Sons of Liberty - 3 day miniseries starts Jan 25
From the team that did The Men Who Built America miniseries. I really liked how they make interesting characters from historical figures.
Tonight at 8 central time.
I always found England’s heavy handed approach in the early years very interesting. The events leading up to the Boston massacre and the Tea Party are fascinating. The more the King and Parliament tightened their grip the more colonial dissent grew.
I like the way Sons of Liberty is depicting the grittiness and atmosphere of this time. Sam Adams and John Hancock are well portrayed. Its interesting how these men from different back grounds eventually helped spark the revolution.
You can begin to see the roots of the 4th amendment and the idea that standing armies are repugnant to liberty.
Ironically, the first commercial I saw promoting this aired on BBC America.
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Ben Barnes discusses his character Sam Adams and the frst episode.
http://www.accesshollywood.com/sons-of-liberty-ben-barnes-talks-taking-on-samuel-adams-in-history-mini-series_article_103230
I found reading Wikipedia’a aticle on Adams helpful in brushing up on these early events.
I saw a preview and it looked like an over-violent, overly stylized Hollywood movie. Hopefully I’m wrong.
The first episode took some obvious “liberties” with the truth. Sam Adams was not a drunk from the underclass of society; he was a respected statesman. He also did not put the beat down on a British soldier at the Boston Massacre. I don’t remember a little kid getting killed by a Tory citizen as being an incident that I remember from the schoolbooks.
The British seem to be all talk; show up with massive weaponry, and arrest half the town, but when Boston citizens start throwing snowballs, they run like little girls.
Several people were merged into one and several periods of time were merged into one. I think it is good for an overview if nobody is familiar with history and it does tell an inspiring, if not entirely truthful, story that makes me want to whip some redcoat ass.
I’m looking forward to watching episode 2 tonight.
I appreciate their efforts to show how messy an uprising can be. This period can comes across a bit sterile in history books. The pivotal years before the Declaration of Independence saw a significant number of colonists turn against the King and British Parliament. Making a decision like that isn’t easy. There were a lot of loyalists that always supported the Crown and ultimately relocated after the war.
They are taking liberties, huh! 
in dramatizing these events but it does bring it to life. People that are interested can always research the facts on Wikipedia and other online history sources.
real facts about Sam Adams
http://news.yahoo.com/five-big-myths-samuel-adams-history-channel-series-144409583.html
Sons of Liberty got a bit carried dramatizing Adams.
The real Sons of Liberty story.
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/01/the-real-story-of-the-sons-of-liberty-and-their-fight-for-freedom/
I’m currently cable-free but saw the beginning of the first episode online last night. Alas, I’m just a bit of a history buff but I found the bullshit awfully deep.
Here’s The Real Samuel Adams–not the scruffy cutie running around on rooftops. This articlegoes into detail on all the invented “history.”
Watch for entertainment. Learn your history elsewhere. This is a good, popular survey of that time in Boston…
Will go back & watch the whole thing when there’s time. Last night, I took time out to watch Sleepy Hollow–the best episode so far in the disappointing second season. What history did Ichabod remember to help them fight an eldritch horror? I involved The Sons of Liberty!