Where US Politics Came From: Crash Course US History #9

In which John Green teaches you where American politicians come from. In the beginning, soon after the US constitution was adopted, politics were pretty non-existent. George Washington was elected president with no opposition, everything was new and exciting, and everyone just got along. For several months. Then the contentious debate about the nature of the United States began, and it continues to this day. Washington and his lackey/handler Alexander Hamilton pursued an elitist program of federalism. They attempted to strengthen the central government, create a strong nation-state, and leave less of the governance to the states, They wanted to create debt, encourage manufacturing, and really modernize the new nation/ The opposition, creatively known as the anti-federalists, wanted to build some kind of agrarian pseudo-paradise where every (white) man could have his own farm, and live a free, self-reliant life. The founding father who epitomized this view was Thomas Jefferson. By the time Adams became president, the anti-federalists had gotten the memo about how alienating a name like anti-federalist can be. It's so much more appealing to voters if your party is for something rather than being defined by what you're against, you know? In any case, Jefferson and his acolytes changed their name to the Democratic-Republican Party, which covered a lot of bases, and proceeded to protest nearly everything Adams did. Lest you think this week is all boring politics, you'll be thrilled to hear this episode has a Whiskey Rebellion, a Quasi-War, anti-French sentiment, some controversial treaties, and something called the XYZ Affair, which sounds very exciting. Learn all about it this week with John Green.
Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. Much of America's politics came from debates between democratic republican Thomas Jefferson and federalist Alexander Hamilton: www.commonlit.org/texts/alexa...
While Jefferson would go on to become president, Hamilton heavily influenced President George Washington who set many American political ideals in his farewell address that Hamilton helped craft: www.commonlit.org/texts/washi...
Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
Alexander Hamilton's Vision for America 0:26
Thomas Jefferson's Vision for America 2:10
Democratic-Republicans vs. Federalists 3:32
George Washington and the First U.S. Presidential Election 4:33
Hamilton's Five-Point Plan 5:04
Republican Opposition to Hamilton's Economic Plan 6:20
The Whiskey Rebellion 7:02
Early U.S. Foreign Affairs 7:31
The End of Washington's Presidency 8:36
Mystery Document 9:21
John Adams' Presidency 10:48
The Alien and Sedition Acts 11:56
Credits 13:24
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[@DanAI17]

"They don't have a plan they just hate mine" - A story of US politics

[@beebizzo5345]

Convince them otherwise!

[@ellas5118]

and what happens if i dont get congressional approval

[@nicholasmarc6942]

Ella S I imagine they’ll ask for your removal

[@TheSoundOfGeorgia]

Figure it out Alexander That’s an order from your commander

[@brittanybroquadio8846]

"Hamilton had a strong personality and as you can see, the beautiful wavy hair of a Caribbean god" .........ditto on that.

[@laura__6991]

Truuuuuu

[@frostedjosieos3193]

I'm sure Lin would agree.

[@SlipsSC]

Brittany Broquadio lol I scrolled to this comment literally as he said that

[@dawn6597]

Keep on fighting in the mean time (;

[@stonedcaterpillar3342]

Brittany Broquadio I just want you to know as I saw this quote his said it lol

[@perfectlyMessy]

This whole video is like the whole second Act on Hamilton

[@jlong691]

I almost liked your comment and then I saw that it had 51 likes so I'm going to let it stay there 😂

[@amandazhang4371]

"the rich": shows a picture of Donald Trump well that aged well

[@dyskelia]

I came here to say this

[@wl8263]

OOOOOOO YEAY

[@lenacollawn7488]

1:52

[@rosecoloredchloe]

Came for Hamilton Stayed for John Green because who doesn't love John Green

[@tainted7746]

nice

[@blooblis642]

"Everything is legal in New Jersey..."

[@BeccaMoses]

+Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen killing a Hamilton...

[@thomasdrzik5299]

+Catherine Walker AS LONG AS YOU DONT GET CAUGHT

[@abbyfluck7815]

I'm sorry did you just quote the musical Hamilton?

[@royallyking2421]

EVERY TIME HE MENTIONED NEW JERSEY I SCREAMED THAT. EVERY . TIME.

[@weldin]

I think of Massachusetts. They did gay marriage first, and weed is legal there.

[@stephenbarefield4879]

When Britain taxed our tea we got frisky Imagine what's gonna happen when you try to tax our whiskey

[@curiousspectator7295]

you'll pee?

[@graceohanrahan2865]

Would you like to join us or stay mellow, doing whatever the hell it is you do in Montecello

[@natalieclaus877]

if we assume the debts, the union gets, a new line of credit a financial diuretic, how do you not get it?

[@Cami-yo7fr]

If we're aggressive and competitive, the union gets a boost you'd rather give it a sedative?

[@jacoblevine1877]

“We plant seeds in the South. We create.” Yeah, keep ranting We know who’s really doing the planting

[@micahbeard4641]

Please recognize all the hard work that goes into animations like Thought Bubble. I can't imagine how much work is involved.

[@calebh_]

@Vincent DiPietro you must not animate...

[@prodwysp]

Do you?

[@prodwysp]

Actually its a very simple animating process that takes little to no work, just a but of time

[@renaia4485]

John Jay got sick after writing five.

[@sophiaseeley974]

Hamilton wrote, tHE OTHER 51

[@janissarkisian]

James Madison wrote 29

[@jillianurbach1328]

how do you write like you're running out of time?

[@fiflag]

James Madison wrote twenty nine.

[@kathrynelizabeth7323]

and hamilton wrote, the other 51!

[@RawrTheLionGirl]

I came here for the hamilton comments and I am finally satisfied

[@UnicornFilms2001]

+Mia Sasagawa They;re a little..non-stop, no?

[@andalyssa_]

+Unicorn Films I see you did not throw away your shot to make that reference.

[@UnicornFilms2001]

Elsa of Arendelle I just couldn't say no to this

[@myakhie]

+Unicorn Films Sometimes you just gotta wait for it, ya know?

[@UnicornFilms2001]

Myanno Miller I'm just helpless when it comes to this, though!

[@natalieclaus877]

I couldn't listen to this episode without Hamilton lyrics consistently popping into my head

[@omniscant7193]

Hamilton could legally be president. There was an section in the constitution that said anyone who was in the US at the time the constitution could become president. So he could have become president if he hadn't been shot, published a pamphlet about having an affair, and if his son hadn't died. There were a few things in the way of him becoming president.

[@pilotsstan4872]

Anna Ferguson what i was thinking

[@LocutusBorgOf]

HIGHLIGHTS!

[@Amber-xz5ng]

Leandro Tomas Cuadra i

[@justsav_4064]

Something cheating on your wife THEN WRITING AND PUBLISHING A PAMPHLET ABOUT IT

[@mrhindin3070]

You are correct that the Constitution didn't bar A. Ham from becoming president, but his "foreign" birth was still used as a political point against him.

[@frostedjosieos3193]

"He wrote most of the Federalist papers" I mean.....HAMILTON WROTE THE OTHER FIFTY-ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SnickersFantasy]

*I wanna be in the room where it happens*

[@paulycappuzzno8858]

Andrew Kim I know how the sausage gets made.

[@Sarabara113]

Pauly Cappuzzno we just assume that it happened. But no one else was in the room where it happened

[@canofbeabs]

Thomas claims

[@amandafernandez9939]

i am not throwing away my shot to join this comment section

[@Sam_Markley]

HAMILTON WROTE THE OTHER FIFTY ONE

[@xavi-kun]

RenegadeCreeper17 wrong lyrics. It goes like this. How do you write like tomorrow won’t arrive? How do you write like you need it to survive? How do you write ev’ry Second your alive? (Ev’ry Second your alive?)

[@norahmae8328]

Yessir

[@jeffbeasto3198]

@@xavi-kun It was in fact: (I think I forgot a bit) ...... (I forgot the guy's name) got sick after writing 5 Madison wrote 25 HAMILTON, WROTE THE OTHER FIFTY ONE(Raspy Voice) Why do u write like u running out of time? How do u write like tmr wont arrive? How do you write like u need it to survive?

[@chloelee8147]

Look at the Hamilton fandom dominating the comments

[@annieranai2198]

You're like me, I'm never satisfied.

[@chloelee8147]

Annie Ranai Is that right?

[@engsathorn478]

Im never satisfied My name is angelica schyler

[@OnePiece-yy1lu]

Chloe Lee you're pretty

[@florenceforde832]

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@nachtnoctua]

Jefferson: Did you forget Lafayette? Alex: What? Jefferson: Have you an ounce of regret?

[@sorrynotsorry6]

Jefferson: You accumulate power, you accumulate debt, but in that hour of need, you forget.

[@selahanany5645]

@@sorrynotsorry6 laffayetewill be fine.and before hewas you freind he was mine!

[@leticiaguajardo2748]

@@selahanany5645 so quick widid

[@lafayette9454]

😥

[@Talierau3]

John Adams....I know him!

[@emmajean8631]

That can't be...

[@EliSkers1]

That's that little guy who spoke to me

[@ana-wx4fl]

+Skers1 all those years ago, what was it, 85?

[@madelynmcguire9268]

+ana hates google plus That poor man, they're going to eat him alive!

[@williammassey8761]

Oceans rise empires FALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[@cyraconforth1279]

He also wasn't president because of The Reynolds Pamphlet HAVE YOU READ THIS ISH

[@reyskywaka3202]

Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair and he wrote down right there HIGHLIGHTS

[@omaracosta-nunez9715]

+rey skywaka Never gonna be president now

[@miasantos1340]

+YankeesHighlights XDD

[@alyssa-lt9kh]

NEVER GON BE PRESIDENT NOW

[@lcarsky-wilson1270]

His poor wife!!!!!!

[@Fannii94]

Hamilton to the whisky rebels: PAY YOUR F*CKING TAXES!!! 😂😂😂

[@sadcat157]

All I hear are the lyrics from the Hamilton musical.

[@birdlawco]

2:57 And Jefferson? In love with France.

[@Jade-mm1wl]

Yeah, he's so elitist.

[@deannaburke5458]

+Jade I like that Aaron Burr

[@gennybaratta2460]

I can't believe we're here with him.

[@birdlawco]

He seems approachable?

[@Jade-mm1wl]

Like you could grab a beer with him..!

[@madelynmcguire9268]

Any time he says something that was brought up in Hamilton I'm screaming things like "HAMILTONS PLAN TO ASSUME STATE DEBT AND ESTABLISH A NATIONAL BAAAAAAAANKKKK"

[@a.z.fellco.1704]

cat is not cool Yasss

[@Kaitlyn-qo7bi]

Andrew Kim We fought for these ideals, we shouldn't settle for less

[@ahmedamine24]

There are wise words, enterprising men quote'm.

[@Codiliabra]

But Hamilton forgets, his plan would have the government assume state debts!

[@tradgothmiku]

Z That guy place your bets as to who that benefits,

[@kstone1131]

*Loudly sings Hamilton Cast Album while watching* HE'LL NEVER BE SATISFIED

[@reyskywaka3202]

When Britain taxed our tea we got frisky imagine what gon happen When you try to tax our whiskey.

[@blakebeasley1595]

#bars

[@visibleconfusion782]

I remember watching this pre-Hamilton. Now I'm like I know this along with other background knowledge and Library of Congress databases! Pick Me! Hamiltrash

[@RussellZeng]

rey skywaka Whiskey Rebellion 💣🔫🔪⚔️🗡⛏⛓

[@gabypoliti4428]

Another thing mister Age of Enlightenment don't lecture me about the war you didn't fight in it

[@1girlcool.]

Are you talking about the Boston Tea Parrty?

[@hokkaidorider4296]

My gosh. That quote from Washington on party politics leading to insurrection hits different today.

[@chexwonder1916]

alexander hamilton my name is alexander hamilton and there's a million things I haven't done JUST YOU WAIT JUST YOUUUU WAIT

[@TheMabiNerd]

+Chex Wonder BRAH BRAH! I AM HERCULES MULLIGAN!

[@elanabender4675]

+Chex Wonder Hamilton is amazing!!!!!

[@stephenbarefield4879]

Oui oui mon ami je ma'pelle Lafayette The Lancelot of the revolutionary set I came from afar just to say bonsoir Tell the c'set toi Who's the best c'moit I think that is all spelled right

[@iiwaishii]

+The Logicvacuum a bit A oui, oui, mon ami, je m'appelle Lafayette. The Lancelot of the revolutionary set! I came from afar just to say 'bonsoir' Tell the king 'casse toi' Who's the best? C'est moi! ohohoho i obsessed with hamilton, i am sorry

[@caelumkatana]

THIS COMMENT HAS 51 LIKES IM NOT TOUCHING IT

[@DonAntonio6]

You should make a video on why you don't like New Jersey

[@willzuzzio5107]

DonAntonio6 I'd be interested to hear it because New Jersey Is awesome.

[@DaGhostInside33]

You obviously have never been to NJ then

[@willzuzzio5107]

Purest_thane_ov_hate I live in NJ.

[@zanad7955]

Purest_thane_ov_hate bv x cbc. Mf fcbbmknhmjmmjgghhhbbggdfhjxjkhdcnfbccvcvcghnn

[@adamfrisk956]

DonAntonio6 I think it's mostly about bad quality of New Jersey's Shore.

[@subterraneanbach]

My AP US History teacher consistently shows these videos in lecture. He still teaches and explains things himself, but uses Crash Course as a supplement. It's my favorite class.

[@elizabethstrasemeier9684]

Thomas Jefferson loved the French... "We almost died in a trench while you were off getting high with the french"

[@douglasrau5094]

+Elizabeth Strasemeier It's "high" with the French? I thought the lyric was "hot". As in, sleeping with every French woman who would have him.

[@thomaswillard6267]

They call me a francophile, but at least they know I know where France is.

[@racheljammy319]

I love how the comments are just the Hamilton fandom saying "hey I'm here!"

[@gennybaratta2460]

Should we honor our treaty King Louis's head? Uh do whatever you want i'm supper dead

[@anyajustin1652]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@nachtnoctua]

Enough!

[@anyajustin1652]

Enough Hamilton is right

[@patriciauribe7308]

your in a fight you vs the world

[@patriciauribe7308]

pick a another side

[@TheJenniferOlive]

"...passive-aggressive attempts to impose your ideology upon other people." - 98% of all youtube comments, lol.

[@monicagill7796]

98% of all KZbin videos.... Crash Course included!

[@Spycyzygy]

+Jennifer Boergers Overt attempts to push your ideology on other people via shaming language: Almost all of this series so far to this point.

[@TheJenniferOlive]

The youtube comments on the series, this quote from this specific video, or the actual series itself?

[@Spycyzygy]

the video series itself. the "your" should really be "one's" or "his" i guess to clarify

[@TheJenniferOlive]

I think it's pretty tricky to create any kind of video series that doesn't contain some bias. I think this series works hard to approach complex subjects from a variety of perspectives. I don't really see the shaming language parts. Is it the "me from the past" segments?

[@kristenmanchenton]

I just hear "Never gonna be president noowwww (never gon be president now)" when he talked about Hamilton not running 😅😆

[@BeccaMoses]

Yo, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky. IMAGINE WHATS GON HAPPEN WHEN YOU TRY TO TEXT OUR WHISKY (T Jeffs drops mic) (Madison grabs it before it hits the ground) But actually? Wow. We feel really strongly about alcohol.

[@amandaellis2162]

+Becca Moses i hate when people try to text my whiskey..so rude

[@BeccaMoses]

Amanda Ellis You know what I tried

[@Anne-oe7vg]

Can we discuss Jemmy James picking up after TJeff?

[@meganhash7840]

6:38 NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED

[@xavi-kun]

Megan Hash My God. In God we trust. But we never really know what got discussed. Click, Boom then it happened. But no one else was in the room where it happened.

[@joshuaescopete]

Arkforge Entertainment ALEXANDER HAMILTON. What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river?! ALEXANDER HAMILTON. Did Washington know about the dinner, was there presidential pressure to deliver?!

[@selahanany5645]

@@joshuaescopete did you jniw even then it didnt matter where you put the us capital?

[@joshuaescopete]

Sela Hanany Cause we’ll have the banks, we’re in the same spot....

[@selahanany5645]

@@joshuaescopete you got more than you gave

[@gracereed1665]

When Britain taxed our tea we got frisky, imagine whats gonna happen when they try to tax our whiskey.

[@UnicornFilms2001]

+Grace Reed Get kinda mad and start a rebellion that George Washington leads to quell, then just kinds forget about it for a while?

[@jackw641]

He should update this video but choc full of Hamilton references.

[@annieranai2198]

Wait for it.

[@DizzyWolf01]

So weird watching this like I kept remembering lines from Cabinet Battle #1 all the way through

[@Sailor_Luce]

He should update it because Hamilton could have ran for president and he gave incorrect information.

[@jackofalltrades6129]

Jack W No.

[@veronicab32]

TRUE!!

[@petuniaevans8482]

"Who lives who dies who tells your story" Alex is pretty lucky to have such a successful play written about him in a positive light. Based on this video, he doesn't seem to be such a good person.

[@lolwowomg14]

its just like the cabinet battle omg omg

[@howarthe1]

The more I learn about Thomas Jefferson the more conflicted a character he seems to me to be. He loved democracy and egalitarianism (as do I), but he was a VERY wealthy slave owner. Anyone want to recommend a good biography on Jefferson? There must be a dozen.

[@jfridy]

Oh, more than that. I would look at his autobiography, the book American Sphinx by Ellis, and is you REALLY want to dig in, Dumas Malone's 6 Volume biography. Also if you want a odd angle, check The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. In this Jefferson, a Deist, tried to "combine the biographical information about Jesus' life from all four gospels into one version, and he took out the supernatural events." He did this to try to distill the focus of Jesus' teachings. Needless to say, it's an unusual and somewhat controversial work.

[@howarthe1]

Dreamcastpowa I disagree. Jefferson was not "smart enough to know… [slaves] shouldn't be freed right now." Everyone who held such a view was a damn fool. Slaves should have been freed immediately.

[@howarthe1]

I agree that many people based their opinion that the slaves should not be free on their own experiences and the experiences of Santo Domingo. I also agree that slavery was important and that abolition was messy, but it was still right and good and long over due.

[@Zeejoey]

Jeremy Fridy I must disagree. While you are essentially correct that slavery was the great compromise, there was nothing essential about kicking it down the road (especially after the Constitution had been ratified). While abolition would have been a difficult and divisive thing, it only became more so over time. The southern economy was less reliant on slavery than they would be later on, and the longer that system was in place the more difficult it became to overcome. While we can never know for sure, it is almost certain that abolition would have been far easier to implement in the 1790's than it was in the 1860's. I agree that our Founding Fathers were products of their time, and everything is now judged by hindsight. Still, it makes no sense to ignore hindsight. We can no more say that the great compromise was a necessary choice than say that the trail of tears was a necessary choice. While this idea of necessity justified the compromise at the time, we ought to learn from the ultimate failures of that sort of compromise (assuming we agree that the Civil War ultimately marks the great compromise as a failure). In a world that enables and incentivizes certain evils, we will trend further towards rather than away from those evils.

[@jfridy]

But Southern States repeatedly said they needed slavery to be legal or they would not join. They said they would leave the union over taxes and tariffs, much less property seizure, which is what it would have been seen as. The demanded that slaves be counted as 3/5ths of a citizen just so they could keep up with representative strength in the House. I'm not saying it wouldn't have been easier to attempt to implement logistically, but it would have led to the South leaving, though at that period it might have avoided a war, just leaving two separate nations, and probably less hostile ones than later. Asking the wealthy aristocracy to give up their labor source and symbol of power is a hard sell, especially since they had just finished a war where keeping their property safe from the government was seen as part of the reason for fighting.

[@Taydrewly]

"The beautiful wavy hair of a Caribbean God." Ooh someone has a mancrush on Hamilton :).

[@Reclaimer657]

My friends say I'm not cool but boy wait until they find out I'm binge watching CrashCourse US History for the sheer fun of it

[@rebekahkim5926]

5:48 "Imagine what gon' happen when you try to tax our whiskey"

[@mayajordan648]

eliza's dress from 'burn' is pictured at 7:06

[@estherm2293]

*mentally assaulted by Hamilton references after every single line*

[@chibimoon1432]

I like the fact that all he explained in this video is something my 8th grade history teacher took a month to do. Everything makes sense now

[@danielprieto3563]

9:08 Washington quote has aged like fine wine

[@SaiyanHeretic]

Change some names around and John could easily be talking about America's current state of affairs. It's sad how little such things have changed.

[@MaxCreeper392]

Watches old school jack, Alexander Handy-Pen

[@andrewh2282]

MaxHereTheHubOwner why

[@thomaswillard6267]

"Hamilton, who probably would have been president if he wasn't born in the British West Indies" Also the Reynolds Pamphlet

[@schmauften]

Hamilton: Thomas [Jefferson]. That was a real nice declaration Welcome to the present, we’re running a real nation Would you like to join us, or stay mellow Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello? If we assume the debts, the union gets A new line of credit, a financial diuretic How do you not get it? If we’re aggressive and competitive The union gets a boost. You’d rather give it a sedative?

[@DianaMcManaman]

A civics lesson from a slaver Hey neighbor! Your debts are paid cuz you don't pay for labor. "We plant seeds in the south we create!" Ya keep ranting. We know who's really doing the planting.

[@Jade-mm1wl]

+ThatRavenclawChick Don't lecture me about the war, you didn't fight in it!

[@deannaburke5458]

+Jade You think I'm frightened of you man? We almost died in the trench, While you were off getting high with the french!

[@fatimabarrie1103]

+Deanna Burke Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President Reticent-there isn’t a plan he doesn’t jettison Madison, you’re mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine Damn, you’re in worse shape than the national debt is in Sittin’ there useless as two shits Hey, turn around, bend over, I’ll show you Where my shoe fits

[@stevenkollin4409]

+Fatima Barrie EXCUSE ME

[@willyghost2213]

I love the electoral college. “A democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what is for lunch.” - Benjamin Franklin

[@GatorMH]

Indeed!

[@joshjohnson4677]

These videos are super helpful. I don't even read my textbook and I ace all the tests. Keep it up guys!

[@krttd]

The thought bubble of Donald Trump as a visual for rich when describing the assets of presidents according to federalists is just too gosh darn effective and fitting. I laughed out loud. :P

[@krttd]

And this was in 2013

[@mossycryptid6446]

Mitchell Dodson wow

[@videsnelson]

"I mean, just think if the federalist party had survived we might have had a bunch of, like, Bushes and Kennedies [and Trumps] as presidents"

[@robinchesterfield42]

And frighteningly prescient...

[@jeandauguste9516]

I needed to doble cheek the date to see if he was elected

[@siim_mar000]

that Thoughtcafe graffic at 3:26 was actually pretty epic

[@melanietaylor2335]

Im crying tears of laughter because I think I knew most of this stuff from 4 songs. Cabnet Battle #1, Cabinet Battle #2, Election of 1800, and The Adams Administration

[@griffinforsgren7720]

10:16 I guessed Abigail Adams... the Queen of Snarky Feminism.

[@k8bls]

Who'd ya think I thought: IMA COMPELEM TO INCLUDE WOMEN IN THE SEQUEL WORK

[@keenynmoly1717]

Thank you John Green (& other Crash Course creators) for being a source of inspiration, education, and comedic relief during my home-studies for the American Government and History courses for which I got college credit through passing the CLEP tests! Libertages-- go!!! :)

[@tradgothmiku]

"and Jefferson?" "in love with France.." "yeah he's so elitist!

[@xavi-kun]

minty-mo I like that Aaron Burr!

[@animemewmew7]

These videos are such a fun way to recap for AP testing. Thanks to John Green and Crash Course for making witty, interesting, watchable videos about history!

[@DrFaustPhD]

You folks do a wonderful job of explaining the complicated and often weird/awful history of our nation. Great work! Keep it up!

[@theolivemonsterofart4131]

I love the little out of context background jokes in these videos. I use them to study rather than concentrate on the book so much and its so refreshing to notice the little funny details every new time I run though it. (8:43 50 shades of gray reference)

[@saeedaamin7628]

Loaded with authentic information, just love this crash course series.

[@mustardstang573]

The 1st and 44th President walked into a bar. The 1st asked the 44th where was his owner.

[@treasurehollis8040]

😧

[@TexThomas2020]

+Edward Powell ok racism. GW freed his slaves in 1799 btw.

[@billyweed835]

+Tex Thomas AFTER HIS DEATH!

[@julia.carino]

I love how Hamilton fans took over this video. Well done, friends

[@biokant]

I love your crash course!!! It is interesting, fun and extremely well written. I learn a lot about American history, politics, constitution ... while laughing like a kid. Congratulations. Have you given any thought to the idea of making an expanded version of the subject matter in longer videos? I would love to watch it too! Thanks a lot and Kudos!

[@Eamonnhickson]

Thank you for the videos

[@professormoody5099]

WELCOME FOLKS, TO THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION! JEFFERSON'S THE RUNNER UP WHICH MAKES HIM THE VICE PRESIDENT

[@xavi-kun]

Professor Moody Washington can’t help you now no more, Mr. Nice President.

[@darrencrissistotallyawesom918]

@@xavi-kun Adams fires Hamilton , privately calls him creole bastard in his taunts (say whaat?), Hamilton publishes his response:

[@erinkristoff3214]

John, stop hating on New Jersey!! :)

[@mankytoes]

Things I know about New Jersey (as an Englishman)- It's full of Italian-American Cosa Nostra Futurama slag it off How I Met Your Mother slags it off John Green slags it off You guys need some good tourism adverts or something.

[@IulianusTabernarius]

mankytoes New Jersey has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with italian americans...

[@mankytoes]

Tony Soprano?

[@IulianusTabernarius]

Not a real person...

[@mankytoes]

Thanks, try the real family they're based on? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCavalcante_crime_family

[@Certified_Art_Teacher]

You sir are helping pass my American Civ class! Thank u for your videos and knowledge.

[@pooka573]

Thank you Crash Course for making this information a lot more digestible! A+ + +

[@samueladams6793]

whAT'S YOUR NAME, MAN? ALEXANDER HAMILTON

[@andalyssa_]

MY NAME IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON.. AND THERES A MILLION THINGS I HAVEN'T DONE, BUT JUST YOU WAIT! JUST YOU WAIT

[@faithm2551]

MOVED IN WITH HIS COUSIN THE COUSIN COMMITTED SUICIDE

[@theonewhotripped2269]

LEFT HIM WITH NOTHING BUT RUINED PRIDE, SOMETHING NEW INSIDE, A VOICE SAYING "ALEX YOU GOT TO FEND FOR YOUR SELF"

[@9Shadowstalker]

+Samuel Adams Goddamn Musicals lol

[@kstone1131]

+Bomb Squad THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NOTHIN LEFT TO DO WITH SOMEONE LESS ASTUTE, HE STARTED WORKING, WORKING FOR HIS LATE-MOTHER'S LAND LORD, SCRAPING FOR ALL THE THINGS HE CAN AFFORD.

[@samueldavis8824]

you guys make this so much more interesting then watching it on the History channel I SALUTE YOU WITH A PHUMS UP

[@amberg.9317]

Thanks for all of these!

[@mmartian66]

Super fun and educational! Thank you!

[@elizabethmorton9632]

"I'm a part of the patriarchy, so I probably deserved that" every time I think John Green can't get any more perfect, HE GETS EVEN MORE PERFECT.

[@wisdomleader85]

Poor New Jersey, lololol.

[@estefanybarradas2447]

Thank goodness for this video! I needed to write an essay on what led to the rise of political parties in the 1790s!!!

[@tgravert]

Everything we can interpret has ideology within its body of thought. This includes everything you are interpreting. I appreciate seeing your perspective. The old 6 and 9 debate of who is seeing the subject more clearly.

[@wanderingrandomer]

"The Electoral College system would continue to misrepresent the will of the American voters, most notably in 1876, 1888, and 2000" ...aaaand now again in 2016. You guys are really good at this!

[@DysmasTheGoodThief]

WanderingRandomer you don't understand America or the intent of the founders.

[@Trex-or6cd]

Deplorable Bias well in all thouse cases a president was elected without the popular vote. Most people did not vote for these people how did they get into office in a DEMOCRACY?!!! The electoral college that's how. So what is it that he/she and I do not anderstand?

[@ajjolish5663]

!!! Hamilton COULD have been president; the constitution says that you must have been born in America or BEEN A CITIZEN AT THE TIME. Hamilton was. Hamilton wasn't president because of his affair.

[@jamesnjoshproductions]

+Adi Jolish "born in America" hahaha Ted Cruz

[@DavidJGillCA]

+Adi Jolish As an admirer of Hamilton, there was unfortunately, more to it than that. Shortly before the election of 1796 Hamilton published an absurd, hyperbolic attack on John Adams that one can, I think, reasonably say cost Adams the election. While Adams had grown to hate Hamilton, they were of the same party and in general agreement on key issues and it was an act of political suicide for Hamilton, who could be rash and self destructive to attack his own party. Hamilton's greatest achievements were made in the service of and under the the influence of George Washington. Some historians think that Washington's premature death denied Hamilton the stabilizing influence of his mentor and collaborator and that Washington's simple existence would have spared Hamilton from this error. Hamilton also died too soon. He was much younger than the vast majority of the founding generation. He was just three years old than James Monroe who was the last of that generation to become president.

[@mytparty]

+Home On a Weekday Yeah, it doesn't say you have to be born in America. It says born citizen. Which includes people with American parents.

[@JosephClayson]

"The charge against me is a connection with one James Reynolds for purposes of improper speculation. My real crime is an amorous connection with his wife for a considerable time with his knowing consent." DAAAAAMMMNN!!!!!! He never gonna be president now (Never gonna be president now)

[@stephenbarefield4879]

Never gon' be president now (Never gon' be president now)

[@mrjbc46]

Thanks John . You are a great teacher .

[@elvisdavis5128]

He gave me a new outlook on politics

[@shanehand65]

I apologize if I have missed the obvious, but does "Crash Course" share any of its source material? Or maybe there is a list list of recommended books for further reading related to various topics that an interested reader can follow up on? I love the series! Thank you, - shane

[@callmebreezy338]

"Alexander Hamilton" Me: *Internal screaming*

[@tatiannawilkins1278]

your videos are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I couldn't pass APush without you. THANKYOUUUUUUUU

[@alexboyajian2096]

this video is super helpful fo rmy APUSH class, thank you

[@juice8566]

"the beautiful flowing hair of a Caribbean God"

[@shannonjohnson3046]

can you do a crash course on the top court cases in us history?

[@robintucker]

Thank you John Green! You are amazing!

[@ori4564]

Btw thank you so much for explaining the room where it happens Bc I never fully understood what that Hamilton song was about

[@mangorain1974]

Raise your hand if you're here because of the musical

[@izthizalrdytkn]

And from here I begin to study for my APUSH exam

[@youtubeisawebsite7484]

why tf was the thoughtbubble soundscape (minus the random scream) so good

[@bryantlandable]

I love your videos and your SICK Liverpool shirt!!! Are you a Reds fan John Green? Love your books too!! Cheers!

[@FanTazTiCxD]

Put this video on 2x speed, if it goes too slow for you

[@FanTazTiCxD]

Yes, haha! This crash course thing will definetely make you crash on your way to achieving knowledgement!

[@N0Mags]

+FanTazTiCxD If you set the video at half speed, it legitimately sounds like he's had a little too much to drink.

[@DavydTennis]

+FanTazTiCxD I prefer .5 speed, much more enjoyable

[@MagnusThiHan]

+FanTazTiCxD i'm sorry, is this not your speed?

[@Teenageriot280]

Good insight on how our founding fathers weren't as perfect as they are often depicted

[@camdenj4337]

I literally have a test on every single subject contained in this so thank you!

[@camdenj4337]

Also the electoral college has failed us again this year.

[@camdenj4337]

I also love "he invested in a plan to make Patterson New Jersey a manufacturing hub which of course failed because New Jersey"

[@ZbricksShow]

Very Helpful!