Season 1 (1994)

The Conflict Ignites
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November 27, 1994 • 50m

The causes of the American Revolution, from the French and Indian War, to the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, and the Coercive Ac...Read more

1776
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November 27, 1994 • 50m

The tumultuous events of 1776 are discussed. George Washington becomes the commander in chief of the Continental Army. Benedict Ar...Read more

Washington & Arnold
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November 28, 1994 • 50m

General Washington achieves his most decisive and important victories at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. In 1777, after the ...Read more

The World at War
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November 28, 1994 • 46m

Benjamin Franklin travels to Paris to get financial and military support for the American war. Encouraged by Gates’ and Arnold’s v...Read more

England's Last Chance
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November 29, 1994 • 43m

At West Point, a great chain protects the Hudson River. Benedict Arnold, after many wounds, becomes military governor of Philadelp...Read more

Birth of the Republic
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November 29, 1994 • 52m

General Nathanael Greene becomes the new commander of the southern Continental Army. He and General Daniel Morgan devise a plan to...Read more