Ken Burns’ The American Revolution on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1 – Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, this landmark series examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down.
The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbours on American farms and between global powers an ocean or more away. It impacted millions from Vermont’s Green Mountains to the swamps of South Carolina, from Indian Country to the Iberian Peninsula.
In defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside-down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic Coast united in rebellion, won their independence, and established a republic.
Voiced by an all-star cast including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Damian Lewis, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman – The American Revolution brings to life the definitive story of how a fight for representation became the revolution that changed the world.
Series One, Episode One: In Order to Be Free (May 1754 – May 1775):
American colonists oppose efforts by the British Crown and Parliament to seize greater control in North America, escalating simmering tensions over land, taxes, and sovereignty into violent confrontation.
After protestors dump tea in Boston Harbor, the British government enacts martial law in Massachusetts. Fighting at Lexington and Concord ignites a war that will last eight years.
Ken Burns’ The American Revolution on SBS and SBS on Demand – Series Premiere / Sunday 7 December at 8.30pm (6 Parts)
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Ken Burns’ The American Revolution on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1
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