America: The Story of Us

From Jamestown to Plymouth, early settlers fight for survival! Tobacco sows the seeds of opportunity; the north becomes a powerhouse of trade. Tension...

The colonies declare independence, taking on the might of the British Empire. Washington's army is near defeat, but new weapons and battle tactics tur...

As the American nation is born, a vast continent lies to the west of the mountains, waiting to be explored. Yet this land is not empty--Native America...

Commerce and industry thrive across the new nation, now one of the wealthiest on Earth. The Erie Canal brings big risk and bigger reward. In the South...

The Civil War rages. The minie ball is the great equalizer on the battlefield. The formidable Confederate army cannot match the Union's mastery of tec...

The Transcontinental Railroad unites the nation and transforms the Heartland. Native American civilizations decline as farmers settle the continent. C...

Americans conquer a new frontier--the modern city--with Carnegie's empire of steel as its backbone. Skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty are symbols...

America strikes oil and the boom time begins. Henry Ford brings the motorcar to the masses; the nation hits the road. Massive engineering projects mod...

Boom turns to bust when the stock market crash ushers in the Great Depression. Dust storms blanket the Midwest in darkness. Roosevelt's New Deal signa...

The attack on Pearl Harbor brings America into World War. The war effort revitalizes the nation's economy. American innovation and manufacturing mig...

World War II transforms America into a global Superpower. The economy booms. Technology feeds the boom and a new age of consumerism is born. More than...

America booms, in population and prosperity. The "baby boomers" are the next generation to reinvent America. Powerful new technologies transform the n...