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I’m curious to know what were some things inferred in the documentary that were not based on any fossil evidence.

The American revolution was not just a clash between
Englishmen over Indian land,
taxes, and representation,
but a bloody struggle that would engage
more than 2 dozen nations,
European as well as native American,
that also somehow came to be about
the noblest aspirations of humankind.

It was fought in hundreds of places,
from the forests of Quebec
to the back country of
Georgia and the Carolinas;
from the rough seas off England, France
and in the Caribbean,
to the towns and
orchards of Indian country.

The fighting would take place on roads
and in villages and cities;
by woods and fields,
and along waterways
with old American names:

The Susquehanna, the
Tennessee, and the Ohio;
the Oriskany, the Catawba,
and the Chesapeake;

and along waters with newer names:
The Charles, the
Hudson, and the Schuylkill;
the brandy wine, the
Cooper, and the Ashley;
and finally the York.

The war grew out of a
multitude of grievances
lodged against the British parliament
by British subjects living
an ocean away in 13
otherwise disunited colonies.

It was also a savage civil war
that pitted brother against brother,
neighbor against neighbor,
American against American,
killing tens of thousands of them.

"However great the blessings
to be derived from a
revolution in government,
the scenes of anarchy,
cruelty, and blood,
which usually precede it,
and the difficulty of uniting a majority
in favor of any system,
are sufficient to make every person
who has been an eyewitness
recoil at the prospect
of overturning empires." =Abigail Adams

The American revolution
was the first war
ever fought proclaiming
the unalienable rights
of all people.

It would change the
course of human events.

It's our creation myth, our creation story.
It tells us who we are,
where we came from,
what our forebears believed, and, and,
and what they were willing to die for.

Watching episode 1 of Ken Burns The American Revolution

https://www.pbs.org/show/the-american-revolution/

This is not what I was taught in American History.

Finally got around to watching In Bruges with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. It’s been on my list for years. Great movie with some dark humour. Very nicely shot, with some good music. I enjoyed it.

Watching episode 1 of Ken Burns The American Revolution

https://www.pbs.org/show/the-american-revolution/

This is not what I was taught in American History.

In American History I was taught the American Revolution was American Colonists vs. British Army over tea taxes.

Ken Burns, whom I respect his work, says different and there is more to it than what we were told in school.

From episode 1.

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I can recommend the movie The Banshees Of Inisherin, stars the same two guys, set in early 20th century Ireland. A great movie, on a par with In Bruges at the very least, but different.

What’s the issue here? Everything mentioned under the episode 1 summary is factually correct.

bloody struggle that would engage more than 2 dozen nations, European as well as native American... rough seas off England, France and in the Caribbean,

I am saying that is not what we learned in American History classes.

In American History I was taught the American Revolution was American Colonists vs. British Army over tea taxes..

We were not told all these other parties were involved and the war happen at all the other locations outside of where the original colonies were on the East Coast.


that's news to me

I am saying that is not what we learned in American History classes.

In American History I was taught the American Revolution was American Colonists vs. British Army over tea taxes..

We were not told all these other parties were involved and the war happen at all the other locations outside of where the original colonies were on the East Coast.


that's news to me

Did your American History class at least mention the French and the Hessians involvement?

If Netflix made a series about grandmother's knitting they would find a way to overhype the drama.

If Netflix made a series about grandmother's knitting they would find a way to overhype the drama.

If Netflix made a series about grandmother's knitting they would find a way to overhype the drama.