I'm watching the PBS series "The American Revolution" by Ken Burns. So far it is wonderful...

[wcmagumba]

Maybe this series will inspire some to work against our present King George, Donald Trump...he is just as evil as that King was and deserves to be opposed in every way...

[elleng]

1. NO DOUBT this series will inspire some to work against our present 'King'

[yellow dahlia]

2. I love the way Ken puts together a cogent lesson in history,

with all the added facets of human interaction and psychology,

He has a singular method and style.

He is a National Treasure.

[yorkster]

3. Perfect timing for this series....

[BurnDoubt]

4. Waiting for the spin...

3………..2……….1……….

[Sneederbunk]

5. Have they got to the part about the airfields yet?

[jmbar2]

6. I learned SO much tonite about our founding

Only have vague recollections of learning about it in school - memorizing a few dates, core issues. What wasn't covered were the complex interactions between native Americans, global mercantilism, slavery, and immigration. And also the length of the Revolution.

Magnificent production with so many lessons for us today.

[relayerbob]

7. Agreed, except I suspect .....

Trump is far more depraved and corrupt.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. I was glad to see them mention that the Colonists hated the limitation on invading Indian lands ....

This was, very largely, what the war was about.

They could have mentioned that George III exchanged letters with one of the NA leaders, addressing him as a sovereign in co-equal standing.

[Scrivener7]

9. Another point: it showed that there will be pain if you're going to stand up to an established force.

We need to get that through our heads.

[Tree Lady]

10. I have learned so much in the last

20 years that I never learned in school. I feel like a lot of our old history books were white washed.

This series and everything Ken Burns does opens up history to the truth.

What I was noticing last night episode 1 was they talked a lot about wanting freedom they showed a black man basically saying where is mine? Washington, a lot of the leaders had slaves.