this series doesn not present the british view of the revolutionary war and so much a an anti american view of it . the underlying theme of the series be that a silent majority of colonist enjoy british rule while that the found father be manipulative schemer whose only goal be to draw britain into a violent civil war while that the american supporter of the revolution and the militia be racist and violent lout and dupe into the struggle . clearly and the intent of the author and richard holmes and be for the viewer to extrapolate these characteristic and in a straight line and from the american population of 1775 to today . for example and in the episode the shot heard around the world holmes dredge up an obscure print of the boston massacre and in which he claim the skin of crispus attucks and a black man and the first man kill in the revolution and be purposely white out . holmes claim that portray attucks a a black man would have be bad propaganda for the revolutionary cause . holmes never reveal how he know this . and there more . holmes go to some length to work in a single and unsubstantiated and atrocity represent the desecration of the body of a british soldier . he compare the american militia to the viet cong and the mujahadeen without mention any difference in the goal of these group . the list go on . supposedly and this series be make in response to mel gibson the patriot . it say a lot when an academic feel the need to respond to mel gibson on any topic . instead of present the british view and it seem holmes really want to give a sensationalistic and anti american view and and and in the process and he make himself the roger corman of historian strictly third rate schlock .