Stream now with KPBS Passort on KPBS+ / Watch Mondays and Tuesdays, April 20 - May 5, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. The series examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic Coast rose in rebellion, won their independence, and established a new form of government that radically reshaped the continent and inspired centuries of democratic movements around the globe.