Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ"

To dispel the idea that the American Revolution refers only to a war, we're going to start our look at Ken Burns' latest epic, "The American Revolution," at the end, after the war is won.

In a 1787 address, founding father Benjamin Rush said, "The American war is over: but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed. It remains yet to establish and perfect our new forms of government."

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. CBS News

"It's all up to us to take whatever has been done and try to make what we can of it," said Burns. "I mean, let's just back up. This is, I think, the most important event since the birth of Christ, the creation of the United States of America, with all of the violence, wit