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[@mrtaco-xy7sq]

The US purchased the french territory in North America

[@oddish2253]

Luisiana purchase. Napoleon sold it off very very cheaply. I think it's the reason why America became a superpower.

[@mrtaco-xy7sq]

@@oddish2253 Not like the french were getting a lot from it since the British blockade.

[@coltonpatterson7632]

I think America should of joined Napoleon

[@spectarviana220]

Colton Patterson ah yes and waste the war for independence

[@rodafowa1279]

@@coltonpatterson7632 Let's join up with a guy who has no way of getting to us or vice versa because he's currently at war with the world's most powerful navy. Makes complete sense.

[@kamieaston3016]

"In this war, only whites were fighting" The guy in the video literally mentioned that Jacksons army was the most diverse for the time, while a majority of them were white sure, there were also a substantial amount of colored individuals too. He even mentions freed slaves and native Americans fighting alongside Jackson.

[@JMayer-rg5nu]

yes there were.

[@12.7x99mm]

Quote on Quote "Freed" They were of course In classic british fashion Made them slaves again.

[@nationalistcanuck7800]

No, there were not.

[@ethanabelman2837]

Nationalist Canuck yes there were

[@nationalistcanuck7800]

@@ethanabelman2837 No, there were not.

[@rhoetusochten4211]

The Natives aren't extinct. Many tribes still exist, and function as semi-autonomous nations, within the US. Beyond that, many Americans, like me, have Native ancestors.

[@rhoetusochten4211]

Aditionally, Artur, Native Americans did have personal property and wars and slavery and alliances and such before the Europeans came over. The "Noble Savage" myth has been used by one side or the other so often that it is often confused with reality. One thing to consider is that, in the preceding 200+ years, about 90 percent of the Native population had died of plagues. The Europeans were basically seeing the results of an apocalyptic nightmare where the survivors were trying to rebuild, rather than the culturally "mature" Native societies.

[@Zombied77]

Yes most of us have at least a few drops of native blood. The tribal reservations are a great place to go and grab tax free cigarettes lol.

[@DaMathias]

@@sotaf4385 yea not most but I know people with a little bit of native blood

[@Zombied77]

@@sotaf4385 I know quite a few people. I do according to one of those DNA websites. You may be right though since a lot of people are told they do by their families but really don't. It is something many people like to claim.

[@oddish2253]

I once visited such a spritual place. Their cacinos were amazing.

[@gregm4768]

Estonian: "US is war after war after war." Americans: Well when you're good at something...

[@Glund117]

But that's what makes it even stranger as they have a poor military record

[@motocrossdan4814]

George Lund poor military record?

[@motocrossdan4814]

rad camran vietnam wasn’t a war it was a conflict, for it to be a war two countries have to declare war on each other we never declared war in vietnam therefore wasn’t technically a war.

[@Razzy1312]

@@thisispersia9021 U.S. would have won in Vietnam if the military wasn't handcuffed in order to create a state of perpetual war to fund the military industrial complex created by the arms manufacturers. It's the same reason Iraq/Afghanistan has gone on for 20 years.

[@sausagejockyGaming]

Greg M A. US hasnt fought that many wars B. US war records arent the best, france and britain hold the records for best military histories with best records and far more wars than any others, literally hundreds each

[@HistoryNerd808]

2:36 We didn't take it over. That land was bought from Napoleon with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. We only paid $15 million or roughly 3 cents an acre for that land, one of the best land deals in history.

[@anhalter1572]

Jes idk how He didnt See it There littlery Said Louisiana purchase

[@TheMyrmo]

To be fair, Napoleon thought he'd get it back militarily and he was just collecting free money.

[@fod0072]

Gary Bridges actually the France knew they wouldn’t get it back and they were okay with that, they also let the colony of Haiti be free at this time because they wanted to concentrate all there forces on just controlling europe, they really didn’t want to care about America

[@janehrahan5116]

Not really, Napoleon just didn't consider empty (native population density was a joke) land a continent away valuable compared to the European hegemony he was working on.

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@TheMyrmo What FOD and Jane said.

[@fierylightning3422]

“The French didn’t become American, and the germans didn’t become American” By that point the Germans didn’t even become proper German by that point!

[@prischm5462]

Right! Germany wasn't a unified country until the Franco-Prussian war in 1870.

[@treyokelly3520]

War of Independence: A New Hope War of 1812: The Empire Strikes Back

[@moelisboardmolina5428]

The pig war: return of the Jedi (Look it up)

[@bombasticgamin8447]

Trey O'Kelly Yeah, but unlike Star Wars, it was a tie between the US and Britain. Edit: Actually, I would say the US won the War of 1812. We were able to sign a peace negotiation with the strongest military at the time, so I take it as a win. We sure have Britain’s number, huh?

[@kimharding2246]

Ha Ha, that's one way of looking at it! ;-)

[@Chriscraft-ug3sz]

Bombastic Gamin it was still an empire vs a revolt

[@moelisboardmolina5428]

British Chip don’t care it’s my head cannon

[@thedreamchasers7252]

2:35, The United States, purchased the land from France in the Louisiana Purchase

[@richardswinford7078]

Medium Smoke We payed $15 million for the land which means, if you do the math, we payed about 3 cents per acre. The Louisiana Purchase basically doubled the territory of the U.S.

[@robertlange2526]

@Da Phetdala Counting for inflation that would be 22.5 Billion by todays money.

[@renecordova6349]

The DreamChasers....How did the French acquire this land? The Spanish claimed it because Spain said they had explored it....

[@thedreamchasers7252]

@@renecordova6349 I'm not going to go through every single country who thought they laid claim to a land far away. What I said was just the basic information needed. I'm not a historian.

[@renecordova6349]

@@thedreamchasers7252Let me inform you! Spain put the land in France's care because they feared the loss of the territory because of their war with the British! And France needed money so they sold it to America! France stabbed Spain in the back!

[@kylepickus5712]

“Rockets” can refer to any sort of projectile explosive being propelled from any tubelike tool. It wasn’t until much later when “rockets” was used exclusively for the reasons we use today. An explosive cannonball could be called a “rocket” and so could fireworks (hence why fireworks are used when our national anthem is played)

[@CatNibbles]

There also were unguided rockets used by the British navy, Idk when they started using them but it was eventually used in the age of sail as part of their artillery. You could consider these as something like a giant firework filled with explosives, that's about as complicated as they got.

[@cynicalmedic252]

In this case rockets likely referred to the Congreve rockets used by the British during the war.

[@kylepickus5712]

Cynical Medic you’re probably right about that.

[@kevinalm6686]

Yes, congreves were definitely used in 1812. In fact iirc some were wedged into the rafters of some buildings in Washington and ignited to set the buildings on fire.

[@johnschoenly3265]

yea there has been rockets in china for i think at least a thousand year

[@ccsam1516]

2:40 if you rewind just a bit, it says clearly "the louisiana purchase" The U.S actually bought the territorry. The natives didn't have a hand in the deal tho.

[@lolikususs]

you purched land from thief so you are the same....

[@ccsam1516]

@@lolikususs ... I didn't excuse anyone's behavior in the deal and just explained to Me. Arthur what happened.. Why work I do that? Because he didn't get it.. Chill?

[@weasle2904]

@@lolikususs Native Americans did have personal property and wars and slavery and alliances and such before the Europeans came over. The "Noble Savage" myth has been used by one side or the other so often that it is often confused with reality. One thing to consider is that, in the preceding 200+ years, about 90 percent of the Native population had died of plagues. The Europeans were basically seeing the results of an apocalyptic nightmare where the survivors were trying to rebuild, rather than the culturally "mature" Native societies.

[@nationalistcanuck7800]

Why would they? WTF? It was French territory, not Native.

[@nationalistcanuck7800]

@@weasle2904 You liar! The tomahawks were used to set up their fires for cooking and to cut down trees! They were not meant for war! Silly you! As for their scalping, they were well-trained barbers! The Colonists had hair that was too long, so the Natives scalped them to ensure the hair never grew again! They were a kind, gentle people!

[@trackhead9554]

"In 1814 we took a little trip..." (It's from an American song about the battle)

[@CaptainNice]

by Johnny Horton, 1959

[@danielwareham2904]

"along with colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississippi."

[@kriegdeathrider7805]

"We took a little bacon and we took a little beans"

[@kriegdeathrider7805]

@@danielwareham2904 We fired our guns and the British kep a-comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

[@xd_f1re710]

“We fired once more and they began a running, on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico”

[@iowaclass5657]

Artur: How did the natives go extinct? Me, an American: How did this discussion get MORE awkward? Also, is it just me, or did the video use game footage from Empire Total War?

[@princerose233]

I know and see a lot of usa natives.

[@thephiggle913]

Haha and he said we took over the french territories 🤣

[@princerose233]

@@thephiggle913 right. No yeah bought them for a steal.

[@rhoetusochten4211]

Footage, not sure, but music for sure

[@cthomas7129]

It might have been better for them that they had. Rather than existing on reservations, with all the issues that exist as a result of colonisation: displacement, marginalisation, addiction, discrimination and so on.

[@artuilech.7506]

The French sold Louisiana

[@artuilech.7506]

Sam Kamyszek lmao nice how did i get so many likes

[@wolf762x51]

Hey man, we are still here. lol I enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work.

[@weasle2904]

2:27 No. The US bought the land from France. It's very famous in American history as the Lousiana Purchase

[@apenguingames4305]

Weasle yea wtf this man ain’t listening, we bought that shit

[@anthonypisarski9913]

ApenguinGames just remember he’s Estonian

[@apenguingames4305]

Anthony Pisarski personally I think the video told him a load of important information but it was lost because he would pause at a bad time (during important narration) and it caused him to loose this part of the videos info, he was not listening. Another time he missed info was when he thought we “invaded” French territory when in FACT we bought it.

[@GOHOMEGI]

ApenguinGames he's learning my guy, he is bound to miss a few things.

[@biged3381]

I'm from Louisiana and this is the stuff of legend around some parts of the state.

[@mrtaco-xy7sq]

My biggest fear is going to sleep one day and finding Andrew Jackson under my bed.

[@jessiedunaway3254]

You want to dual?

[@oddish2253]

He's in $20

[@darreljones8645]

I doubt it would happen; Old Hickory died in 1845.

[@LethargicGM]

@@darreljones8645 That's what he wants us to think.

[@chaosXP3RT]

As long as your not British, you should be alright. He hated the British

[@grantdowling8550]

4:30 I love these little tangents you go on about Estonia. It’s a great comparison to help understand the global atmosphere at the time. Really helps put things into perspective about a country like Estonia that we Americans never hear about learning through high school.

[@zachh6214]

They did have rockets back then. They just weren't very good. I remember going to fort McHenry when I was little with my parents and when I learned that so much happened in my home state and the city I live just outside of I was so proud. I love Maryland

[@paulypoobrain2929]

Liam C Cheers to Robert Emmet and his “rockets red glare”

[@wakandaforever2401]

The rockets Scott Key was referring to were made of concrete and used to make pinpoint shots and spread dust across the sky, or something like that I forget. And the bombs bursting in air were obviously the explosive shells being fired.

[@BTinSF]

Rockets then were more like today's fireworks rockets than effective weapons. But they existed--the Chinese invented them centuries before.

[@joshhencik1849]

Yeah, after this one, we've sort of gotten along with those crazy islander blokes over there in Europe! Hahah, as a US military vet, I love the Brits. You guys are top notch. Happy to stand by you any day.

[@BigGamer2525]

13:42 a funny story I learned from my trip to New Orleans, is that most of the arms were gifted from a pirate lord whose hidden secret warehouse of weapons and pirate loot remain hidden to this day.

[@victorwaddell6530]

Pirate Jean LaFitte?

[@iKvetch558]

There is actually a movie about that...with Charlton Heston as Andrew Jackson and Yul Brynner as the pirate. LOL It is terribly inaccurate, and great fun to watch LOL

[@BTinSF]

@@victorwaddell6530 Yes.

[@Josh-mq8cn]

You should react to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the changing of the guard there. It's one of the U.S. highest military honors to be appointed as guard, but also one of the toughest, as you are standing guard for hours and hours on end, and marching in perfect order. Really an incredible place, story, and ceremony.

[@alanpeterson4939]

There are, to this day, Native American reservations that are essentially independent nations within the borders of the United States.

[@RealYankee]

more like semi-autonomous than independent. They still have to abide by American laws and such.

[@danielwhitt6435]

This popped up in my feed and i said "holy sh!t artur is reacting again" and then i realized this came out a little while before i subbed lol Edit: if you see this artur. We loved your reactions. But now, during the ukraine war. You are the only channel i check often.i still look at some of your insights as very valuable. Like in this video when you said the US is really a milltarty system. Basically in Disguise. I couldnt agree more.

[@BigGamer2525]

12:00 the British bombarded the fort with basic gunpowder rockets (which were actually invented in India if I remember correctly).

[@budmeister]

Mysorean rockets, which led the British to develop their own called the Congreve rocket.

[@1IbramGaunt]

Invented in ancient China, developed by the Indians, captured in battle then improved upon further by the British, and used as a form of unguided artillery

[@kennethcontreras4325]

I would be both happy and grateful to have you as my brother. Such an honor that would be.

[@ajoneil4640]

We bought that land out west from the French for a looootttttt of money I forget the price of the land but I'll edit it in $15,000,000 total in USD at the time

[@pk4490]

$15 million which was considered a low price at the time

[@jacobstallings4399]

It's called the Louisiana purchase. It was bought for $15,000,000 and it doubled the size of the U.S. back then.

[@ajoneil4640]

@@pk4490 that's like $300,000,000 today wym

[@pk4490]

@@ajoneil4640 Sooo like $358 per square mile? You tried to buy land lately? That's crazy cheap.

[@sumvs5992]

You guys were willing to pay for just new Orleans for 10,000,000 dollars so you had quite a deal there

[@unknownmf2599]

You are really my favourite KZbinr brother! -Love from Turkey

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

@17.00 you missed the part where Jackson's force included regiments of free black men. No slaves were conscripted to fight, but only because it was considered cruel to force someone to fight against his will. The free men fought as well as any other militia and even better than most. As for the "American identity" you talk about, Artur, as late as the Great War to End all Wars in 1917-18, the professional army of the United States couldn't even flesh out one full division. The vast majority of soldiers who were so instrumental in stopping the Kaiserschlacht and pushing back the Imperial German Army in 1918 were conscripts or recent volunteers hastily trained and equipped with French and British gear made in Europe or shipped from America. It was the fighting spirit of the United States citizen-soldier that pushed the Germans to surrender. In the Second World War, little had changed by 1942. The United States armed forces were woefully inadequate for the coming conflict. Once again, the militia (National Guard) and conscripts made up for the shortfall, and did so in spades. It wasn't until the aftermath of the Korean debacle that the United States became serious about building a professional military that would be unrivaled in the world. So we owe the benefits of Pax Americana to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the People's Republic of China, and the horrors of the Communist philosophy that spawned them.

[@htoodoh5770]

Pax Americana? LOL what.

[@Barcode187]

We don't owe Pax Americana to the USSR, they would've collapsed to the Germans very quickly without US support. Do more research on lend lease and the impact it actually had on their supplies.

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

@@Barcode187 Had there been no foe to goad the United States into taking a stand, the entire "superpower" shtick would have been unthinkable to Americans. Remember, before the two world wars, we only wanted to be left alone.

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

@@htoodoh5770 Latin for "American peace." This is a common enough term in use among sociologists and political scientists that it is in most English dictionaries. It's an appropriation of the Latin phrase "Pax Romana" that was used by historians to describe the peace imposed by Imperial Rome upon the Mediterranean Sea through threat of force.

[@jamesjohanson8571]

And when he did the one on the Revolutionary War, Oversimplifies failed to mention that at the shooting in Boston one of the first to fall was one Crispus Attucks, A free Black man. Just an FYI. :)

[@mrnickbig1]

The USA-British war is more commonly known as the War of 1812, and was not a war between the USA and "natives". Indian tribes fought on both sides, and the main players were England, USA, and Canada, and some French bits, and it was basically American Revolution part 2. The British started the war, by essentially committing piracy off the US coast, and many US politicians saw it as an opportunity to try to capture some British land in Canada. This was also the war where Francis Scott Key wrote the poem "The Star Spangled Banner" when he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British. The great battle of New Orleans actually happened after the peace treaty had been signed, but dashed any hopes the British held of recapturing land from the colonies.

[@andreaswidham3607]

7:39 The war of 1812 has the distinction of having the closest vote of any US declaration of war. 79 to 49 in the HoR and 19 to 13 in the Senate.

[@mikek0135]

What you said in this video tells me you still have ALOT(!!!) to learn about the U.S. I'm honored that you're this interested in our country. Keep up the learning.

[@andrewp.9626]

You had said only whites are fighting, but the video did say that “Freed Slaves” fought as well as native Americans

[@prischm5462]

Exactly! Many of the freed slaves were black. As the video said, there were also Native American, Pirates, and "Creole/French" from Canada.

[@DoddyIshamel]

There was also 2 West Indian regiments of freed slaves (many of them American runnaways) fighting for the British in the same battle. Not to mention the Colonial marines and the natives fighting for the British elsewhere. It was actually a very diverse war....

[@hannah3250]

Hi Artur! I’m from the USA, my mother is Mexican America with Apache and Chumash Native American blood. I’m married to man from England. The USA is still very diverse. The Natives are not extinct, but sadly many treaties were not honored. The Natives do have there own land and laws here. American culture is different because of the influence of so many different cultures merging. You are right about why we believe strongly to be able to self protect with the 2nd Amendment, and that is for “enemies foreign and domestic.” We are a young country and have had to fight a lot. We are not war hungry but most are ready and willing to go to fight, such as when 911 happened. We are NOT perfect, but who is? Thank you for sharing this! I love to hear other’s perspectives on such things. God bless!

[@vincentfrizell7055]

You should listen to the song “Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton

[@AgGalaxy7]

Great song

[@crapface911]

When the US got all that French territory we didnt take it we bought it from the frenchies

[@matas253]

Hey Artur, you should watch Playing the Victim about Japanese history by Knowing Better

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Yes, i love his channel.

[@AndrewTheMandrew531]

/_MA7A5_\ YES! I just watched that earlier today!

[@janehrahan5116]

You mean the one where he said kawai culture was a ploy for sympathy to deny warcrimes? Granted that video is better than most of his, but he is notoriously bad at times(especially when he dives into modern politics)

[@matas253]

@@janehrahan5116 That's actually very true. Any mainstream show of submissiveness isn't to break away from the bad legacy. Chinese still hold a massive grudge at Japan. Don't know how tf Gudetama & Hello Kitty makes Japan seem like less of an aggressor to those who were traumatised my the Japanese ( Koreans, Filipinos, Malaysians)

[@lfcmike12]

@@matas253 Well, to play devil's advocate, they wouldn't be aiming to convince the rest of Asia where I imagine word of mouth kept Japanese war crimes very well known about, but most westerners aren't aware Japan's war crimes in world war two, so aiming it at westerners would make more sense. Mainly the Us, as the US have stayed involved in Japan's business since the end of the war.

[@coltonannunziata1274]

Rocket artillery existed from the 18th century onward if you want to see an example look up “sharpe uses his new artillery” from the 90s series sharp which takes place during the napoleonic period. The video is available on KZbin

[@InvictusByz]

The video did miss one of Jackson's craziest maneuvers, though. The British were not really expecting concentrated artillery fire from Jackson's side. This was because the ground was too soft and swampy to actually fire the cannons. Jackson's answer was to sink bales of cotton into the swamp and use them as stable firing platforms. The cotton was seized from a local wealthy plantation owner, who met with Jackson, demanding to know how his property would be kept safe in a battle, and basically telling Jackson he can't do that. Jackson's response was legendary. He told the man if he wanted to protect his property he needed to grab a rifle and get to the line.

[@ziggyzap1]

Since 1776“ the U.S. has only been at peace for less than 20 years total since its birth 222 Out of its 239 Years

[@Epics00]

@MyDaRkN3SsLiV3s How are you defining peace and war?

[@ziggyzap1]

@@Epics00 www.globalresearch.ca/america-has-been-at-war-93-of-the-time-222-out-of-239-years-since-1776/5565946

[@areallyawsomename]

@@ziggyzap1 That chart is rubbish. It includes proxy wars and conflicts that only went on for like a month and didn't have any casualties.

[@ziggyzap1]

@@areallyawsomename war is war

[@areallyawsomename]

@@ziggyzap1 No. First of all, many of the conflicts on that list do not actually qualify as wars. And when you're you're describing something like how long a country has been at peace, context matters. Proxy wars do not usually qualify as something that disrupts a country's peace (that's the whole point of them), and conflicts that only last a like a month take up an entire year according to that list, despite how small scaled and relatively minor they were.

[@NoOdL3z18]

The Star Spangled Banner is specifically about the battle of Fort McHenry and the tune is from an old British drinking song. The Anthem is a song about defiance and how the men defending the tiny fort withstood a 25 hour long continuous artillery barrage. Also, rocket artillery did exist back then, but they were more like glorified fireworks, think giant bottle rockets.

[@Native_Beats_]

WE AREN'T EXTINCT!!! I WILL FIGHT UNTIL MY LAST BREATH TO PROVE YOU WRONG ME, AND MY FAMILY ARE LIVING PROOF THAT NATIVES ARENT EXTINCT

[@ilianacatspawn8848]

And have more babies so you can fill up the land again.

[@misaki_skittles4924]

I don't think he meant completely extinct but basically extinct. But maybe he did i don't know, i don't blame him i wouldn't expect him to know much about another countries history.

[@Native_Beats_]

@@misaki_skittles4924 I've commented something like this in nearly every video where he mentions native Americans.

[@YakubibnEsau]

See a lot of Natives in Utah and Nevada.

[@michaelschudlak1432]

Jesus calm down like what he says most of the time " im learning "

[@V7avalon]

There are 2 great books on this subject. A light In The Forest by Conrad Richter written in 1953 made into movie 1958 👍 Last Of The Mohicans written in 1826 by James Fenmore Cooper made into epic movie in 1992 👍

[@Choconillaaa]

Did this dude just say "Estonians know more about American history than Americans" and "the natives are extinct" in the same video?

[@NosyFella]

No, he said "you" (people in his comment section) have been saying he knows more about American history than the average American

[@Choconillaaa]

@@NosyFella Ah, I see. I mean it's still wrong but thank you for the clarification lmfao

[@varthelm]

Yeah...that threw me too. There is certainly a segment of the population in the US that would never be curious enough to even watch a youtube vid like Artur is. I'll admit...when he first said it...I got pissed :)

[@cameronihugh3772]

I’m Mohawk from New York we are still here

[@chomikchomik3198]

Aye Artur, I am going to Poland today!!

[@kimharding2246]

Have fun!!!

[@thelocalsimp]

Hey Artur, to get at least some more background information on the war, you should watch The War of 1812 by Crash Course

[@seanshi2945]

“World war 1 came about in less then 100 years I guess there wasn’t enough time for another war” America: Hold my beer

[@maddied4669]

I don’t know if there is a video just on the Battle of Baltimore and the Defense of Ft. McHenry that isn’t a full-length documentary but it is a really cool thing to check out. I am a volunteer at the fort which is now a part of the National Parks and the story of the fort and the anthem is pretty cool. In short, before the battle the fort’s commanding officer commissioned a local flag maker to sew a 30x42ft garrison flag (so large that each stripe and each star was two feet wide) and a smaller 18x25ft storm flag. During the battle, Francis Scott Key (lawyer) was sent on a diplomatic mission to negotiate the release of a POW from a battle just outside of Washington D.C (after the British had burned it). He witnessed the battle from a truce ship. When the song talks about the rockets and bombs bursting in air, it refers to the fact that the British engaged in a bombardment of the fort (the fort could not effectively return fire since the British ships were just out of range). On September 15th 1814, at 7:30a.m. (After a 25 hour bombardment) a cease fire was issued but it wasn’t until 90 minutes later that Key found out that the Americans had won. When he saw the garrison flag over the fort, he was so overwhelmed with joy that her wrote a few lines down on the back of a letter. He then turned it into a poem called “The Defense of Fort M’Henry” and it was later set to the song to Anacreon in Heaven and given the name The Star Spangled Banner. Key had dedicated his poem to the defenders of Baltimore who had saved it from the capital’s fate (keep in mind that at this time American troops often ran away during battles but Baltimore had dug in and held their ground) and we celebrate Defenders’ Day every year!

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

Also, there were rockets, just not in the sense we know of the term today. Then, rockets were more like firework flares.

[@jondc2001]

“Direct attack towards defense position doesn’t work” U.S. Marines at Belleau Wood: “Hold my beer”

[@stevenharder308]

"Hold my watery lager" 😁

[@Kjangles518]

Watch the trail of tears

[@kimharding2246]

:-(

[@fluffiiesnutz]

Meh

[@itorca]

Most got sick and died 😷 from contact with trade I'm talking a huge number of tribes and nation's wiped out in a winter

[@coltonbannon5242]

Happy Independence Day! I hope you have fun celebrating your freedom like we do here in the states!

[@coltonpatterson7632]

They bought the French land they didnt take it

[@pillager6190]

We also did not follow the rules of war. Those hunters would target the officers and sergeants, leaving the 'city folk' to shoot the regular soldiers. Worked very well most of the time.

[@yanceyricks2601]

Hey Artur, perhaps you would like to react to Stonewall Jackson of the confederacy. His execution of tactics are some of the best in warfare.

[@ran_d_d]

Fort mchenry in Baltimore is a pretty neat place to visit. Solid landmark that gets overlooked even though it’s where the national anthem was written. I’ve been a few times since it’s close by. We used to have an Estonian school too, that I went to as a kid.

[@alexh3497]

When they expanded west ward into French territory that was the Louisiana purchase, napoleon sold the territory to America

[@menwithven8114]

I grew up in the south (nothern Florida) and we were taught SO MUCH about the war of independence. We had to memorize like 10 battle hymns about different battles and one of our plays was the battle of New Orleans. That was in the late 90s.

[@LOKJAV]

Please react to The Incredible Japanese Prison Break by Kento Bento

[@JokerOnline95]

The video doesn't even mention the fact that there were also pirates that helped Jackson and if it weren't for Jean Lafitte, his pirates, and all of their gunpowder, flints, and cannons Jackson might just have lost New Orleans to the British. I'm from Southern Louisiana and Jean Lafitte is such an icon there that we celebrate him with festivals and reenactments.

[@Eddy-Mason]

Comin at you from the Rez in Parker Az. We ain’t extinct we just secretly taking back America one casino at a time😱😱👌🥳🥳

[@randalbundy8108]

It is confusing but the narrator must be referring to several wars that were going on at the same time period. The War of 1812 was between the US and British who were in Canada. At the same time the US was expanding westward into native American/Indian territory.

[@nakedsnake4248]

Hey Artur I just smoked some crack.

[@camdun3772]

Everyone born here is technically a native, my great grandmother was full blooded Choctaw, but what happened is they mostly wound up interbreeding with whites over time.

[@kristenwright3429]

You should watch the series about the 30 years war. It is a very interesting one as not a lot of people knew about this war

[@MrSmithOriginal]

The Navajo have a word for the people BEFORE them called the Anasazi which means ancient ones, or ancient enemies. They fought against these people, and also fought against the Ute tribe and some of the Navajo used black magic witchcraft against them. They have so far as I hear found mass graves in the southwest and it doesn't get reported. Also, I think it was the Comanche who made a name for themselves as great warriors by killing giants who once existed in the land. Things just are not as simple as white people invaded from the east as imperialists and colonized. This is globalist-communist propaganda. Thanks for the video!

[@haraldisdead]

I love when he puts things together about America based on history

[@RKNGL]

To clear a few things up. 1. The "Impressment" of American sailors was viewed by many as piracy by the British as they were Forcibly kidnapping Americans into the Royal navy. 2. The French Colony of Louisiana was purchased from France. The French attitude toward the region had soured after the Haitian revolution. With the little formal control outside of New Orleans and encroaching US influences on the territory. Conflict would have become inevitable if it wasn't sold. 3. Natives in the US still exist. Their are over 200 recognized tribes and hundreds of unrecognized ones with varying levels of independence and autonomy within the country.

[@maddied4669]

I read a really good book for a college course called The Shawnee Prophet by R. David Edmunds. It’s about Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (aka the Shawnee Prophet) and how they unified several tribes and fought in the War of 1812. Definitely a recommended reading if you want to learn more about Native Americans’ role in this war

[@eddiebarron618]

I'm from the United States of America Visalia California we have love and respect 🙏 for you Estonian brother and you're country I LOVE YOU'RE VIDEOS KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK 💪......BE SAFE ,PLAY SMART YOURE FRIEND, Eddie Barron

[@gouldilox6805]

I'm an American and I'm far more fascinated with history outside of the U.S then inside, but seeing your enthusiasm about the history of my own country is really refreshing, it's something I kind of like to see. P.S please go watch the video "How close was the soviet union to collapse in ww2" by TIK, he's an interesting historian.

[@vivalameme6341]

I believe that we have been at peace for only17 years

[@bryerhitt1700]

We don't much talk about the seminal wars in america, but I'm glad you were talking about Napoleonic Wars.

[@BazookaLuca]

IDK if you ever heard of mapping except in the No Ideas Reaction but there is that little Mapper I enjoy watching and maybe you could react to him. If you read this and want a link I send you the link

[@jameskenneweg7609]

You should react to the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington.

[@lMrWongl]

Take a look into the first ever recorded medal of honor

[@BrianHall33]

Hey Artur, some fun facts There was a Folk song written about the battle of New Orleans by a man from my home state of Arkansas Jimmy Driftwood and sang by Johnny Horton who was famous for his folk songs and other historical ballads. The song holds a special place in my heart from hearing it at my grandparents a lot as a kid. Great song! There was a pirate lord around New Orleans at the time, the British tried to get him to lead them through the swamp because he knew the paths, because ya know... pirate. But he couldn’t bring himself to fight against the Americans so he refused and I think he helped the Americans either by giving them guns or some other way. I can’t remember and it’s been a while so there may have been a few things wrong with that. Andrew Jackson is a fascinating character, I would strongly recommend you look into him. Not a good guy but a badass and incredibly interesting. He eventually became president. He absolutely hated the British, a British officer cut his face with a saber when he was a child. He fought in a lot of duels. And I mean a lot. Numbers differ but some say he was in anywhere between a couple dozen to hundreds of duels, many on the White House lawn while he was president. When he was elected he through a MASSIVE party at the White House and had to move the alcohol onto the lawn and sneak into the White House so he could actually start being president. At a funeral a crazy dude jumped out of some bushes and tried to shoot Jackson. Both pistols misfired. Jackson subsequently ruthlessly beat his would be assassin with his cane and almost killed him, it was so bad Jackson’s own bodyguards had to drag the president off of the ‘assassin’ His nickname, particularly in the army, was Old Hickory, because it’s a very hard and strong wood, especially seasoned (old) hickory. South Carolina once threatened to secede and Jackson squashed the idea. When Jackson was president he enforced the Trail of Tears, which forcibly removed many native tribes out of the south east and into Oklahoma and the west. The Supreme Court actually ruled this to be unconditional and said Jackson couldn’t to this. And Jackson basically goes “make me” the Supreme Court has made its decision now let’s see them enforce it. Saying yeah it’s your job to say what I’m doing is illegal but it’s not your job or within your power to stop me. Great video Artur! Keep it up!

[@oiler1976]

You'll have to read Democracy In America (written by Alexis de Tocqueville in the 1820) to get a feel for the formation of the "American character." One excellent chapter about a democracy going to war is stunning in its conclusions. Even though the book was written almost 200 years ago, we haven't changed in so many ways.

[@ItsAVolcano]

Jackson's army was aided heavily by a local pirate gang. The pirates were led by Jean Lafitte and his two brothers, they and their crew fought for a pardon from the Governor (and being French it was a good way to fight the English). Although they only brought about 150 men, they also brought about 50 cannons, providing over 80% of Jackson's artillery.

[@AscensionProject8]

At first I was mad that he said he knew more about American history than American's do... but then I turned on the news and realized he was right.

[@mrc18377]

The word rockets refers to Congreve Rockets -- a weapon the British used at Baltimore.

[@zzzkoszzz]

"The Rockets Red Glare" refers to 'Congreve Rockets' ...contrary to popular belief rockets have been used in "western"/European warfare since the late 18th Century. By the mid/late 1800s Congreve rockets are used on battlefields worldwide.

[@royferguson2297]

Andrew Jackson was from A village called Eden just outside Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland.UK.

[@20somthingdrifter11]

11:55 - Actually there were rockets back then, though they weren't very accurate or as powerful as motors or cannons, they were more mobile thought, which meant they could be repositioned and moved much quicker.

[@gasfreak335]

I don’t know how he doesn’t have over a million subscribers

[@justinmccleese3140]

I'm new to your channel so I don't know if you've done it already, but if you're into snipers Simo Häyhä is a good one to look into, and so is Carlos Hathcock. I like your content and hope to see more. Good luck.

[@NoobNoobNews]

back then, the rockets were black powder rockets that went a distance and exploded in the air over the enemy. it was used to cause noise and occasionally rain fire on open powder barrels.

[@michaeldesanta977]

The US government did not invade the Louisiana Territory (French colony) we bought it from Napoleon. Granted, we bought it for less than $0.03 an acre, but we still bought it.

[@duphasdan]

Artur must of been thinking about the French and Indian Wars that occurred during the Seven Years War. And America purchased Louisiana, not take it over. One fun fact about the American national anthem. It was sung to the tune of a very popular bar song at the time, To Anacreon in Heaven.

[@M4ttNet]

One thing they forget to point out, which is pretty important, is not all natives were on the side of Tecumseh. Many tribes still had rivalries and some chose the US. When Jackson fought the red stick creek in the Battle of Horseshoe bend he did so with the help of the Cherokee. Specifically with the Cherokee Major Ridge who would play a significant role in Cherokee history and seemingly considered Andrew Jackson a life long friend. Ridge's son, John, would name a son Andrew Jackson Ridge in fact. Ridge is an infamous Cherokee for being a key leader in signing the removal treaty without the support of the Cherokee leadership, this is what lead to the trial of tears.

[@draconisthewyvern3664]

@Artur Rehi hmm yes the natives did have a concept of personal property and land and territory. not all of the natives where nomads and still the concept of personal property existed in the nomadic ones as well.

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

Yeah, native Americans still exist. In fact, back when Obsma was pesident, there was a major protest going on between native Americans and an oil corporation putting in a pipeline that the tribes people were opposed, both for environmental reasons and for personal reasons as the oil company basically dug up and destroyed burial grounds for the pipeline. This got some national attention and some 4000 vets went up to standing rock where this was all going down, siding with the tribes people leading to a really touching moment where the vets kneeled and apologised for all the shit they had to endure over the years of American expansionism and beyond and the tribes people named them honorary tribesmen, at least while the protests were going on.

[@aispark7422]

Natives didn't go extinct. I'm Onondaga and we're still here on the reservation in New York. Just like Mohawks, Oneida, and the other 3 Nations. Of course(in Onondaga) there is currently a struggle to keep our language and culture going, so not many many know about us. Then there was the whole Boarding School thing, talking Native kids away from their families and keeping them in boarding schools to teach them the “American” way. Kids were harshly punished if they spoke their language. Many of our elders had to go through that for years. Once they got home, they couldn't talk to their families because they forgot their language and their parents didn't know English that well. Then time goes on and they have kids and they don't teach them Natives things because of fear what happened to them in school. In 1973(I think) is when the boarding schools closed down. There is other reasons, but I won't get into that. Just remember that we are still here.

[@lolikususs]

If you dont speak your language then its wierd you say you are part of that people

[@aispark7422]

@@lolikususs I speak it, but I don't know much (I don't play attention in class). So I only know the basics.

[@lolikususs]

@@aispark7422 oh

[@murderbus]

We have had 17 years of peace ^_^

[@Raabit615]

This story always gets that dang song stuck in my head....

[@the1warboar]

The major war i can think of off the top of my head that you may have been thinking of heavily involving Native Americans was the French-Indian war, or the Seven Years war to everyone not in America. Many tribes joined both sides based on who they believed would let them keep the most land and who was most likely to win. Which for a time, since afterwards the British had given the conquered land back to France, Natives who fought on either side were able to live just on the west side of the Appalachian mountian range and generally be left alone, until of course the Louisiana purchase and Americas move west

[@SLANEISCRAZY]

Lol hey we're not extinct yet brother! We are still here. Some of us are born on reservations and some of us are not. But most are integrated into American culture and way of life. I personally am from the Serono Tribe in California. Peace brother. Stay cool!

[@SSHitMan]

The British did have rockets in the War of 1812. They were called Congreve rockets. They were an improved version of the rockets Indian (as in India) armies used earlier. The biggest weighed 300 lbs, were over 25' long, and had a range of 3,000 yards.