The American Revolution
TVPG
Documentary
History
American history
Examining how America’s founding turned the world upside-down as the thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic Coast rose in rebellion, won their independence and established a new form of government that radically reshaped the continent.
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Matt Roush says...
No spoilers necessary in the final chapter of Ken Burns‘s epic history of the war for independence, which depicts Benedict Arnold’s infamous betrayal amid the struggles of a war-weary Britain, increasingly isolated as they pursue their bloody campaign in the South and wage their final battle in Yorktown. As historian Vincent Brown notes: “It’s an ugly, ugly, ugly conflict. And if one wants a national origin story that’s clean and neat and tells very clearly who the good guys and who the bad guys are, the American Revolution… is not that story.”
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