Founding Fathers

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Founding Fathers is a 2000 History Channel documentary series that explores the lives and legacies of America’s Founding Fathers. Directed by Mark Hufnail and Melissa Jo Peltier, the program features historians including Carol Berkin and Edward Herrmann examining how a diverse group of colonial leaders-merchants, lawyers, and aristocrats with clashing personalities-came together to challenge British rule, establish the Continental Congress, and shape the nation’s founding documents. The narrative traces key figures from Samuel Adams and John Hancock’s Boston protests through the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams emerged as central players in the revolutionary movement.

This two-disc DVD set contains three hours of programming rated TV-G and suitable for general audiences. The production combines scholarly interviews with period reenactments, paintings, and engravings to bring the era to life. A used copy from us means you own this educational series at a fraction of retail cost.