00:02From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen, not to be extinguished.
00:16We think about independence movements of the 20th century.
00:20You don't always recognize the fact that the United States actually started that.
00:24The American Revolutionary Movement served as a model for freedom from oppression.
00:30America is predicated on an idea that tells us who we are, where we came from, and what our forebearers
00:36were willing to die for.
00:38Collins said, no taxation without representation.
00:42The fear was, if we give in to this precedent, what will they do in the future?
00:47Crisis changes people.
00:49It gave different people different ideas about what they should be doing.
00:55It gave them a space to make this democracy real.
01:03The founders thought, we can start over again.
01:06We can begin the world anew.
01:10The British objective is to suppress the rebellion, force them to acknowledge the authority of the king.
01:18Washington understands the war he's fighting.
01:20He doesn't have to win.
01:22He only has not to lose.
01:25He becomes quite eloquent in trying to persuade people.
01:29We're all Americans.
01:31We see regiments with individuals who are not carrying arms, doing essential labor, including women.
01:37They are at the forefront of this movement.
01:42One of the most remarkable aspects is that you had such different places come together as one nation.
01:50It mushrooms into a global campaign that touches Europe and all parts of the world.
01:57It so excites us that we are the product of a revolutionary moment where the world turned upside down.
02:05To believe in America is to believe in possibility.
02:10To believe in America is to believe in possibility.
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