History Characters / LibertysKids

* HeroesWantRedheads: James is shown to be quite fond of Sarah very early on.

* TheResenter: Most of his episodes deal with the fact that he was constantly spurned by congress and higher ranking brass (except Washington) for promotions and recognition of his military contributions. This is eventually what made him decide to betray America.

* LargeAndInCharge: The show makes liberal use of camera angles that show off Washington's height and give a sense of his authority and no-nonsense attitude. TruthInTelevision as he was a very tall man [[note]]about 0.74 meters or about 6'2 inches[[/note]], tall even for the modern day but positively huge for the time.

* YouGotSpunk: Demonstrates this throughout the series, but a particularly notable example is when she dares to call Washington out for returning slaves who fought for the British to their owners.

** Possibly even more liberal/left-wing then them in some ways. He strongly detests not only monarchy and aristocracy (as well as the parliamentary system), but also has a rather low opinion of most clergy, merchants and military personel. He is also the least religious of the main 3 heroes and is opposed to racism and slavery.
** He is the biggest and most outspoken critic of the political, economic, military and religious establishment of his day of the 3 main child protagonists and strongly belives in individual freedom over justice and order.
** He is the most upset of the 3 child heroes of how illberal the United States becomes at the end of the series. Sarah Phillips actually points this out throughout the show, correctly pointing out that the UK is not as far-right and reactionary as James seems to think.

* LowerClassLout: He has shades of this. He does not act properly in high society, often complains about politics and economics rather then actually doing anything about it and acts spoiled and ungrateful as well as wanting to pick a fight and cause trouble rather then talk things out.

** He also has similarites to Mark Twain, George Carlin and Bill Maher.

* AFatherToHisMen: Very much so, especially toward Lafayette. Historically, Hamilton took issue with Washington's paternal treatment of him.

* LargeAndInCharge: The show makes liberal use of camera angles that show off Washington's height and give a sense of his authority and no-nonsense attitude.

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Firmly on the enlightnment side of the argument. He does seem to be influenced by historical figures like David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Voltaire and Jean-Jaques Rousseau.

* GirlyBruiser : Sarah is a very proper English lady and a NiceGirl but she is independent and sometimes hard edged.

** Possibly even more liberal/left-wing then them in some ways. He strongly destests not only monarchy and aristocracy, (as well as the parliamentary system) but also has a rather low opinion of most clergy, merchants and military personel. He is also the least religious of the main 3 heroes and is opposed to racism and slavery.

Fifteen in 1773. Sarah is a high class English lady who has come to America in search of her father. She is staying with the Franklins until her father returns from Ohio. She quickly gets caught up in the events of the American Revolution, and becomes a journalist to balance out James' idealistic and one-sided viewpoint.

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Firmly on the enlightnment side of the arguement. He does seem to be influenced by historical figures like David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Voltaire and Jean-Jaques Rosseaou.

* OddFriendship: With Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, both of whom were among the most conversative of the founding fathers. James is much closer to Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine in his political views.

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: He was already being treated as a loyalist sympathiser after throwing a party for both loyalists and patriots, the final straw came when Washington a man who Arnold once trusted sent him that letter. Shortly after he turned spy for the British.

* EatTheRich: He definitly has this mindset, much to Sarah Phillips dismay. He most likely would have supported the French Revolution as well.

** Possibly even more liberal/left-wing then them in some ways. He strongly destests not only monarchy and aristocracy, (as well as the parliamentary system) but also has a rather low opinion of most clergy, merchants and military personel. He is also the least religious of the main 3 child heroes and is opposed to racism and slavery.

* GirlyBruiser : Sarah is a very proper English lady and a NiceGirl but she is independent and sometimes hard edged

!Benedict Arnold

** Possibly even more liberal/left-wing then them in some ways. He strongly destests not only monarchy and aristocracy, (as well as the parliamentary system) but also has a rather low opinion of most merchants and military personel. He is also the least religious of the main 3 child heroes and is opposed to racism and slavery.

** He is the most upset of the 3 child heroes of how illberal the United States becomes at the end of the series. Sarah Phillips actually points this out throught the show, correctly pointing out that the UK is not as far-right and reactionary as James seems to think.

** Possibly even more liberal/left-wing then them in some ways. He strongly destests not only monarchy and aristocracy, but has a rather low opinion of most merchants and military personel. He is also the least religious of the main 3 child heroes and is opposed to racism and slavery.

* Romanticism Versus Enlightenment: Firmly on the enlightnment side of the arguement. He does seem to be influenced by historical figures like David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Voltaire and Jean-Jaques Rosseaou.

* EnlightenmentVSRomantacism: Firmly on the enlightnment side of the arguement. He does seem to be influenced by historical figures like David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Voltaire and Jean-Jaques Rosseaou.

* OddFriendship: With Alexander Hamilton and George Washinton, both of whom were among the most conversative of the founding fathers. James is much closer to Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine in his political views.