Faced with escalating controversies and conflicts, the American colonists are forced to act. Some of the major polit...

As rebellion escalates into war, the Continental Congress establishes an army and appoints George Washington to Comma...

Finally, in 1776, noble ideas and long-desired dreams are realized as the Declaration of Independence is signed and A...

As the new nation begins to realize that all its efforts may have been for naught, a desperate and determined General...

As the American situation reaches desperation, Bejamin Franklin descends on Paris and talks the French into joining t...

General Washington's losses continue, and some in Congress begin to question his leadership. Washington's immediate ...

The once heroic, General Benedict Arnold turns his back on his country in an act of pride, sealing his legacy as a tr...

In their failure to defeat George Washington, the British change course and turn their attentions southward. In a fi...

After the fall of Charleston, the war explodes into the Carolina backcountry, touching of a brutal civil war. The Am...

As the revolution continues, Washinton faces two mutinies in the Continental Army. In England, opposition to the war...

News of the American victory at Yorktown spreads quickly around the globe. Parliament forces the King to agree to Am...

As George Washington rides to his inauguration as the first American president of the United States, he reflects back...

George Washington completes his eight-day trip from his home at Mount Vernon, Virginia to New York City and his inaug...