John Adams- American History

From HBO's Miniseries "John Adams"

"What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 - 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington."- John Adams

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[smoky90210]

"All dead"

Ah line that choked me up when my grandfather went to his last World War 1 82nd Infantry "A"Company reunion in 1995 he was the only man left out of 123 men.He gave a speech in which he broke down to the audience of his commerades families,after sayingbeing given a portrait photograph from Armistice day in 1917 of his entire company.He said "Im the only boy left!"and began to cry.He later told me at age 101 whoever dies first is the luckiest,this series helped me understand.

[Devsfan202]

J Jay did not sign the declaration on independence

[emtpilot132]

I watched this scene and then immediately watched the boston tea party scene. If I were Trumball I would have wanted to off myself for displeasing a man like John Adams.

[phreakinpher]

So, wait, is this scene what really happened? Or is modern history still false? This clip presents a paradox, insofar as the set of false modern American history includes itself.

[98bigbutt]

@MECowhey,The problem was that in their time there was no recorded sounds and video camera to actually really know the real history of the American Revolution.

[POTCMarc101]

WO! lol never see him talk like that about the American Revolution and the founding fathers before

[MECowhey]

When I first watched this scene on HBO I too was surprised by how Adams reacted. That's because I wasn't listening to what Adams was saying. The true history of our revolution will never be known. In the scene where Adams and Jefferson write letters back and forth Adams asks "who will write the history of our revolution?" Jefferson responds "You ask who will write the history of our revolution...nobody except merely it's external facts". So much truth is lost through revisionist history.

[Thoralmir]

Then again, is a young a country as ours, all we have is who we want to be.

[folklore19]

@anonymous1trgb He said they were only 'Signers' left. Madison and Jay did not sign the Declaration of Independence.

[tylrjsph]

one of my fav parts in the movie

[anonymous1trgb]

I think this show is an overall success. It is very interesting, informative and therefore worthy of praise.

However, there are some problems. In the video, Adams says that he and Jefferson were the only ones left. But James Madison and John Jay were still alive. Furthermore, its a shame that the show failed, even its slightest, to mention other important figures such as Thomas Paine.

But then again I understand the difficulty of fitting such history in 7 episodes.

[beatleboy9020001]

they portray trumball to be way too young in this. he would have 70 in 1826