King George's response to the Olive Branch Petition read by John Hancock in the Continental Congress.
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@thedwightguy3 жыл бұрын
Several of the original signatories had their homes burnt to the ground. Over a dozen lost their entire fortunes. Many had wives and children jailed, and several were killed in the war. NONE BAILED.
@JohnDoe-wt9ek3 жыл бұрын
5 of them were killed during the war, serving in as much a military manner as feasibly possible, 7 others bore wounds post-Conflict as a reminder of the oath they swore. Yet not one yielded or forsook the cause. They never tell many of that, so they wrongfully assume that it was a bunch of rich politicians making political gain for themselves at the expense of the common folk... When the history tells that they suffered immensely.
@btuesday3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if they were around today? The buffoons in the Congress would never get away with the crap they're pulling
@moosefactorymullet3 жыл бұрын
The traitors knew they could hide in France if their plot failed. So terrible to see what happened to the USA since then, but what do you expect?
@TheRealCaptainJamesTKirk3 жыл бұрын
@@moosefactorymullet You misspelled Patriots.
@moosefactorymullet3 жыл бұрын
They broke their oath to the King in order to avoid paying tax, then accepted French, Spanish, Dutch protection… not patriotic at all. Read a book.
@rcslyman89295 жыл бұрын
It's sort of funny seeing that Ben Franklin is played by the same actor that played General Lord Cornwallis in The Patriot.
@RexKarrs4 жыл бұрын
...and that Alexander Hamilton went on to play Lord Melbourne in Victoria.
@antonbruce12414 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilkinson is a damned fine actor.
@bradleydavies47813 жыл бұрын
Our man Tom is versatile.
@wargey34313 жыл бұрын
General The Lord Cornwallis
@bradfordshrout32143 жыл бұрын
I know right!!
@k1productions873 жыл бұрын
It is interesting how everyone has a mixture of shock, terror, and despair in their face, and yet Benjamin Franklin just nods like "yup, I knew that is how it was going to go down"
@marcusbierman53103 жыл бұрын
He just came back from Britain after living there for years. This gave him a good understanding of the British government's mindset.
@kevinkanter25373 жыл бұрын
@@marcusbierman5310 not only did he live there but he received such a reception as a "colonial" that he ceased being an Englishman - and was "the First American" --- great book (2002) by H. W. Brands: " The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin"
@charlesdavis10803 жыл бұрын
Before Franklin left Britain he had appeared before a consul just after news of the Boston tea party where he was verbally abused for the actions of the sons of Liberty. He knew exactly how the British would react to Olive branch petition in light of the actions at Lexington and Concord.
@methos-ey9nf3 жыл бұрын
That's why Benny gets his face on the $100 Bill
@Megan-sf5vf2 жыл бұрын
If you anything about the crown it was kinda obvious what would happen.
@arnoldpuodenas82213 жыл бұрын
Up to that point they were British. They may have been across the Atlantic, but they saw themselves as Englishmen. When the response from the King arrived that was over.
@tsipher3 жыл бұрын
Well, they didn’t want separation, it was the very last resort to achieve their liberty and freedom. They didn’t want war or separation, yet when they were not being heard or listened to, they had no choice.
@Sphere7233 жыл бұрын
It's actually really startling when you start reading more primary sources of the era how much loyalty and faith was placed in the King personally, even by people who would later become revolutionaries. That seems strange to us today, but at the time the real venom of American anger was targeted towards parliament and the ministers. Many believed that once the King got involved he would redress their grievances. The cult of Monarchy was still strong throughout American society. If George had used the least bit of political tact, he could have easily kept the revolutionaries under control.
@Zerpderp03 жыл бұрын
The King Betrayed us. We asked but to simply be represented in parliament so that taxation may be argued from our position as well. So that we may have a voice and be given the rights due to us as citizens under his kingship. His Majesty's Response? A spit in our face and an increase in violence. The Crown Betrayed Americans and made us so.
@Zerpderp03 жыл бұрын
@@Sphere723 George never wanted power. To him it was an annoyance. He simply wanted a peaceful life with his family.
@borisjohnson14733 жыл бұрын
@@tsipher They already had it. Maintaining slavery was the desire.
@jackjones36576 жыл бұрын
Imagine modern politicians putting a fraction of that much skin in the game!
@TB-im1ci4 жыл бұрын
Politicians today are more like king george than the Founding Fathers
@edwardheaney36414 жыл бұрын
@@TB-im1ci King George had more guts than the whole of the world's governments combined
@georgeofhamilton4 жыл бұрын
Hard times create strong men.
@MemestiffGaming4 жыл бұрын
@LegoGuy87 weak men create hard times
@foolslayer94164 жыл бұрын
@LegoGuy87 Victory is the enemy of constant strength
@michaelchristian87855 жыл бұрын
"The army recently took shipment of fifty crates of rifles...all without the flints required to shoot them." Some things never change.
@BuriedFlame4 жыл бұрын
Eh, it's in the on-ship DLC.
@Desmaad4 жыл бұрын
He almost laughed saying that.
@Lupinthe3rd.4 жыл бұрын
been like that since the earliest days of civilization. Money to be made wars to be had Armies to scam.
@BHuang924 жыл бұрын
@@Desmaad Yeah. It's absurd how very short-supplied Washington's army was. He needed supplies very desperately.
@wholeNwon4 жыл бұрын
We have flint and lots of flint knappers.
@Brammy007a3 жыл бұрын
"John Adams" is one of the best miniseries ever.
@ironsideeve29553 жыл бұрын
Only one I can think of that’s definitely better is band of brothers. The Spy with Sacha Cohen is right up there too.
@BalrogUdun3 жыл бұрын
Horatio Hornblower and Band of Brothers is up there as well
@ironsideeve29553 жыл бұрын
@@BalrogUdun hornblower is cool and I enjoyed it, but unfortunately not really believeable
@ironsideeve29552 жыл бұрын
@@mitchellyoung5564 I'll have to look that up
@vivianpowell1732 Жыл бұрын
The Winds Of War is my favorite. Robert Mitchum was magnificent as Victor "Pug" Henry.
@MikMoen4 жыл бұрын
I never watched this show but damn this is powerful. The Man who was so sure of sending a petition of peaceful negotiation to the King received a "Submit to me or die." reply. The sheer horror on his face was unfiltered.
@crimeminister22 жыл бұрын
It really shows just how much the British government misread the colonies and underestimated them. At every step, from the proclemation of 1763 to the Coercive acts, to the attacks on Lexington and Concord, to the rejection of the Olive Branch Petition, he missed every opportunity to negotiate. He could have just said he was open to negotiation, even if he would make only symbolic gestures, if only to keep the rebels divided. But he didn't think he had to, because he thought he could destroy the rebels anyway.
@JohnWilliams-zu8wg2 жыл бұрын
I highly, highly recommend watching the series. Its absolutely brilliant. Paul Giamatti does his best work as John Adams. It should be required viewing for every Representative and Senator in Congress today.
@MemoirsofaBasketcase Жыл бұрын
@@JohnWilliams-zu8wg They’d be ashamed of how far they’ve fallen from our Founders.
@IronMan-tk8uc Жыл бұрын
@@JohnWilliams-zu8wg The series has some creative liberties but overall it is a brilliant production, worth watching every single episode.
@jerrymichaelgreen2675 Жыл бұрын
Something too do with war crimes. At least surrender was on the table. Aye war crimes, U.S. history.
@pwgearedturbofan23484 жыл бұрын
"All 13 clocks must strike at the same second." Man, I couldn't imagine trying to unify and get 13 different governments to agree to risk their necks for independence. Especially back then when it took days or weeks to send a message across the country.
@whitleypedia4 жыл бұрын
Miracle at Philadelphia
@armorsmith434 жыл бұрын
You should see the problems they had raising money to supply the army. Extra Credits did a good series on this.
@kevinzhang33134 жыл бұрын
They risk their lives, the future of their country, with an uncertain victory in the war, whereas today's politicians play the game of gambling soldiers lives or not, depending on which will get them elected next term.
@armorsmith434 жыл бұрын
Kevin Zhang depends on the country. If Ghana declared war on Ivory Coast, both leaders would be in danger.
@antonbruce12414 жыл бұрын
@@armorsmith43 But in this case, it's more like Ghana declaring war on China.
@nicknoss53414 жыл бұрын
“Got a shipment of 50 crates of rifles without the flints to shoot them” Good to see congress hasn’t changed a bit
@umbraemilitos4 жыл бұрын
You think our Congress gives our army muskets without flint?
@marktester57994 жыл бұрын
@@umbraemilitos Our congress gave Afghanistan $160 million dollars in aircraft, but not the training to pilot or maintain them. After sitting on the tarmac for a few years, the Afghanistan government scrapped them for junk at pennies on the ton.
@SM-43594 жыл бұрын
@@marktester5799 that's Obama
@ttly13844 жыл бұрын
@@SM-4359 Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist here but it could be that it was some sort of plot to earn money for the weapons manufacturing friends of some politicians with the use of tax dollars, say an appeasement to fund their agendas and future re-elections while minimizing the probable threat that it could pose for the US. I don't know man but US politics is shady as hell sometimes.
@SM-43594 жыл бұрын
@@ttly1384 that's cool but so is the rest of the world, research fast and furious gun sales to Mexican drug cartel
@attackpatterndelta89492 жыл бұрын
Justin Theroux’s reading of the King’s proclamation was quite emotional. Like he’s wondering how his own country could accuse him of treason.
@MDE_never_dies Жыл бұрын
"King George presents himself as this harmless old codger, but inside..."
@paulcalixte222310 ай бұрын
When he read the "tenderness and mercy" line, you can just HEAR his internal screaming
@LevelElevenStudios2 ай бұрын
I had no clue that was him. Very well done.
@davidkelly16393 жыл бұрын
When you examine the courage, valor, and humility of our founding fathers it only shames those we call "Members of Congress" today.
@zatchbell6222 жыл бұрын
You don’t like our members of Congress? Look who elected them. The Americans of today are nothing like the Americans of 1775. They turn out in droves to elect loudmouth perverts like Matt Gaetz and whacked out conspiracy mongers like Marjorie Taylor-Greene. Don’t pretend like none of that isn’t our fault.
@amain3252 жыл бұрын
@@zatchbell622 they also turn out in droves to elect pathetic idiots like Biden, incompetent snots like Harris, anti-semitic garbage like Omar, vile little tyrants like Pelosi, scheming hypocrites like Schumer, avowed anti-American marxists like Warnock, AOC, Sanders ... shall I go on? With few exceptions, all of these reprehensible Democrat insects do the bidding of their corporate, media and New World Order masters to turn America into a one-party totalitarian state and destroy the republic that these founding patriots risked their lives to create... and that the Greatest Generation fought so valiantly to preserve.
@55Quirll2 жыл бұрын
The best thing to do is keep tract of those you elect in you own community, they you can keep honest and an eye on, those in DC are there for themselves only and no one else save one or two exceptions.
@hillbillykoi55342 жыл бұрын
Yup, both parties are pieces of s***. Gotta love our two party system.
@fredball48942 жыл бұрын
All of that is true, yet without the intervention of God Almighty in that war, they would have been a footnote amongst history's great losers. No way they should have won that war but for circumstance after circumstance of the hand of Providence seeing them through.
@clarkindee9 жыл бұрын
I love Dickenson's face the first time "traitors" is read from the King's proclamation. He really believed in the King being merciful up until that moment. That really rocked his world. Amazing acting from all the cast in this segment, loved it.
@davetrachtenberg68556 жыл бұрын
He totally stole this scene, Ivanek nailed the wave of emotions of horror as he realized the mother country was not what he thought.
@nicholas_x77325 жыл бұрын
@Kyle Alexander Wilson No. He told them to cease treasonous activities tha directly threaten the British Empire as a whole. The King made it clear that if they were to stop then they would be handled with "tenderness and mercy". They did not stop and instead took the approach of insurrection and treason, so the British Government responded to the threat. The American Government did similar to the Southern states.
@nicholas_x77325 жыл бұрын
@Kyle Alexander Wilson Bearing arms was not the treasonous activity. It was aiming those arms at the King's soldiers. The press were going about their usual thing. The writing's of Paine is a fine example of that. The assembled plenty. They only had to disperse from their assembly when they were causing serious issues to safety or property; like in the modern U.S. Or in the cass of tragic accidents like The Boston Massacre. John Adams defended those soldiers in court. They also assembled in the Continental Congress with representatives from all 13 colonies own governing bodies. Elections where anyone can vote is rather modern though. You can't judge the British Government on that and not the American. Yes the soldiers living in peoples home isn't great. In fact I hate it. I also hate the fact that the American government can justify taking my land through eminent domain. I don't understand how this makes me a traitor. I love my home, being the United States, and specifically the Keystone State Pennsylvania. I'm just pointing out that King George III was not Emperor Palpatine.
@drumking2415 жыл бұрын
exactly, any in that room still clinging to the crown, got a big dose of reality that day
@50zcarsman5 жыл бұрын
The King was misled -- by his own "designing men" at court, as well as by his royal narcissism and stern, paternalistic German temperament -- into believing that only a small cadre of the conniving disaffected had initiated and conducted the Revolution to date, against the best interests AND WISHES of the mass of the colonists. He failed to see the thing for what it was -- a popular resistance movement enjoying wide support in most of the colonies, albeit one necessarily LED and REPRESENTED by members of the colonies' intellectual and economic elite. His response to the Olive Branch Petition was thus predictably off-base and harmed Britain's own cause. When war came, Britain's strategy was similarly misguided -- the King's armies kept moving from region to region hoping to unlock the "masses of popular support for the Crown" they had been told to expect; but the local Tories were easily intimidated and their military contribution fairly small.
@RogerinKC8 жыл бұрын
The King just threatened to unfriend the Colonies....
@guittadabe52148 жыл бұрын
+Roger inKC (Roger In Kansas City) LOL!
@TheAmericanCrusader8 жыл бұрын
The 18th Century version of unfriending on Facebook
@AnhTrieu907 жыл бұрын
And the 13 Colonies poke the King in response.
@andiroidYT7 жыл бұрын
More like he threatened to release their nude pix.
@BrucknerMotet7 жыл бұрын
This was waaaay before ALL CAPS FLAME WARS began. We're talking distant past unfriending.
@LadyAmalthea061510 ай бұрын
It just amazes me the amount of guts, intelligence and fortitude these men had.
@jebbroham177610 ай бұрын
They realized (quite wisely) that in order for the revolution to succeed, it had to happen all over the colonies at the same time to keep the British stretched thin. Had simply one state declared independence on its own it would have been utterly crushed by the sheer concentrated might of the British military machine, but altogether, it vastly weakened its ability to concentrate forces in any particular area. That was what wound up being our redeeming strategy.
@yvonneplant943410 ай бұрын
If they had failed and lost the war, they all would have been tried for treason, likely found guilty and executed.
@crazydragun110 ай бұрын
Agreed, it takes something incredible to go against the most powerful person in the world with your lives on the line.
@henrylant704910 ай бұрын
The founding fathers embodied the proverb - "A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit" Those statesmen who were on the fence before, now had no other choice but to pick a side. We are lucky that the majority of them chose to persist.
@HanHonHon10 ай бұрын
@@jebbroham1776 Also outlasting public support from the UK for them to fight the war, and it had lasted for like 8 years and actually worked. The south in the Civil War tried the same thing but failed, including their attempt for foreign assistance
@johnkittoiv25723 жыл бұрын
This is the point where we see these men as more than "just men" These are people putting not just themselves at risk, but thousands of their own people in peril for a cause. A cause that they in their hearts believed to be just and righteous. God bless America
@cryhavoc97486 жыл бұрын
That's why Ben Franklin said, " We must all hang together, or surely we will hang separately."
@HailAnts6 жыл бұрын
Cry Havoc - That is a great line, but there’s no indication that Franklin ever actually said it. It was first published decades later and is probably apocryphal...
@DurzoBlunts6 жыл бұрын
HailAnts keyes song wasnt published till later on when he wrote it. Not to farfetched to think he said it.
@rascallyrabbit7175 жыл бұрын
even if he didn't say it he should have and that's good enough for me.
@WorgenGrrl5 жыл бұрын
Leave it to Ben Franklin to come up with...Gallows Humor...at a time like this.
@thetruthhurts40545 жыл бұрын
I've seen it said "we will either be great men at the end of this or we will all hang together."
@jw8702067 жыл бұрын
I find a bit of humor in Tom Wilkinson portraying Benjamin Franklin when he also portrayed General Lord Charles Cornwallis in "The Patriot". I do enjoy his performances.
@TheBarber55507 жыл бұрын
jw870206 I though that was funny as well.
@lionelhutz51376 жыл бұрын
"These rustics are so inept, nearly takes the honour out of victory...nearly"
@MrChickennugget3606 жыл бұрын
to bad he could not play them both in the same movie.
@octaviancaesarhibernicus44476 жыл бұрын
jw870206 for God sake, he's a bloody actor, I'm i supposed to be amused he played 2 different parts????
@awakenow71476 жыл бұрын
Octavian Caesar Hibernicus Yes. Be amused.
@markothwriter2 жыл бұрын
I've been in that room in Philadelphia and it is very inspiring.
@wholeNwon2 жыл бұрын
When I was a student in Phila., things were very different and I could sit in Washington's chair. Brought a small plastic hammer with me one day to "ring" the Liberty Bell (it was in the foyer then and the clapper was immobilized). On the second floor there are 2 beautiful portraits of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, gifts to the American people. She wore the diamond ear rings you can now see at the Smithsonian. They were gifts from her husband on the occasion of the birth of one of their children. I got into the attic one day but don't remember any details.
@someguy23934 жыл бұрын
Cornwallis thinks hes slick dressing up as Ben Franklin like that
@DomR19972 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@PeterDivine2 жыл бұрын
He's playing both sides so he can always come out on top
@murphyandotherstuff68842 жыл бұрын
Howe do you figure?
@PeterDivine2 жыл бұрын
@@murphyandotherstuff6884 The joke is that the actor for Benjamin Franklin in this mini-series also played as the actor for General Cornwallis in the movie The Patriot. Which has the hilarious implication of Ben Franklin/Cornwallis rapidly jumping back and forth in different outfits and living the ultimate double-life to play both sides against each other like some sort of one-man Illuminati.
@KTChamberlain7 жыл бұрын
It's moments like this where you gotta admire the 56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence (John and Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, etc.) because they all knowingly signed what was essentially their own death warrant if America lost the war or if they were somehow captured before the war's end in 1783. John Adams almost got captured on his diplomatic mission to France in crossing the Atlantic. I mean hell, in 1776, the Continental Army was not doing all that well and the French had not yet agreed to lend their support, and yet in spite of all that they still signed knowing the risks.
@maxdecphoenix6 жыл бұрын
The continental army never did good. Never prevailed. Never winning a unanimous victory. Just an endless string of fighting retreats until they were cornered in New York. Even the victory at Trenton was only so because so sure of victory was cornwallis and the elite that they ordered most of the army back to England expecting full surrender. There were ships which could have possibly caught the armada, but finding them would have been difficult. It would have then taken months on end to turn south to catch the Westerlies and ride them back to the Caribbean and then back up the coast to Boston and New York. Had they only waited a few weeks more, the end of hostilities would have been markedly different.
@SlatDogg6 жыл бұрын
I love how people try to downplay the military achievements of the continental forces. You're saying that the only reason that the British lost was their hubris? If that is the case, Britain may have been run by the most incompetent group of men in quite some time. You fail to realize that the British Empire had no stomach for a drawn out war in which began because the empire raised taxes to pay for another recent costly war. The empire had nothing to gain, really. If they lost, it only hurt their pride. The revolutionary war to the citizens of England was more akin to the Vietnam War to Americans during the 1960's-70's.
@jayteegamble6 жыл бұрын
Ummm, Saratoga??
@100mmtubeofjustice76 жыл бұрын
maxdecphoenix: um what about Saratoga?
@rikk3195 жыл бұрын
The British Army wasn't sent back. It wintered in New York, among other places around the colonies.
@BigBlack817 жыл бұрын
"We will now all hang together. Or must assuredly we will all hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin Gangsta line. One of the two great lines he drops in this series. So gangsta.
@RBYW12342 жыл бұрын
Water town treaty. Asked Mi,kma,ki for support, some of the first ally of the Americans was the Mi,kma. Hello from Mi,kma,ki
@rharris47362 жыл бұрын
The thing that makes that line especially "Gangsta" is that history shows he really said it.
@fritzwilhelm82582 жыл бұрын
Franklin really said that, just in a general meeting of congress, rather than a private conversation.
@miyelir9 ай бұрын
They kinda miss the obvious third option, stop being a traitor.
@robertboykin18283 жыл бұрын
Men of strength. Such as we need NOW.
@daveenyart Жыл бұрын
"All thirteen clocks must strike at the same second." The actual quote to to Benjamin Kent, June 22, 1776, in a letter was, " But remember you can't make thirteen Clocks, Strike precisely alike, at the Same Second." It is beginning to sink in with me how much we owe to these insurrectionists....literally EVERYTHING.
@falconeshield Жыл бұрын
They were not insurrectionists they were rebels. Nice try to make Jan 6th people look good though
@daveenyart Жыл бұрын
@@falconeshield I had no intention to try and make Jan 6th people look good. re·bel·lion: noun an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler. "the authorities put down a rebellion by landless colonials" Similar: uprising revolt insurrection mutiny revolution insurgence
@blowaraspberry3807 ай бұрын
@@falconeshield they are the exact same thing.
@ilmsff77 жыл бұрын
Love Franklin's nod at the end of the proclamation. Like he's saying, "Ok, it's on!"
@jayteegamble6 жыл бұрын
The nod is "yeah, that's about what i expected"
@DavBlc75 жыл бұрын
I guess "it's on!" would have meant the start of the war, Perhaps?
@JRRLewis5 жыл бұрын
@@DavBlc7 The war had already been going on for a year. Franklin wanted to use George's proclamation to promote the colonies declaring independence from Britain, not to start an already ongoing war.
@vivavasuviuspodcast4 жыл бұрын
Franklin had tried hard to keep the peace between the colonies and England. They publicly humiliated him while in England and that was it. He instantly became a revolutionary. He knew there was no turning back.
@Tubalcain4222 жыл бұрын
He was saying: It’s about to get real in the colonies, yo!”
@henrybemis89137 жыл бұрын
"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason." - John Harington It's only Treason if you Lose....
@josephmariani99453 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of something I heard in a podcast. “There has never been a successful treason attempt, it’s simply a just revolution when it succeeds”
@kingleech163 жыл бұрын
@@josephmariani9945 I can think of some "successful" attempts at treason, wherein the committing party was purely out for themselves/profit, not for an overthrow of the government. They may not overthrow the government they ostensibly serve, but they do betray it. You are right though, that the failures are often much more loudly pronounced "TREASON!!!" than the successes.
@jimmyanderson29883 жыл бұрын
Yeah that’s right the southern states were fighting for the same principles this nation was founded on and it’s only called treason or being a rebel if you lose!!!!!!
@FrogworfKnight3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a line from 1776. "A rebellion is always legal in the 1st person, such as 'our rebellion'. It's the 3rd person, 'their rebellion' that's illegal "
@davecrupel28172 жыл бұрын
I had a stroke trying to read that. Had to go over it like 5 times to get it 🤣🤣
@robertkees60483 жыл бұрын
One of my two favorite "mini series" John Adams and Band Of Brothers, both just masterpieces from beginning to end. Both make you feel as close to knowing what it must have been like to have lived and died in those times.
@jeffcooper9363 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, most view those and go quietly back to sleep
@robertkees6048 Жыл бұрын
@@jeffcooper9363 If you mean they fall into obscurity, I think Band Of Brothers has been recognized for the work it was the the actual soldiers are famous now for their service. John Adams seems to be one of the overlooked founding fathers, and that's crazy cause he loomed large. I hadn't realized he'd defended the British soldiers from the Boston Massacre and won. He was totally against slavery and never had engaged in slave ownership. He also invented the internet and cellphone; just some little known facts. The More You Know! LOL
@kremesauceАй бұрын
@@robertkees6048 “be careful what you read on the internet, that’s how ww1 was started” - Abe Lincoln
@robertkees6048Ай бұрын
@@kremesauce Sounds more like Abe Vigoda.
@abesapien99303 жыл бұрын
This series never gets old.
@jbloun9112 жыл бұрын
Adams, April Morning, The Madness of King George III and the Patriot with Mel Gibson
@@ilovemusic6794 John Adams (2008). 7 episode miniseries. There is nothing else quite like it.
@toomignon9 ай бұрын
John Adams - a 7 part series based on the book of the same name by David McCullough. It is very well done, but some reviewers didn’t get it, thinking that the casting for Adams wasn’t “heroic” enough - utterly laughable. This wasn’t Washington or Hamilton. Adams was a man of little physical prowess, but a giant of a brain and an ego to match (the later got him in trouble as a president as he couldn’t work with his own party). His best strength was his wife Abigail who had a brain to match his own and the strength to run a farm (without slaves - she hired free black) and raise and educated their children (one another future president) while he met destiny in the founding of our nation. Some don’t find it “lush” enough compared with British period dramas, but this was colonial America…a backwater of the world at this time, and the sets and locations reflect that.
@mweyer504510 жыл бұрын
Love their faces as it dawns on all of them there's no turning back from this, they have to do this or they're screwed either way.
@asia061009 жыл бұрын
that is right and guess what they did it. Would we do it today if put in their shoes. I am not so sure.
@johnisaacfelipe63578 жыл бұрын
No, considering how the general populous reacted towards brexit.
@keeganmoonshine71836 жыл бұрын
@John Isaac Felipe I think there's a pretty big difference between continuing to be ruled by a monarch thousands of miles away without any representation and staying within the EU which is made up of the member nations themselves. Not even close to comparable.
@ducksinarowpatience36706 жыл бұрын
M Weyer Franklin said we must all hang together or we'll all hang separately.
@davidtuttle75564 жыл бұрын
@James Gray It was. And if those loyalists had been willing to fight with the same passion and perseverance as the Continentals, the War of Independence could have turned out very differently. They mostly chose to stay home and hide indoors.
@KyleKatarn78910 жыл бұрын
"If a man is good at lying at one thing, he is seldom good at anything else." ~Patrick Henry.
@rutger50002 жыл бұрын
Lying is far too powerful a tool for those with ambition to ignore.
@johndavidson3600 Жыл бұрын
The actor who played John Hancock was phenomenal as he read the proclamation.
@Widderic6 ай бұрын
I love when Hancock reads "For those who persist in their treason..." twice as if to clear his throat after his eyes see the words that followed. Like "Oh sheeeeeeeeit I don't even want to say this next part out loud." Phenomenal casting, acting directing, etc. Minus some historical inaccuracies (very few), the whole damn series is perfect. I watch it once a year.
@peterbaxter29135 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilkinson must have studied the evolution of the American dialect for hours and hours to achieve this. He does a fantastic job!
@kennethgarland471211 ай бұрын
Tom Wilkinson was born and spent his early years in Yorkshire, and his normal speaking voice has traces of that accent. But apparently his family then moved to Canada for a few years and finally came back to the UK and settled in Cornwall. The accent that he uses in this rôle is largely a Westcountry accent, and more authentic to my ears (I am a Devonian, from the next county to Cornwall) than the usual 'Mummerset' accent affected by actors when required to do a Westcountry accent. Since many of the sailors who manned ships sailing to the New World were likely to have been from the West Country, and perhaps many settlers too, their accent would have contributed strongly to the American accent. However, I don't think that Franklin's forebears had any connection with South West England.
@dkupke9 жыл бұрын
I imagine it was a very heady moment for all concerned. There was no going back at that point, sink or swim.
@Tom-qx5nl8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Ryan And we are reaching that point AGAIN!!! with this lawless oppressive regime in D.C.
@jabbafo6 жыл бұрын
I'm sure some of them saw no choice, either live free, or die a subject of a ruler an ocean away.
@ebsenraptzski95226 жыл бұрын
thank you captain obvious
@theofficialphoenixtv57654 жыл бұрын
@Big Bill O'Reilly God DAMN! Trump
@sandspar2 жыл бұрын
It endures that the most amazing aspect of this history is the number of super egos that accepted compromise among themselves, without losing focus. What the flag should represent.
@SuperStriker7US Жыл бұрын
This is from the HBO miniseries "John Adams" in case anyone was wondering.
@vguyver24 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Benjamin Franklin handled the news so well. Out of the founding fathers he was arguably the most loyal one. So much so that he installed that loyalty to the crown so strongly in his son that the two never reconciled after the rebellion. Franklin's son thought this betrayed everything he was ever taught to believe.
@roberthaworth89912 жыл бұрын
Franklin's opinion of the British Government had soured years prior to the Declaration, after he was ridiculed on the floor of Parliament for injudiciously exposing the contents of certain confidential letters while acting as Postmaster General for the Colonies and as PA's agent in Britain. He lost his posts, was nearly arrested, and brooded over the matter for the several weeks it took him to return to PA by ship. When he stepped off that boat he was a changed man, unalterably opposed to the Crown and its Government and determined that America should be done with both of them. Franklin was not only incredibly intelligent, but articulate, fairly wealthy, well-connected, self-disciplined, and stubborn about achieving any goal he set for himself. He had a talent for discourse, and for putting complex facts in simple terms that helped others -- even if they were of a different background than his own -- to readily see the plain truth and desirability of any proposition he favored. Arguably he became, with Washington, the most dangerous American the Brits had to face.
@vguyver22 жыл бұрын
@@roberthaworth8991 That's fascinating. I wasn't aware of this background event. For an overly intelligent threat to the crown, he was nonetheless undermined by one of the most successful spies in British history while in France.
@NobodySpecial5122 жыл бұрын
@@roberthaworth8991 I was just about to mention how he was ridiculed on the floor of Parliament. He was English when he went into Parliament, and American when he came out.
@Narrowgaugefilms2 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's just a legend, but as he left Parliament that day, he's supposed to have said "I shall make your King a little man!".
@esp-music Жыл бұрын
@@roberthaworth8991 Is there any truth to old Benny being a total ladies man and constantly fooling around with any girl that has two legs?
@dorkmax70734 жыл бұрын
Continental Congress: You gonna fight a war? Continental Army: You gonna pay us? Continental Congress: ......
@capnhawkins4 жыл бұрын
Continental Congress: ✔ Seen at 11:55 PM
@spasjt4 жыл бұрын
Still have the same problems today.
@raymondlee34143 жыл бұрын
@Chandler Burse This was BEFORE any of that.
@jbloun9112 жыл бұрын
Have some 🍞
@EmptyMan0002 жыл бұрын
@@jbloun911 The only bread they're looking for is: 💲💲💲💲💲💲
@thomast85393 жыл бұрын
This was read on October 26, 1775 (nearly 245 years ago to the very day) during the first session of the Second Continental Congress. John Adams would continue to persist in trying to get unanimity among the colonies for another 8 months before the Declaration of Independence was ratified and signed by the 56 members present.
@fuggetaboutit702 жыл бұрын
Was read about two months later - thats how long transatlantic travel took back then. October 26th was the King's date on the proclamation.
@saongpark24233 жыл бұрын
I remember arriving to this amazing country as a kid and learning about the founding fathers, their courage, their sacrifice, their achievements, I've had no other heroes to admire. w
@ShivamSharma-or6lz2 жыл бұрын
U must be an immigrant
@_Cato_2 жыл бұрын
@@ShivamSharma-or6lz No shit
@jbloun9112 жыл бұрын
Last bit of freedom left for the common man on earth... and they're trying to destroy that
@souperstar70502 жыл бұрын
That's awesome. A lot of people who were born into this country takes the Founding Fathers for granted.
@boredlawyer33825 жыл бұрын
"We will now all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang separately." Franklin, as usual. hit the nail on the head. This was the moment when the impetus for independence happened.
@KoolTunes4Daze7 жыл бұрын
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”― Benjamin Franklin
@amitkenan38784 ай бұрын
Love that he keeps a positive mood even in the face of an impending deadly threat
@ChrisTopher-vs9zz3 жыл бұрын
If our Founders crawled out of their graves to see America today.... they'd quickly crawl back in... in DISGUST.
@lefr33man3 жыл бұрын
They may be revolted by what your country has become, but I don't think they would have crawled back, that's giving them too little credit.
@mosfet742 жыл бұрын
The modern world would scare the shit out of them, whites and blacks living together, mass hysteria! LMAO!
@34zakk3 жыл бұрын
>powers that be try to dismiss the concerns of their people as conspiracy theories. some things never change.
@modernknightone8 жыл бұрын
We need men like this now....
@scouttroop2917 жыл бұрын
you need lol then do something be the man lol step up if you think have balls
@modernknightone7 жыл бұрын
Already did. Half my life. I tried to make a difference. I really did. Spent last several years at the funny shaped building in DC. Hardly made a few scratches for good. I tried. I wasn't a yes man. Spent 24 years in the Army. Retired 90 percent disability. Thought about politics. Doubt I would do any better. Do I need to say more?
@darthmoodydiah27967 жыл бұрын
modernknightone joining the redcoats to try to make a difference, doesn't work. Gotta face the redcoats head on, like the founders did.
@TheHiLiteShow77 жыл бұрын
The redcoats run the system. To be an outlaw risks exposure
@jamesonfoge6 жыл бұрын
Rand Paul. Thomas Massie. Austin Petersen.
@commanderfreaky4 жыл бұрын
Imagine how much pressure they went through receiving that letter, being threatened by the most powerful empire on earth. AND STILL they fought on!! 💙🙏🙏💙🙏💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@themaskedman221 Жыл бұрын
Britain was not the most powerful empire "on earth" at the time, or even in Western Europe. That title went to the French, the ones who actually won the American Revolution.
@renshiwu3052 жыл бұрын
Benjamin Franklin was one of the last of the Founding Fathers to consent to American independence. He was one of the two postmasters of the colonies. He was a member of the Royal Society. His son was Governor of New Jersey. He had achieved more distinction than any American ever had, and a good part of that was by royal acclaim. During the troubles with the Mother Country, Benjamin Franklin had been one of the chief conciliatory voices, seeking accord between loyalty to the Crown and defense of colonial liberty. For his trouble, he was berated by the King's solicitor, Alexander Wedderburn, before a full Privy Council. Upon the signing of a treaty with the French, recognizing his new country America, Benjamin Franklin wore the same suit he had worn when he was made to be humiliated by the King's agent.
@ThreeMinuteHistory2 жыл бұрын
I never realized how impressive the cast was
@FranciscoNieves-db8hi2 жыл бұрын
Ain't no sun going to shine on me and say fucke me
@h0ckeyd24 күн бұрын
I’ve seen a few clips; I’m English and this does look like a good movie to watch.
@aelobliner11 жыл бұрын
A great collective acting performance. From Justin Theroux to Paul Giamatti to Tom Wilkinson, and everyone in between, it really showed the collective weight on their shoulders, and that a peaceful resolution was no longer on the table. Most importantly, it showed that this was an all or nothing proposition, cause if they lost, they were dead. At least that is my take on it.
@tommyl3207 Жыл бұрын
That's exactly how it was. The U.S. is in DESPERATE NEED of teaching U.S. History once again to its youth.
@chrisblanc663 Жыл бұрын
Your take is correct.
@johnnotrealname8168 Жыл бұрын
@tommyl3207 I would dispute the death part. Some probably would be sentenced as such but I doubt they would be executed.
@chrisblanc663 Жыл бұрын
@@johnnotrealname8168 what about treason would mean the signers of the Declaration of Independence would not have been executed? It’s a thing that used to happen all the time. If any signer had been captured he would have been executed for treason 100% likelihood.
@JohnDoe-iv8of4 жыл бұрын
"God damn the king"! A true patriot talking.
@JustinDaniel12342 жыл бұрын
That's Samuel Adams for ya 😁
@jbloun9112 жыл бұрын
Piss on the king 👑
@miketoyo496 Жыл бұрын
Man of a Word.
@miketoyo496 Жыл бұрын
He said exactly the thing he Should have said.
@user-go4vz2ir6rАй бұрын
@@JustinDaniel1234 A fine brewer of beer!
@jamesr92273 жыл бұрын
"A Proclamation by the King: You say the price of my love is not a price you’re willing to pay. You cry in your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by..."
The king’s proclamation: “you’ll be back soon you’ll see you’ll remember you belong to me”
@amitkenan38784 ай бұрын
No one really belonged to the king at that time. The monarchy has become powerless since the Glorious Revolution
@kuribo15 жыл бұрын
What a fascinating time period to have been alive, amazing.
@vwaudiwelder Жыл бұрын
What an absolutely EPIC show. Laura Linney was marvelous as Abigail Adams. Everything she touches turns to gold.
@GamerGateVeteran6 ай бұрын
I finally got around to watching the whole John Adams show this past summer over the course of a few days. Absolutely one of the most powerful shows I have ever watched. I appreciate shows that try hard to bring the moment to moment of life into history. All to often it is easy to read a few paragraphs from a book in school and walk away with knowledge of events but with no understanding of their impact. Stuff like this helps to show you those events, and bring humanity to the black and white text from the pages.
@mattd60863 жыл бұрын
The fools tearing down the statues of these men do not possess a fraction of their courage.
@frankz51033 жыл бұрын
And you think you do?
@mattd60862 жыл бұрын
@@frankz5103 That's an idiotic question. I'm not out there ripping down our history. Show me the part where I said anything about myself.
@frankz51032 жыл бұрын
@@mattd6086 lol crying that traitors to the union can’t have their second place trophy’s anymore. Statues put up some 50 years after the war and what Robert E Lee expressly condemned when he was living mind you.
@mattd60862 жыл бұрын
@@frankz5103 There's another absurd comment. First, this video is about the Founders. You do realize the Revolution predates the Civil War by 86 years, right? Statues of the Founders, and of US Grant were also toppled. It's an interesting thing you do- where you respond to comments I never made. You're trying to look smart, but with each response you're demonstrating a distinct lack of intelligence. Keep going; I don't think everyone on the internet knows you're an idiot yet.
@jonathanmcelveen95692 жыл бұрын
@@mattd6086 Well said.
@jerrybobteasdale4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, John Adams. You had guts.
@maxseidelman69263 жыл бұрын
2:07 - Franklin's facial expression is perfect. You can clearly tell that he is mentally processing various ways to deal with the situation upon hearing this gut-punching news
@mgh76342 жыл бұрын
Of all the men in that room, he was the one least surprised. He'd known from his experiences in Britain that the Olive Branch Petition would fail and thus had months to steel his resolve for what he knew would be inevitable. What's more, that same experience dealing with Parliament personally and being torn down by them had long embittered him to the motherland and had already molded him into a man perfectly willing to be done with them already. He just bided his time in the Congress until the King's response would force the other men to get on board for what was coming.
@Afalstein3 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of great portrayals in this series, but an underrated one is Sam Adams. Prior to this mini-series, it had never occurred to me that Sam and John Adams were related. The brotherhood they show is fascinating--both of them so stubborn, but John more level-headed and pompous than his rasher brother, who nonetheless backs John up at every juncture. And here, Samuel's very concise reaction to the King's Proclamation, a statement of defiance which everyone else is too shocked to echo but which nonetheless everyone realizes is completely right.
@davidbuckley2435 Жыл бұрын
They were second cousins actually, not brothers. Though since they both grew up in Boston and were of a similar age, it's unsurprising that they formed a close bond.
@ScottyShaw9 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Sam Adams, as were many generations of his ancestors, was an actual maltster and produced the malt necessary for brewing beer. This is part of the origin of the Samuel Adams beer, introduced in 1984.
@Widderic6 ай бұрын
Right! I love how they captured that. The shot cuts to Jefferson and he's just staring into space like "Sheeeeeeeeit he's right" and then cuts to John and he quick turns to Sam like "Wow... Indeed".
@tomservo753 жыл бұрын
You know, after watching this series the other day (binge watching this is a July 4 ritual for me), the thought occurred to me that maybe this olive branch petition and others that Adams decried as too soft were necessary, so they could at least say "Hey, we tried it your way." This scene should have been the wake-up call that war was the only way out.
@randomhiphop50552 жыл бұрын
That's how I was always taught to be the case
@JnEricsonx8 жыл бұрын
2:30-even Dickenson is like-well hell, we got no choice now, thats for sure.
@TheAmericanCrusader8 жыл бұрын
He looks misty-eyed as if he's thinking, "Dear God, what have we done?"
@antonbruce12414 жыл бұрын
@@TheAmericanCrusader Or he's thinking: "we're fucked"....
@boyscouts837123 жыл бұрын
@@antonbruce1241 in the wise words of bender from Futurama: "Well we're boned!"
@hagamapama3 жыл бұрын
He knew what a war with England would bring, death and destruction to his people. We needed people like Dickinson to explore all peaceful options before war was on. Now though there's no choice, and his hopes of a kind response from the King are dashed. As much as Dickinson detested war, when war came, he put on a uniform and fought in it.
@MrHow2fail8 жыл бұрын
"God saved the king" "God *damn* the king"
@shaunh19868 жыл бұрын
God bless the king lol
@shaunh19868 жыл бұрын
***** You don't need Mrs Windsor and her leeches. America you are doing just fine as you are :) keep going!!
@disoriented17 жыл бұрын
many of us in the U.S. love and admire Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II..she is the essence of true class
@TheAmericanCrusader7 жыл бұрын
disoriented1 She is the image of tyranny
@disoriented17 жыл бұрын
Darth Kieduss the Wise I'm from the U.S....so should probably be quiet..are from the U.K.?
@11C1P2 жыл бұрын
"All 13 clocks must strike at the same second." Back when most communication was sent on paper via ship, horse or on foot. Each town set it's own time, wrist watches didn't exist & pocket watches were for the rich. Amazing they got it done.
@50srefugee2 жыл бұрын
It would be almost a century before the first cannonade from units too far separated to hear each other's shots would be synchronized by timepieces, during the American Civil War. Adams is beyond cutting edge here.
@ironcross67192 жыл бұрын
It was a figure of speech, obviously.
@wholeNwon2 жыл бұрын
its
@brianpryor96242 жыл бұрын
Such a good miniseries, I wish they would do another
@870Rem12gauge6 жыл бұрын
The response from the Colonies was, "Bring it!"
@LanMandragon17202 жыл бұрын
"Come at me bro" George Washington probably.
@darthkahn453 жыл бұрын
None should have ever been frightened by this eventuality. All those young lads who stared death in the face in the field were fighting in their name. It's only fair that these men sit in that same boat. Fighting for their independence and facing death if they fail.
@MiriamJL3 жыл бұрын
If people only knew this story of these men who were ordered to be hung by the king but never gave up in fighting for the love of this country! Everyone needs to see this series.
@wholeNwon2 жыл бұрын
hanged
@Bigsky19912 жыл бұрын
Pro Patria! something today's demented youth have yet to learn..😢
@colbtheginger2 жыл бұрын
Okay, just for perspective: the founders were going up against THE greatest power on the planet at that time. The British were known for conquest and military power. Best Navy, etc. It’s like reading a death note from Darth Vader, you don’t know if you’ll win but there will be a lot of death before and if you do. The fear at this moment in time must have been unimaginable - which makes me appreciate the Founding Fathers including Washington even more for their passion, standing up for what they believe in, and having a pair to say “No, we reject your offer. We’re no longer British but American,” despite almost every element being against them. Mad respect, thank God for this country.
@miketoyo496 Жыл бұрын
They were british themselves. New england man. New, exactly. Brits were old with them ideas, colonist the New.
@Timrath Жыл бұрын
Best navy, perhaps, with Spain and France being close contenders. But certainly not best army. The Prussian and French armies held that distinction. The British army was far smaller than either the Spanish, Prussian, French, Austrian or Russian armies. Redcoats are always portrayed as exceptionally disciplined and professional in movies, but they only seemed that way when compared to the American rebels. Compared to other European soldiers, the British didn't particularly stand out. Like everyone else, they had their elite units (which never set foot on the American continent), and their run-of-the-mill regulars, who were neither better nor worse than their European counterparts. According to contemporary sources. British soldiers had a reputation of being quarrelsome, insubordinate, and prone to excessive drinking. The so-called "Hessians", on the other hand, not all of whom were actually from Hessia, usually displayed a higher degree of discipline and professionalism. Incidentally, the Hessians were not merenaries, even though Americans to this day choose to unfairly denigrate them as such. They were regular soldiers, in the service of their respective princes. It was not the soldiers or even the officers, who sold their service to the British, but rather their own princes, who sold them away.
@KevinBalch-dt8ot Жыл бұрын
@@Timrath - There was an old saying in the British Navy: A messmate before a shipmate, A shipmate before a stranger, A stranger before a dog, and a dog before a soldier.
@user-ku6tr4vd6z Жыл бұрын
Things weren't quite so clear at the time. As with all history, particularly when national pride is involved, a lot of conclusions are retrospective, and don't reflect the perceptions at the time. While the British Empire was certainly in ascendency during the American Revolution, its super-power status wasn't realized quite yet. At the time, France, Prussia, and Austria were believed to be the big guys; and Britain was still a pretentious upstart. Britain's supremacy wouldn't be fully recognized until the defeat of Napoleon, which ironically came 32 years after the Revolution. I'd say the founders certainly had a lot on the line, and a lot to fear, but they also held a card that really paid off in the end. They had France in their back pocket, and that proved to be the deciding factor.
@reidparker18487 ай бұрын
"It's like getting a letter from Darth Vader" Holy Reddit.
@NephiBrown5 жыл бұрын
"Independence without unanimity means nothing." -Benjamin Franklin *THIS APPLIES TODAY*
@pearz4204 жыл бұрын
I don't think that statement makes any sense at all in a vacuum. The context is important.
@johnroscoe24063 жыл бұрын
Yeah, "This applies today," tell that to the fucking Trumpers who have chosen Putin's Puppet over their country.
@adamteller66853 жыл бұрын
Trump lives in your brain rent free. How cute. 😂
@JohnDoe-wt9ek3 жыл бұрын
@@johnroscoe2406 Either Putin Trump or Beijing Biden. Both parties compromised. You're just too focused on one to see the other for who he really is as well.
@USAF310 жыл бұрын
2:14 "Yea we're fucked"
@daveenyart Жыл бұрын
I viewed this series about a year ago. The film helped me anchor my belief that we have a great country despite our current difficulties. The film also illustrated to me that many current leaders have actively shunned their sacred oath to defend our constitutiion. I really ought to view it again soon.
@nunyabiznez6381 Жыл бұрын
That is hat happens when civics is no longer taught in public schools
@daveenyart Жыл бұрын
@@nunyabiznez6381 What is "that" which you refer to? By the way, the social studies curriculum is under, and has been under great pressure to cover just about everything. If the social studies staffs followed every request, the kids would be in social studies class all day.
@nunyabiznez6381 Жыл бұрын
@@daveenyart When I attended school 44-58 years ago, high schools, jr. high schools and middle schools taught civics, history and geography and were only just introducing general courses in "social studies." The that which I am referring to is what you lamented, the shunning of their oath. This is due to their not grasping the meaning of their oath. They get away with it because the electorate, at least the younger members of the electorate, are ignorant of history of and the workings of our governmental system and what was intended by the founding fathers, my ancestors among them. Here is one difference. In middle school I did a report on a founding father who also happened to be my great, great, great, great, great grandfather and if you are educated you would recognize his name. The only hint I will give you is he signed something important in 1776 on behalf of his state. I got an A for my report. I chose him not simply as a way to brag about a historic connection but because I had been taught from early childhood about our family's participation in the formation of this country so I didn't need to so much research on him. At 12 I wrote a 2000 word essay about him off the top of my head then handed it to my Dad to edit and he could find no errors. Hence my A. More recently, my brother's grandson did the same. Except it was for a "social studies" class. We educate our children in my family, in our country's history filling in gaps the school leaves empty. As the family historian I was asked to edit my grand nephew's paper. He did well. This was not a research paper so he was not expected to cite sources but he did mention a few just the same. I only found one trivial error of dates and handed it back to him expecting he would get an A. He did not. He got an F and the teacher handed the paper back with multiple notes and red highlights indicating errors. At the bottom of the page one note says: "ALL FOUNDING FATHERS OWNED SLAVES AND THEREFORE WERE EVIL MONSTERS! 50% OFF FOR FAILING TO MENTION HIS SLAVE OWNERSHIP!" This particular ancestor/founding father never owned slaves and in fact made a concerted attempt at convincing his fellow founding fathers to free their slaves. He spoke out against slavery many times and wrote against the concept. I checked again and there were NO errors in my nephews paper. The teacher, however was mistaken in every thing she put on his paper especially the last part. I wrote a letter to the principal about this unfair grading and I then cited 47 established and irrefutably proven sources to prove my nephew's paper was 100% accurate. I demanded they change his grade to an A for being correct and apologize to him. The principal wrote back informing me that every source I cited was incorrect because they all contradicted their text book. I read the text book. I won't dignify it by naming it. In a nut shell it was nothing but wholly invented bunk claiming that the entire "white race is evil" and goes on rambling on and on about how we are collectively guilty of the sins of our distant ancestors and about a grand conspiracy to suppress all manner of "truth." In that textbook it even claims that the first president of the United States was actually African. I looked the guy up and he was born after our constitution was written. He was also not involved in national government in any way. THIS is what is being taught in our schools to indoctrinate children in the extreme left fringe of lunacy. I'm a centrist. And in fact, I actually blame the Republicans for this since they were the ones who cut school funding in the first place which left no room in school budgets for courses, real courses in civics. when I was in high school we were required to pass four years of civics, four years of history (two US and two world) and one year of geography. Social Studies was an elective take it or leave it. I took it and it included sections on anthropology, psychology, sociology and some other related topics and was interesting. What passes for social studies today is nothing but politically correct paranoid propaganda and enforced guilt trips.
@GAILandROD12 минут бұрын
This should be seen in every school, and in fact - every protest against our NATION.
@NelsonClick3 жыл бұрын
This had to have been so much fun for the British actors in this scene. They got to play an American with a slight British accent. I am relieved that the screenplay and director played up the "fear of British" POV because that is historically accurate.
@alexwest25147 жыл бұрын
God this was a great show
@theshiftybeef62512 жыл бұрын
These men knew there was a fate worse than death. And that’s life on your knees.
@101trus2 жыл бұрын
Ironically, the taxes that Britain placed on the colonies were extremely small.. quality of life was much better in the colonies, they had a better chance to own land than back in England, and only paid a fraction of the taxes as a citizen of Britain would.. Boston Massacre was caused by a bunch of drunken rabble rousers provoking a British outpost.. colonists tortured innocent people like tax collectors just doing their job... tar and feather left 3rd degree burns. They really had no reason to rebel. It’s like paying an extra nickel for your iced tea at the gas station then murdering your state representative for such “oppression”
@theshiftybeef62512 жыл бұрын
@@101trus right? And a select group of people today think they are “oppressed” today. The nerve of the British though.
@hawkeyeten2450 Жыл бұрын
@@101trus To be fair, it wasn't the amount of taxes they were furious over, but the fact that Parliament was forcing it on them without giving them a voice. Britain could have resolved it in at least three ways: One, expand Parliament to give the colonies members. Two, set up a colonial parliament for all of the colonists in the Empire to meet and decide taxes. Three, set up a North American specific colonial parliament among others to decide and collect the taxes. Britain could have resolved the problem in any of these ways and still gotten the needed money. Simply put, PM Lord North, George III and the British government screwed up. BIG TIME. Arrogance and lack of long term thinking is what caused a completely avoidable war.
@bobbyricigliano27993 жыл бұрын
The brilliant portrayal of Franklin by Tom Wilkinson added a new layer to the story for me. Franklin seems somewhat cavalier over the prospect of rebellion, but at his advanced age he had much less to risk than some of the men in their 30's and 40's. An yet his stubborn nature was crucial in moving things forward.
@georgeofhamilton4 жыл бұрын
America's conception is one of the coolest stories ever.
@Hackenberg Жыл бұрын
The British could have undercut the political argument by admitting the colonies as provinces and seating their representatives in London.
@francisblake154911 ай бұрын
I believe the actor who plays Ben Franklin played Lord Cornwallis in The Patriot.
@RMB422 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes of this mini series is after being one of the main rabble rousers and knowing he was on King George's list of those to be hanged if ever caught, John Adams had to present himself to and bow before the king as the US's first ambassador to England. Talk about uncomfortable. I've read that, being an official proceeding, notes were taken at the time, and the dialogue in that scene is word for word what was actually said.
@30AndHatingIt6 жыл бұрын
These men really did risk it all, while today some people consider these men, their struggle, the constitution, etc as being "outdated" or "irrelevant in this day and age".
@EmptyMan0003 жыл бұрын
It is outdated, since it did happen centuries ago, but it's not irrelevant.
@6panzer9 ай бұрын
❤ They risked everything. I fought in two wars. They were much more brace than me.
@mopar214 жыл бұрын
The governor of Virginia must admire King George.
@50srefugee4 жыл бұрын
Has he not examined his own state seal? Does he truly believe he is Virtue, and not the Tyrant lying under her foot? I fear, greatly, that in his arrogance, he cares not a moth-eaten patch, not for Virtue, not for King George, and certainly not for the Founders, or for the people of the state he believes BELONGS to him and his kind.
@leondarnell1 Жыл бұрын
One of the BEST scenes in the movie...not so much the words, but their expressions!!!
@steviedfromtheflyovercount47393 жыл бұрын
Great production. Remember seeing this years ago. Truly outstanding. Dialogue was exceptional and stellar in ever regard.
@usfreight2 жыл бұрын
The best mini series ever. Should be played in every school every year
@FrontierTradingCompany3 жыл бұрын
Such an awesome series
@JustAReminder4 жыл бұрын
Seriously how did they pull this off.
@plumsnjade3 жыл бұрын
The captions say 'Don't Save the King-' and that is suprisingly fitting
@Kyle8999 жыл бұрын
They couldn't have been shocked that the punishment would be hanging.
@Afalstein9 жыл бұрын
Kyle899 One thing to know it, another to hear it.
@ThePamastymui6 жыл бұрын
Well, one could always spit into their faces at the Palace and kicked their butts at the Tower...
@AlasdairGR5 жыл бұрын
There’s a big difference between having knowledge of the consequence of a decision and actually having the proverbial axe aimed at your neck.
@jayteegamble5 жыл бұрын
It was said that up until that point some of them viewed the conflict as "a kind of lawsuit". Now it was apparent that the king was just going to use force to crush them instead of finding a way to work things out.
@50srefugee3 жыл бұрын
@@jayteegamble Yes, as it says on the label: This was the response to the much vaunted "Olive Branch Petition". Many shown here honestly believed King George would see that they did not consider themselves traitors, and wanted to remain British subjects. Here they learn better.
@christianschneider65387 жыл бұрын
2:19 Sam Adams had the appropriate response
@wehosrmthink75103 жыл бұрын
John Adams.
@signore13 жыл бұрын
@@wehosrmthink7510 no, that was Sam Adam’s that delivered the line. John Adam’s was played by Paul giamatti
@JD-qo7hm2 жыл бұрын
I love Franklin's reaction, "eh, not bad."
@satireisnotdead58043 жыл бұрын
2:24: "Let's see your Quaker sensibilities solve this one, Mr. Dickinson", tbf I actually really felt for Dickinson in this scene
@frankdodd33554 жыл бұрын
I love how Hancock becomes increasingly upset and outraged by the patronizing tone of the response, talking about the men in that room as if they were misguided, unruly children who would be treated tenderly if they just started behaving. Then, the gravity in his voice when he reads the alternative.
@MazianConrad7 жыл бұрын
I love how Cornwallis is Ben Franklin.
@samueladams17755 жыл бұрын
Did you know that Gen. Cornwallis disliked and was against the treatment of the colonists and the colonies. While he did his duty to the crown, he did not want the war.
@MuttTheHoople5 жыл бұрын
Also, General Gage's wife was a Bostonian, who may or may not have been one of Washington's spies.
@Blownapart233 жыл бұрын
Benjamin Franklin reaction when he learns he could be hanged: it is what it is
@dab0331 Жыл бұрын
Well if there's anyone who shouldn't be afraid of death, it's an old man.
@charlielemmel3113 жыл бұрын
Time to watch John Adams again......great series.
@b_lee20033 жыл бұрын
That’s been my annual tradition for the past nearly 8 years, to binge the series just before Independence Day
@HueyPPLong6 жыл бұрын
Imagine if they'd have lost... Would just be barely remembered enlightenment traitors who sided with France against the motherland. British empire would probably still be ruling the world.
@heiwaboke5 жыл бұрын
Eddie Actually Britain lost its grip on world power as a result of the world wars in the 20th century. For instance the Empire was actually at its largest extent in the 1920s.
@Xerrand5 жыл бұрын
Unlikely, they would have become independent eventually anyway, like Canada or Australia. It would be a very different US though.
@melonhead824 жыл бұрын
@@heiwaboke Without the US, a delayed French revolution, meaning no Napoleon, meaning no smaller German nations, meaning no United Germany, meaning no world wars. One alteration of this magnitude alters practically every aspect of the world around us.
@asheer91144 жыл бұрын
@@melonhead82 Exept America didn't helped French revolution in any way because of a risk of reigniting war with England which supported French royalists... Furthermore, Revolution would happen no matter of the outcome of the American one because overall disaprovement for the way King ruled the country was way too high to contain and US existence or not at that point was not a factor in Robbespierre's plans to over throw the King. Lets not forget that at the moment when revolution began Bonaparte was already a well known officer of the army (in rank of Captain if i remember correctly) and he did took a part in initial pacification of the revolution... so your "argument" that without America's "appearance" on the world stage he wouldn't exist is very much but false. And last but not least, let me remind you that Germany was united over 100 years later from the American and French revolutions by Otto von Bismarck and until his Ascendance on the Reich Chancellor Germany was a mess of INDEPENDENT Nations with kingdoms of Bavaria and Saxony as regional powers up front loosely connected with each other by language and that split was dated from earliest times of medieval era in Europe... To conclude... I would strongly suggest to learn a bit about European history before making another comments... based at false presumptions and personal bias against a nation which played a major role in the world affairs from about beginning of the LAST Century.
@melonhead824 жыл бұрын
@@asheer9114 Which is why I said had the French not helped the Americans, a French Revolution would have been delayed, meaning no rise of Napoleon. I mentioned nothing about the US helping the French. Delayed French Revolution does not give the perfect reasons for Napoleon to rise, meaning the Holy Roman Empire states, territories and principalities are not united from Napoleon's success on Continental Europe. I will also remind you, at the beginning of the revolution, Robbespierre and his Jacobin's were a minor factor. The beginning of the revolution was not about overthrowing or killing the king. But those factors came about after heightened tensions and the King's attempt to flee to Austria. Had France not helped the Americans (which is what I said in the comment above, no the American helping the French), then these events would have been delayed and thus any actions by the Jacobins would have been minor. Certain parts of history are people being in the right place at the right time such as Robbespierre and Napoleon. But without certain factors, they would not have become as well known. I will also remind you the Unification of Germany under Otto von Bisrmark happened after Napoleon's uniting the small German states of the Holy Roman Empire into what we know as Bavaria, Saxony, Prussia etc. If it wasn't for Napoleon uniting those states, the the German unification under Bismark and Prussian dominance would not have happened. Also, Great Britain, not England. At the time, Scotland and England had been united since 1707 so the it was called Great Britain. As someone who has a Bachelor Honours in History, you misread my comment entirely and went on a rant. So please read a comment carefully before replying with information that does not relate to the comment.
@stevenichols29384 жыл бұрын
Yet some would call these virtuous gentlemen "Old, white men."
@dave1314 жыл бұрын
And we owe our liberty to these ' Old, White men '. These ' 1%'ers of their time '
@speakallowed84354 жыл бұрын
@@dave131 1%ers fighting .001%ers
@babayaga17674 жыл бұрын
those people are soon to be called subjects of the socialist united states
@edmonddantes36404 жыл бұрын
@@babayaga1767 not without disagreement.
@grilledcheese98454 жыл бұрын
Yeah and some would call the earth flat, whats your point?
@slightlyistorical17763 жыл бұрын
The American Revolution was supported by merely 1/3rd of the entire North American colonial population, and was seen more as a civil war between loyalists and rebels who called themselves “Patriots” for their colonial nationality and longing for independence and greater liberty and freedom. Our country was truly blessed to have these men as our Founding Fathers, because if it weren’t for them, the U.S. would have collapsed long ago as another failed, one-man dictatorship or never even gain independence from the British Empire for that matter
@Nighthawke702 жыл бұрын
That 1/3 included my ancestors that were cannon-cockers for Gen. Knox. They served under Gen. Washington in his Continental Army.
@josephconnelly51952 жыл бұрын
My ancestors were part of that 2/3rds. The women were obese yet had no breasts, the men had long necks and huge Adam's apples but no chins. One of them died by trying to throw his handkerchief at Washington's horse but broke his wrist in the process, the broken wrist caused such a scream that Washington's horse mounted him and he died. Long story short we fled the USA and became Canadian.
@kylecrane43762 жыл бұрын
And then look around and see where we are today. :(
@wholeNwon2 жыл бұрын
And if we had remained British?
@jbloun9112 жыл бұрын
Less than 3% actually fought
@richardthiele8363 Жыл бұрын
One of the interesting things about the America revolution was that the main grievance was that their rights “as English subjects” were not respected under English law, “no taxation without representation.” It was a conservative revolution in a colony that was well fed and clothed by the standards of the time.