Original subtitles

♪ I SEE A LAND

♪ WITH LIBERTY FOR ALL

♪ YET STILL I KNOW

♪ THE TRUTH WILL RISE AND FALL ♪

♪ OH, YEAH

♪ THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES ♪

♪ A WORD NOW TO THE WISE

♪ THE WORLD WAS MADE TO CHANGE ♪

♪ EACH DAY IS A SURPRISE

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

♪ I'M SEARCHIN' FOR A HERO TO IDOLIZE ♪

♪ FEELING THE PAIN AS INNOCENCE DIES ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

♪ I TAKE MY HEART INTO BATTLE ♪

♪ GIVE THAT FREEDOM BELL A RATTLE ♪

♪ GET MY INDEPENDENCE SIGNED

♪ DECLARE FOR IT ON THE DOTTED LINE ♪

♪ LET PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM RING ♪

♪ AND PATRIOTIC VOICES SING

♪ RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, NEVER GIVE UP ♪

♪ YOU REPRESENT, AMERICA!

♪ I'M HOPIN' AND PRAYIN' FOR A BRIGHTER DAY ♪

♪ I LISTEN TO MY HEART, AND I OBEY ♪

♪ HOW CAN I SEE IT ANY OTHER WAY? ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY DIC ENTERTAINMENT AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Narrator: TODAY ON LIBERTY'S KIDS...

Englishman: COWARDLY BANDITS ATTACKED THE DARTMOUTH.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFLAMING THE SUBJECTS OF BOSTON

TO THIS VIOLENCE?

American man: PARLIAMENT RAISED THE TEA TAX OVER OUR OBJECTIONS.

MAYBE NEXT TIME THEY'LL LISTEN.

John Adams: BUT YOU MUST LEARN TO DISTINGUISH

BETWEEN A PATRIOTIC ACT OF PROTEST AND MOB RULE.

[MEN SHOUTING]

Captain: ALL RIGHT. THESE COLONIES ARE TROUBLING WITH ENGLAND IN BOSTON.

THIS IS NOT MASSACHUSETTS, YOU SAY. TRUE.

THIS IS PHILADELPHIA IN PENNSYLVANIA.

BUT TROUBLE MOVES 'ROUND.

LEAVE YOUR POLITICS ON BOARD

AND DON'T PICK UP ANY POLITICS ASHORE.

Sarah: "SEPTEMBER, 1774.

"DEAREST MOTHER, PLEASE GIVE MY BEST TO DR. FRANKLIN.

"AS HE MAY HAVE TOLD YOU, PARLIAMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

"HAS NOT BEEN WARMLY RECEIVED.

"THE COLONIES HAVE SENT REPRESENTATIVES TO PHILADELPHIA

TO ATTEND A CONTINENTAL CONGRESS..."

UH, NO, THANK YOU

Sarah: "THE FIRST GATHERING OF LEADERS FROM EACH OF THE 13 COLONIES.

"THEY INTEND TO DRAFT A FORMAL RESPONSE TO PARLIAMENT.

"THERE IS SO MUCH BEAUTY HERE.

"IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE PEOPLE

"ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR COLONIES.

"AND PASSIONS, AS YOU KNOW,

CAN MAKE MEN'S BLOOD RUN HOT."

BY GIVING CANADA THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY,

THE LIVES LOST 11 YEARS AGO DURING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

WERE LOST FOR NOTHING.

BUT PARLIAMENT'S DEMAND

THAT BOSTON PAY FOR THE TEA THEY DESTROYED

IS PERFECTLY REASONABLE.

THE TAX IS NOT REASONABLE.

ONLY A TORY WOULD THINK SO.

[FRENCH ACCENT] I THOUGHT TORY WAS A COLONY.

YOU KNOW, LIKE IF A PERSON WAS A TORY,

THEY WERE FROM TORY.

LIKE A NEW YORKER IS FROM NEW YORK.

SARAH'S NOT A TORY.

"COLONISTS WHO DEFEND PARLIAMENT ARE CALLED TORIES,

"A NASTY NAME IN THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC.

"I MUST LEARN TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I SAY

SINCE MY OPINIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS POPULAR."

John Adams: SAM, IT'S VITAL THESE PAMPHLETS

ARE DISTRIBUTED IN BOSTON IMMEDIATELY.

THE PAMPHLETS NEED TO BE READ

WHILE THE BRITISH WARSHIPS ARE STILL THERE...

WITH CANNONS POINTING AT CHURCH STEEPLES.

JOHN, EVEN I WOULDN'T ACCUSE THE BRITISH

OF TARGETING CHURCH STEEPLES,

AND I CONSIDER MYSELF AN EXPERT AT STIRRING THE POT.

YOU'RE RIGHT, OF COURSE. IT'S TOO MUCH.

BUT WE MUST GET THESE PAMPHLETS INTO BOSTON.

WE MUST!

YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE A WAY OF AGREEING

THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE YOU'RE ARGUING.

YOUR PAMPHLETS ARE NEARLY DONE.

SARAH, HENRI, JAMES, YOU REMEMBER MR. SAMUEL ADAMS.

YES, SIR. WE WERE THERE IN BOSTON

THE NIGHT OF THE TEA PARTY.

A MOST SPLENDID PROTEST.

THE PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER RISE UP

WITHOUT DOING SOMETHING WORTH REMEMBERING.

AND THIS IS MR. JOHN ADAMS.

THE SAME JOHN ADAMS WHO DEFENDED THE BRITISH TROOPS

WHO FIRED ON OUR PATRIOTS AT THE BOSTON MASSACRE?

JAMES, THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO.

NO, MOSES, THE LAD IS RIGHT.

I DID DEFEND THE BRITISH SOLDIERS,

AND THEY WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY FOR A GOOD REASON.

THEY WEREN'T GUILTY.

AND OUR PATRIOTS WERE?

THEY SIMPLY STOOD UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED.

I THINK IT WAS VERY BRAVE OF YOU, MR. ADAMS,

TO DEFEND UNPOPULAR MEN

IN THE MIDST OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS

WHO WANTED TO SEE THEM PUNISHED.

I HAD JUSTICE ON MY SIDE.

THE MEN INVOLVED IN THE SO-CALLED MASSACRE

WERE NOT PATRIOTS.

THEY WERE A DRUNKEN MOB SPOILING FOR A FIGHT.

IT WAS A CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE.

FACTS CAN BE STUBBORN THINGS.

IF I HAD BEEN THERE,

I WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH THE PATRIOTS.

SON, I ADMIRE YOUR HEART,

BUT YOU MUST LEARN TO DISTINGUISH

BETWEEN A PATRIOTIC ACT OF PROTEST AND MOB RULE.

THE TYRANNY OF THE PEOPLE

CAN BE JUST AS BRUTAL AS THE TYRANNY OF THE CROWN.

THE PAMPHLET LOOKS GOOD, JOHN.

NOW ALL WE NEED IS A WAY TO GET THEM INTO BOSTON.

HOW ABOUT YOU, JAMES?

HERE'S A PATRIOTIC ACT.

GET THESE TO MY WIFE ABIGAIL.

I WOULD, BUT I'VE AGREED TO ASSIST THE SCRIBES DURING THE CONGRESS.

SINCE THE HARBOR'S CLOSED, BRITISH TROOPS PATROL THE ROADS,

STOPPING AND SEARCHING EVERY CARRIAGE.

THERE WILL BE DANGER.

ABIGAIL IS GOING TO MEET THE CONVOY

WELL OUTSIDE BOSTON.

THE DANGER WILL BE MINIMAL.

Sarah: I'LL GO.

YOU? YOU DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IN OUR CAUSE.

MAYBE NOT, BUT I BELIEVE IN ADVENTURE.

I COULD TAKE HENRI WITH ME.

NO ONE WOULD SUSPECT A THING.

SARAH IS RIGHT.

AND HENRI IS A STOUT, ABLE YOUNG MAN.

RIGHT, HENRI?

[GRUNTS]

GOOD. THEN IT'S SETTLED.

I'LL NOTIFY ABIGAIL BY COURIER.

YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO BE AGGRESSIVE

IF YOU WANT TO BE A JOURNALIST.

I THINK YOU WERE VERY NEARLY RUDE TO MR. ADAMS.

I WAS TO THE POINT, NOSE-TO-NOSE.

YOU WERE AS BUSY GIVING YOUR OWN OPINION AS GETTING HIS.

I LIKE SAM ADAMS.

SAM IS A MAN OF ACTION.

THIS IS A TIME FOR ACTION.

Man: HEY! WHO'S THERE?

Henri: WHOA!

Man: WHAT HAVE WE HERE?

STAND RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE!

I WAS LOOKING FOR MY SHIPMATE.

I'LL BE ON MY WAY.

I OFFERED TO BUY YOU A DRINK.

I DON'T DRINK.

THAT IT?

OR IS YOU WOULDN'T JOIN THE TOAST?

MAY PARLIAMENT ROT, THE WRETCHED LOUTS!

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I DON'T KNOW MY WAY AT NIGHT.

OH, ALL RIGHT ALREADY!

LOOK, I DON'T WANT ANY TROUBLE.

LET ME GO ABOUT MY BUSINESS.

YOU ARE MY BUSINESS.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU OUT IN THE CHILLY NIGHT AIR.

HE NEEDS A WARM COAT... OF TAR AND FEATHERS!

William: NO! LET ME GO!

STOP!

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO MISS THIS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

IF YOU WERE A GENTLEMAN,

YOU'D PUT A STOP TO IT.

IMAGINE HOW SILLY HE'S GOING TO LOOK

COVERED WITH TAR AND FEATHERS.

HE'LL LOOK LIKE A GIANT BARN OWL.

HOOTY HOOT!

HOOTY HOOT!

I'M HOOTY THE SAILOR.

HOOTY HOOT! HOOTY HOOT!

ISN'T THIS MORE OF A STORY THAN THAT POOR, UNFORTUNATE SAILOR?

WHAT STORY? WE'RE LOADING WAGONS.

THESE SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN SENT FROM 4 DIFFERENT COLONIES.

THAT'S A STORY.

I HAD THE IMPRESSION THE COLONIES CONSIDERED THEMSELVES

SEPARATE COUNTRIES.

THEY DID, UNTIL PARLIAMENT CLOSED BOSTON HARBOR.

IS THEY CAN DO IT TO BOSTON,

THEY CAN DO IT ANYWHERE.

[MOB SHOUTING]

William: STOP!

Henri: WHAT IS IT?

IT'S THE BARN OWL ON PARADE!

[GASP]

William: LET ME GO!

LEAVE ME ALONE!

WHAT IS MY CRIME? THAT I DISAGREE?

NOW THAT'S A STORY!

I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!

Sarah: HOLD ON, HENRI.

WE'RE LEAVING SOON.

THE WAGON MASTER SAID THE ROADS OUT OF PHILADELPHIA

ARE EASIER TO TRAVEL WITH THIS MOON.

HOOTY HOOT!

HOOTY HOOT!

HOOTY HOOT!

HOOTY HOOT!

Sarah: "ON THE SAME CITY STREET AT THE SAME TIME,

"I WITNESSED AN ACT OF COMPASSION

"AS STRANGERS DONATED FOOD FOR PEOPLE IN NEED,

"FOR PEOPLE THEY HAVE NEVER MET.

"YET I ALSO WITNESSED A CALLOUS ACT OF BRUTAL BULLYING...

AND JAMES IS SWEPT UP IN IT!"

STOP!

NO!

LET ME GO!

IN LARGE TYPE ACROSS THE TOP--

"HOOTY HOOT GETS THE BOOT,"

BECAUSE HE LOOKED LIKE A BARN OWL

AFTER THEY TARRED AND FEATHERED HIM,

AND THEY KICKED HIM WHEN THEY CUT HIM LOOSE.

GET IT? "HOOTY HOOT...BOOT?"

I DON'T THINK SO.

MOSES, HE HAD IT COMING TO HIM.

REMEMBER WHAT JOHN ADAMS SAID ABOUT MOBS?

WHAT DOES MR. ADAMS KNOW ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER GAME?

HE COULD LEARN SOMETHING FROM THE AUTHOR OF THAT PAMPHLET

HE'S SENDING TO BOSTON-- NOVANGLUS.

NOW, THAT MAN IS A WRITER.

NOVANGLUS IS JOHN ADAMS.

IT'S A PSEUDONYM,

MEANING HE WRITES UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME.

JOHN ADAMS WROTE A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS AND NOT OF MEN?

THAT'S JOHN ADAMS?

THE VERY ONE.

MAYBE I SHOULD WRITE USING A...

PSEUDONYM.

YEAH. I'LL CALL MYSELF SOMETHING MODERN--

DaggerQuill.

ALL ONE WORD, BUT CAPITALIZE THE "Q."

ChatterQuill WOULD BE MORE LIKE IT.

THE LESSON HERE, JAMES, IS LESS ABOUT THE NAME

AND MORE ABOUT THE MESSAGE.

MR. ADAMS IS A VERY WISE MAN.

YOU WOULD DO WELL TO LEARN FROM HIS EXAMPLE.

NOW GET THIS PAPER STOCK OVER TO CONGRESS.

YOU WILL LET ME WRITE A STORY ABOUT THE CONGRESS

FOR THE GAZETTE?

ONLY IF YOU STUDY THE ISSUES.

LEARN ABOUT THE MEN ARGUING THE VARIOUS SIDES.

DEAL!

THAT BOY!

I FORGOT THE PAPER STOCK.

[FRUSTRATED SIGH]

Sarah: "DEAREST MOTHER,

"THIS LAND IS EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR

THAN FATHER HAS DESCRIBED IN HIS LETTERS."

[CHIRPING]

"BUT THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET ARE MOST UNCOMMON.

"THEIR DESIRE TO LEARN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY

"AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE WITH THEIR FELLOW COLONIALS

GIVES ME HOPE FOR MANKIND."

I COULD CHOKE HALF OF THEM WITH MY BARE HANDS.

DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING THAT'S GOING ON IN BOSTON?

PATIENCE, SAM.

WE WILL MAKE THE CASE WITH FACTS

THAT STACK ONE UPON ANOTHER LIKE BRICKS.

SOON WE WILL HAVE AN ARGUMENT SO STRONG,

IT WILL BE IMPERVIOUS TO ATTACK.

Sarah: "ON OUR SECOND DAY,

"AN OLD MAN BROUGHT HIS SHEEP TO THE CONVOY.

"HE EXPLAINED HE WAS TOO OLD TO CONTINUE HERDING SHEEP.

"HE HAD GIVEN MOST OF HIS FLOCK TO HIS DAUGHTER,

"BUT HE WANTED TO GIVE THE REST TO THE BLOCKADED CITY OF BOSTON.

"AT FIRST, OUR WAGON MASTER DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT THE FLOCK.

"IT WOULD HAVE SLOWED US DOWN TOO MUCH.

BUT I HAD AN IDEA."

ALL RIGHT, TROOPS.

I KNOW NOTHING OF SHEEP,

BUT I KNOW SOLDIERS.

I DEPEND ON YOU TO ASSIST ME, LIEUTENANT.

[AS LIEUTENANT] YES, GENERAL, SIR.

[AS HIMSELF] QUIT FIGHTING WITH THE LIEUTENANT.

YOU THERE, BIG HORN.

IF YOU BEHAVE, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL RANKS OF HONOR

AND NAMES OF VALIANT FRENCH KNIGHTS AND MUSKETEERS.

IT IS ESSENTIAL AT THE OUTSET

TO DETERMINE OUR METHOD OF VOTING.

WHO IS THAT AT THE PODIUM?

HIM? THAT'S PATRICK HENRY.

...THE POPULATION OF THE LARGER COLONIES.

WHAT SAY YOU?

HEAR, HEAR!

POINT OF ORDER!

AT THE PROVISIONAL MEETING OF THE STAMP ACT,

WE VOTED BY COLONIES!

Delegate: ONE VOTE EACH!

Second delegate: YES, WE'RE ALL EQUAL!

Duane: NO! OUTRAGEOUS!

WHO IS THAT STANDING UP?

DELEGATE DUANE. HE'S FROM NEW YORK.

WHAT SAY YOU TO THAT, SIR?

THE MATTER OF THE VOTE HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED!

THAT'S JOHN ADAMS. HIM, I KNOW.

LET'S MAKE A DEAL.

I'LL TELL YOU EVERYONE I KNOW,

AND YOU TELL ME EVERYONE YOU KNOW.

I KNOW EVERYONE.

EVERYONE? WHO'S THAT?

JOHN JAY OF NEW YORK.

NOW, PLEASE, I'M TRYING TO LISTEN.

AS WE SET ABOUT OUR BUSINESS,

I REMIND EVERYONE OF OUR PURPOSE.

WE ARE HERE TO REESTABLISH HARMONY WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

WE ARE NOT HERE TO PROVOKE PARLIAMENT

INTO FURTHER ACTION AGAINST US.

HEAR, HEAR!

Adams: OUTRAGEOUS!

GENTLEMEN, COME TO ORDER!

I HAVE JUST RECEIVED A MESSAGE BY COURIER

THAT BRITISH WARSHIPS HAVE FIRED CANNON

UPON THE CITY OF BOSTON.

CHURCH STEEPLES HAVE FALLEN.

THERE IS PANIC IN THE STREETS

AND SOME NUMBER OF DEAD.

[BARKING]

Sarah: "AS WE NEAR THE END OR OUR LAST DAY ON THE ROAD,

"WE ARE MET BY A MOST MARVELOUS LADY AND HER DRIVER.

"SHE IS THE WIFE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATE, JOHN ADAMS.

"ABIGAIL ADAMS IS SO MUCH MORE.

YOU WOULD LIKE THIS LADY VERY MUCH."

WELCOME, FROM ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF BOSTON.

AND YOU MUST BE SARAH.

FORGIVE MY BRAZEN HUSBAND, THAT MR. ADAMS,

SENDING A GIRL ON SUCH AN ERRAND.

YOU MUST THANK HIM FOR ME.

IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE.

BUT I MUST ASK YOU,

WE HEARD ALONG OUR JOURNEY

THAT BOSTON HAS BEEN FIRED UPON.

IS THIS TRUE?

HEAVENS, NO.

GENERAL GAGE SENT TROOPS TO CAMBRIDGE

AND TOOK ARMS AND POWDER STORED THERE.

PATROLS ON THE ROAD STOP SUPPLIES FROM ENTERING THE CITY.

BUT ACTUAL WARFARE?

GOD SAVE US FROM THAT.

HAS ANY WORD COME FROM ENGLAND?

ANYTHING NEW FROM PARLIAMENT

THAT MIGHT PROVOKE VIOLENCE?

NO. GENERAL GAGE CAN ACT UNDER HIS OWN AUTHORITY.

HE CLAIMS HE SEIZED THE POWDER AND GUNS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.

HOWEVER, IF HE FINDS THESE PAMPHLETS,

IT WOULD BE SEDITION.

THAT COULD LAND US ALL IN JAIL.

SEDITION?

THAT'S LIKE TREASON.

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.

I WON'T LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU.

I PROMISE.

PLEASE PUT EVERYTHING IN MY CARRIAGE.

I KNOW HOW TO GET THE PAMPHLETS INTO BOSTON

WITHOUT ANYONE GOING TO JAIL.

MY SQUADRON!

[BAA!]

IF I FOLLOW THE MARSH ROAD INTO BOSTON,

NO ONE WILL THINK TWICE.

YOUNG MAN, THAT'S BRILLIANT.

Moses: TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CONGRESS.

James: WELL, I FOUND THE DELEGATES AT CARPENTER'S HALL

ARGUING OVER WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE INTOLERABLE ACTS.

ONE GROUP WANTS TO DEMAND PARLIAMENT REPEAL THE INTOLERABLE ACTS,

WHILE THE OTHER GROUP WANTS TO ASK THE KING FOR HIS HELP.

WHO ARE THE LEADERS?

THE FIREBRANDS-- THAT WHAT THE MODERATES CALLED THEM--

ARE THE MASSACHUSETTS MEN, JOHN ADAMS AND SAM ADAMS.

WRITE THE NAMES DOWN.

WHO ARE THE MODERATES THEN?

WHO SPEAKS FOR THEM?

OUR OWN DELEGATION. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

SHAME ON PENNSYLVANIA.

MR. GALLOWAY SOUNDS AS IF HE WERE A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT HIMSELF.

GOOD JOB, JAMES. EXCELLENT REPORTING.

YOU HAVE ALL THE FACTS.

WHY ARE YOU SO GLUM?

BECAUSE THEY JUST TALK AND TALK AND TALK!

WHY WON'T THEY FIGHT IT OUT AND BE DONE WITH IT?

LET'S SAY A PRAYER OF THANKS

WE HAVE MEN WHO AREN'T SO QUICK TO FIGHT.

THE MODERATES WON.

THEY'RE GOING TO PETITION THE KING TO FIX IT WITH PARLIAMENT.

IT COULD BE WEEKS BEFORE THERE'S ANY NEWS.

MOSES, LET ME DO A STORY ON THE SAILOR

THAT GOT TARRED AND FEATHERED.

THAT'S REAL NEWS-- PATRIOTIC AND FUNNY.

I KNOW WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE SAILOR.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO HIM

AND STILL SEE HOW "PATRIOTIC AND FUNNY" YOU THINK IT IS.

YOU WANT TO ASK MR. PARKER QUESTIONS FOR THE NEWSPAPER?

YES, DOCTOR.

HE'S IN A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN.

HE'LL HAVE TO STAY IN BED FOR A MONTH, MAYBE MORE.

James: HE'S HURT BAD?

HE CAN'T BE. I SAW HIM.

I SAW HIM STAND UP AND WALK AWAY.

[MOANING]

[MOANING]

WHEN A PERSON IS TARRED,

THE TAR IS LIKE HOT OIL.

THEY BOIL IT.

[GASP]

TAR BURNS A MAN'S CLOTHES ONTO HIS SKIN.

YOU MEAN, LIKE HOT CANDLE WAX, AND YOU PEEL IT OFF, AND--

WORSE!

WHEN YOU PEEL THE TAR OFF,

YOU PEEL THE SKIN AWAY.

THEN THERE'S THE RISK OF INFECTION,

WHICH I'M AFRAID HAS ALREADY SET IN.

BUT THEY WERE PATRIOTS, TAKING A STAND.

THEY WERE CRIMINALS,

WHO USED THE CAUSE TO BEAT HIM AND ROB HIM OF HIS HARD-EARNED PAY.

BUT THEY WERE SHOUTING SLOGANS AGAINST PARLIAMENT,

AND THEY SANG A LIBERTY SONG.

DID THEY RESPECT MR. PARKER'S LIBERTY?

YOU WANT THE REAL STORY?

GO ASK HIM A QUESTION.

I...I DON'T THINK I WANT TO.

THE FACTS, JAMES.

IF YOU WANT TO BE A REPORTER,

YOU MUST HAVE ALL THE FACTS.

[MOANING]

[GASP]

Moses: TEARS ARE SALTY.

THAT ADDS STING TO THE WOUNDS.

ONE TEAR LEADS TO MORE HURT AND MORE TEARS.

IT'S A CYCLE OF PAIN

NO MAN SHOULD INFLICT ON ANOTHER FOR ANY REASON.

William: WHO IS IT?

IT'S MOSES.

I BROUGHT THE YOUNG MAN I MENTIONED EARLIER.

COULD HE ASK YOU A QUESTION OR 2?

YES.

IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO?

Soldier: THESE WAGONS HEADED TOWARD BOSTON?

SOMEBODY GOT AN ANSWER FOR ME?

Sarah: YES, THEY ARE.

THEY WERE LOADED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE KING.

BY THE SOUND OF THAT VOICE,

YOU'RE A WAYS FROM HOME HERE, MISSY.

Sarah: "MOTHER, I AM SORRY TO SAY

"THESE BRITISH SOLDIERS WERE FAR FROM GENTLEMEN.

"2 OF THEM HELD MUSKETS AT THE READY.

"THEY TALKED AMONG THEMSELVES,

"DECIDING WHO WOULD RIDE WHICH WAGON.

"THEY INTENDED TO SELL THE GOODS

AND POCKET THE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES."

SIR, MY FATHER IS A BRITISH OFFICER.

REALLY? AN OFFICER, YOU SAY?

WHICH ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN FOR THE WAGONS?

I'M SURE GENERAL GAGE WILL WANT TO KNOW

WHO TOOK THE SUPPLIES.

GENERAL GAGE?

UH, SEE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THESE GOODS WERE...

SHE'S NOT THE DAUGHTER OF--

WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE AN ISSUE OF WHO HER FATHER IS.

JUST SIGN.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE THE WAGONS NOW.

THERE AREN'T ANY NEWSPAPERS OR PAMPHLETS HERE?

I SWEAR ON THE KING'S HEALTH

THERE ARE NO PRINTED OR PUBLISHED WORKS IN THESE WAGONS.

MOVE ON THEN.

ALL RIGHT, STAY QUIET UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.

Henri: LIEUTENANT, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE 6-MAN LAVA CANNON.

COLONEL, HAVE WE HEARD FROM THE INDIAN SCOUTS?

THEY ARE THE FAMOUS SHADOW WARRIORS.

YOU CANNOT SEE THEM UNTIL THEY ARE RIGHT BESIDE YOU.

[AS LIEUTENANT] YES, SIR, GENERAL, SIR.

[SHEEP BAAING]

THEY SOUND LIKE SHEEP.

IT COULD BE INDIANS.

THEY MAKE NOISES LIKE BIRDS AND BEARS TO FOOL THE ENEMY.

THEY MUST HAVE TAUGHT THE REBELS HOW TO DO IT.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!

Henri: KEEP MOVING!

WE WILL FIND A LARGE FIELD

TO ENGAGE IN A PROPER BATTLE.

Sarah: "AFTER HENRI DELIVERED HIS SQUAD OF SHEEP,

"HE RETURNED THE DOG HE CALLED LIEUTENANT

TO THE OLD MAN."

[BARKING]

"WE RODE BACK TO PHILADELPHIA

"ON HORSES FROM THE STABLE OF ABIGAIL ADAMS.

I SHALL MISS HER."

"SAFELY BACK IN PHILADELPHIA,

"I MADE MY WAY TO MR. ADAMS

WITH A LETTER FROM HIS WIFE."

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WORRY ABOUT HER THERE, IN HARM'S WAY.

SHE ASKS YOU TO WRITE MORE OFTEN.

YES, I MUST.

IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE A MESSAGE FOR DR. FRANKLIN

IN YOUR NEXT LETTER TO ENGLAND.

TELL HIM I AM AS HEART-STRONG AS HEADSTRONG.

I AM CONVINCED BY THIS CONGRESS

THAT AMERICA WILL SUPPORT MASSACHUSETTS

OR PERISH WITH HER.

I WILL TELL HIM THAT.

Sarah: "JOHN ADAMS ARRANGED FOR US TO SEE

"A BIT OF CONGRESS IN ACTION.

MR. ADAMS SAID IT BEST."

THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN VIRGINIANS, PENNSYLVANIANS,

NEW YORKERS, AND NEW ENGLANDERS ARE OBSOLETE.

I AM NOT A NEW ENGLAND MAN.

I AM AN AMERICAN!

WE ARE AMERICANS!

[CHEERING]

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

♪ I'M SEARCHIN' FOR A HERO TO IDOLIZE ♪

♪ FEELING THE PAIN AS INNOCENCE DIES ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES

♪ I TAKE MY HEART INTO BATTLE ♪

♪ GIVE THAT FREEDOM BELL A RATTLE ♪

♪ GET MY INDEPENDENCE SIGNED

♪ DECLARE FOR IT ON THE DOTTED LINE ♪

RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, NEVER GIVE UP ♪

♪ YOU REPRESENT, AMERICA!