The American Revolution

An Asylum for Mankind (May 1775 – July 1776)

Directed by Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, David P. Schmidt
TV-PG
S1 • E2    Nov 17, 2025    2h 4m
8.53.6
Congress puts George Washington in command of a new Continental Army; Congress declares American independence in July 1776.

Where to Watch The American Revolution - S1 • E2

Cast of An Asylum for Mankind (May 1775 – July 1776)

  • Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
  • Adam ArkinJames Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
  • Josh BrolinGeorge Washington (voice)
  • Josh CharlesJoseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
  • Hugh DancyHugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
  • Claire DanesAbigail Adams (voice)
  • Craig FergusonJohn Murray / John Jones / John Purrier / Martin Hunter / William Harcourt (voice)
  • Paul GiamattiJohn Adams (voice)
  • Amanda GormanPhillis Wheatley (voice)
  • Charlotte HackeFriederike Riedesel / Hannah Davis / Lucy Knox / Martha Reeves (voice)
  • Tom Hanks(voice)
  • Samuel L. JacksonCaesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)
  • Joe KeeryJohn Greenwood (voice)
  • Damian LewisKing George III / Nicholas Cresswell / John Andre / Bartholomew James (voice)
  • Laura LinneySarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
  • Tobias MenziesEdmund Burke / Ambrose Serle / Cornwallis / William Pitt (voice)
  • Edward NortonBenjamin Rush / Philip Vickers Fithian / Philip Schuyler (voice)
  • Mandy PatinkinBenjamin Franklin (voice)
  • Liev SchreiberSamuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)
  • Corbin BleuJohn Joseph Henry / Daniel McCurtin / Nathaniel Bacheller / Isaac Jefferson (voice)

 

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