Constitution Films at the National Archives in September Washington, DC . . . The American Revolution is a dramatic six-part documentary chronicling the birth of the United States, using actors, historians, and eyewitness accounts of the time. The series dramatizes the unexpected events that transformed a prospering group of American colonists into revolutionaries who fought for, and obtained, their independence from Britain.
All programs are free and open to the public.
The American Revolution Episode 1, The Reluctant Revolutionaries . The British-imposed Stamp Act creates a firestorm throughout the colonies as Americans see their liberties and their power threatened. Produced by KTCA-TV, in association with Middlemarch Films. Produced by KTCA-TV, in association with Middlemarch Films. Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, an immense British force drops anchor in New York Harbor and begins a string of battlesagainst Gen. George Washington s army of untrained volunteers.