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The American Revolution

2025Documentary · War & Politics

First aired

November 16, 2025

6.0

TMDB Score

60% match · 46 votes

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In Order to Be Free (May 1754 – May 1775)

Miniseries · Nov 16, 2025 · 1h 56m

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In Order to Be Free (May 1754 – May 1775)

Nov 16, 2025 · 1h 56m

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An Asylum for Mankind (May 1775 – July 1776)

Nov 17, 2025 · 2h 4m

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The Times That Try Men's Souls (July 1776 – January 1777)

Nov 18, 2025 · 1h 55m

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Conquer by a Drawn Game (January 1777 – February 1778)

Nov 19, 2025 · 1h 56m

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The Soul of All America (December 1777 – May 1780)

Nov 20, 2025 · 1h 54m

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The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward)

Nov 21, 2025 · 2h 11m

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

About the Series

DocumentaryWar & Politics

Synopsis

The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors 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 that still endures. The American Revolution will present the story of the men and women of the Revolutionary generation, their humanity in victory and defeat, and the crisis that they lived through.

CreatorKen Burns