History of the World

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Welcome to Washington, D.C.—a literal swamp where the brand-new White House is such a freezing, half-finished construction zone that First Lady Abigail Adams has to hang the family's wet laundry in the East Room! In the finale of our John Adams series, our grumpy lawyer faces a presidency under fire from all sides. Discover how a shady French bribery scandal known as the XYZ Affair led Adams to become the Father of the American Navy, why his biggest blunder landed newspaper editors in prison, and how he dealt with a Vice President—his old friend Thomas Jefferson—secretly working against him from inside the government. Plus, find out how Adams made the hardest decision of his life, sacrificing his own political career to keep the young nation from completely self-destructing.

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How do you follow the bulletproof rock star of the American Revolution? If you're John Adams, you just yell louder than everyone else! In this episode, we meet the short, grumpy, and incredibly obnoxious lawyer who was the brilliant engine behind the United States. Discover why he risked his life to defend British soldiers after the Boston Massacre, how he dragged a terrified Congress across the finish line to declare independence, and why his wife, Abigail, was secretly his absolute smartest political weapon.

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George Washington thought he was done, but the brand-new United States is already falling apart! In the finale of our Washington series, the bulletproof hero returns to literally invent the Presidency from scratch. Find out why he rejected crazy royal titles to just be called "Mr. President," how he played referee in the ultimate heavyweight political showdown between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, and why he had to put his military uniform back on to personally crush the Whiskey Rebellion. Plus, discover the ultimate mic-drop moment that set the rules for every President who followed.

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How do you fight the biggest, baddest empire on earth with an army of shoeless farmers? In our second episode, George Washington takes on the ultimate "final boss": the British Army. Discover the unvarnished truth of the American Revolution, from a miraculous midnight escape through thick fog, to a freezing Christmas night ambush across the ice-choked Delaware River. We also brave the waking nightmare of Valley Forge, and reveal the shocking, world-changing decision Washington made the moment the war was finally won.

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Forget the cherry tree and the wooden teeth—the real George Washington was a 6-foot-2, tough-as-nails frontiersman! In our series premiere, we uncover the unvarnished truth about the father of all Founding Fathers. Find out how an ambitious teenager obsessed with copying down good manners grew up to accidentally spark a massive global war in the muddy woods of the Ohio Valley. Plus, discover the wild true story of how he survived a deadly ambush without a single scratch, earning him the legend of being "bulletproof."