EPISODE 31: James travels to New York and views the terrible acts committed by the Iroquois and the colonists alike. Sarah is reunited with Abigail Adams and draws even closer to this wonderful, strong colonial leader (August 27, 1779).

HISTORICAL CONTENT: John Adams and his son John Quincy return from France and are reunited with Abigail (8/2/79). John is asked to write the Massachusetts Constitution (8/9/79), which is a defining document of the emerging thought on rights. In New York Joseph Brant, a chief of the Iroquois Confederacy, is leading his people in a losing battle to coexist with the colonists.

EMOTIONAL TAKEAWAY: When it comes to war, no one comes out unharmed and good people on both sides of a conflict can do great harm to one another.