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The Best Episodes of Liberty's Kids Season 1

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 1 - The Boston Tea Party
    8.7/10(41 votes)

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

    #2 - 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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  3. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 3 - United We Stand
    7.6/10(29 votes)

    #3 - United We Stand

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 4 - Liberty or Death!
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #4 - Liberty or Death!

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 5 - The Midnight Ride
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    #5 - The Midnight Ride

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #6 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #9 - 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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  10. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 10 - Postmaster General Franklin
    7.7/10(20 votes)

    #10 - Postmaster General Franklin

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #12 - Common Sense

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #13 - 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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  14. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 14 - New York, New York
    8.6/10(22 votes)

    #14 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #15 - 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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  16. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 16 - One Life to Lose
    7.7/10(21 votes)

    #16 - One Life to Lose

    S1:E16

    Sarah and James witnesses Nathan Hale's commitment to independence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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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
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #19 - Across the Delaware

    S1:E19

    James learns more about the captured British spy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #20 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 21 - Sybil Ludington
    6.4/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Sybil Ludington

    S1:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #22 - Lafayette Arrives

    S1:E22

    Henri meets the Marquis de Lafayette.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer: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
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Liberty's Kids Season 1 Episode 24 - Valley Forge
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #24 - Valley Forge

    S1:E24

    James and Sarah see the hardship that foot soldiers endure during the war; Washington faces betrayal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #25 - Allies at Last

    S1:E25

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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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 41 votes. Directed by Unknown 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".