American Revolution

American Revolution

4 Episodes

Documentaries about the American Revolution.

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American Revolution
  • American Revolution: This is War! Bunker Hill and the Birth of the US Army

    Episode 1

    A History Hit special marking the 250th anniversary of the Siege of Boston (1775-1776), the first chapter in the eight year war for American Independence. It saw the war’s first pitched battle, Bunker Hill - a bloody day and a hollow British victory, won at great cost.

    Dan Snow joins American e...

  • American Revolution: The First Battle

    Episode 2

    250 years ago, on April 19th 1775, the first muskets were fired in the American War of Independence - the famous "shot heard round the world".

    In this special History Hit film, Dan Snow explores the key sites where it happened on this day - Battle Green, Lexington; The Old North Bridge, Concord...

  • American Revolution - The Boston Tea Party

    Episode 3

    250 years ago, on December 16th 1773, an event happened that shocked an Empire and fired the starting pistol for the American Revolution. At the time it was known simply as the Destruction of the Tea, an act that shook the world from Bengal to Britain to Boston.

    In this specially made film to ma...

  • American Revolution - Commemorating the Fallen of the Battle of Camden, 1780

    Episode 4

    History Hit has been up close to a remarkable story from the American War of Independence, exploring the history and attending the commemorations for the dead of the bloody battle of Camden, 1780.

    Travelling to South Carolina for this special film, Dan Snow investigates some exceptional histo...