Sons of Liberty: A Review

Exactly. This much license, they might as well have had them all be bikers too.

"They didn't butcher our soldiers."

You might want to google "Banastre Tarleton" or the "Battle of Waxhaws". "Butcher", "Bloody Ban", "No quarter".

I apologize. I was referring to the leadup to the war only, and wasn’t clear that I was doing so. My statement was not intended to be anymore than that.

Not a problem ...

Dr. Warren was killed at Breed’s Hill, and General Gage did ship his wife back to England because he suspected her of passing information to the colonists. That much is true.

Thank you. I know that. However, I’m not so sure the writers of this series do.

Then, as now, the battle which must be fought is, at its core, a battle of ideas, and ideas have consequences.

If this Sons of Liberty production arouses the curiosity and interest of individual citizens to explore the writings, speeches, and ideas of the characters portrayed, then it may play a part in a recognition of the essential ideas of liberty, and a rejection of the tired old ideas of tyranny which dominate so-called "progressive" politics of 2015.

We must not overlook what the Founders of the American Republic called, the role of "Divine Providence," whose pathway to the minds and hearts of youth can bypass even the most ardent and determined efforts of those so-called "progressives."

Now that this drama may have caught their attention, we do, however, have some responsibility ourselves for directing attention of youth to the ideas of the Founders, all to be found online now, not in some dark stacks on remote floors of university libraries.

For instance, the Sons of Liberty portrayal of Samuel Adams might allow us to introduce to Millenials his clearly-articulated understanding of liberty versus tyranny.

"The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have receiv'd them as a fair Inheritance from our worthy Ancestors: They purchas'd them for us with toil and danger and expence of treasure and blood; and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle; or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men. Of the latter we are in most danger at present: Let us therefore be aware of it. Let us contemplate our forefathers and posterity; and resolve to maintain the rights bequeath'd to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. - Instead of sitting down satisfied with the efforts we have already made, which is the wish of our enemies, the necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that "if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom." It is a very serious consideration, which should deeply impress our minds, that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." Samuel Adams - Essay in the Boston Gazette, October 14, 1771
"When designs are form'd to raze the very foundation of a free government, those few who are to erect their grandeur and fortunes upon the general ruin, will employ every art to sooth the devoted people into a state of indolence, inattention and security, which is forever the fore-runner of slavery." - Article signed "Candidus," in Boston Gazette, December 9, 1771
"If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them." Samuel Adams- As Candidus in the Boston Gazette, January 20, 1772
"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave... These may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institutes of the great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament." Samuel Adams - Rights of the Colonists, November 20, 1772
"It is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights; when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defence of those very rights; the principal of which, as is before observed, are Life, Liberty, and Property. If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." - The Rights of the Colonists, November 20, 1772

"Is it now high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an important question which ought to be decided. It concerns more than anything in this life. The salvation of our souls is interested in this event. For wherever tyranny is established, immorality of every kind comes in like a torrent, it is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice.” - Samuel Adams
And:
“The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown. These ideas are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government unconstitutional.” - Samuel Adams

Of the current crop of like 2016 candidates, only Ted Cruz seems capable of articulating such ideas from within his own understanding of the ideas essential to liberty and those of tyranny which we see in "progressive" polices all around us.

I thought I was in a 3 hour Samuel Adams beer commercial.
I also didn’t know Sam Admas played such a pivotal role in the Revolution.

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

I enjoyed it very much.

We enjoyed it and took it for what it was worth. We knew from the “git-go” it wasn’t 100% spot-on authentic. Still, if it sparked an interest in some uneducated viewers it may result in having them research the subject more and learn something.

I loved that the focus was on Samuel Adams, my favorite of the F.F.s.

The same week this played, we re-watched the three “Atlas Shrugged” DVDs. We overdosed on patriotism.

A bit late, but I saw it all and was surprised how it screwed up the real events, but I took it with a grain of salt. Found out about it basically a day before it aired and tuned in for it.

History is doing another one for May about Texas, but the people behind The Hatfields and McCoys did that one called Texas Uprising.