Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more than two dozen nations and forever change the world. Each 2-hour viewing (of the 12-hour documentary) will offer in-person discussion with Ronald Harrison Fenn, local resident and educator with extensive knowledge of our American founders and the Founding Era and Early Republic. BONUS: Audience members attending the complete series will receive a copy of Ron’s personally recommended American History Book List and associated Audio/Visual materials programs at the final session. Ronald Harrison Fenn Biography: Ron Fenn, poet, philosopher, and educator, has taught mathematics, graduate level integrated studies, humanities, and philosophy at Cape Cod Community College, Cambridge College and Suffolk University. He has served as public lecturer and faculty member at colleges and private/public organizations on the subjects of critical thinking and problem solving skills, Eastern philosophy, New England transcendentalism, poetry and poems and travels through the American Southwest. He is a past member of Shakespeare Oxford Society and Shakespeare Fellowship and has written seventeen volumes of journals, ten collections of ongoing poetry, short stories, essays, book reviews, letters and public lectures. His poetry has been published in periodicals, the Cape Cod Times, and shared on local NPR stations like WCAI programs, podcasts, and a full interview on Indianapolis-based public radio science/culture/community program The DaVinci Pursuit hosted by founder/CEO Mark Kesling. He has appeared on a panel of writers at the Brewster Ladies Library and other environs. He devotes his time to writing, traveling and uncovering historical roots of our uniquely diverse American character and Revolution era history. He has a nationally select readership to his “Poem of the Month.” He lectures at schools, colleges and civic organizations with topics ranging from poetry to early American history. Recently completed poetic reflections on select Robert Frost nature poems written near Frost ‘s New Hampshire summer residence.