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PBS: Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' explores the beginnings of the nation's democracy
"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American ...
Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' explores the beginnings of the nation's democracy
The American Revolution (1775–83) was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies, which won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and many North American colonists.
of the American Revolution The United States became a country when the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But historians note that the fight for freedom began as early as 1764 and ended almost 20 years later. Test your knowledge of the young nation’s path to independence by placing events in chronological order.
Timeline of the Revolution Lead-in To War: 1763 to 1774 End of the Seven Years War The Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). France surrenders all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi to Britain. This ends a source of insecurity for the British colonists along the Atlantic Coast.
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