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The American Revolution is a war & politics and documentary TV series that premiered on PBS on November 16, 2025. It has 1 season and 6 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 6 "The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward)", aired on November 21, 2025.
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.
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6 episodes · 1 season
2025 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 11 months ago
Ken Burns' six-part film on the American Revolution.
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E6
British General Cornwallis struggles to pacify the southern states; supported by the French, a victory at Yorktown secures independence for the Americans.
E5
The French-American alliance changes the war and moves it to other theaters; navies battle off England and in the Caribbean, while armies advance in Indian Country and the South; the British take Charleston.
E4
General Howe takes Philadelphia, but the Americans' surprising victory over General Burgoyne at Saratoga encourages France to support the U.S.
E3
British General Howe defeats General Washington, forcing the Americans to abandon New York; Washington's army regroups in New Jersey before attacking an outpost at Trenton.
E2
Congress puts George Washington in command of a new Continental Army; Congress declares American independence in July 1776.
E1
Opposition in colonial North America to British policies over taxes, land and sovereignty escalates into violent confrontation; war gives 13 colonies a common cause.
Created by Ken Burns
Adam Arkin
James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
Josh Brolin
George Washington (voice)
Josh Charles
Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
Hugh Dancy
Hugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
Claire Danes
Abigail Adams (voice)
Marcus Davis-Orrom
John Barker / William Bamford (voice)
Alden Ehrenreich
Joseph Plumb Martin (voice)
Craig Ferguson
John Murray / John Jones / John Purrier / Martin Hunter / William Harcourt (voice)
Paul Giamatti
John Adams (voice)
Amanda Gorman
Phillis Wheatley (voice)
Charlotte Hacke
Friederike Riedesel / Hannah Davis / Lucy Knox / Martha Reeves (voice)
Tom Hanks
(voice)
Ethan Hawke
Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)
Maya Hawke
Betsy Ambler (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)
Joe Keery
John Greenwood (voice)
The American Revolution has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on November 21, 2025.
The most recent episode of The American Revolution, Season 1 Episode 6 "The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward)", aired on November 21, 2025.
The American Revolution has 1 season with 6 episodes in total.
The American Revolution first aired on PBS on November 16, 2025.
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