EEUU 1800-1861

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.

After purchasing Louisiana from France, the USA sends surveyors Lewis and Clark, assisted by a Shoshone guide, to chart the new territory.

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.

Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.

With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.

American frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.

Stephen Decatur's daring nighttime raid on the Barbary pirates causes on a turning point on the young nation's asserting it's power over adversaries.

John Riley, an Irish immigrant soldier recruited in the American army during the Mexican-American War faces anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic bigotry from his fellow servicemen and defects to the Mexican army.

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroines, whose courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

Through interviews, visits to historical locations and vivid reenactments, this History Channel production details the life of Andrew Jackson. It illuminates his early years as well as his accomplishments as President of the United States. Instead of avoiding the controversy that surrounds him, the show pointedly investigates why this man is a hero to some and a great villain to others.

Beginning with the American Revolution, this program explores the U.S. law of 1807 that abolished the transatlantic slave trade. Meet the people who were involved in or influenced by this pivotal legislation: the slaves, plantation owners, slave ship captains, common seamen, government officials, Navy officers, and antislavery activists.

In Part 2, America's leadership changes hands from the Founding Fathers to a new breed of Founding Sons.

Depending on whom you ask, James K. Polk was A) A great President, B) A scoundrel or C) Who's that? This documentary is a humorous look at one filmmaker's cross country attempt to sort it all out.

Walter demystifies the "Dark Horse, " James K. Polk, known as "the most important President that you know the least about." In Polk's kitchen, Chef Staib showcases the farm-to-table Southern fare that was dear to Polk's heart.

The fledgling nation's revolutionary Founding Fathers become its first administrators, from George Washington, who defined the presidency, to James Monroe, who was the last of the Revolutionary War heroes.

Marked by polar opposites, this hour scrutinizes a fractious era of the presidency--from Taylor to Lincoln.

Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.

The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.

A look at the lives of iconic pioneers such as Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Tecumseh, Davy Crocket and Andrew Jackson as they traveled across America.

In 1846, a newspaperman joins an Oregon Trail wagon train to verify rumors about the U.S. government sending troops disguised as settlers in order to claim Oregon.

This ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a colonial Boston attorney to the rise in prominence of Brookes Adams in the fields of political and social philosophy. This mini looks into their triumphs and tragedies, exploring their genius and profound social conscience.

Extensive accounts from their journals bring the epic quest to explore a vast continent to life.