01x07 - Green Mountain Boys

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I still I

know the truth will rise and

fall that's

just a word now to the

wise the world was

made each a

surprise looking at life my own eyes I'm

searching for a hero to idolize feeling

the pain as

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innoc I take my heart battle that

freed my Independence decare it on the

Philadelphia freeding and patriotic voes

sing GL never give up you represent

America Hing anding for a glid day I

listen to my heart and I oy how can I

see it any other way I'm looking

at

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my here are some exciting scenes from

today's episode of Liberty's Kids it's

never been clearer to me than right now

we have got to separate from England at

l and conquered the British fired on

Americans it's time for them to get as

good as they give it's time for the

first American attack on the Red

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Coats Moses I'm a journalist not a

Workman you're whatever I need you to be

in order to get the Gazette to the

people of Philadelphia yes James be a

proper Patriot and stop

complaining May's here hey oh please is

there anything addressed to Miss Sarah

Phillips or

Miss I am expecting a large shipment of

gold deons from off the coast of

Virginia a small shipment ah perhaps

some news from the

continent here over here over here thank

you my boy Franklin Franklin Franklin

there's no word from my father I'm

afraid letters from Ohio are a few and

far between Sarah this separation cannot

continue I will make a home with him in

the colonies I vow it nothing for me

neither nothing for you either however I

did receive these out of town newspapers

finally my D Bloons perhaps the next

male

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look at this forced from their homes

where the New Hampshire grants where's

that up between New York and Canada

beautiful country they call the hills up

there the Green Mountains fine logging

in the grants find maple syrup too maple

syrup listen ejectment coming thick and

faster women sobbing and lamenting

children crying and Men pierced to the

heart with sorrow and indignation at the

approaching tyranny now that's newspaper

writing it's by someone named Ethan

Allen it sounds to me like Mr Allen is

hyperbolizing in an effort to inflame

the emotions of potential traitors to

the crown what did she say she said uh

something I wouldn't lower myself by

repeating she said HRI that this man

Allan is a liar he sounds to me like a

patriot he sounds to me like a loudmouth

as does someone else I know James Sarah

Allan might be exaggerating but he's not

lying allowing people's land to be taken

out from under them the Red Coats aren't

using muskets this time but they're

firing a broadside at us nonetheless

I've been wondering where the next

hostilities with the crown might take

place

this could be our

answer you have as much chance of filing

a better story than me as a man has of

walking on the moon you're rather sure

of yourself for someone with a chunk of

venison stuck between his

teeth where oh got it thanks look out

that was scary can we do it

again this would be an absolutely lovely

place for my family to make a

home thieves let me do the talking I do

not need you to take care of me thank

you I will talk with these

afternoon

youngsters can't we search him now Tom

can we search him that won't be

necessary Luke our friends here will be

happy to show us anything interesting

they might be carrying about their

persons won't you kids a ways back we

passed a guy who looked real Rich you

can probably catch him if you hurry come

on Tom let's go get

him you're a clever pup ain't you now

tell old Tom what you're really doing up

in these

Parts I am a journalist and demand safe

passage in the name of King George

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III I demand to meet your

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leader and I demand to meet your

cook you've Bo Trap game in the woods

and don't invite me to the feast may I

assume that you are the leader of this

vile band of kidnappers and thieves some

of the boys might take offense at your

characterization but yes I'm their

leader my name's Ethan Allen Ethan Allen

Ethan

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Allen all I did was ask you the finest

land is to be found in the

grants you Tories come here and expect

us to just hand over our land in

property are you mad or stupid or you're

just a thief I can answer that you

called me a thief you're the one who had

me bound and gagged and dragged here

against my

will my men were doing their Duty and

anyway you're free now aren't you if you

won't show me the land I'll go see it

myself you'll do nothing of the kind my

little red

coat no more will you steal our homes

out from under our very feet and sad to

say no more can we fight your tyranny

peaceably so often have the pleas and

arguments of our lawful committees been

ignored by your king

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Ethan on our way here we saw a man

riding a gilded Chariot hendra's back

Tom bu boys hendra's back H Drake you

sure our young Scout Mr Hiller saw him

Miss Phillips it looks like you'll get

to see a fine Grant's home after all

penry you will leave my property

immediately we cannot leave your

property because we are not on your

property you Arthur pendre are a snake

infesting our Eden we ask you one more

time to leave this place peaceably in

the name of the governor of New York and

the King of England I will not budge sir

what would he do better get down take

him boys

come

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on anyone else in the house no Ethan set

the horse

free

yeah this isn't right it isn't fair I'm

glad you're here little red coat you're

about to learn something about fairness

Arthur pendrick we the people of the New

Hampshire grants have resolved to offer

a burnt sacrifice to the gods of the

world time to burn the

house this is barbaric if you're intent

on driving this good man out why don't

you simply let the earlier occupant move

back in let's ask the earlier occupant

Tom if I did that they'd just throw me

and my family out again that Thief would

be back right back inside a house I

built for my wife and children maybe

this will show them we mean business

Ethan give me the torch sorry Tom so am

I I built this house for Freedom now I

burn it for

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Freedom go your way now to the devil

with your governor laws king Council and

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assembly people have three inalienable

rights James rights that they cannot be

denied and those are the rights to life

liberty and property if the government

fails to protect those rights it's the

people's right to revolt and form a new

government it's never been clearer to me

than right now that's exactly what we

have to do we have got to separate from

England at Lexington and conquer the

British fired on Americans it's time for

them to get as good as they give it's

time for the first American attack on

the Red Coats finally you wouldn't

dare no more burning houses no more

Arthur pen

the Green Mountain Boys are going to

take fort tyon deroga in New

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York if they won't give me maple syrup I

will get my

own so blue

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a

red violence Colonel Allen is never

Justified it's the people's right to

revolt just where did you get your

outrageous excuse for a political

philosophy anyway well let me think ah I

remember now that's right Mr John lock

from pensford England

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oops I'm by addressing Colonel Allen You

Are I Am Colonel Benedict Arnold Colonel

I have been commissioned by the

Massachusetts Committee of safety to

raise a regiment which I have done to

attack Fort tyan dooga to that end I

hereby order you to turn over to me

complete and other command of the Green

Mountain Boys

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W well Colonel with all the respect do a

man of your high rank and obvious

importance I formed this Battalion these

are my men and I'll be darned if some

little red peacock is going to strut in

here and start giving them

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orders this is not a request Colonel

this is an order if you will not obey it

I will force you to obey it you and

every single one of your so-called

soldiers how you going to do that go

back to your Committee of safety the

Green Mountain Boys are serving under

Ethan Allen or the Green Mountain Boys

are going

home Captain this attack is too

important to jeopardize by sniping

between fellow Patriots so I'll make you

a deal I'll let you share command of the

boys here and ride with me in front of

them if you agree Not to cause any

trouble for us back in Massachusetts but

remember no one gives orders to these

men but me

ever we agreed he'll never do it he must

do

it agreed Colonel Allan a red CT riding

this way on a white horse with a bright

red jacket he was a shrimp but

he did you spot the British soldier too

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you I decided to attack for tyon rogo

for two reasons first it's Cannon if we

can capture the British cannon with all

due respect to you Miss we can transport

them to Boston and send those Red Coats

halfway back to England with their own

a*tillery second if we control taan

dooga we control the main Waterway into

the colonies from Canada and then my boy

nothing goes on in or out of that water

unless we Americans say it

does now our spies tell us there are

only 50 or so British soldiers defending

the fort but we're expecting a heck of a

fight anyway and let me say one thing to

the good people of

Philadelphia brothers and sisters there

ain't one Green Mountain boy on God's

green earth who ain't prepared to meet

his maker up there in that Fort because

Miss Phillips every man here no matter

how uncouth how rough how rude is

profoundly committed to fighting for

America's freedom to the last beat of

his heart Colonel Arnold I wonder if I

might ask you a favor yes Miss Phillips

Colonel I request permission to join you

in the Green Mountain Boys in your

attack on Fort taond deroga might I be

permitted to accompany you on your

attack H I'm afraid that's out of the

question son what you're asking is

highly irregular Sir with respect the

people of Philadelphia need to know the

story of the colony's first attack on

the crown sir the people of Philadelphia

need to know the story of America's

first attack on the tyrannous mullions

of King George III that's

minions well I suppose in their way the

Green Mountain Boys are highly irregular

too you'll stay as much out of Harm's

Way as possible yes

sir I don't doubt that the

pennsylvanians need news of our attack

Miss Phillips but I'm afraid they'll

have to get it from someone less

qualified than yourself I simply cannot

permit a proper young lady to accompany

troops into combat

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ow

what you didn't really think you'd be

the only one getting this story did you

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misfire

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Mercy sir Mercy take me to your

commanding

officer now all right all

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right in the name of God in the

Continental Congress I demand that you

surrender this

fort come on out you old

rat by

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Sal take prisoners gather all weapons

a*tillery and

ammunition that it's an

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order well go on boys and find the rest

of these Red

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Coats gather the a*tillery collect the

cannon ba*ls and musket shot outside

an inch to the left and you'd be heading

for a court Marshal in Boston oh so

sorry

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sir I noticed you got your story after

all Miss Phillips I do hope we meet

again under more favorable

circumstances I believe you would like

my father major Phillips retired I

understand he was a fine Soldier please

send him my best regards I shall do so

Colonel I had dreamed that he might join

me in the grant

someday but I have recently learned that

the New Hampshire grants are no place

for our family to make a home we'll eat

heartily tonight look at all this

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food no wonder the Red Coats didn't

fight us they were too fat and happy

from all this jerky all this without

firing a shot we're going to whip those

red coats in no time don't get c*ck son

we have a long way to go before we win

our

freedom hold on there

Edward wasn't that little French weasel

trying to drum up some of this stuff

back in the Green

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Mountains Dr Franklin will put my story

on the front page he'll put mine on the

front page Dr Franklin is many things

but he is not in say paper

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ready who got the front

page you both

did I never thanked you for not giving

me away on the boat that night I had to

let you write that story how else could

I approve that mine was Superior spell

superior uh gee these Flapjacks look

good oh I imagine they

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are through my searching for a hero to

ID feeling the pain as

inoc looking at a my own

I take my heart battle give that freed

get

myp it on the line white blue never up

you represent America

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