America Story of the U.S.

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America Story of the U.S.

America Story of the U.S contains a six-part documentary that presents many facts at some of the important economic, political, and social figures, and social occasions that shaped America throughout the past five hundred years. It started with the Revolutionary War, it uses exciting and reenactments and special effects to illustrate each significant period in Americas history.

Women played various roles in the American Revolution. They were wives, servants, cooks, and nurses. Children had different roles as well, some traveled with army camps to lend a helping hand. Female children helped women cook, and clean, and sometimes help render the wounded. Most of the minorities were blacks. The majority of them were enslaved living in the thirteen colonies, some became involved in the war.

Disease became an issue. Smallpox was a deadly air-born out break, and spread throughout the prison ships. The Americans had little resistance to it, and there was no cure, until they figured out how to help the healthy fight the disease off in a slow process, and build up their immune system, they did this by spreading the disease to the healthy through open wounds, with a more likely hood of their immune system speeding up to fight the infection. Some of the social conflicts were trade, war, slavery, disease, and fighting for survival.

From Jamestown to Plymouth, the early settlers had to fight, and struggle for survival. Tobacco was an opportunity, and the number one commodity in the South. The North became a source of trade for knives, blankets, and fur. The American spirit was conquered. The Westward expansion was a key to the nation’s wealth.  

The movie was very action packed. It followed the storyline. The war scenes were graphic in nature, but it explained, and was very detailed on the realities of war. I found the documentary very informative, and highly educational about Americas History. I would personally recommend watching this documentary to an individual who is studying, or wanting to learn the History of America.