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- When a mysterious object falls from the sky and an Army base explodes, three young amateur sleuths try to unveil the secrets of the small town.
- Follows Joe who battles to save what he and others have spent years building.
- When General Howe brings an invasion to the battle of Brooklyn Heights, Washington's miraculous retreat to Manhattan saves the Continental Army.
- Washington does the unthinkable when he crosses the frozen Delaware for surprise attacks that will keep the patriot cause alive.
- The great American victory at Saratoga makes France an ally of the new United States and turns the revolution into world war.
- George Washington and the Continental Army endure the harsh winter at Valley Forge.
- When Washington and the Continental army charge out of Valley Forge, the British change their strategy and take the war south.
- The unruly "Overmountain Boys" crush the loyalists at Kings Mountain; General Daniel Morgan rediscovers modern tactics at Cowpens; and General Nathaniel Greene continues the war of attrition.
- Learn about the nautical hero John Paul Jones, the great victory at Yorktown, and the French and American navies.
- A government for the people, by the people is formed during the second Constitutional Convention.
- Washington defines the role of the president and the Louisiana Purchase doubles the size of the United States.
- Lewis and Clark map and explore the wilderness west of the Mississippi in search of the Northwest Passage.
- Tensions flare between America and Great Britain, and the War of 1812 begins.
- Take a giant leap forward with the new technology of the steam engine, and see how American traffic and trade change across the nation--from steamships in the south to mighty locomotives in the North.
- Travel with mountain men into the American west and learn about everything from the Astor expedition to the rendezvous of Jim Bridger.
- Learn about the growing pains and sectional tensions between the North and the South as the nation expands across the continent.
- Explore the pioneering spirit of westward expansion by following the Oregon trail, discovering the California coast, and settling into the high mountains of Utah.
- As the nation expands across the continent, find a way to keep in touch with the Pony Express, stage coach, and telegraph.
- From Harriet Tubman to Frederick Douglass--meet the people who tried to solve the paradox of slavery in America.
- Westward expansion begins as famed frontiersman Daniel Boone leads settlers into the great unknown.
- Explore the two early American visions which inevitably tried to tear the country apart in the split between industry and agriculture.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the actions of the violent abolitionist John Brown irreparably sever the union and send the nation toward Civil War.
- Discover George Washington and his experience with the French and Indian War. Then, find out what happened when the British government began taxing the colonies without their consent.
- From the Renaissance to the Reformation and colonization, meet pioneers in science, religion, and exploration that paved the way to a New World and the birth of a nation.