The Revolution - Season 1

The Revolution - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes13
DatesJun 4, 2006 - Aug 27, 2006

Episodes

Boston, Bloody Boston
Season 1Episode 160 min

Boston, Bloody Boston

Faced with escalating controversies and conflicts, the American colonists are forced to act. Some of the major political players of the rebellion are introduced as a Continental Congress convenes
Jun 4, 2006
Rebellion to Revolution
Season 1Episode 260 min

Rebellion to Revolution

As rebellion escalates into war, the Continental Congress establishes an army and appoints George Washington to Commander-in-Chief. When the army surrounds the British troops in Boston, Britain sends additional troops and its three best generals. In spite of these tactics, the Continental Army's assault forces the British troops and loyalists to flee the city.
Jun 11, 2006
Declaring Independence
Season 1Episode 360 min

Declaring Independence

Finally, in 1776, noble ideas and long-desired dreams are realized as the Declaration of Independence is signed and America is born. Yet many dark and devastating struggles lay ahead, and few Americans trust that the glorious cause will survive.
Jun 18, 2006
American Crisis
Season 1Episode 460 min

American Crisis

As the new nation begins to realize that all its efforts may have been for naught, a desperate and determined General George Washington gambles on a brillant - yet dangerously daring - design in order to save his army and America itself.
Jun 25, 2006
Path to World War
Season 1Episode 560 min

Path to World War

As the American situation reaches desperation, Bejamin Franklin descends on Paris and talks the French into joining the fight against Britain. Meanwhile, British General William Howe badly defeats George Washington's troops at the Battle of Brandywine. To the North, American general Horatio Gates takes the Battle of Saratoga, thereby convincing France to enter the fight.
Jul 2, 2006
Forging an Army
Season 1Episode 660 min

Forging an Army

General Washington's losses continue, and some in Congress begin to question his leadership. Washington's immediate concern, however, is for the health and security of his ragged, starving, and slowly dwindling army.
Jul 9, 2006
Treason & Betrayal
Season 1Episode 760 min

Treason & Betrayal

Jul 16, 2006
The War Heads South
Season 1Episode 860 min

The War Heads South

Failing to defeat the tenacious George Washington, the British change course, turning their attention southward.   In a last ditch effort to quell the rebellion, they surround and lay siege to Charleston, South Carolina, the third largest city in the colonies.  General Benjamin Lincoln, commander of the Southern wing of the Continental Army, sinks his heels in and braces for the attack but his outnumbered force will fall.

Jul 23, 2006
A Hornet's Nest
Season 1Episode 960 min

A Hornet's Nest

After the fall of Charleston, the war explodes into the Carolina backcountry, touching off a brutal civil war, and Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton's dragoons spread terror throughout the region. The Americans, under General Horatio Gates, suffer a humiliating defeat at Camden forcing Congress to send Nathanael Greene to lead the southern forces.  In an unconventional strategy Greene and General Daniel Morgan split the army between them, leading British General Cornwallis on a harrowing chase, which culminates in the Battle of Guildford Courthouse.

Jul 30, 2006
The End Game
Season 1Episode 1060 min

The End Game

Washington faces two mutinies in the Continental army. Congress is broke, and the army desperately needs more help from the French. On all sides, the war must end soon. In England, the opposition to the war grows as Henry Clinton and Lord Cornwallis argue over the British strategy in the South. The French are tired of supporting the war, but Franklin continues to beg for aid. The French finally send their fleet to America, under the command of Admiral DeGrasse. Cornwallis moves his army to Yorktown, VA, and the Allied forces close in for the last major battle of the war.

Aug 6, 2006
Becoming a Nation
Season 1Episode 1160 min

Becoming a Nation

News of the American victory at Yorktown spreads quickly around the globe. Parliament forces the King to agree to American Independence, and John Adams joins Benjamin Franklin in France to negotiate the 1783 Treaty of Paris. The 13 new American states delineate a new form of government and urge Washington into the presidential office.
Aug 13, 2006
Road to the Presidency
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Road to the Presidency

As George Washington rides to his inauguration as the first American president of the United States, he reflects back on the war and its most critical moments, and looks ahead to how he will make his mark on the new and revolutionary nation that has chosen him as its foundational leader.
Aug 20, 2006
A President and His Revolution
Season 1Episode 1360 min

A President and His Revolution

George Washington completes his eight-day trip from his home at Mount Vernon, Virginia to New York City and his inauguration as the first president of the newly United States of America. The former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army now becomes, simply, Mr. President.
Aug 27, 2006

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