Episode
Liberty's Kids: American Crisis
Overview
The gang meets back up with Thomas Paine. Meanwhile, George Washington is under pressure to win his battle.
Details
- Series
- Liberty's Kids
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2002-09-25
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
American Crisis is Episode 18 in Season 1 of Liberty's Kids. It aired on 2002-09-25. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 17: Captain Molly
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 19: Across the Delaware
James learns more about the captured British spy.
More episodes from this season
Episode 16: One Life to Lose
Sarah and James witnesses Nathan Hale's commitment to independence.
Episode 20: An American in Paris
While visiting Abigail Adams, Sarah gets exposed to smallpox. Meanwhile Alexander Hamilton joins George Washington in the battle.
Episode 15: The Turtle
Sarah, Henri and James reports on a sea monster in the New York harbor, then they meet the submarine inventor David Bushnell.
Episode 21: Sybil Ludington
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.
Episode 14: New York, New York
Sarah does a report on the loyalists opinion on the revolution in New York. Meanwhile James escapes to Manhattan with the Continental Army.
Episode 22: Lafayette Arrives
Henri meets the Marquis de Lafayette.
Episode 13: The 1st Fourth of July
Sarah and James meet Thomas Jefferson and witnesses the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Episode 23: The Hessians Are Coming
James is found by the British and is tied to a Hessian.
Episode 12: Common Sense
Sarah, James and Henri meets Thomas Paine and they hear his beliefs on the common man and independence.
Episode 24: Valley Forge
James and Sarah see the hardship that foot soldiers endure during the war; Washington faces betrayal.