Describes the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as well as the personalities and politics behind its framing.

The night the revolution began : The Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773 -- A new world -- "If this be treason" -- Intolerable acts -- Shot heard 'round the world : April 19, 1775 -- "The whites of their eyes": June 17, 1775 -- Common Sense -- Declaring independence : July 4, 1776 -- Your rights and mine -- The Declaration of Independence -- Visiting the Declaration of Independence -- Chronology of events.