TV talk show format. Host discusses lead-up to the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Dickinson. "Episode One features three delegates to the Second Continental Congress--Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams--discussing the lead-up to the Declaration of Independence. A fourth delegate, John Dickinson, who refused to sign the document, reveals the conflict behind this historic event. Find out what went on in the struggle to create a nation and how that struggle resonates today."

Disc 1: 69 min. ; Bonus material: 27 min.

v. 1. Making a nation -- v. 2. Bonus materials.