• 1997
  • 6h
Liberty! The American Revolution

Summary Six-hour documentary about the American Revolution, from the approval of the Stamp Act (1765) to the ratification of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights (1789). View more details

  • 1997
  • 6h

Liberty! The American Revolution

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Stephen Lang Victor Garber Edward Herrmann Donna Murphy

All cast & crew

8.4

Details

Genres : History War

Release date : Nov 22, 1997

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Production companies : Twin Cities Public Television Inc. Middlemarch Films

Summary Six-hour documentary about the American Revolution, from the approval of the Stamp Act (1765) to the ratification of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights (1789). View more details

Details

Genres : History War

Release date : Nov 22, 1997

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Production companies : Twin Cities Public Television Inc. Middlemarch Films

Photos

Philip Bosco, Donna Murphy, and Roger Rees in Liberty! The American Revolution (1997) Liberty! The American Revolution (1997) Liberty! The American Revolution (1997) Liberty! The American Revolution (1997)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 22, 1997
The Reluctant Revolutionaries
Introduction of the major players, life as British colonists, the Stamp Act, The Declaratory Act, the Boston Massacre, taxation without representation, The Boston Tea Party.
Episode 2 • Nov 22, 1997
Blows Must Decide
The Coersive/Intolerable Acts, military reinforcement of Boston, the first Continental Congress, the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, loyalists and the Olive Branch Petition, Common Sense, The Declaration of Independence
Episode 3 • Nov 23, 1997
The Times That Try Men's Souls
The British army arrives under General Howe, Washington's formation of an American army, division of colonies as patriot or loyalist, the defense of New York, fall of New Jersey, The American Crisis, the crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton.
Episode 4 • Nov 23, 1997
Oh Fatal Ambition!
Benjamin Franklin appeals for French assistance, Gen. Burgoyne's incursion from the north and the fall of Fort Ticonderoga, the war in New England, the Battle of Brandywine Creek, the Battle of Saratoga and Burgoyne's surrender, America signs a treaty with the French.
Episode 5 • Nov 24, 1997
The World Turned Upside Down
The French alliance, Gen. Clinton's campaign in the south, the siege of Charleston, Gen. Cornwallis's strategy to conquer the south, Benedict Arnold joins the British, French troops under Gen. Rochambeau reinforce Washington's army, Gen. Nathanael Greene reclaims the south, the Battle of Yorktown, the British surrender.
Episode 6 • Nov 24, 1997
Are We to Be a Nation?
Creating the new nation, Washington resigns his commission, Noah Webster standardizes American English, Shays' Rebellion, the Confederation Congress, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison envision a new system of government, the Constitution, Bill of Rights and formation of a central government.

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