02359naa 2200253 4500001001200000005001700012008004100029020001500070040000800085082002200093245007900115260005700194300003400251350001500285500155800300650004101858650002801899650001501927650002401942700002101966942000701987999001501994952009602009(CD )01163020140609145022.0031002s eng d a076703094X cARC aDVD 973.3 Fou v.110aFounding fathers : the men who shaped our nation and changed the world (1)01bMPH Entertainment Inc. for The History Channelc2000 aOne DVD : 100 minutes ; color a$0.00 C.2  aAll rights reserved. Volume One: REBELS WITH A CAUSE The birth of American democracy as attended by an extraordinary cast of characters, drawn from every level of colonial society. They brought to the cause of independence a dazzling array of talents and genius--and an equally noteworthy range of personality flaws and defects. Sam Adams was a rumpled, pugnacious man who failed at a variety of professions, before finding his niche as a revolutionary with a knack for inciting mob violence. John Hancock, a wealthy, aristocratic merchant, was also a known wine-smuggler with a major economic stake in breaking away from Britain. But the unique chemistry of this political "odd couple" would prove pivotal, combining to spark the fires of resentment which until then had been merely smoldering within the colonies. TAKING LIBERTIES In the aftermath of heavy British tax levies and the shock of the Boston Massacre, the situation in the American colonies grew more incendiary. Helping to fan the flames was the eloquent orator Patrick Henry, who rose from backwoods obscurity to marry into money and make the first open "call to arms." Meanwhile, Benjamin Franklin, actually slow to join the colonists' cause, was in London--desperately attempting to patch things up with King George. Across the Atlantic, George Washington, a retired soldier with a spotty military record, maneuvered for command of the rebel forces, while an alcoholic essay writer named Thomas Paine published "Common Sense," one of the period's most famous and inflammatory tracts. aSTATESMEN--UNITED STATES--BIOGRAPHY. aUNITED STATES--HISTORY. 0aVIDEODISC. aVIDEODISC--HISTORY. 0aHerrmann, Edward cVM c4915d4915 00104070aAITACbAITACd2014-06-09oDVD 973.3 Fou v.1p011630r2014-06-09w2014-06-09yVM