Sons of Liberty

2014 • HISTORY
4.8
299 reviews
TV-PG
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Season 1 episodes (5)

1 A Dangerous Game
1/25/15
In Boston, Sam Adams--brilliant but deeply in debt--incites the anger of the British crown after accidentally provoking the destruction of the royal governor's mansion. With the British authorities on his tail, Sam is forced to turn to a wealthy socialite--John Hancock--for help. But when their association ruins Hancock's British business connections, together, Sam and Hancock establish an ingenious black market smuggling operation only to have it swiftly shut down by the royal governor. Once again, riots consume the streets of Boston. Sam engineers a protest of loyalist businesses, but when a young boy is murdered by a British supporter, the conflict with the British goes from a dispute about money and taxation to a fight for freedom.
2 The Uprising
1/26/15
The British Crown responds to the colonists' destruction of 600,000 pounds of tea by sending the ruthless General Thomas Gage to Boston to snuff out the rebellion. The general's tumultuous relationship with his wife, Margaret, leaves her vulnerable and soon, she engages in an affair with Sam Adams's close friend, Dr. Joseph Warren. To combat the growing British threat, Sam, John Hancock and John Adams meet with the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. But when the other colonists refuse to aid Boston, Sam and Hancock take George Washington's advice and begin training their own army. When Margaret divulges Gage's plan to capture Sam and Hancock, Paul Revere sets off on his legendary ride to warn the colonists. Revere arrives in the nick of time, but while Sam and Hancock flee from their safe house, they hear "The Shot Heard Round The World" as the British face off with the colonial militia.
3 Independence
1/27/15
As Sam Adams and John Hancock barely manage to escape, the superior British Royal Army massacres the rest of colonial militia at the famed Battle of Lexington. The two forces clash again at Concord, forcing the British to retreat back to Boston. While both sides prepare for an inevitable war, Sam and Hancock work with Ben Franklin to desperately convince the rest of the colonial representatives in Congress to support their cause--independence. When General Thomas Gage learns of his wife Margaret's affair with Sam's friend, Dr. Joseph Warren, Gage launches a full-out assault on the colonists at Bunker Hill. Sam uses the news of the battle to persuade the rest of the colonies to vote for independence. As British warships fire on Manhattan, The Revolutionary War begins, but the rebels will now face their enemy not as individual colonies, but as a single, united country.
101 Sneak Peek
1/4/15
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101 Sons of Liberty - Sneak Peek
1/4/15
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About this show

Before America was one nation, an aging generation of British loyalists maintained diplomacy with the King, but a defiant and radical group of young men would band together in secrecy to change the course of history

Ratings and reviews

4.8
299 reviews
Nathan Sherman
September 21, 2015
It's very entertaining. i love the series but it has a ton of historical inaccuracies. Adams was in his 40s not his 20s to 30s. British soldiers never preformed arrest warrants etc. Tons on inacuracies but very entertaining.
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Sarah Kuenning
February 11, 2015
Sorry, but there's plenty of drama inherent in revolution without having to sex it up. Comes off more like historical fan fiction than the real thing. If you liked "John Adams," don't bother with this one.
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Jefferey “Phreece” White
February 28, 2017
By far one of the best, if not they best dramatized version of the American Revolution I have ever seen on film. Very well done. Also is very well-acted by many up-and-coming new stars.
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