United States History

Start in a New England town where fear, religion, and local power collide, then follow the long arc into independence and the hard work of building a new political order. This collection stays close to real decisions: why communities fracture, why revolutions succeed, and what it takes to turn ideals into institutions.

From there, the story widens. You will move through the pressures of expansion and sovereignty, then into the national break point of civil war and reunification. The episodes connect the dots between leadership, legitimacy, and the human costs that get hidden when history is told only as dates and slogans.

The final stretch tracks the United States stepping onto a bigger stage: industrial power, a more forceful presidency, modern law enforcement, and the moral and strategic puzzles of the atomic age and Cold War recruitment. The episodes are ordered to feel like one continuous narrative, even though each is told through a single life.