A 21-year old Winston Churchill takes part in the Battle of Omdurman during the Mahdist rebellion in Sudan.

Will Hunting discusses American History with a Harvard grad student in a bar.

James confronts John Adams about his defending British troops at the Boston Massacre. This illustrates the changing of loyalties that many had during the time of the British Colonies in America.

A great, kid-friendly overview of how and why the American colonies were formed and why the colonists revolted against the British.

This clip describes some lesser-known facts about the American Revolutionary War. It mentions that there were actually two Boston Tea Parties and that Paul Revere did not ride alone. William Dawes, Samuel Prescott, and 40 additional men ended up joining Revere to warn fellow patriots that British troops were approaching Lexington. Also, African Americans, Native Americans, women, and pirates known as privateers supported the colonists' effort to gain independence from Great Britain.