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This Land

Exploring the history of America's expansion through six defining frontiers.
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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • The Louisiana Purchase doubles America's size overnight and reshapes the country forever; originally meant to unify a new nation, the deal sows seeds of deepening division that will ultimately tear the republic apart and ignite a civil war.

  • California's rise was not promised. Descendants of the settlers, laborers, and visionaries who pushed west in pursuit of Manifest Destiny reveal the hardship and ambition that transformed a distant frontier and the American map forever.

  • The Lewis and Clark expedition - part of Jefferson's vision to create an America stretching "from sea to shining sea" - marks rapid expansion westward, but ultimately leads to the darkest period in Native American history.

  • The 1836 Battle of the Alamo becomes a rallying cry for the Texas Revolution, culminating in the U.S. seizing vast territory from Mexico. As decades pass, the nation grows by nearly a third, reshaping North America and its balance of power.

  • The Alaska Purchase adds vast territory to the U.S. but is also one of the Earth's most extreme environments. Initially thought to be a failure, oil is discovered, and the land becomes a cornerstone of America's economy - with hidden costs.

  • Against impossible odds, DeWitt Clinton launches a plan to reshape the landscape of New York state and transform it into a global trading superpower, sparking conflict between the Gilded Age elite and the immigrant poor.
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