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The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen

Season 1
Follow in the steps of the iconic figures whose westward expansion transformed us from Europeans to Americans.
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  1. S1 E1 - Empire of Liberty

    March 27, 2018
    1 h 21 min
    TV-14
    Davy Crockett makes a stand at The Alamo; President Polk risks war with Britain and Mexico, sending John Fremont and Kit Carson on a secret mission that ignites a war for California and the Pacific.
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  2. S1 E2 - Into the Wilderness

    March 6, 2018
    1 h 23 min
    TV-14
    The Revolution begins, and the outbreak of war spreads beyond the colonies into the remote frontier; Daniel Boone's life-or-death struggle for the future of his settlement becomes a fight for the future of America.
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  3. S1 E3 - Live Free or Die

    March 20, 2018
    1 h 24 min
    TV-14
    Britain and Tecumseh's war to take back America expands as Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett join the fight; the legendary rivalry between Jackson and Crockett begins on the frontier.
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  4. S1 E4 - Never Surrender

    March 13, 2018
    1 h 18 min
    TV-14
    Shawnee warrior Tecumseh unites the Native American tribes to resist expansion; after Thomas Jefferson orchestrates the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark make their legendary expedition to the Pacific; and a new war for America begins.
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