Extras
"Explosively Interesting" - critics agree The American Revolution must-watch TV.
James Forten was 14 when he signed onto a privateer to fight for his country.
The British assault Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill near Boston in the bloodiest battle of the war.
Mumbet, later known as Elizabeth Freeman, would help bring an end to slavery in Massachusetts.
Artistic renderings of the Revolution often include the flag, but little is known about its origins.
The economic realities of the war start to settle in for both the Americans and the British.
A single shot echoes on Lexington Green, and the American Revolution begins.
A spark ignites—quiet, unstoppable. What follows changes everything.
Historian Stephen Conway on the psychological impact of Saratoga on the British.
With Washington commanding less than 3,000, the winter of 1777 became a fight over supplies.