The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America. Based on true stories.
Cast:Ben Barnes , Marton Csokas , Henry Thomas , Ryan Eggold , Michael Raymond-James , Rafe Spall , Jason O'Mara , Dean Norris , Shane Taylor , Emily Berrington , Kevin Ryan , Diarmaid Murtagh , John Heffernan , David Lipper , Andrew Pleavin , Denis Stefan , Radu Iacoban , Darren Connolly
Sam Adams angers the British after his actions lead to the destruction of the royal governor's mansion; Sam and John Hancock establish a black-market smuggling operation; the conflict escalates following a boy's murder.
British troops battle American colonists. Paul Revere sets off on his legendary midnight ride.
As Sam Adams and John Hancock barely manage to escape, the superior British Royal Army massacres the rest of colonial militia at the famed Battle of Lexington. The two forces clash again at Concord, forcing the British to retreat back to Boston. While both sides prepare for an inevitable war, Sam and Hancock work with Ben Franklin to desperately convince the rest of the colonial representatives in Congress to support their cause--independence. When General Thomas Gage learns of his wife Margaret's affair with Sam's friend, Dr. Joseph Warren, Gage launches a full-out assault on the colonists at Bunker Hill. Sam uses the news of the battle to persuade the rest of the colonies to vote for independence. As British warships fire on Manhattan, The Revolutionary War begins, but the rebels will now face their enemy not as individual colonies, but as a single, united country.