In part three, Manifest Destiny Wars, during the Revolutionary War, America had no standing Navy of its own. To become a world military power, it would need a full-time naval defense at sea and on the Great Lakes. Events covered in part 3: 1797 - U.S.S. Constitution is launched, 1811 - Battle of Tippecanoe, 1814 - Washington, D.C. is captured and burned by the British; Star Spangled Banner is written, 1815 - Battle of New Orleans, 1832 - Massacre at Bad Axe River ends Black Hawk War and 1836 - Alamo falls. In part four, The Civil War, it was the darkest period in U.S. history, a time when American soldiers turned new, more leathal weapons on each other and tore the country apart. Events covered in part 4: 1846 - United States declaires war on Mexico, 1861 - Eleven states comprise the Confederacy, 1862 - Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 - Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address; fall of Vicksburg and 1865 - Lee surrenders at Appomattox. (This DVD contains downloadable historical overviews, maps and timelines).