Founding Fathers Taking Liberties (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, History

Founding Fathers

Taking Liberties (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, History

Join the first sessions of the Continental Congress and witness the battles of Lexington and Concord, the election of Washington as Commander of the Army, and publication of "Common Sense".

Director

Melissa Jo Peltier

Writers

Max M. Fletcher | Melissa Jo Peltier

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 31, 2000

Release date

2000 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 cast members

Name	Known for
Keith Arbour Self Self See fewer	Benjamin Franklin (2002)
Carol Berkin Self Self See fewer	What the Founding Fathers were Really Like (and What We can Learn from Them Today) (2021)
Beau Bridges Samuel Adams (voice) Samuel Adams (voice) See fewer	The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Richard Brookhiser Self Self See fewer	John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court (2020)
Peter Coyote Thomas Jefferson (voice) Thomas Jefferson (voice) See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
Brian Dennehy George Washington (voice) George Washington (voice) See fewer	First Blood (1982)
Joseph Ellis Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
William M. Fowler Jr. Self (as William Fowler) Self (as William Fowler) See fewer	History's Mysteries (1998)
Annette Gordon-Reed Self Self See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Edward Herrmann Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Overboard (1987)
Hal Holbrook Benjamin Franklin (voice) Benjamin Franklin (voice) See fewer	Into the Wild (2007)
Marvin Kitman Self Self See fewer	Ball Four (1976)
Pauline Maier Self Self See fewer	1787 the American Constitution
Roger Mudd Self Self See fewer	CBS Reports (1959)
Barbara Oberg Self Self See fewer	Benjamin Franklin (2002)
Jack Rakove Self Self See fewer	Constitution USA with Peter Sagal (2013)
Burt Reynolds Patrick Henry (voice) Patrick Henry (voice) See fewer	Boogie Nights (1997)
Gary Rosen Self Self See fewer	The Teddy Bears' Jamboree (1993)
Randy Travis James Madison (voice) James Madison (voice) See fewer	Deep Impact (1998)
Thomas Ward Self Self See fewer	Founding Fathers (2000)
James Woods John Adams (voice) John Adams (voice) See fewer	Vampires (1998)
Michael York Thomas Paine / Alexander Hamilton (voice) Thomas Paine / Alexander Hamilton (voice) See fewer	Logan's Run (1976)