Stream with KPBS Passort on KPBS+ / Watch Wednesdays, Jan. 14 - Feb. 18, 2026 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. 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.