Liberty's Kids is a series I have seen some of in my teenage years, and even seeing it in syndicaton, but for a PBS show, Liberty's Kids is a neat series set in American history (and I can't believe it was made by DiC for PBS),
Set during the American Revolution, the show follows three kids James, Sarah, and Henri, each one from a different country (while James is American, Sarah is from England, and Henri is from France) who work at the printing press of Benjamin Franklin (voiced by Walter Cronkite), and experience first hands the events before and during the war that would lead to America gaining independence from the British. While the involvement of the kids is fictional, the setting helps shows kids events of the era, and while it does not skimp out on the drama, violence is minimum (kids are spared from the horror of seeing the Boston Massacre, and other than a scene where a man is feathered and tarred, as well as the same man in the hospital, and while people do get shot at, blood is rarely shown, and no deaths are shown on-screen, making this for older kids, but at least more appropriate for kids than the Mel Gibson film The Patriot). This is a good show, with good story, characters, and even going as far as to have star power back it up (with big names like Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Dustin Hoffman, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, to name a few).
Set during the American Revolution, the show follows three kids James, Sarah, and Henri, each one from a different country (while James is American, Sarah is from England, and Henri is from France) who work at the printing press of Benjamin Franklin (voiced by Walter Cronkite), and experience first hands the events before and during the war that would lead to America gaining independence from the British. While the involvement of the kids is fictional, the setting helps shows kids events of the era, and while it does not skimp out on the drama, violence is minimum (kids are spared from the horror of seeing the Boston Massacre, and other than a scene where a man is feathered and tarred, as well as the same man in the hospital, and while people do get shot at, blood is rarely shown, and no deaths are shown on-screen, making this for older kids, but at least more appropriate for kids than the Mel Gibson film The Patriot). This is a good show, with good story, characters, and even going as far as to have star power back it up (with big names like Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Dustin Hoffman, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, to name a few).