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The film directors and guests discuss the Revolutionary War’s significance for young people today.
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Mumbet, later known as Elizabeth Freeman, would help bring an end to slavery in Massachusetts.
James Forten was 14 when he signed onto a privateer to fight for his country.
Bostonians protest the newly passed Tea Act by dumping 46 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Tensions erupt as colonists confront the British Army at Lexington and Concord, beginning the war.
Royal governor Lord Dunmore offers freedom to enslaved people that fight their Patriot masters.
The Stamp Act and taxes on American colonists lead to unrest and threaten to cause a revolution.
A bloody clash between Bostonians and the British army leaves five dead in the Boston Massacre.
The British assault Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill near Boston in the bloodiest battle of the war.
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The war drags on and moves to new theaters: at sea, in Indian Country, and in the South.
Washington takes command of the Continental Army. Congress declares American independence.
Political protest escalates into violence. War gives thirteen colonies a common cause.
Washington abandons New York City and flees across New Jersey, before attacking Trenton.
Philadelphia falls, but the American victory at Saratoga allows France to enter the war.
Victory at Yorktown secures independence. Americans aspire for a more perfect union.