8.0/1028 votesLoading...#1 - The Reluctant Revolutionaries: 1763-1774
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/23/1997
In 1763, the capitol city of America is London, George Washington is lobbying for a post in the British army, and no one thinks of Boston harbor when they hear talk of tea parties. In a dozen years, the colonies are on the brink of rebellion. What happens to bring this country so quickly near war with England?
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7.9/1024 votesLoading...#2 - Blows Must Decide: 1774-1776
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/1997
A total break from Great Britain remains hard for Americans to imagine, even after shots are fired at Lexington and Concord. Words push matters "Over the Edge" in 1776. Common Sense argues that it is the natural right of men to govern themselves. The Declaration of Independence declares this same idea a "self-evident" truth. For Americans, there is no looking back. There will be war with England.
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7.9/1021 votesLoading...#3 - Are We to Be a Nation?: 1783-1788
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/25/1997
Peace comes to the United States, but governing the world's newest republic is no simple task. Congress is ineffectual and individual states act like sovereign nations. By the time the Constitutional Convention convenes in 1787, many wonder if the country can survive. The long ratification process helps define what sort of nation the United States is to be—a process that continues to this day.
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7.7/1024 votesLoading...#4 - Oh Fatal Ambition: 1777-1778
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/1997
The "united" states remain in dire need of funds and military support. Congress dispatches Benjamin Franklin to France in hopes of creating an alliance which will provide both. Meanwhile, a British army marches down the Hudson River trying to cut off New England from the other colonies. The British are crushed by Americans at Saratoga. The French enter the conflict on the American side.
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7.4/1023 votesLoading...#5 - The Times That Try Men's Souls: 1776-1777
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/1997
Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, a British force arrives in New York harbor. Washington and his troops are driven to New Jersey. With only a few days of enlistment left for many of his volunteers, a desperate Washington leads his army quietly across the Delaware River on the day after Christmas, 1776, to mount a surprise attack on a sleeping garrison in Trenton.
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7.4/1019 votesLoading...#6 - The World Turned Upside Down: 1778-1783
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/1997
The British hope to exploit the issue of slavery and to enlist the support of loyalists in the south. They fail. After a series of brutal engagements, the British army heads for Virginia, only to be trapped by the miraculous convergence of Washington's army and the French fleet at Yorktown. The end of the war is at hand.
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Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.
Genres:DocumentaryDrama
Network:PBS
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"The Reluctant Revolutionaries: 1763-1774" is the best rated episode of "Liberty!". It scored 8/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/23/1997. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Blows Must Decide: 1774-1776".