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When the British imposed new taxes, women joined the Resistance Movement by the thousands.
2:05
Most revolutionaries were Protestants, but there were also Catholics, Jews, and Muslims.
2:14
The Articles were weak by design and left Congress unable to pay soldiers in the Continental Army.
3:20
When Spain enters the war, the governor of Spanish Louisiana sees his chance to retake West Florida.
2:36
James Forten was 14 when he signed onto a privateer to fight for his country.
2:09
The Continental Army was made up of ordinary Americans, like Joseph Plumb Martin.
1:46
Mumbet, later known as Elizabeth Freeman, would help bring an end to slavery in Massachusetts.
7:52
A bloody clash between Bostonians and the British army leaves five dead in the Boston Massacre.
9:39
The American Revolution will be a war that will pit brother against brother – and birth a nation.
7:28
The Stamp Act and taxes on American colonists lead to unrest and threaten to cause a revolution.
11:39
Tensions erupt as colonists confront the British Army at Lexington and Concord, beginning the war.
9:20
Royal governor Lord Dunmore offers freedom to enslaved people that fight their Patriot masters.
