The revolt of the American colonies against Great Britain was one of the major events of world history. In this video, you will experience the Revolution as its participants did—through their own words. Almost this entire video consists of primary source documents from the Revolutionary era, from acts of Parliament, private letters of people both famous (like George Washington) and not (like Elizabeth Liechtenstein Johnson), and eyewitnesses to political upheavals, battles, debates, tragedies, triumphs and missed opportunities. You may think you know about the Revolution, but you may not have seen it quite like this.