Air date: 2025-11-16

Runtime: 116 min

Opposition in colonial North America to British policies over taxes, land and sovereignty escalates into violent confrontation; war gives 13 colonies a common cause.

Air date: 2025-11-17

Runtime: 124 min

Congress puts George Washington in command of a new Continental Army; Congress declares American independence in July 1776.

Air date: 2025-11-18

Runtime: 115 min

British General Howe defeats General Washington, forcing the Americans to abandon New York; Washington's army regroups in New Jersey before attacking an outpost at Trenton.

Air date: 2025-11-19

Runtime: 116 min

General Howe takes Philadelphia, but the Americans' surprising victory over General Burgoyne at Saratoga encourages France to support the U.S.

Air date: 2025-11-20

Runtime: 114 min

The French-American alliance changes the war and moves it to other theaters; navies battle off England and in the Caribbean, while armies advance in Indian Country and the South; the British take Charleston.

Air date: 2025-11-21

Runtime: 131 min

British General Cornwallis struggles to pacify the southern states; supported by the French, a victory at Yorktown secures independence for the Americans.