0/10(26 votes)

    #1 - Common Sense

    S1:E12

    Sarah, James and Henri meets Thomas Paine and they hear his beliefs on the common man and independence.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 11 - Washington Takes Command
    8.8/10(21 votes)

    #2 - Washington Takes Command

    S1:E11

    Washington puts together the Continental Army. Meanwhile James goes with Henry Knox to get cannons from Fort Ticonderoga.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 40 - We the People
    8.8/10(18 votes)

    #3 - We the People

    S1:E40

    Moses resolves to open a school for free black children; Sarah reunites with her parents. The Constitution is written.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 1 - The Boston Tea Party
    8.7/10(41 votes)

    #4 - The Boston Tea Party

    S1:E1

    At the direction of Benjamin Franklin, Moses, James and Henri travel to Boston in search of Sarah, who has arrived from England on a tea-laden ship. When they get to the Harbor, they happen upon the disguised colonists and discover they are raiding the very ship Sarah is on.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug McIntyre

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  5. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 9 - Bunker Hill
    8.7/10(29 votes)

    #5 - Bunker Hill

    S1:E9

    James witnesses the Battle of Bunker Hill from the American side, while Sarah interviews one of the British officers, and Henri acts as a messenger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 19 - Across the Delaware
    8.7/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Across the Delaware

    S1:E19

    James learns more about the captured British spy.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 14 - New York, New York
    8.6/10(22 votes)

    #7 - New York, New York

    S1:E14

    Sarah does a report on the loyalists opinion on the revolution in New York. Meanwhile James escapes to Manhattan with the Continental Army.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 6 - The Shot Heard Round the World
    8.5/10(26 votes)

    #8 - The Shot Heard Round the World

    S1:E6

    James, reporting on the Minutemen, and Sarah, falling in with the British forces, report from both sides on the ""shot heard ‘round the world"" at Lexington. They each leave the scene fearful of what the future will bring though James is caught up with the romanticism of fighting for liberty.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 27 - The New Frontier
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    #9 - The New Frontier

    S1:E27

    Sarah decides to go off into the wild Ohio Fronteir to find her father, while there she's found by some friendly Indians who wish to help her. An English friend of the Indians comes to help and Sarah gets a very wonderful surprise and makes a sad decision. Meanwhile James and every other poor person is having trouble with the rich overcharging them. A man trys to tar and feather a rich Tori, but James disagrees.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 13 - The 1st Fourth of July
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #10 - The 1st Fourth of July

    S1:E13

    Sarah and James meet Thomas Jefferson and witnesses the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 39 - Going Home
    8.3/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Going Home

    S1:E39

    James interviews former U.S. soldiers to find out what it's like for them, and learns that farmers are having trouble paying off taxes since all their food went towards feeding soldiers. Meanwhile, Lafayette says he is going home to France and eventually invites Henri to go with him, and Henri accepts the invitation.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 18 - American Crisis
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #12 - American Crisis

    S1:E18

    The gang meets back up with Thomas Paine. Meanwhile, George Washington is under pressure to win his battle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 22 - Lafayette Arrives
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Lafayette Arrives

    S1:E22

    Henri meets the Marquis de Lafayette.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 38 - The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #14 - The Man Who Wouldn't Be King

    S1:E38

    The Americans want George Washington to be king of the United States, but he refuses.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 7 - The Green Mountain Boys
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    #15 - The Green Mountain Boys

    S1:E7

    James heads to the Grants to cover the story of the settlers' struggle; Sarah goes hoping to find a place in the Green Mountains for her family to settle, and Henri wants to find maple syrup. Sarah and James witness the capture of the fort and Sarah befriends Benedict Arnold, whom she instantly respects.

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  16. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 2 - The Intolerable Acts
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #16 - The Intolerable Acts

    S1:E2

    Moses, James, Sarah and Henri hide at poet Phillis Wheatley's house in Boston, where some of His Majesty's soldiers are being quartered. Hearing Phillis Wheatley's story, Sarah is confronted with the horror of slavery for the first time. Later, though Sarah does not agree with her new friends' thoughts about Mother England, she helps them in a time of trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug McIntyre

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  17. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 17 - Captain Molly
    8.0/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Captain Molly

    S1:E17

    With General Washington losing battle after battle, James' confidence wavers. He and Sarah go to Washington's camp to report from the front lines. However, because she is a girl, Sarah is sent to Fort Tryon with the other women and children. There, she befriends Molly, a spunky patriot whose husband was killed fighting the British. But then James finds out that the British are going to attack Fort Tryon! Meanwhile, back in Philadelphia, Moses starts teaching Henri how to read.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 32 - Benedict Arnold
    8.0/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Benedict Arnold

    S1:E32

    According to James' theory, there are British spies that are close to General Washington, how else could you explain all the conterattacks by the british? James is on a mission to find out! In the mean time, in his west point house, Benedict Arnold is bitter about the Congress. Becasue of his bitterenss, he meets up with one of the british officers and tells them of Washington's plans, plans that if the british could get a hold of, would mean the end of liberty. What will Sarah think when she finds out her hero is a traitor?

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 15 - The Turtle
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    #19 - The Turtle

    S1:E15

    Sarah, Henri and James reports on a sea monster in the New York harbor, then they meet the submarine inventor David Bushnell.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 25 - Allies at Last
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Allies at Last

    S1:E25

    James learns about religious freedom from Moses Michael Hayes; Sarah and Henri are in occupied Philadelphia.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 36 - Yorktown
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Yorktown

    S1:E36

    Moses' brother fights for the British; Moses joins the American mining corps to search for his brother; battle of Yorktown.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 20 - An American in Paris
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #22 - An American in Paris

    S1:E20

    While visiting Abigail Adams, Sarah gets exposed to smallpox. Meanwhile Alexander Hamilton joins George Washington in the battle.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 23 - The Hessians Are Coming
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #23 - The Hessians Are Coming

    S1:E23

    James is found by the British and is tied to a Hessian.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 26 - Honor and Compromise
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Honor and Compromise

    S1:E26

    Henri befriends Abraham Nimham; Sarah and Moses watch Congress debate over the Articles of Confederation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 8 - The Second Continental Congress
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #25 - The Second Continental Congress

    S1:E8

    Desperate for information on what Congress is doing behind the closed doors of the statehouse, James unknowingly befriends a British spy. Sarah and Moses meet George Washington and together use ""Yankee ingenuity"" to fix Washington's carriage after it breaks.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Common Sense" is the best rated episode of "Liberty's Kids". It scored 9/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/17/2002. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Washington Takes Command".