8.7/1040 votes#1 - The Boston Tea Party
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2002
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: N/A
Writer: Doug McIntyre
8.0/1025 votes#2 - The Intolerable Acts
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2002
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: N/A
Writer: Doug McIntyre
7.6/1029 votes#3 - United We Stand
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/2002
Moses lets James report on Congress and after a British sailor is ""tarred and feathered,"" James learns about the ugliness of mob rule, when emotions get in the way of compassion. Sarah and Henri meet Abigail Adams and travel with her to bring supplies and pamphlets to the occupied city of Boston. Sarah immediately finds in Abigail a strong female role model to look up to.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1027 votes#4 - Liberty or Death!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/5/2002
James, Sarah, Henri and Moses travel to Virginia, where they witness Patrick Henry's speech. Moses is shocked to find his brother Cato on the slave auction block and risks his own freedom to rescue him. Cato sees hope for himself in Dunmore's Proclamation and in the end leaves his brother to seek his own path to freedom.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1043 votes#5 - The Midnight Ride
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/2002
Sarah and James travel to Boston to deliver a message to Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren and end up riding with the famous messengers so that they can write about it for the paper.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1025 votes#6 - The Shot Heard Round the World
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/2002
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1027 votes#7 - The Green Mountain Boys
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/2002
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1024 votes#8 - The Second Continental Congress
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/11/2002
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1027 votes#9 - Bunker Hill
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/12/2002
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1020 votes#10 - Postmaster General Franklin
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2002
When the Philadelphia patriots find out that some of their mail isn't being delivered to the right people by the British-controlled postal service, James and Sarah volunteer to carry important letters to New York. Ben Franklin becomes the colonies' Postmaster General on July 26, 1775.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/1020 votes#11 - Washington Takes Command
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/2002
Washington puts together the Continental Army. Meanwhile James goes with Henry Knox to get cannons from Fort Ticonderoga.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/1026 votes#12 - Common Sense
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/17/2002
Sarah, James and Henri meets Thomas Paine and they hear his beliefs on the common man and independence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1031 votes#13 - The 1st Fourth of July
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/18/2002
Sarah and James meet Thomas Jefferson and witnesses the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1022 votes#14 - New York, New York
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/19/2002
Sarah does a report on the loyalists opinion on the revolution in New York. Meanwhile James escapes to Manhattan with the Continental Army.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1021 votes#15 - The Turtle
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/20/2002
Sarah, Henri and James reports on a sea monster in the New York harbor, then they meet the submarine inventor David Bushnell.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1020 votes#16 - One Life to Lose
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/23/2002
Sarah and James witnesses Nathan Hale's commitment to independence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1018 votes#17 - Captain Molly
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/24/2002
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1016 votes#18 - American Crisis
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/25/2002
The gang meets back up with Thomas Paine. Meanwhile, George Washington is under pressure to win his battle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/1017 votes#19 - Across the Delaware
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/26/2002
James learns more about the captured British spy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1015 votes#20 - An American in Paris
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/27/2002
While visiting Abigail Adams, Sarah gets exposed to smallpox. Meanwhile Alexander Hamilton joins George Washington in the battle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/1017 votes#21 - Sybil Ludington
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/30/2002
James learns from the courageuos Sybil Ludington that the thought of independence not only lies in the hearts of soldiers and determined young men, but also in the hearts of determined young women. Sarah travels to Philadelphia with General Benedict Arnold and witness his passion of being ranked to a higher office in the army.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1012 votes#22 - Lafayette Arrives
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/1/2002
Henri meets the Marquis de Lafayette.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1015 votes#23 - The Hessians Are Coming
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/2/2002
James is found by the British and is tied to a Hessian.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1024 votes#24 - Valley Forge
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/3/2002
James and Sarah see the hardship that foot soldiers endure during the war; Washington faces betrayal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1014 votes#25 - Allies at Last
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/4/2002
James learns about religious freedom from Moses Michael Hayes; Sarah and Henri are in occupied Philadelphia.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Liberty's Kids Season 1
Every episode of Liberty's Kids Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Liberty's Kids Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Boston Tea Party" is the best rated episode of "Liberty's Kids" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Doug McIntyre, it aired on 9/2/2002. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Intolerable Acts".