S1E4
Conquer by a Drawn Game (January 1777 – February 1778)
The American Revolution · 2025-11-19 · 116 min
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what happens
General Howe takes Philadelphia, but the Americans' surprising victory over General Burgoyne at Saratoga encourages France to support the U.S.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E4 →who made it
- directed
- Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, David P. Schmidt
- written
- Geoffrey C. Ward
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Adam Arkin as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
Josh Brolin as George Washington (voice)
Josh Charles as Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
Hugh Dancy as Hugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
Claire Danes as Abigail Adams (voice)
Alden Ehrenreich as Joseph Plumb Martin (voice)
Craig Ferguson as John Murray / John Jones / John Purrier / Martin Hunter / William Harcourt (voice)
Paul Giamatti as John Adams (voice)