Sons Of Liberty

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Anybody watch part 1 ? Great show !!!

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

I don't think they gave a good portrayal of Ben Franklin (he was faithful to his wife Deborah for 45 years of marriage). She died in 1774 . . . so I guess he could have been cozy with the maid by 1775. Still - if you read his works he was anything but hedonistic.

He really didn't become the lady's man we know and love until he became ambassador to France from 1776 to 1785.

Otherwise - a good show. Boston must have been a hard place to be at that time for businessmen.

 

[BigWaveDave]

I am locked in...watching the repeat of last nites again! I miss living up north w/ the history and all...oh wait...Blizzard '15...nah.

 

[skarmajunga]

Watching now

 

[NHBandit]

Excellent show ! I have a 7th generation grandfather who was there when the first shot was fired at the Battle of Lexington & Concord and carried the body of the first officer killed by the British off the battlefield. Here is his signed affadavit from that day. Also a pic of his headstone.

 

[gunsil]

I definitely liked the show. I too had an ancestor at Concord and Lexington. BUT, the show was made by Sam Adams brewing company, and if I didn't know anything about the early days of the revolution other than this show I would think Sam Adams started the whole thing by himself. The brewing company sure likes having their namesake be at the front of the story!!

 

[BigWaveDave]

and who knew how HOT General Gage's wife was!

 

[DonDigger]

I also enjoyed the first episode and plan on following it thru. Hopefully history will be represented as closely as possible without a lot of creative license. As far as Sam Adams (the company) goes, I did knock down a few of their creations while watching.

 

[Gary1963]

I've had been looking forward to this show. Unfortunately it's more fiction than fact.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

John Hancock is rolling in his grave. He's portrayed as a dandy and loyal only to money. I seriously doubt if that was true, but it makes for a good story, I guess.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Good TV - but, silly me, here all along I thought John Adams did all the heavy lifting and Sam Adams was a footnote that had some minor involvement in Boston. And that other guy - whats his name? Tommy Jefferson. At least they did mention him kind of in passing sort of.

Von Stuben? Layfayette? Henry (and Harry) Lee? No mention.

They did mention Prescott and Knox briefly and Dr. Joseph Warren, who they seem to have based Sam Adams on, went down fighting at Bunker Hill.

And they made it seem like it was three days between Bunker Hill and the ratification of the Declaration instead os over a year.

And they were arguing about independence a year before the Boston Massacre - after Franklin pulled together a congress in 1774. He was NOT sought out by Sam Adams in 1775. And the Tea Party was 1773.

 

[gunsil]

What happened to Thomas Paine?? I always thought he was one of the great rabble rousers.

 

[Boatlode]

If you want historical accuracy, watch a documentary. Sons Of Liberty was very entertaining, and loosely followed the events leading up to the DOI. I enjoyed it.

We need more like this. Today's young people have no idea how our great nation was founded.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

What happened to Thomas Paine?? I always thought he was one of the great rabble rousers.

Good point! Paine got the word out to all the colonies with Common Sense and American Crisis. He put the seed in everyone's mind that it could really happen. A colony had never won freedom from the "mother" country before we did.

 

[GMD52]

Watched it last night....very entertaining, and enjoyed it. Like some other's have said it was TV, and did differ somewhat from the written word.

 

[Juice in the hole]

John Hancock is rolling in his grave. He's portrayed as a dandy and loyal only to money. I seriously doubt if that was true, but it makes for a good story, I guess.

I've never really read much about him until this show started. I promptly looked up his Wiki entry to satiate my renewed desire for American Revolution knowledge. Apparently he was a bit of a dandy. My mental picture of him from reading the passage bellow closely resembles the character depicted in the series. If he were alive today, I seriously doubt you'd ever catch him in a pair of jeans or turning a wrench. What's the old saying "It's easy to become rich when you have millions to work with" or something like that?
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After graduating from the Boston Latin School in 1750, Hancock enrolled in Harvard College and received a bachelor's degree in 1754.[12][13] Upon graduation, he began to work for his uncle, just as the French and Indian War (1754–1763) had begun. Thomas Hancock had close relations with the royal governors of Massachusetts, and secured profitable government contracts during the war.[14] John Hancock learned much about his uncle's business during these years, and was trained for eventual partnership in the firm. Hancock worked hard, but he also enjoyed playing the role of a wealthy aristocrat, and developed a fondness for expensive clothes.[15][16]

From 1760 to 1761, Hancock lived in England while building relationships with customers and suppliers. Upon returning to Boston, Hancock gradually took over the House of Hancock as his uncle's health failed, becoming a full partner in January 1763.[17][18][19] He became a member of the Masonic Lodge of St. Andrew in October 1762, which connected him with many of Boston's most influential citizens.[20] When Thomas Hancock died in August 1764, John inherited the business, Hancock Manor, two or three household slaves, and thousands of acres of land, becoming one of the wealthiest men in the colonies.[21][22] The household slaves continued to work for John and his aunt, but were eventually freed through the terms of Thomas Hancock's will; there is no evidence that John Hancock ever bought or sold slaves.[23]

 

[Juice in the hole]

I definitely liked the show. I too had an ancestor at Concord and Lexington. BUT, the show was made by Sam Adams brewing company, and if I didn't know anything about the early days of the revolution other than this show I would think Sam Adams started the whole thing by himself. The brewing company sure likes having their namesake be at the front of the story!!

I kind of got that too about Sam Adams. They're sponsoring the show and he is their brand. I noticed too that Adams is played by a charismatic, handsome young actor. Adams was 54 when the Declaration of Independence was signed and rather portly from his portraits. On the other hand, I do think that he's almost forgotten by many when discussing the revolution. At one time however, he was considered "The Father of the American Revolution." T.J. himself called Adams "truly the Man of the Revolution." I think It's a case of the other key participants going on to bigger and better things after the revolution. Adams was a L.T. Governor for a few years and then governor. Someone mentioned Thomas Jefferson in an earlier post; he would have been a minor participant had it not been for him writing the Declaration of Independence. Without that and his later presidency, he might have been another footnote in history. Just another cog in the wheel from that era. JMHO.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

It was a movie, not a documentary.... I enjoyed it myself, can you imagine what it was really like at the 2nd Continental Congress when Dec of Independence was signed? .

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