Season 1
13 episodes · Jul 4, 2007
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- S1E1
Boston, Bloody Boston
Jul 4, 200745mFaced 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
- S1E2
Rebellion to Revolution
Jul 11, 200745mAs 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.
- S1E3
Declaring Independence
Jul 18, 200745mFinally, 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.
- S1E4
American Crisis
Jul 25, 200745mAs 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.
- S1E5
Path to World War
Aug 1, 200745mAs 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.
- S1E6
Forging an Army
Aug 8, 200745mGeneral 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.
- S1E7
Treason and Betrayal
Aug 15, 200745mThe once heroic, General Benedict Arnold turns his back on his country in an act of pride, sealing his legacy as a traitor. George Washington takes the war to the frontier, burning the Iroquois Indians out of New York State and leaving a wake of destruction and devastation.
- S1E8
The War Heads South
Aug 22, 200745mIn their failure to defeat George Washington, the British change course and turn their attentions southward. In a final effort to quell the rebellion, they surround and lay siege to Charleston, South Carolina. Continental General Benjamin Lincoln braces for the attack, but his outnumbered forces ultimately fall.
- S1E9
A Hornet's Nest
Aug 29, 200745mAfter the fall of Charleston, the war explodes into the Carolina backcountry, touching of a brutal civil war. The Americans are defeated at Camden and in an unconventional strategic move, Generals Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan split the army between then, leading British General Charles Cornwallis on a chase that culminates in the Battle of Guildford Courthouse.
- S1E10
The End Game
Sep 5, 200745mAs the revolution continues, Washinton faces two mutinies in the Continental Army. In England, opposition to the war grows, and while the French tire of supporting America, Franklin continues to successfully solicit their aid. General Cornwallis moves his army to Yorktown, Virginia, and the Allied forces close in for the last major battle of the war.
- S1E11
Becoming a Nation
Sep 12, 200745mNews 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.
- S1E12
Road to the Presidency
Sep 19, 200745mAs 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.
- S1E13
A President and His Revolution
Sep 26, 200745mGeorge 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.