Synopsis
July 4th 1776 may have been ''independence day'', however battles continued where the Americans received help from the French.
- Programme: American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
- Series: 1
- Episode: The American Revolution
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2019
- History | America, 1713-1975 | The loss of an empire, 1765-83 | The war of independence, 1775-83
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Add Notes
More clips from American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
1: The American Revolution | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
1: The American Revolution | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley explores how the history of the American Revolution has been mythologised and man...
Boston Tea Party | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Boston Tea Party | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy details how the story of the Boston Tea Party has been mythologised and manipulated over time.
Concord and the 2nd Amendment | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Concord and the 2nd Amendment | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy examines the facts behind the mythologised tale of the Patriot militia who defeated th...
Hamilton The Musical | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Hamilton The Musical | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy speaks to a historian about why despite Hamilton's much lauded reception, it could be in danger...
Paul Revere | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Paul Revere | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy explores the different versions of Paul Revere's iconic tale of riding into the night to warn the Patri...
The American Revolution | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
The American Revolution | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy gives a short summary of the American Revolution which is generally accepted historically.
The Declaration of Independence | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
The Declaration of Independence | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy introduces the Declaration, its compromises and the different drafts it went through...
The Liberty Bell | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
The Liberty Bell | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
The Liberty Bell's history is actually shrouded in fiction, and comes from a story by the most popular a...
More resources about The War of Independence
04: The World Turned Upside Down | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War
04: The World Turned Upside Down | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War
By 1781, the British had enjoyed command of the sea and with it the ability to move th...
03: The War Moves South | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War
03: The War Moves South | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War
The British open a new front in the southern colonies, winning a series of victories and findin...
02: American Crisis 1776 | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War
02: American Crisis 1776 | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War
As Washington is forced out of New York, his army begins to desert, until a daring raid across...
01: The Shot Heard Around the World | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War
01: The Shot Heard Around the World | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War
The war for independence is often regarded as a people's struggle for liberty in th...
The Declaration of Independence | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
The Declaration of Independence | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy introduces the Declaration, its compromises and the different drafts it went through...
Concord and the 2nd Amendment | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Concord and the 2nd Amendment | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy examines the facts behind the mythologised tale of the Patriot militia who defeated th...
Hamilton The Musical | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Hamilton The Musical | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy speaks to a historian about why despite Hamilton's much lauded reception, it could be in danger...
Paul Revere | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Paul Revere | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy explores the different versions of Paul Revere's iconic tale of riding into the night to warn the Patri...
S3E5: Let Freedom Ring: The Boston Tea Party | Days That Shook the World
S3E5: Let Freedom Ring: The Boston Tea Party | Days That Shook the World
The story of the Boston Tea Party.
The American Revolution | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
The American Revolution | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy gives a short summary of the American Revolution which is generally accepted historically.
The Liberty Bell | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
The Liberty Bell | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
The Liberty Bell's history is actually shrouded in fiction, and comes from a story by the most popular a...
Boston Tea Party | Horrible Histories
Boston Tea Party | Horrible Histories
GameTube: Zack Septic-Tank plays through the Boston Tea Party and starts a war (parody of Jacksepticeye).
Declaration of Independence | Horrible Histories
Declaration of Independence | Horrible Histories
Writing his Declaration of Independence, things get awkward between Thomas Jefferson and his slaves.
Founding Fathers | Horrible Histories
Founding Fathers | Horrible Histories
Together they bring a new constitution, a new system of government, and an epic pop ballad!
Patriots vs Loyalists | Horrible Histories
Patriots vs Loyalists | Horrible Histories
The Americans are revolting against the English, wanting their land back to themselves, but with an army of farmers and help from ...
More from Lucy Worsley
S2E4: Bloody Mary | Lucy Worsley Investigates
S2E4: Bloody Mary | Lucy Worsley Investigates
Does 'Bloody Mary', England’s first crowned queen, deserve her reputation? Lucy Worsley investigates, asking whether Mary shoul...
Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer
Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer
Film following the life of an extraordinary woman, a trailblazer who revolutionised modern nursing and reformed healthcare at home and ...
Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley
Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six real people who lived, worked and volunteered during the Blitz, highlighting the government's reliance ...
S1E3: Queen Anne and the Union | Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
S1E3: Queen Anne and the Union | Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley explores how Queen Anne's legacy has been marred by historical fibs.
Origins of the Civil War | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Origins of the Civil War | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy explains the events and discrepancies that lead to the beginning of the American Civil War ...
A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley
A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley
Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties like it is 500 years ago - disc...
Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
Documentary, presented by Lucy Worsley, which uses dramatised testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dange...
3: The Jewel in the Crown | British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
3: The Jewel in the Crown | British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the fibs that surround th...
2: Age of Extremes | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley
2: Age of Extremes | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley
The story of the dynasty that ruled Russia for more than three centuries. Lucy examines the reign ...
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
Documentary series featuring dramatic reconstruction in which Lucy Worsley delves into the personal lives of Henry VIII's wives, beginning with C...
Dancing through the Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Story
Dancing through the Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Story
Documentary film celebrating the big band sound and uncovering the social history behind the music that kept the nation...
George's Power Slips | The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain
George's Power Slips | The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain
Lucy Worsley discusses Jacobean opposition to George I.
3: Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
3: Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
Lucy Worsley explores how the health of monarchs has shaped the nation. She explo...