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Liberty! The American Revolution

Season 1

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Six-hour documentary on the American Revolution, from the passage of the Stamp Act (1765) through the ratification of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights (1789). In addition to narration and interviews with historians, the series uses re-enactments of military engagements and excerpts from letters, diaries and other documents of the period, spoken by actors.
6 Episodes
  • The Reluctant Revolutionaries: 1763-1774
    The Reluctant Revolutionaries: 1763-1774Episode 1
  • Blows Must Decide: 1774-1776
    Blows Must Decide: 1774-1776Episode 2
  • The Times That Try Men's Souls: 1776-1777
    The Times That Try Men's Souls: 1776-1777Episode 3
  • Oh Fatal Ambition: 1777-1778
    Oh Fatal Ambition: 1777-1778Episode 4
  • The World Turned Upside Down: 1778-1783
    The World Turned Upside Down: 1778-1783Episode 5
  • Are We to Be a Nation?: 1783-1788
    Are We to Be a Nation?: 1783-1788Episode 6
Cast of Season 1
  • Victor GarberJohn Dickinson
  • Donna MurphyAbigail Adams
  • Alex JenningsKing George III
  • Anthony HealdPhilip Vickers Fithian
  • Colm FeoreAlexander Hamilton
  • Peter DonaldsonJohn Adams
  • Stephen LangGeorge Washington
  • Jefferson MaysJames Madison
  • Edward HerrmannNarrator
  • Philip Seymour HoffmanJoseph Plumb Martin
  • Jane AdamsSara Scott
  • Jake WeberVirginia Officer
  • Isiah Whitlock Jr.Luke - Slave
  • Terrence MannGeneral John Burgoyne
  • Mel Johnson Jr.Jehu Grant
  • Paxton WhiteheadHorace Walpole
  • Remak RamsayThomas Hutchinson
  • Forrest SawyerSelf - Host
  • Campbell ScottThomas Jefferson
  • Roger ReesThomas Paine
  • James NaughtonPatrick Henry
  • Philip BoscoBenjamin Franklin
  • Joris StuyckJohann Ewald
  • Jamison SelbySouthern Patriot
  • Steve ZahnAmerican Sergeant
  • Francie SwiftBaroness von Riedesel
  • Simon JonesAmbrose Serle
  • Daniel GerrollGeneral Charles Cornwallis
  • Roberta MaxwellMercy Otis Warren
  • Byron JenningsJohn Hancock
  • JD CullumNicholas Cresswell
  • Neil MaffinAnti-Federalist
  • Stephen TemperleyHector de Crevecoeur
  • Kali RochaEliza Wilkinson
  • Mark LetherenBritish Soldier
  • Douglas WestonSir George Collier
  • Austin PendletonBenjamin Rush
  • John Ellison ConleeCol. Henry Knox
  • Andreas BeckettLieutenant Colonel Baum
  • David BishinsMelancton Smith
  • Sebastian RochéMarquis de Lafayette
  • Rob CampbellNoah Webster
  • Ronald GuttmanComte de Rochambeau
  • David YellandEdmund Burke
  • Mark NelsonLoyalist
  • James MurtaughAnti-Federalist
  • Murphy GuyerBenjamin Gilbert
  • Sam TsoutsouvasHugh Ledlie

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