George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
Beset by economic unrest, threatened from within by Indian nations and from without by overseas powers, the young country reeled in turmoil. But the gallant general who had commanded the Continental army in battle also agreed to guide the fledgling country - and his sure hand steadied the course.
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S1 E2 • 9/22/1986
Part Two
Deeply hurt by farmers rebelling against an unpopular whiskey tax and delicate diplomacy with England and France, Washington rebuffs all efforts to persuade him to accept a third term. He is free to return home and leave the public service he never sought.
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Barry Bostwick
George Washington
Patty Duke
Martha Washington
Jeffrey Jones
Thomas Jefferson
Richard Bekins
Alexander Hamilton
Penny Fuller
Eliza Powel
Guy Paul
James Madison
Norman Snow
Edmund Randolph
Lise Hilboldt
Maria Reynolds
Robert Kelly
James Monroe
Haviland Morris
Henrietta Liston
Daniel Davis
Patrick Henry
Sam Tsoutsouvas
Citizen Genet
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