Episode

Liberty's Kids: Common Sense

Name: Liberty's Kids: Common Sense
Released: 2002-09-17
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Andrew Rannells, Ben Beck, Billy Crystal, Charles Shaughnessy

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Overview

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

Details

Series: Liberty's Kids
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 12
Air date: 2002-09-17
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

Common Sense is Episode 12 in Season 1 of Liberty's Kids. It aired on 2002-09-17. The runtime is 30 min.

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Episode 11: Washington Takes Command 2002-09-16 | 30 min Washington puts together the Continental Army. Meanwhile James goes with Henry Knox to get cannons from Fort Ticonderoga.

Episode 13: The 1st Fourth of July 2002-09-18 | 30 min Sarah and James meet Thomas Jefferson and witnesses the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

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Episode 10: Postmaster General Franklin 2002-09-13 | 30 min 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.

Episode 14: New York, New York 2002-09-19 | 30 min Sarah does a report on the loyalists opinion on the revolution in New York. Meanwhile James escapes to Manhattan with the Continental Army.

Episode 9: Bunker Hill 2002-09-12 | 30 min 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.

Episode 15: The Turtle 2002-09-20 | 30 min Sarah, Henri and James reports on a sea monster in the New York harbor, then they meet the submarine inventor David Bushnell.

Episode 8: The Second Continental Congress 2002-09-11 | 30 min 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.

Episode 16: One Life to Lose 2002-09-23 | 30 min Sarah and James witnesses Nathan Hale's commitment to independence.

Episode 7: The Green Mountain Boys 2002-09-10 | 30 min 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.

Episode 17: Captain Molly 2002-09-24 | 30 min 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.

Episode 6: The Shot Heard Round the World 2002-09-09 | 30 min James, reporting on the Minutemen, and Sarah, falling in with the British forces, report from both sides on the ""shot heard â€˜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.

Episode 18: American Crisis 2002-09-25 | 30 min The gang meets back up with Thomas Paine. Meanwhile, George Washington is under pressure to win his battle.