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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,400 ♪ Terrible Tudors, Gorgeous Georgians 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:04,600 ♪ Slimy Stuarts, Vile Victorians 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,000 ♪ Woeful Wars, Ferocious Fights Dingy castles, daring knights 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,800 ♪ Horrors that defy description Cut-throat Celts, Awful Egyptians 5 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,200 ♪ Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes Punishment from ancient times 6 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,040 ♪ Romans rotten, rank and ruthless Cavemen savage, fierce and toothless 7 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,040 ♪ Groovy Greeks, brainy sages Mean and measly Middle Ages 8 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,760 ♪ Gory stories, we do that 9 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,280 ♪ And your host, a talking rat 10 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,240 ♪ The past is no longer a mystery 11 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:27,520 ♪ Welcome to... 12 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,360 ♪ Horrible Histories. ♪ 13 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,280 Horrible Histories presents... 14 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:47,200 This is the story of the birth of America. 15 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:53,520 While sailing for Asia, 16 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:58,720 one man believes he is the first to discover America. 17 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:05,440 I, the great and handsome Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, 18 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:10,600 am the first man ever to set foot in this strange new land. 19 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,600 RECORD SCRATCH Only he wasn't the first. 20 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,040 Our long journey from Asia is over. 21 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,960 We shall build a new home in this land. 22 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:28,600 OK... 23 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,800 I, Christopher Columbus, 24 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:35,080 am the first European man to set foot in America. 25 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,840 Uh... Technically that's not true either. 26 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,080 A new land! 27 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:48,400 The sagas will tell of my journey forever and I, Leif Eriksson, 28 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,200 son of Erik the Red, will name this land... 29 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,520 ..Vinland. Oh, look, a Skraeling. 30 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:57,760 Hey, how's it going? 31 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,440 Oh, you are going to love what we've done to this place. 32 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,880 I really need a wee. Just there. 33 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,280 Really? I mean, can they prove it? 34 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:08,760 OK, fine, fine. 35 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,920 I, Christopher Columbus, am the first European man 36 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:18,080 apart from a bunch of other guys ever to set foot in... 37 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,080 Oh, who am I kidding? 38 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,720 I didn't even make it all the way to America. 39 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,440 I stopped in the Caribbean by mistake. 40 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,960 Oh, forget it! Let's go home. 41 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,360 Turn the boat around! 42 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,760 America, discovered by Columbus... 43 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:34,880 NOT! 44 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,480 It's true. Columbus never actually went to America. 45 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,880 He went to the Caribbean islands which are just next door. 46 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,200 It was another Italian explorer, John Cabot, 47 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,440 who in 1497 really became the first modern European 48 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,240 to discover North America. 49 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:57,040 Like Columbus, Cabot was looking for Asia, but instead found a new land 50 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,960 in Canada and guess what he called this new-found land? 51 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,080 Yep, Newfoundland. 52 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,480 Talk about say what you see. 53 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:10,960 Cabot was incredibly excited, but not for the reasons you'd expect. 54 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,920 Yo, John Cabot here. 55 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:14,120 Check me out! 56 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:18,960 Shout out to King Henry VII. 57 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:20,400 Brap, brap! 58 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:21,760 He sponsored my trip 59 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,760 basically because he felt like a total bonehead 60 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:25,560 for not backing Columbus 61 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,200 and his trust in Jocab - still going with that name - has paid off. 62 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,800 We found something way more impressive. 63 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,280 Land ahoy! 64 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:34,600 No, massive fish. 65 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,520 Check this out, it's going to be hilarious. 66 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,520 Wow, this is a whole new continent. 67 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,680 Kiss the fish! 68 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,200 Kiss it! 69 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:46,720 Mwah! John... 70 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:47,840 John, stop messing around. 71 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,000 I think this could be really significant. Sorry, mate. 72 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,720 But kiss the fish! 73 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,040 So I think we can all agree that Fishland is way better 74 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,040 than anything Columbus ever found. 75 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,280 We're not calling it Fishland. 76 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,120 Oh, you think you COD do better, hmm? 77 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,960 Do you not like this PLAICE? 78 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,520 John, we're not calling it Fishland! 79 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,040 Jocab's Fishland! 80 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,200 Now that the route to America was known, King Philip of Spain 81 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,760 began building small villages in the new land called colonies. 82 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,800 Not to be outdone, our fair Queen Elizabeth I did the same, 83 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,680 asking her favourite explorer, Sir Walter Raleigh, 84 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,400 to set up the English colony called Roanoke. 85 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,600 With two of history's great figures behind it, nothing could go wrong. 86 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,280 But it still did. 87 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:39,120 Argh! 88 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,520 Your Majesty's servants are here, Your Majesty. 89 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,960 What happened? Oh, I've been robbed. 90 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,120 So I can see, ma'am. It's absolute carnage. 91 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:47,440 There's diamonds everywhere. 92 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,120 No, that's just where I keep them, you idiot. 93 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,560 Someone has stolen my lovely Roanoke. It's this again. 94 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,360 I had hoped you'd be over it after a year or two. 95 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,520 What's Roanoke? Pet dog, is it? 96 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,160 No, no, Walter, darling, you tell them. 97 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,840 I'm literally too upset to talk. 98 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:04,480 OK, Her Majesty asked me 99 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,920 to set her up an English colony in the New World. 100 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:08,520 I just wanted one New World colony. 101 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:09,840 One. 102 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:12,840 Because I was sick of King Philip of Spain lording it over me. 103 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:14,680 He doesn't even need that many colonies. 104 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:15,960 He's just showing off. 105 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,720 Sir Walter got me this lovely, sweet colony called Roanoke. 106 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:20,920 Oh, and I loved it. 107 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,760 Nice colour. Thank you, I painted it myself. 108 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,760 But when we sent a ship back to check up on it... 109 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,840 You tell them, Walter. I... 110 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:31,240 It's gone. Someone stole it because they're jealous of me. 111 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,560 HE SNORTS 112 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,600 Sometimes with these New World colonies it's famine or disease. 113 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,960 No, there were no bodies or evidence of violence. It was just gone. 114 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,720 Are you sure you read the map right, sir? 115 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,440 You wasn't just standing in the wrong bit of the New World? 116 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:45,840 I mean, I heard it's quite big. 117 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:47,960 OK, one - I'm Sir Walter Raleigh. 118 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:49,520 I can read a map, thank you. 119 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,040 Two - all the stuff was there, 120 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,440 it was just the actual people that had disappeared. 121 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,440 Oh... It's not fair. Why can't I just have one nice thing? 122 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,440 Well, we do advise with colonies that you don't leave them unattended 123 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,000 thousands of miles away for years on end. Oh, really? 124 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,880 Maybe next time, put your name on your colony, 125 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:06,160 people will know whose it is. 126 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,920 Maybe next time, I'll call it Virginia after my nickname. 127 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:10,800 Sounds very sensible, ma'am. I suppose that... 128 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,200 Shouldn't we inform the families of the missing people? 129 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,320 The families of the missing people. Clever boys. 130 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,240 Yes, and then they can club together and buy me a new colony. 131 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,840 I think it's more so that they can grieve, isn't it? 132 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:22,600 Why are people so selfish? 133 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,080 SHE WAILS 134 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,480 Is she always like this? 135 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,280 Sometime she throws the swan. 136 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:34,080 The Colony of Roanoke is now known as the lost colony. 137 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,720 We still don't know where the settlers went. 138 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,560 It's a mystery. 139 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:43,080 In 1620, 30 years after the people of Roanoke disappeared, 140 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,680 the most famous colony of all was founded 141 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,640 when the legendary Mayflower landed in America. 142 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,720 On board were a group of Puritans 143 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,920 who had crossed the Atlantic to set up a whole new society. 144 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,200 However, there were meant to be two ships. 145 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,880 I'm here with Unity and Ezekiel. 146 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,600 Now, it's a long way to America, so why do it? 147 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,440 It's about religion - a harsh, strict religion 148 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,400 which controls every aspect of our lives. 149 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,360 Yes, that's what we want to get away from. 150 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:17,160 That's what we want to start, Ezekiel! 151 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,440 Is it? 152 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:23,800 Yes, a serious religion, not like the namby-pamby Church of England. 153 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,520 We're going to the New World, a society where we can speak to God 154 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,640 directly without distractions like hymns and festivals. 155 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,440 Fingers crossed in time for Christmas. 156 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,000 There won't be a Christmas, Ezekiel. 157 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,640 That's not going to be a thing! 158 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,240 Sorry. Oh! 159 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,560 Well, there they go, 160 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,880 off on the first Puritan ship to visit the New World. 161 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,800 Remember the name, guys, as it will go down in history - 162 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,720 the Speedwell. 163 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,240 Abandon ship! 164 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,000 Breaking news, or should I say leaking news? 165 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,720 The Speedwell really is going down and it's about to BE history. 166 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:05,960 Oh, here they come. 167 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:09,840 No-one said this would be easy. 168 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,400 We shall travel on the Mayflower instead. Whoo! 169 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,200 Well, good luck, guys. Something tells me you're going to need it. 170 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,280 Guys? I'm a woman. 171 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:19,400 How rude! 172 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,040 Want to create a whole new society in service to God? 173 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,600 Then a Mayflower Cruise is for you. 174 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,800 So, come on, put on your favourite hat, pack your Bible, 175 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,280 bring your wife and your slaves - I mean children - 176 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,960 and head off for the New World. 177 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,800 On a Mayflower Cruise, you'll be surrounded by God-fearing Puritans 178 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:49,560 just like you, but you might want to hide those preachy pamphlets, boyo. 179 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:51,800 Some passengers are people you wrote about 180 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,480 like criminals escaping the law. 181 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:55,960 Very wise. 182 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,440 Travelling in very cramped conditions for two months 183 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,440 on rough seas from Plymouth, England, to New Plymouth, America, 184 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,720 Mayflower Cruises guarantee freedom to practise religion 185 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,080 in any way you want, 186 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,640 but we cannot guarantee against boredom, hunger, 187 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,200 disease, death and puking. 188 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,840 Because you'll never want to do it again. 189 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,080 Must we finish this now, Malachi? 190 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,560 I feel so ill. 191 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:27,320 We must decide the laws of our new society 192 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,720 before we land in Virginia, Ezekiel. 193 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:31,520 Now, where was I? 194 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:38,200 We do solemnly, in the presence of God and each other, covenant... 195 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,440 That's not how you spell covenant. 196 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:41,480 Yes, it is! 197 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,240 Argh! Argh... 198 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,800 Unity, how do you spell covenant? 199 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,840 Argh! 200 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:52,280 C-O-V-E-N-A-N-T 201 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,720 and you've put dog instead of God. 202 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,960 Oh, praise the Lord and this stinking, nasty, 203 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,240 overcrowded ship he's put us on. 204 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:01,720 Right, I've fixed the spelling. 205 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,000 Now, about these new laws. We're bound to need some. 206 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,720 Yes, we must plan for the future. 207 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,160 What do you think, Ezekiel? 208 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,640 No, no! 209 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,520 HE VOMITS 210 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:16,040 Do you want it back? Keep it. 211 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,200 OK, I've got - we will enact, constitute 212 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,320 and frame such just and equal laws 213 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:26,040 as shall be thought most convenient for the general good of the colony. 214 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,200 All right. 215 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:33,480 These laws will stand for all until free men vote otherwise. 216 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:34,680 Free men? 217 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:36,200 What about free women? 218 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:37,680 THEY LAUGH 219 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:40,560 I thought I was leaving for a life free from discrimination 220 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:42,000 when I joined this trip. 221 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,280 Everyone knows women aren't clever enough to vote! 222 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,000 Oh, right, well, perhaps I'm not clever enough to teach you 223 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:54,120 how to write the word covenant or to write your own name, Godspeed. 224 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,080 That says Dogs-peed. 225 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,160 Land ahoy! It's Plymouth! 226 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:00,680 Plymouth? 227 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:03,640 No, no, no, we left England two months ago. 228 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:07,880 Have we just gone in a massive squalid, squashed, stinking circle? 229 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,800 I think you'll find it's New Plymouth. 230 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,880 We have reached the New World. 231 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,320 Right, chuck that dog overboard, it can swim the rest of the way. 232 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,960 Argh! 233 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,080 Well, Ezekiel, we've done it. 234 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,920 A land of freedom and self-governance awaits. 235 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,200 Ezekiel? VOMITING 236 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,960 If he dies, can I have his vote? 237 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:29,000 BOTH: No! 238 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,960 Right, I'm off of this boat. 239 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,960 My days of banging my head are over. 240 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,000 Ow! 241 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,800 Oh! 242 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,440 Can I have his? No, you can't! 243 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,000 When the Puritans on the Mayflower finally landed in New Plymouth, 244 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,240 they set up the Plymouth Rock colony. 245 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:51,360 It was the society they had dreamt of back home in England 246 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:56,240 with just one or two minor problems like there was no food or medicine 247 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,440 or shelter and it was really cold and, well, you get the idea. 248 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,840 Luckily for them, they had some very friendly new neighbours. 249 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:10,880 Hello? 250 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,960 Hello. 251 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,680 I'm Jacob from the Plymouth Rock colony. 252 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:19,880 You know, we are your new neighbours. 253 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,200 We thought we'd pop round and say hi. Hi! 254 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,760 Ask to borrow something just to break the ice, 255 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,480 so do you have a bowl of sugar we could borrow? 256 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,680 We have maple syrup which we harvest from the trees. 257 00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:32,160 You're welcome to some of that. 258 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:33,440 You get it from the trees? 259 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:35,800 Amazing! 260 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,000 Amazing, we have a lot to learn about this country. 261 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,440 A lot. 262 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:40,480 Food? 263 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:48,680 Uh... Since we're here, I wonder if you might have anything for scurvy? 264 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:52,080 Some of our villagers seem to have a slight problem with scurvy. 265 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,240 How slight? 266 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,480 They're dead. 267 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,600 It's a shame, really, because we only lost five on the journey over, 268 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:01,600 but the lack of food here seems to be finishing us all off. 269 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,200 And we are good farmers, don't get me wrong. 270 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,640 We have a very deep, extensive knowledge of crops 271 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:08,920 and what are they? 272 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,920 Squash, melon, pumpkin. 273 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,720 These are the crops that grow best here. 274 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:16,280 That would explain why European crops are doing so badly then. 275 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,200 Is there anything else you need? Erm... No, I think that's it. 276 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,360 I think we're good apart from... 277 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:25,000 Clothes, water, furniture, fish, shelter, livestock and food. 278 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,840 I think it may just be simpler if we just came down to your village 279 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,520 and showed you how to grow the crops, 280 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,440 hunt the local animals like lobster and eel and basically just... 281 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,000 Stop us all dying. Yes, that. 282 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,120 Great, this is marvellous. 283 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,480 We can have a great get-together, a celebratory feast, 284 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,720 a Thanksgiving dinner to thank God for providing us 285 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,480 with everything we need to survive. 286 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:47,600 God? 287 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,200 I think it must be their word for us. 288 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:56,760 You're so funny. 289 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,920 Greetings, I am Tisquantum of the Patuxet tribe, 290 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:02,480 but you Europeans call me Squanto. 291 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,080 I helped the Mayflower Settlers survive the winter, 292 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:07,760 but they never could get my name right. 293 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,280 Honestly, it's not that hard. 294 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,760 Anyway, speaking of names, why is America called America? 295 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,520 Is it... 296 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,680 And the answer is... 297 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,800 ..C, nobody knows for sure. 298 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:37,080 Most probably it's named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, 299 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,960 but others say it's named after Bristol sailor Richard Amerike 300 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,360 or it's a South American tribal word for mountain. 301 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,200 You know who it isn't named after? 302 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,240 Me! But whatever, I'm not bothered. 303 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,080 It's not like I helped America start as a country or anything. 304 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,640 Oh, wait, yes, I did. 305 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,680 Honestly, some people, no gratitude. 306 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,040 And my little one's already sitting up and praying. 307 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:00,560 Oh, lovely. 308 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,000 Hello, Abigail. 309 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,480 Hi, Constance. Hi, Berenice. 310 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:09,120 Here we are with our newborn. We've brought so much joy into this world. 311 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,800 Oh, Berenice, you are so innocent. Hm? 312 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,280 It was the Lord who created this joy 313 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:19,560 which is why I have named my baby Give-Thanks. 314 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,200 Interesting that you're happy to let your child lead a blinkered life. 315 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,000 Oh? It is perhaps foolish to give thanks 316 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,680 when the Lord's work is not yet done. 317 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,160 That's why my baby is called Fight-The-Good-Fight-Of-Faith. 318 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,000 Praise Jesus! 319 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,920 You called? You've met my husband, Praise-Jesus Watkins. 320 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,080 Where is our son? 321 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:45,200 If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee, Thou-Wouldst-Be-Damned Watkins! 322 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,560 He's at home, doing his chores. 323 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,760 Dorcas, what have you named your daughter? 324 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:52,920 Cyril. 325 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,840 Cyril? That's it? Surely not. 326 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,280 I like Cyril. 327 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:58,880 Lucifer-Speaks-Through-Her... 328 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:01,120 ..is nicer than Cyril. 329 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:03,840 I'm only joking! 330 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:09,720 My baby is called It's-A-Real-Good-Thing- 331 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,520 That-Jesus-Got-Up To-Some-Great-Stuff- 332 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,000 And-Now-Let's-Hear-It-For-God While-We're-At-It,- 333 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,120 Am-I-Right,-Guys? 334 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:20,240 Johnson. 335 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:22,640 It's beautiful! 336 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,480 Hallelujah-And-Praise-The-Lord! 337 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,120 Yes, Mum? 338 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,880 What do you want? 339 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,520 Soon, there were 13 successful English colonies right across 340 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,440 the East Coast of America, but the colonists were growing angry 341 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:41,280 because whilst they still had to pay English taxes on things like tea, 342 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:44,800 they didn't get a say in the English Parliament that was making the laws. 343 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:50,200 In December 1773, this anger boiled over into a violent protest 344 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,560 called the Boston Tea Party. 345 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,480 Now, I know it doesn't sound like a protest, 346 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,760 but it started the War of Independence 347 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,040 and the end of British rule in America. 348 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:04,520 Top o' the morning, laddies! 349 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,640 Aye, Zack Septic-Tank here, but you know that. 350 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,720 "Stop wasting my time, where's the game?" 351 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,760 Right, what have we got today, then? 352 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,560 The Boston Tea Party! 353 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:14,680 What kind of game is that? 354 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,880 Sounds more like something you'd play with your granny. 355 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,320 We're in 1773 Boston, America. 356 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,800 It's the American colonists up against the British 357 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,080 and it looks like the British government... 358 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,440 Ho-ho-ho! 359 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,520 ..are charging loads of cash to the American colonies 360 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,280 for buying and selling tea. 361 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,560 So, I am playing one of the American colonists. 362 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,800 I'm called a son of liberty. 363 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:40,040 And the mission is to raise a protest about the taxes I guess, 364 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,000 so it looks like the Boston Tea Party is a sort of tax thing. 365 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,720 And we all love a game about taxes, don't we? 366 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,120 OK, so, let's see where this guy's going. 367 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:51,720 OK. 368 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,040 Whoa! That was actually pretty cool. 369 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,520 All right, now we're all dressed up as native Americans. 370 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:57,720 ALARM SOUNDS 371 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,360 Wait! Someone set an alarm clock, 372 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,600 because that is not woke! 373 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,840 Ah, who cares? I get to play with little Tomahawks though. 374 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,440 Right, OK, so we're going to the harbour. 375 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,440 Maybe we're going to sail to Britain to complain about the tax. 376 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,920 Wait, me mam's expecting me for dinner in an hour. 377 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,680 Yay! Fighting! 378 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:17,360 Finally! Right up. 379 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:20,320 What? What? We're fighting boxes. 380 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,840 Hey, guys, what are you doing? 381 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,520 Is that tea? 382 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,480 You can't throw tea in the harbour, you maniacs. 383 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:27,680 Fish don't drink tea! 384 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,920 Not without milk, that would be disgusting. 385 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,200 Time for me to destroy me joypad. 386 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:35,360 Wahey! 387 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:37,760 Bop-bop-do-pa-do-pa-do! Whoa! 388 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,160 We have thrown a lot of tea into the harbour here. 389 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:42,400 OK, what is that? 390 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,520 46 tonnes. That's 342 creates. 391 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,600 There's even more than me granny drinks. 392 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:50,920 Level one complete. 393 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,840 What's level two, lunch? 394 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,560 Uh-oh - boss level. 395 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,640 What? Wait, is that the end of the game? 396 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:00,680 Oh, OK. 397 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:06,720 Well, I guess I give it 50 stars out of ten and 13 stripes like the flag. 398 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,520 I'm only kidding, it's about a two. 399 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,000 If I go to a tea party, I expect cake. 400 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:14,640 Gentlemen... 401 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,440 ..you are the elite special forces of the colonial army. 402 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:26,560 You...are the hammer that will drive a nail through 403 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,480 the heart of King George 404 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:33,560 and gain independence from the British for the American colonies. 405 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,440 Now, can I get an hoorah? 406 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:37,480 Hoo... 407 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,200 Is there a problem? 408 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,320 I was just saying that you are the best soldiers 409 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,560 in the American colonies. 410 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,480 Death to America! No! 411 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,720 No, no, we're the Americans. 412 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,240 I thought we were the British. 413 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,280 We were the British. We're now the Americans. 414 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,480 We're fighting the British. 415 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,280 Ah... You miss one meeting! 416 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:56,560 Let me explain. 417 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,440 Erm... We fought in the Seven Years War... 418 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,680 Where we killed the British? 419 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,040 No, at that point, we were British. 420 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,720 This is kind of complicated, I can't... No, it is not! 421 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:10,440 Look, we - then British - won a war against the French... 422 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,040 Stay with it! 423 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,920 ..then our enemies, and that war cost a lot of money. 424 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,760 King George is taxing us, the British American colonies, 425 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,800 to pay for it, so we are declaring independence from Britain 426 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,600 which would make us Americans and not British 427 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,280 and would mean we don't have to pay taxes any more. 428 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,640 Death to taxes! 429 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,440 Well, there will be taxes. 430 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:31,720 Lots of them. Aw, come on! 431 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,520 Good old American ones, though, not fusty old British. 432 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,880 OK, so have we got the straight? Hands up if you're an American. 433 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,120 All right, and it's death to the who? 434 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:42,480 The British. 435 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:43,880 Yes! 436 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,160 Victory and independence will be ours! Woohoo! 437 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,680 Death to the British! Death to taxes! Guys? 438 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,840 It's the Americans, death to the Americans. 439 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,160 So close this time. 440 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:02,280 In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. 441 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:06,280 This was the first step in forming the United States of America. 442 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,440 It stated that the 13 colonies fighting the British were now 443 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:14,440 free American citizens, but, like many wealthy men, Thomas Jefferson 444 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:19,800 owned over 100 slaves who worked on his plantation, so, shamefully, 445 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,960 when he said the people were free, he didn't really mean all of them. 446 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:31,040 There, I have finished my first draft 447 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,400 of the Declaration of Independence. 448 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,360 Would that the independence for the slaves, Mr Jefferson? 449 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:38,080 All in good time, Jupiter. 450 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,960 We have to free the country from the British first 451 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,160 who are still determined to buy and sell slaves. 452 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,040 Here, let me read it for you. 453 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,200 "We hold these truths to be self-evident, 454 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,760 "that all men are created equal." 455 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,240 What? All men created equal? 456 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,720 Oh, don't be like that. 457 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,640 Sorry, everybody. 458 00:21:58,640 --> 00:21:59,960 It's just a mix-up. 459 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:01,640 Carry on, please. 460 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,920 So all men were created equal, but then some of the men 461 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,160 enslaved some of the other men and then they weren't equal any more? 462 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,400 All men ain't equal now and that has to stop and I will help to stop it. 463 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,240 Eventually. Look, can I just please finish this? 464 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,000 I mean, you know, feel free to chip in... 465 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,040 "Feel free"? 466 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,920 Oh... That's a real bad choice of words. 467 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,240 "That they are endowed by their creator 468 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,040 "with certain unalienable rights. 469 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:34,800 "Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." 470 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,800 Life... Mm-hm. Liberty? That's right. 471 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,720 And the pursuit of happiness? Mm-hm. 472 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,000 So you're going to ensure that we are happy 473 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,000 and that we can have our liberty and freedom? 474 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,040 Did you hear that? We're going to be free! 475 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,240 No, no, no, no... Hey, guys. 476 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,680 That's just a mix-up. 477 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,640 I am trying to free the slaves, 478 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,320 but I'm also writing a document that will free us 479 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,440 from the biggest empire in the world 480 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,720 at a time when our country relies on slavery to work, 481 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,840 so we can't win the war against the British with their empire 482 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,800 and their slavery without...slavery. 483 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,480 So, please, just give me a break. 484 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,960 Can they have a break, sir? 485 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:20,720 Of course not. They're slaves. 486 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,160 Oh, fiddlesticks. 487 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,320 It almost looked like I might have a point there, didn't it? Hm. 488 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,320 Well, gentlemen, we've won the War of Independence 489 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,000 and successfully founded the United States of America. 490 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,560 Having defeated the British, Thomas Jefferson 491 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,600 and James Madison are struggling to come up with an official name 492 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,080 for the man now running the country, George Washington. 493 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,680 With that in mind, Sophie and Sebastien have been invited 494 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,760 to come up with some fresh ideas. 495 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,160 OK, guys, we've got ourselves a brand-new country 496 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,280 and what a brand! 497 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:56,480 USA! USA! 498 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,000 USA! Ow! 499 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:04,440 Now we've got to do is think of a name for this dude. 500 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,240 Top Banana. 501 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,280 These tell me you're not suggesting Top Banana as a name. 502 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,480 Ha-ha-ha, no! 503 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,000 So dumb. 504 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,400 Can I just check, is it the word banana? 505 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,280 Yes, it was the word banana. Oh... 506 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,600 Unbelievable. 507 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,440 Whoa! Oh, yes! 508 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,880 We have no bananas. 509 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,400 OK, so, guys, how about... 510 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,600 ..King? King! 511 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,000 King George... It's nice. 512 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,280 It's kinda familiar, but... Of course it is! 513 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:41,920 We just fought a war to get rid of one. 514 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,440 Oh, yeah. You can't just replace one King George with another. 515 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,520 I shall not be king. I feel you, brother. 516 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,200 What about just Queen George? 517 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:50,400 Beautiful. 518 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,760 How about just Queen? 519 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,880 ♪ We will, we will rule you! Rule you! ♪ 520 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,920 OK, so, you're the guy who presides over the government, yeah? 521 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:01,840 So how about...? Oh, my gosh, got it. 522 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,000 Government presider. 523 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,400 That's ridiculous. 524 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,280 OK, what about mashing the two words together? 525 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,000 Goverpres? 526 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,080 Or presidement? 527 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:12,200 President. 528 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:13,880 Yes, I like that! 529 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,440 But the title has to be humble. 530 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,760 I preside over the people, for the people. 531 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,760 Hashtag HumblePresident? My Little President. 532 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,000 Now, listen, Mr... 533 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,880 Mr! That's it! Mr President. 534 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,040 So understated, so you. 535 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,400 I shall be President of the United States of America. 536 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,640 Brilliant. Who's for karaoke? Me! 537 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:33,680 Absolutely not. 538 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,360 150 years on from the colonial voyage of the Mayflower, 539 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:42,160 the United States of America became a nation. 540 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,320 Their leaders had to create a whole new country with laws, government, 541 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,800 taxation and a whole bunch of other very complicated things 542 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,720 that I know very little about. 543 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,520 It was a huge task and the impressive people who pulled it off 544 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,600 became known as the Founding Fathers. 545 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,400 ♪ Whoa-oh, whoa, whoa-oh 546 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,440 ♪ Oh-oh-oh, Founding Fathers 547 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,400 ♪ My ancestors left England 548 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,160 ♪ Life there they could not stand 549 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,200 ♪ Our gramps and grans left too 550 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,400 ♪ For a new life in a new land 551 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,440 ♪ The Franklin clan held on till Dad said 552 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,920 ♪ Frankly, time to go 553 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:31,840 ♪ At 17, I set sail to where revolution was starting to grow 554 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,640 ♪ Us colonists were rising up 555 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,120 ♪ No longer Brits, we'd had enough 556 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:36,600 ♪ No tax without representation 557 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,040 ♪ Time to rise with our own nation 558 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,640 ♪ We led the revolution 559 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,880 ♪ Dump Britain, the solution 560 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,840 ♪ Older, wiser, stronger, smarter 561 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,640 ♪ Each of us a Founding Father 562 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,320 ♪ I wrote the Bill of Independence 563 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:52,840 ♪ I led troops to win through defence 564 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,120 ♪ I did news Army admin 565 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:55,640 ♪ Together, we founding dads win 566 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,880 ♪ Whoa-oh, whoa, whoa-oh 567 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,080 ♪ Oh-oh-oh, Founding Fathers 568 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:07,280 ♪ We each brought different talents to the running of the state 569 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,840 ♪ I wrote the law 570 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:10,160 ♪ I won the war 571 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,440 ♪ And I was simply great 572 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,800 ♪ I came up with the swivel chair 573 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,560 ♪ Think you're a clever bod? 574 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,520 ♪ I built a stove, invented bifocals 575 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,880 ♪ And the lightning rod 576 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,280 ♪ Making stuff, a skill I lack 577 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,560 ♪ Who cares? I raised a load of tax 578 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,240 ♪ I'll win their trust I'll write down facts 579 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,840 ♪ Unite the States! I play my axe 580 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,120 ♪ Built on a revolution 581 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:36,200 ♪ With a proper constitution 582 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,560 ♪ You try hard, we'll try harder 583 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,080 ♪ Each of us a Founding Father 584 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,000 ♪ True, we may be your ascendant 585 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,520 ♪ Now that we are independent 586 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:46,920 ♪ Do more trade Grow more crops 587 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,520 ♪ Come on, guys, we're the founding pops 588 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,680 ♪ Whoa-oh, whoa, whoa-oh 589 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,080 ♪ Oh-oh-oh, Founding Fathers 590 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,960 ♪ We disagreed on loads, but on one thing we all chime 591 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,840 ♪ We got to make America great... For the first time 592 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,640 ♪ Started with revolution 593 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,760 ♪ American evolution 594 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,680 ♪ Seeing off the English baddies 595 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,800 ♪ Yes, we are the Founding Daddies 596 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,280 ♪ Not bad for a group of lads 597 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:14,680 ♪ Welcome to the founding dads 598 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:15,920 ♪ Got no time for father haters 599 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,520 ♪ All praise to the founding paters 600 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,040 ♪ Whoa-oh, whoa, whoa-oh 601 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,400 ♪ Oh-oh-oh, Founding Fathers 602 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,600 ♪ Whoa-oh, whoa, whoa-oh 603 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,360 ♪ F-f-f-founding Fathers... ♪ 46467

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