There have been countless films and shows about World War II, the American Civil War, and the Cold War conflicts in Vietnam and Korea, but there is a surprising dearth of content about the American Revolution. Although the stories about the “Founding Fathers” are ingrained within American culture, the real men behind the War of Independence were complex figures worthy of thoughtful analysis. Few works explore the American Revolution better than HBO’s brilliant miniseries John Adams, which starred Paul Giamattias the Continental Congress member who would later become the second President of the United States. John Adams shows how the Thirteen Colonies transformed into a united nation that fought for freedom and explores the country’s evolution into a democracy through the eyes of one of the most important men who built it.