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"Explosively Interesting" - critics agree The American Revolution must-watch TV.
The Continental Army was made up of ordinary Americans, like Joseph Plumb Martin.
George Washington takes action when an unsigned manifesto starts circulating among his officers.
Most revolutionaries were Protestants, but there were also Catholics, Jews, and Muslims.
Washington takes command of the Continental Army. Congress declares American independence.
Washington abandons New York City and flees across New Jersey, before attacking Trenton.
Philadelphia falls, but the American victory at Saratoga allows France to enter the war.
The war drags on and moves to new theaters: at sea, in Indian Country, and in the South.
Victory at Yorktown secures independence. Americans aspire for a more perfect union.
Historian Stacey Schiff. The American Revolution premieres November 16.