America's Birth: Colonies to Revolutionary War (S1, E1) | America: The Story of Us

From Jamestown to Plymouth, early settlers fight for survival. Tobacco sows the seeds of opportunity; the north becomes a powerhouse of trade. Tension, taxation and resistance explode into war as the rebels take on the might of the British Empire. Season 1, Episode 1, "Rebels/Revolution." Find out...

44 min - History - HISTORY

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