Invasion of Quebec: Benedict Arnold’s Death March | US History | Extra History | Part 2

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You guys are the Best! These videos are so interesting!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@also_arles]

That opening was pretty silly, I'm not sure I'd be able to trust my soldiers if they accidentally opened fire on eachother... 😅

[@danf3201]

5:40 The possibly first ever military contractor for America made a substandard product that wasn't built to spec? Truly war never changes.

[@callumcooney-waterhouse7851]

😆

[@songlog7670]

As a Quebecer it’s fun to see you talking about my home! Bonne journée!

[@quebecpilotdreams1516]

Not often we get to be a subject in these big history KZbinrs. Always fun to be there!

[@Game_Hero]

@@quebecpilotdreams1516 either we're canadawashed into non-existence or talk about condescendingly

[@Limoroc]

Bonne soirée

[@TheOlibaba]

It's a bit weird to me, having grown up in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, where Fort Saint-Jean/St. John's is located 😂

[@icyskelly204]

I’m from Alberta and I’m really enjoying this story

[@JohnPlaceman-xw9xv]

"Benedict Arnold, never heard of him. Ouch"

[@DanBacksIide]

This is a very simple explanation You might call it oversimplified

[@laurencelikestopgun]

Dude.....uncool

[@malachiphoniex8501]

Oversimplified gang rise up!

[@rafayabdul5671]

Here here

[@chequereturned]

He sounds like a real Judas or Quisling. Or…

[@LumityFan555]

He was a captain under general montgomery until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec 5:29

[@jamsdiscourse9512]

And we'll in summary

[@dzmcroy]

damn, spoiler alert

[@alexcrazy1492]

Every time I learn about revolutionary history, more of the musical makes sense and it’s amazing 😊

[@jadepersonally]

HAMILTON FAN SPOTTED

[@stevecooper7883]

Benedict Arnold was incredible at getting any part of his army at all to cross the mountains of Maine to the St. Lawrence. What a story to tell! (And it seems Werner Hertzog did)

[@MustardAndFries]

Never had really considered that the native tribes in America were appealed to because of how sparsely populated the regions where conflict occurred were. I know that the country constantly had frontiers but it can be hard to envision that and strategic recruitment of natives just helps show that historically.

[@MyleneRichard]

And we are still doing it! Canadian Armed Forces have special units in the Great North were population is very sparse. They are called Ranger Patrol Group and they are provided with equipment and formation to keep an eye on what's going on in the Northern part of the country. They are formed from local population so mostly members of native nations.

[@Annie_Annie__]

The Americans and the British were both constantly trying to bribe the many Native American tribes and confederations. They would tell the natives how much better they’ll be treated if we win the war (it could be argued that both sides lied like crazy) and they often were bribed with guns and other imported goods. Both sides were reluctant to give the Native Americans many firearms because they could so easily be turned and used against them either during the war or once the war was won, so it was a balancing act of giving them just enough guns to win them to their side but not so many that they’re a threat. At the very least each side wanted to get to each tribe first so that if they couldn’t convince them to fight for their side, they could convince them to remain neutral.

[@bingfrench2763]

If you ever want to experience this, how treacherous this trail was, may I suggest taking route 201 from Fort western in Augusta, ME to the border near Jackman. 2 hours long but has some amazing views.

[@ZetaPyro]

Can confirm, it's a beautiful drive. I was up in Jackman for the total solar eclipse in April, where the center of totality passed right through there.

[@allocater2]

It's so funny to hear "Uncharted Wilderness of Maine" and now everything is paved with highways.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Did anyone bite off their own fingers due to frostbite? Just like Werner Herzog in Jack Reacher

[@davidwright7193]

Are you sure you aren't confusing Werner with Maurice?

[@olivierdomingue6312]

There is a small river in St-Georges city in Quebec named after this, it is named rivière Famine (Starvation river).

[@jeremy1860]

Well, look at it this way, Benedict. At least you avoided Hannibal's marsh-crossing issue of losing an eye 😏

[@MyleneRichard]

Well... he lost his leg, but a bit later. XD

[@patsfreak]

It’s worth noting that the mountain range along the border of Maine and Quebec is simply and forebodingly known simple as “The Boundary Mountains”. Ol Bennie managed to walk over those

[@Kalamir5]

As a French Quebecois Canadian, I can say after being abandon by the French in the previous war against Brittain. Whit Brittain sending more troups to Quebec then Quebec had population... It was a one sided fight that we lost. Quebec had no moral to rebel. On the flip side, to try to win us Over after that expensive war, we where barely taxed, that burden being left you to the 13 Colonies & I am sure you guys know what happened next..

[@JosephAbbott-gw4ik]

U spelt Britain wrong. U spelt it as if it were Brittany. It isn't, it's Britain.

[@greyfacedmanishere8312]

@@JosephAbbott-gw4ik booo

[@GolemDude]

Britian's language legacy rests in the US, Spain's in Mexico, and France's in Canada, but all of Canada could've spoken French if they didn't throw it away for two tiny Caribbean Islands.

[@RazSofer-xh3qs]

Haythem from afar: *sighs heavily*

[@jokodihaynes419]

"But the thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies" -Lawkeeper Equity Mlp Ace Attorney EOJ

[@vittoriolepporio122]

I had a family member who helped defend Quebec from the American invasion. Ironic considering when he was a kid his father fought the British

[@Game_Hero]

Still pleasantly surprised by the info that was added, like the clergy's role in all this and the Quebec Act (which pissed off even more the americans who now couldn't expand west even more). Also, if you care about prononciation, it's prononced "Kay-beck".

[@LeCommieBoi]

Kay-beck is the french pronounciation. The english one is as he pronounce it. As a québécois I find it annoying too but have come to accept it

[@Game_Hero]

@@LeCommieBoi you shouldn't, ait respect en toi-même, fellow Québécois.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

The art and narration are second to none guys! Bravo! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@bfcalixis2478]

It's so cool that this series came out right when I'm visiting Québec and the Plains of Abraham Museum is hosting a new exhibition about the 1775 siege.

[@BadWolfAndTimelords]

As a film studies graduate and a history lover, I am LIVING for these references. XD

[@Onora619]

One of the best channels on youtube. Period.

[@Louieface9770]

My 7th great grandfather was part of the army that marched through Québec. He marched from Philadelphia to Québec City and back to Philadelphia. He became a captain at some point, and he crossed the Delaware River with Washington. His name was Samuel Moore. He also fought in the Battle of Germantown. I just recently found out that my 12th great grandfather was the Deputy Governor of New York Colony in the 1600s. His name was John Moore II, born in Benenden, Kent, England 1620, and he died in Newtown, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America 1657.

[@bellehogel8665]

General Montgumery...hmm... listens to "Right Hand Man" from Hamilton...oh boy Also yes called it Burr's here

[@ericst-laurent8161]

In 1774 with the act of Quebec George III guaranteed to the French of Canada the free exercise of the Catholic religion and the possibility of preserving the French language as well as French civil laws. This is why the French in Canada mainly took the side of the British. fortunately because they would probably have befallen us the same fate as the Cajuns of Louisiana (assimilation)

[@Xerxes2005]

We have a proverb in French: Un "tiens!" vaut mieux que deux "tu l'auras." (One "take!" is worth more than two "you'll get it.")

[@nekomancer7026]

The English equivalent to it would be: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".

[@Tecnoli230]

At 1:50, one of the (many) reasons why Québec didn't respond to the first continental congress was that, unlike other colonies, Québec didn't have an elected assembly. The governing of the province was controlled by the governor without any elected assembly. The legislative council was only advisory, and the member were named by the governor. This is why the americans wanted to organise some kind of elected assembly in Quebec after the conquest, to have them formally join the continental congress, since no formal institution existed.

[@Xerxes2005]

The problem is that because of the Test Oath, no Canadien could get elected without abjuring his faith. So Carlton always refused the creation of such an assembly. Besides, democratic ideals were not yet very strong here...

[@Tecnoli230]

Yes you are right. Also since a lot of the traditional elite left for France after the conquest, the social class that would normally be elected and run such assembly (peoples like the us founding fathers), was decimated. That's why the right to a parliament only came in Quebec in 1791, a generation after the conquest, since it take time for a new generation of political and economical elite to grow.

[@johnstanczyk4030]

There are never too many references of Werner Herzog.

[@euansmith3699]

A person who is tired of Werner Herzog is a person who is tired of eating boots and getting shot.

[@joels5150]

I always imagine that his monologue from Rick and Morty wasn’t reading the script, he was just in the studio talking and they recorded it. “I have dwelt among the humans. Their entire culture is built around their penises. It’s funny to say they are small, it’s funny to say they are big…” 😂

[@Game_Hero]

So they believed the Québécois would go crazy because they've had enough of their colony? Dang it, Werzog

[@PatG-xd8qn]

Actually a lot of french Canadians wanted to join the Americans, but the Catholic leader at the time (religion was very powerful in Québec back then) told people to stay loyal to the British, and people listened

[@Game_Hero]

@@PatG-xd8qn that's a Werzog joke, that famous depressed penguin clip, I'm Québécois, I know all of that, lol (also, please no more use that term "french canadian", it's culturally inaccurate, condescending and an exonym)

[@michaelsilver253]

​@Game_Hero whoa, had no idea other than it's an exonym. What would you prefer? Quebecois? Even though you know we're gonna pronounce the 's' at the end?

[@Game_Hero]

@@michaelsilver253 No worries, Québécois is the term we as a distinct nation preffer, same for Acadians preffering to be called Acadians, and for the rest, Franco-Manitoban, Franco-Ontarian and so on and so forth, the latter ones often being regrouped together as "Franco-Canadians" due to their "franco" prefix reffering to the fact they, alongside us Québécois and Acadians (and Cajuns and Franco-Americans, gotta not forget about them), speak french but aren't french in any way, the same way Mexicans might speak spanish but are not spanish in any way. I hope this was clear, let me know if it isn't! Love talking about my people and my culture!

[@michaelsilver253]

@Game_Hero I see how that works! Here's another one for your list too- there are about 100 French speakers in the central US state of Missouri that live in/around a single town there. I don't know what name they call themselves by, but they are the only remaining speakers of Missouri French, a dialect similar to but distinct from the French spoken in Louisiana, which as I understand it is similar to the French you speak, right? In American school they teach us about the Louisana Purchase, which is how we got a massive middle chunk of our country. But then the only part of that territory with enough French speakers in it to not get completely absorbed by the incoming American settlers & lose their French language is in what now makes up the modern state of Louisiana. That's also why it's the only state in the country where the state constitution & legal code are based on the Code Napoleon, rather than English common law. They never mentioned this last little dot of French stranded hundreds and hundreds of miles away though!

[@ZombieStoleMyShottie]

Loving this series! However, that's the wrong British flag. The pre-1801 flag didn't have the diagonal red of Ireland.

[@paullenoue8173]

Opening scene: I attack the darkness!

[@ecurewitz]

By using a magic missle?

[@xangelita101x]

This is the most spectacular episode by @ExtraHistory. The telling about the invasion of Quebéc to the betrayal of Benedict Arnold. The surprising part was Quebéc was going to be the 14 state of the "at the time" United States.

[@JohnRNewAccountNumber3]

That Benedict Arnold seemed like a less-than-moral officer. Akin to the protagonist of the Werner Herzog joint Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. ETA: Oh God dammit. That last-minute reference was Grizzly, Man.

[@Tselel]

Oh man, Quebec was asked to be the 14th colony? Daaaaaaaamn, THAT'S an alternate history I'd love to see.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Man, you could make a satirical historical comedy live action series out of this. With Herzog references even.

[@larrychilders6599]

1:06 sounds like when Pong Krell was in charge

[@birdofclay9581]

When you set the stage with poor vision and paranoia, I already thought: They´ll do a little friendly fire, won´t they?

[@Mannitol553]

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu mentioned RAHHHHHHHHH 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

[@LumityFan555]

Hamilton’s father in-law is in the video 3:23

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

That was mentioned in video before this

[@RedfootAllAmericanAnthro]

And the General whose last name I'm named after lol

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Hey EH! Huge fan of you guys! Thanks For this amazing new series!! Love to learn with You 😊😊😊😊

[@gunpowdergelatine6358]

Production Upgrade! Good job leveling up again

[@LesHaskell]

My 4th great-grandfather, Caleb, marched out of Newburyport, Massachusetts, as fifer in the militia. He and the rest of the company made it to Cambridge, but were recalled to Essex County because of a panic over a potential British landing on the coast. At the beginning of May, he signed up with a brand new company raised to go to Cambridge to join the army. He was at the Siege of Boston and the Battle of Bunker Hill, and in September he volunteer to go to Quebec on the Arnold Expedition. He was in Ward's Company in Greene's Battalion. Arnold's force consisted of two battalions of militiamen and three companies of riflemen who were more or less organized into another brigade.

[@thesuccessfulone]

No Truman Show among all these Herzog references? I like how wild you're getting lately.

[@ILoveMisty1985]

Never expected to see the day when Extra History would take us Into the Abyss of Werner Herzog's allegorical films in describing Revolutionary War events.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Loved the video. Can't wait to see the end of this video series.

[@quietone610]

@7:33 When the French Protestants fell under siege one time too many, they DID learn to cook their leather for food. It is a lot of effort.

[@wyzolol]

this series has been GREAT im going in blind with this since i didnt know anything about the invasion of quebec before part 1

[@germanomagnone]

0:52 this scene seems to me a lot like a Looney Toon scene, or a gag worthy of one of our very entertaining "Sturmtruppen" is an Italian satirical comic strip, created and drawn by Bonvi.

[@aaronginsberg4993]

I get that the British called it St. Johns but labelling it St. John's instead of Saint Jean or Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is needlessly confusing. St. John's with an apostrophe is the city (which existed at this time) in Newfoundland. If you're going to distinguish the Province of Quebec by calling it Canada, why not use the modern/French name for Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu?

[@tylersteph1996]

1. They don’t use the apostrophe in the video. They spelled it the way it was in English “Johns”. 2. Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is the name of the town, which didn’t get built up with the railway until the 1830’s. During the revolution there was nothing but the fort, which was predominantly populated by English speakers and later loyalists. It didn’t become predominantly French until the 1800’s when the fort lost strategic significance. 3. They’ve only talked about a very specific region in Quebec which kind of narrows it down.

[@aaronginsberg4993]

@@tylersteph1996 Check the screen at 0:04

[@tylersteph1996]

@@aaronginsberg4993 3:11

[@Chapy63]

Yo! I always like this history because people in Quebec barely know it. The main reason why French-Canadians didn’t get involve was two-fold. First, for them, there was no such things as Americans and British, they were all English people fighting among each other. It was an English conflict which didn’t involved them. They would differentiate the two sides by calling the rebels « Bostonnais » (Bostonians), but having been conquered by the Brits only 10 years prior, they saw that simply has a change of command, a quarrel between two English groups over their control. The second reason was that they were heavily discourage to do so by the Catholic Clergy, who just got a great deal from the British with the Act of Quebec. Basically, the Brits left the Clergy to run almost autonomously the province for them as long as they would make sure the population remains loyal. This would have deep impact in Quebec’s culture, as French-Canadians would culturally develop inside the umbrella of the church, which ‘’protected’’ their culture from assimilation. It’s only in the 1960’s that Quebec went away from this Catholic Church dominance and reject it for a much more secular culture. All that being said, French-Canadian militia did take part in some fights, the Battle of Trois-Rivières being a great example.

[@OdinWannaBe]

Most of the militia used by british force were natives, french Irish and autochtones, The fight in TR, is just more known.

[@Xiiki]

“Because it’s always funnier the second time right?”

[@math2222322]

Why would Quebeckers switch from one English overlord to another English ovelord (americans, but back then they both would be considered British by the french-canadians ) that’s why we didn’t join the U.S.

[@digitoki6886]

Yeah like i can see how the americans might think that, but the americans were also the ones fighting the Canadiens/Quebecois

[@maxgutman1849]

Can you please do a bonus episode of Benedict Arnold's betrayal of the the Continental Army to the British.

[@bearathon4041]

Hey EH I’m a big fan! Can we get a series on Cyrus the great and the Achaemenid Persian empire.

[@gavinbaker7421]

I never thought I'd be knocked over the head by so many Werner Herzog films in a revolutionary war video. I can say that every reference landed with me, consider me pleasantly surprised!

[@supermanlypunch]

Saying "We have fun" in the middle of a dozen Werner Hertzog references is certainly a choice of words. Not usually things that go together. or even things that are generally found in the same building.

[@pameiuioigoutu]

How many Werner Herzog references can you fit into a video challenge

[@Raziel312]

Montgomery would rather fight the British army than his wife.

[@ChingitaThe]

Love you guys, keep on keeping on!

[@rok3440live]

AH The notorious Benedict Arnold

[@shashwatsreenivasan4505]

Who?

[@dciking]

“There’s no Canada like French Canada!”

[@Xerxes2005]

Indeed, it's the first Canada.

[@GiarcraiGO]

"Canadian" stereotypes like poutine and maple syrup are actually Quebecois. Quebecois is the term used for the people, since the Anglos took the formerly used name Canadienne. "French Canadian" is a term used by the Anglo Canadians that tried assimilating the Quebecois.

[@DwightStJohn-w1l]

early September: bugs, humidity, and add on top of that extreme exertion carrying all your supplies. did I mention HUMIDITY???

[@jonmoldenhauer347]

No those jokes about the filmography of Werner Herzog were completely landing with me.

[@Devon1238]

Could you guys think about doing a mythology video on the odyssey please?!

[@eriador1]

EHs ad inserts are always just sublime. I kinda don't want to subscribe to Nebula just to still have them.

[@LordKalte]

I was confused about which fort you were a talking about... But I'm pretty sure you're talking about Fort Saint-Jean and that on is barely to the south-east of Montreal and not that much to the south as you are showing on your drawn maps.

[@tylersteph1996]

I mean in fairness the British garrison also referred to it as Fort St.Johns.

[@LordKalte]

@@tylersteph1996 That's where that name comes from. I googled it trying to find what fort they were talking about and didn't find anything by that name in that area in english pages. Only a city in BC

[@tylersteph1996]

@@LordKalte Fort Saint-Jean is referred to today by its French name to differentiate it from other places. There’s a lot of cities in Canada with the variation of St.John.

[@DaNL-ly8zn]

hello there! can you please make an episode for the Franklin expedition?

[@emil2920]

You should make a video about the Spanish conquest of the aztecs and other American empires Btw luv the vids keep it up

[@mightywurlitzer]

3/4 of the way through and I was disappointed nobody in the expedition was eaten by a grizzly

[@williamharris8367]

That would be amazing, especially considering the absence of grizzly bears in Eastern Canada.

[@FakeBlocks]

Please do the Greek war of independence of 1821 against the ottoman empire next I've been asking for this since the first episodes of the sengoku Jidai!!.

[@jordisaura6748]

2:30 Is that a reference to... "I fart in your general direction"?

[@TDK360]

I was waiting for that last reference after the second Werner Herzog reference. 😂

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

And then, Arnold turned into a vampire, just like in Werner Herzog's Nosferatru.

[@aaronpaul9188]

The Quebec act was part of catholic emancipation, which was specifically cited by the american founding fathers as one of the "intolerable acts"

[@oisinbrogan]

Liked for Werner Herzog references!

[@aldbgbnkladg]

I'm not done watching the episode yet, but how was the reception of the Quebec Act for the 13 Colonies? I learned in school that it added to the resentment in the colonies, but didn't hear about that when I visited Boston's Tea Party Museum

[@Sarmgerra]

Bad Lieutenant is actually streaming on Criterion. I know that it messes with the ad, but still

[@hidef80]

i cannot take the frame at 0:40 seriously bro 😭

[@Sc0ts]

Living near and regularly traveling along the Kennebec river I know how difficult it could have been to travel along it and then further on into Quebec

[@drewrichmond2964]

Hey extra history can you do a series on how the mongol empire ended

[@ZaneRichards-pk3bb]

That 1/3rd was my ancestor Lt. Col. Roger Enos who was the rear regimental commander. Smart enough to say screw this, leave and make it through a court martial to be acquitted with honor. Later he was promoted to Major General and was put in charge of the Vermont militia. One of his sons went on to help found Springfield Illinois.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Well I have watched most of the films you mentioned at least!

[@WhereMySmilingCrittersAt]

5:29 Sir!

[@Plab1402]

I like cheese 😋

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[@Plab1402]

@@tonymontana5651 no, I'm not a bot, I just like cheese, such delicious food 🧀

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explain why you like cheese

[@Plab1402]

@@furret-gw8yf Cheese is a dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep). During production, milk is usually acidified and either the enzymes of rennet or bacterial enzymes with similar activity are added to cause the casein to coagulate. The solid curds are then separated from the liquid whey and pressed into finished cheese. Some cheeses have aromatic molds on the rind, the outer layer, or throughout. Basically, it's delicious 🔥

[@schwunkie]

​@@Plab1402but I'm lactose intolerant :(

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content guys! Hearth please ❤❤❤❤❤

[@alexthedemon2203]

Burr that was some cold weather.

[@GregoryM1]

Angelica, Eliiiiza, and Peggy. The Schuyler Sisters

[@ArgoDraconia]

Benedict Arnold has some interesting lore, I'm sure he will continue to keep on aiding the colonies.

[@Dunkin_Chicken135]

can we get like a summary of all of the napoleonic wars....or the story of the 42nd or royal scots greys at waterloo, or the 92nd idk somthing about scotland

[@Dunkin_Chicken135]

(totally not bias)

[@sarahwatts7152]

I've always meant to read Arundel, but never quite managed it

[@jinhunterslay1638]

0:59 - this is tame compared to other famous ways armies/navies self-destructed throughout history. Like: . The time an Austrian army defeated itself with countless friendly fire over some barrels of booze . A Russian Navy mistaking EVERYTHING for Japanese torpedo boats and shooting itself multiple times….on top of many other blunders

[@manbehindzecurtain]

Bad lieutenant great film this channel Epic

[@Criz83]

Are you kidding me? I watched "Aguirre: the Wrath of God" 8h before watching this episode! 😮😂😂

[@mcintoshpc]

Would the Continental Army have those (sorta kinda but not quite) standardized uniforms yet? Genuinely unsure on the timeline, although already having them in 1775 *seems* pretty quick.

[@mohawkmoose12]

MORE HERZOG CONTENT PLEASE

[@AndreDoesStupidStuff]

Extra History is extra historining

[@TheHorzabora]

The wilds of Maine seems… really strange to me. Then I talk to natives…

[@williamharris8367]

Even today there are very large swaths of Northern Maine with virtually no people (much less services or amenities). In some places, there are still no paved roads.

[@StarGamerGirl]

@@williamharris8367 I am from Maine, Once the population of the area is less than 2000 people there are no paved roads but for Snow plows to goverment offices and bases and the Routes (like State Route 2), and I-95

[@LunaP1]

Why does this failed invasion remind me of Napoleon’s failed Battle of Waterloo?

[@yousifnash5378]

The governor leaving only meant he had a heart of glass

[@julianstone1192]

Wait how did the soldiers write home after just completing the death march? Email? Plothole? Did they send some hapless courier all the way back? That would sure suck, cool vid

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Werner Herzog is an awesome director!