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Seems like a few stretches but an interesting show.
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I knew that Sam Adams was a rabblerouser but according to the History Channel he was single handedly responsible for America's break from England. I need some popcorn.
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I have it on dvr...will watch at the rite time ..I hope its good ..like Klondike was
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Adams is being portrayed far too young for the middle aged man that he would have been in 1765. Plus, he's fleeing British troops in Boston that wouldnt have been there until 1770?
Complete fiction so far. I think that the Klingons ally with the colonists tomorrow night.....
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Great show so far. Our founders were a brave bunch!
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Adams is being portrayed far too young for the middle aged man that he would have been in 1765. Plus, he's fleeing British troops in Boston that wouldnt have been there until 1770?
Complete fiction so far. I think that the Klingons ally with the colonists tomorrow night..... On my screen they got the dates right.
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Just looked at the info on the History/Sons site. Seems that they did a good job with the real facts of who did what, when, and why.
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“In Trump We Trust.” Right????
SOMEBODY please tell TRH that Netanyahu NEVER said "Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away."
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Great show so far. Our founders were a brave bunch! A lot more balls than our current leaders.
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Great show so far. Our founders were a brave bunch! A lot more balls than our current leaders. They weren't leaders when it started. They were just citizens. And yes, way more ballz than the current examples.
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They were leaders the day the were born.
Hope it's good.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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They were leaders the day the were born.
Hope it's good.
Travis Naw ,they were actually just a bunch of malcontents with guns that got sick of being taxed without representation.Sound familiar???? 
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Can't say that it does.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Unless you're quoting that teacher from Dazed and Confused.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Unless you're quoting that teacher from Dazed and Confused.
Travis I guess I am dazed and confused!!!
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I guess I am dazed and confused!!! I'm not. I agree with you. There are LOTS of parallels in what caused the revolutionary war, and what is going on today. Many.
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I think the series is very poorly done. Why is everything so blurry? For all the commercials they sell, they could afford to focus the camera.
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Went to the History CHannel website. Interesting factoids, many of which I had forgotten. Much better series than I thought it would be. Curious to see how much they delve into the motivations for colonies other than MA.
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Well being the title is the "Sons of Liberty" and not "The American Revolution", I think it will pretty much be up in Mass and the series end circa 1776/1777? That is my guess. Also another thing to consider is many History and Discovery channel shows are made by Brits or Canadians on the cheap.
ETA: I don't think there were excessive commercials; they only lasted a minute or two tops, unlike network TV where you could cook a steak and still be watching commercials!
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Contrasting then and now what I notice is the amount of self interest that motivated often brilliant people in to action. The risks and sacrifices were personal and bravely accepted. At its heart is the proper belief that theft of ones labors is a personal indignity not to be borne.
Today the media does the bulwark of thinking for masses who, though every bit as self interested, seem only spurred in to action if it means taking the fruits of someone else's labors coupled with being told they are "good" for doing so.
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I find this whole conversation a bit unbelievable. Everybody knows there is no history on the History Channel any more.
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