Editing Liberty! (section)

==Episodes==
# "'''The Reluctant Revolutionaries'''" (1763-1774): Introduction of the major players, life as British colonists, the [[Stamp Act]], The [[Declaratory Act]], the [[Boston Massacre]], [[No taxation without representation|taxation without representation]], [[The Boston Tea Party]]
# "'''Blows Must Decide'''" (1774-1776): [[The Intolerable Acts|The Coersive/Intolerable Acts]], military reinforcement of Boston, the first [[Continental Congress]], the [[battles of Lexington and Concord]] and the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]], loyalists and the [[Olive Branch Petition]], ''[[Common Sense (pamphlet)|Common Sense]]'', [[United States Declaration of Independence|The Declaration of Independence]]
# "'''The Times That Try Men's Souls'''" (1776-1777): The British army arrives under [[General Howe]], Washington's formation of an American army, division of colonies as [[Patriot (American Revolution)|patriot]] or [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|loyalist]], the defense of New York, fall of New Jersey, ''[[The American Crisis]]'', the [[George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River|crossing of the Delaware River]] and the [[Battle of Trenton]]
# "'''Oh Fatal Ambition!'''" (1777-1778):  Benjamin Franklin appeals for French assistance, [[John Burgoyne|Gen. Burgoyne]]'s incursion from the north and the fall of [[Fort Ticonderoga]], the war in New England, the [[Battle of Brandywine Creek]], the [[Battle of Saratoga]] and Burgoyne's surrender, America signs a treaty with the French
# "'''The World Turned Upside Down'''" (1778-1783): The French alliance, [[Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730)|Gen. Clinton]]'s campaign in the south, the [[siege of Charleston]], [[Cornwallis|Gen. Cornwallis]]'s strategy to conquer the south, [[Benedict Arnold]] joins the British, French troops under [[Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau|Gen. Rochambeau]] reinforce Washington's army, [[Nathanael Greene|Gen. Nathanael Greene]] reclaims the south, the [[Yorktown campaign|Battle of Yorktown]], the British surrender
#  "'''Are We to Be a Nation?'''" (1783-1788): Creating the new nation, [[George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief|Washington resigns his commission]], [[Noah Webster]] standardizes [[American English]], [[Shays' Rebellion]], the [[Confederation Congress]], [[Alexander Hamilton]] and [[James Madison]] envision a new system of government, the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]], [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] and formation of a central government

American singer-songwriter [[James Taylor]] sings the traditional song "[[Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier]]" during the end credits. Original music was composed by violinist [[Mark O'Connor]], who accompanies Taylor; the score, which blends new and traditional music, was performed by O'Connor, Taylor, cellist [[Yo-Yo Ma]], trumpet player [[Wynton Marsalis]] and the [[Nashville Symphony]].  A collection of the music from the soundtrack was released as [[Liberty! (album)|a companion album]] in 1997.

''Liberty!'' was produced for [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) by [[Twin Cities Public Television]] (TPT), and won a [[George Foster Peabody Award]]. The directors were [[Ellen Hovde]] and Muffie Meyer, who also collaborated on the 2002 TPT production ''[[Benjamin Franklin (documentary)|Benjamin Franklin]]''.