Ben Franklin's apprentice reporters witness Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga in New York, and follow the formation of the first national army in two animated episodes of PBS's award-winning series. Sarah and James head to the Grants to cover the story of the settlers' struggle and witness the capture of the Fort Ticonderoga, where they meet Benedict Arnold in Green Mountain Boys. In The Second Continental Congress, James unknowingly befriends a British spy while searching for information on what Congress is doing behind the closed doors of the statehouse.