How The U.S. Bought Most Of Its Territory

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[@General.Knowledge]

Would you be interested in videos about the territorial evolution of other countries? And if so, which?

[@zachatck64]

Canada (ex. Newfoundland joining Canada in 1949)

[@renatoe9648]

sure sounds cool, big empires like U and France would be interesting also Spain all the way back to the reconquista. China has had tons of changes through the dynasties well and Rome if you are willing to go that far back

[@mr.bark6704]

Maybe a interesting country that not many people know the expansion of but would still be interesting??

[@mr.bark6704]

MR BEAST SHORTS COMMENTED!!

[@diegoflores9237]

The u.s. invaded mexico and took the land

[@butlered4350]

germany: conqueres land britain: colonises land netherlands: turns sea into land US: buys land

[@jakubpociecha8819]

Russia: Land buys you

[@ihavenolife9710]

Rich US Has it easy

[@theeternalsuperstar3773]

@@ihavenolife9710 Most of these purchases were made before the U.S was a super rich nation. The US wasn't the #1 economy until 1917. Hell, the Alaskan purchase was made soon after the Civil war where 1/2 of the nation's economy was destroyed. The U.S just got a lot of really good deals as most countries were willing to sell their land for dirt cheap(even by the standards of the time).

[@MisterCOM]

@Jack Bonello how do you steal land from nomadic peoples that dont have a concept of land ownership

[@thomaspollock3904]

@Jack Bonello Explain how the peoples of the areas you just mentioned acquired legal title to the land you say they owned.

[@_blank-_]

Natives: "You guys are getting paid!?"

[@badhrihari1705]

I want to laugh but I know I shouldn’t

[@lonelymr.paper_man4759]

Now that's funny

[@legoworksstudios1]

Hahahaha!

[@tremondial]

The Natives also got paid for their land often times. Thing is they did not have the same understanding of land property as the settlers had. They thought the land would still be theirs. Sometimes the settlers also just straight out misled the Natives in these land purchases.

[@achmeddschonusi9052]

@@tremondial Said it to the natives of East Coast

[@sail4549]

Mongolia: i conquer you Britain: I colonise you USA: I buy you

[@davidmb1316]

Germany: I occupy you

[@president2887]

China : I am claiming you based on history

[@smashingthreeplates2171]

@@president2887 That’s literally irredentism!

[@dexterityisbetterthanstren8961]

The Netherlands: I make you

[@radrook2153]

Puerto Rico: I do whatever you say.

[@arroe8386]

Let's be honest, none of these purchases would've happened if the sellers didn't think they would lose the territories for nothing in a military conflict otherwise

[@reeces.pieces3]

France sold Louisiana to fund the Napoleonic wars. Spain sold Florida because it was difficult to hold on to. Mexico lost the Mexican Cession after losing the Mexican-American war. The only purchase this really works for was Oregon.

[@arroe8386]

@@reeces.pieces3 What does "difficult to hold on to" mean if not what's stated in the comment?

[@reeces.pieces3]

@@arroe8386 They couldn't keep the local population on check, and it was too expensive to hold on to. So they sold it.

[@kocant1274]

nope. The French needed money so they sold Louisiana

[@jorge6207]

Spain did a good deal with Florida, as by that time they had already lost about half their American colonies for no money at all.

[@SR-jr5nh]

We did a big brain game... I guess, but we never had colonies, we had virrois and an autonomous community/province in the case of Puerto Rico

[@jorge6207]

@@SR-jr5nh By 1819, Rio de la Plata wasn't among that fold for five years already, with current Uruguay even occupied by Portugal. The rest of the continenteal possession/colonies/viceroyalties was either at war or about to become totally independent. At least you got some money for Florida.

[@arturohurtado7]

but not for Cuba or Dominican Republic

[@jorge6207]

@@arturohurtado7 Yeah, but with the (very powerful) exception of Haiti, the Caribbean is a different case. (and Canada, kind of). Perhaps no so much of a social and economic diversified base for independence.

[@SR-jr5nh]

@@jorge6207 You can say viceyoralties xd

[@LEGOLANDUSA]

the us is renting guantanamo bay for the same price of a studio apartment in new york city

[@General.Knowledge]

It's kind of surreal that that's the price right? I wonder if there's just not any recent data, but the latest value I could find was the one around $4K from 1974 onwards

[@noticedruid4985]

@@General.Knowledge well the renting of Guantanamo bay is a interesting subject. After the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban Communist government did not recognize the leasing of Guantanamo bay to the US during the previous government. But a unique thing about the lease agreement was that unlike a regular lease where the owner can say well it's time to go or have a specific end date the lease stated both parties had to agree for the lease to end. Meaning The Cuban Government says the lease is over, but the US government says no it's not. And every year the US government would send the lease payment to the Cuban Government and the Cuban Government maintained that they did not recognize it. But one year either in the 60s or 70s the Cuban leader Castro accidentally atleast he said cashed one of the lease checks thereby indirectly recognizing the lease.

[@Dhi_Bee]

@@noticedruid4985 Interesting. When I went to Cuba in 2017 & asked more than a few citizens if their government cashes the $ the US gives to rent Guantanamo, I was told Fidel Castro said in some speeches he proudly never cashed any of the payments the US government made since they’re “imperial, capitalist pigs” or whatever

[@MarloSoBalJr]

@@noticedruid4985 Even the biggest of communists can't turn down free money from a capitalist utopia. Castro was & still is an idiot

[@noticedruid4985]

@@Dhi_Bee well that's true, but he did cash one accidentally though.

[@Latyoki]

Any kids : Let's play territory war with all my soldiers toys! That one american kid : I'm gonna purchase your territory for $1B.

[@delaval7767]

Colombia says no!

[@RandomZex]

@@delaval7767 ?

[@Abel-Alvarez]

@@RandomZex Did you not watch the video?

[@RandomZex]

@@Abel-Alvarez I did

[@CortexRift]

@Latyoki are you saying America is just the rich kid? (strange how a government made of many persons can be seen in any way like an individual)

[@16ktsgamma]

Spain:Selling florida to the US. I guess Spanish was afraid of the Florida Man.

[@renanvinicius6036]

Florida man deleted your life.

[@connortheandroidsentbycybe7740]

Fwiw, the sorta weird shit Florida man gets up too happens in the rest of the state, and the rest of the world, but because of weird Floridian laws, there's no protections on criminal records or s/t

[@radrook2153]

the USA was threatening an invasion based on escaped slaves and Seminoles raiding into USA territory and Spain's inability to control it.

[@enalche2]

So Florida man has spanish ascent? Makes sense

[@FireboltPrime]

The Seminole and miccosucee are something else

[@Ichsukatanuka]

America buying 3/4 of its land is just the most American thing ever

[@matthewkottler5553]

I mean apparently not since other than New England and the midwest the entirety of the country was annexed from sovereign nations out of naked greed and bloodlust. All this fascist propaganda lmao.

[@Dominic_LaSalle]

@@matthewkottler5553 I bet you're fun at parties

[@xo-1320]

@@matthewkottler5553 I see you don't understand that before the development of the UN right of conquest was seen as legitimate way to gain terrority. Hell, its arguable that even some Socialist powers still believe in it today as Venezuela claims about a third of a nearby nation (can't take it because America would immediately use it as an excuse to overthrow them)

[@matthewkottler5553]

@@xo-1320 No actually. There was nothing called the UN but there have always been rules that countries are supposed to follow. Just like with the UN, countries often don't follow the rules when they're toothless and follow them when they can't get away with breaking them. The rules have typically been enforced by the major powers in a region. In Europe it would have been British and French Empires at that time but here, the US was in charge. There was however a moral concept of tyranny. A country attacking a peaceful, civilized neighbor for no reason it bothered to mention other than because it could was definitely not seen as a legitimate way to take territory in the mid 1800s. Usually there would be arguments about legal claims from the past or oppressed people living there who didn't want to be part of that country anymore (as with Texas from Mexico). Most of the other lands the US conquered it had no claim to at all. I never referenced this subject in my comment though. I never said the US did anything illegal. That's just something you brought up. Legal and moral aren't the same thing. Even in the historical context of the day.

[@matthewkottler5553]

@@xo-1320 Taking historical context entirely aside, would you argue that the US doesn't still today do things that are awful and tyrannical? I've been to Iraq but not recently. We destroyed the hopes and dreams of an entire nation there without giving an explanation to anybody. If you tell me you don't think our government is horrible today I probably just won't believe you.

[@himtraldi]

I remember an Aprils fools story from 2017 here in Denmark It stated that a clause in the sale of the Danish Virgin Islands said that Denmark had the right to buy them back after 100 years for the same price adjusted for inflation I like it because it was juuuust plausible enough that I had to look it up to be sure

[@limmyk4943]

Denmark should buy Skåne from Sweeden lmao

[@foxgamerz7314]

@@limmyk4943 ye

[@jonatangraversen7623]

@@limmyk4943 why would we buy our own property?

[@TheBarser]

@@limmyk4943 Just waiting for these Skåne people to move, so the area is livable again.

[@MortanAMrk]

@@TheBarser Skåne when the Malmögangsters

[@4outsidehelp]

First federal land purchase my home town paulsboro, nj ...

[@christophersteele5709]

new jersey? we PAID for a part of nj? wth were they thinkin

[@legolite45]

Hey, my family is from Paulsboro!

[@4outsidehelp]

@@legolite45 I probably know them

[@arden7713]

Who wants new jersey we need a refund

[@jordanalijahwon1905]

NJ really isnt that bad central location east access to mountains forests beaches 2 of the biggest cities in the USA (NYC and Philly) and people, at least where i live in central/south jersey, are really polite

[@AlbertBoris]

Damn if I could buy my own territory...

[@leadharsh0616]

Your house rn be like ಠ_ʖಠ

[@General.Knowledge]

I mean I guess you technically can

[@Aoxxet]

@@General.Knowledge 1st like xd

[@rainbowbloom575]

@@Aoxxet 1st like xd

[@Mrnicegreenguy]

@LIAM CLUETT I hate you xd

[@jbalmarez8414]

"If you have land and your afraid the British would steal it just sell it to the Americans" -sun tzu art of war

[@eymanhaykey238]

Russia sell Alaska to usa

[@oliviastratton2169]

The USA and UK good-cop-bad-cop-ing their way to Superpower status.

[@timberkrev7978]

@@eymanhaykey238 Badass Putin is still cursing his late unlamented tsars!

[@Okaz_]

That’s what happened to france and russia ( I think)

[@lu0z9_the_I]

@@eymanhaykey238 and russia is scary

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

USA bought the land of cuba because they bay was a natural harbor the usa could use to station their navy in (it was deep enough for large ships).

[@ab9840]

Those payment checks arrive every year but the current government on that island refuses to cash them in.

[@HahnJames]

Here's some trivia that's kind of useless but sort of humorous. Prior to WW II the Panama Canal hadn't undergone any major reconstruction. In 1942, when the 28 Essex Class aircraft carriers were commissioned, they were designed specifically to be narrow enough at the waterline to fit through the Canal. The ship's hull then fluted out to be quite wide. As they were built in Newport News, Rhode Island, and were needed in the Pacific Fleet as soon as possible, they were to be sent through the Panama Canal. The Canal had lights on lampposts lining both sides of the Canal, kind of like street lights. At some time during the building of the first Essex Class aircraft carrier, the U.S.S Essex, the existence of these lampposts was overlooked. That is until, The Essex arrived at the Canal to make it's transit to the Pacific Ocean. It was decided that taking the lampposts down would be too time consuming. The aircraft carrier proceeded through the Canal, knocking down each lamppost as it moved along.

[@riklangham6739]

THANKS

[@MSmith-Photography]

FYI, Sioux is commonly pronounced as "Sue".

[@That1HotMF]

These territories now cost trillions Russia,France,Spain :👁👄👁 Damn we got scammed

[@thetimelapseguy8]

They should have asked for interest on the land

[@LazyPictures]

Actually - no. For all those countries it wasn't a commercial buisness - it's just a way to get the last bite of otherwise lost territories. I mean - they could loose all those territories for free. But they A) got some money (the actual price is really much higher - not just because of inflation) B) they transfered territories to a neutral country, instead of loosing it to the enemy.

[@colefahie9784]

@@LazyPictures in other words they gave it away before Britain could get there hands on it

[@juanmoreno267]

@@colefahie9784 somewhat but at the same time not really

[@samarai5494]

@@colefahie9784 Yep. They would rather sell it to the US for some cash than have it occupied by the enemy.

[@mrmoose6619]

Fort Billingsport is in southern New Jersey for those of you who may not recognize geography of the map. This was bought to help stop British ships from navigating the Delaware River.

[@smashingthreeplates2171]

Countries buying Territories and Colonies from other countries, instead of conquering them is one of the most Capitalist things America has ever done and I love it!

[@SamAronow]

GK: speaks perfect English Also GK: pronounces all Spanish names in Portuguese

[@luanasari5161]

hes celebrating his portuguese heritage just let him be(joke btw)

[@Allaiya.]

I had forgotten the Philippines use to be a US territory. Dang and I thought Hawaii was a long flight from the mainland.

[@oliviastratton2169]

American Samoa and Guam are still US territories, and they're about as far away, if not farther.

[@merickclare]

They also bought Philippines from Spain. America always buying territories

[@alexl9012]

To show you the power of capitalism, I bought almost all the territory I have.

[@rubenbarba4664]

To show you the power of communism I don't want to work and I have 24 hr. surveillance and laser killing drones from the late 80's says this used to be so called young g********.

[@Delgen1951]

@@rubenbarba4664 ok you lost me.

[@rexmyers991]

VERY interesting! Thanks for the effort you put into this.

[@beurreqc1791]

Fun fact, the Alaska purchase is one of the main reasons why Canada united to form a big country. It was basically to stop the us growth on the North

[@benn454]

*Soon.* -Love, America

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

Alaska should be Canada, just like Greenland

[@kj6597]

@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 How come?

[@brandonlyon730]

I believe it started to become a thing during the American Civil war.

[@darksunite8050]

@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 if Alaska and Greenland become part of Canada then Canada which is already bigger than The US will become even more bigger so no

[@delafuenteve1889]

Mexico’s Northern provinces were acquired by the US by war. The amount they paid was as war compensations , not for the land itself...and never paid such amount.

[@keacoq]

Well-presented, thank you. A concise summary for someone wanting the big picture.

[@hietala2173]

Your videos have been very entertaining to watch, while also proving things of interest to listen to and learn from. Thank you. :)

[@charlesgonzales6928]

Damn their most expensive venture was The Philippines, only to lose them in the future, but hey atleast they still have really good relations with the Philippines to this day.

[@J.G.WredgeDLovesCloudsandStars]

Just imagine if the Philippines became a state of United States of America, that would really make decent changes in the history.

[@freddy4603]

@@J.G.WredgeDLovesCloudsandStars it definitely wouldn't be just one state. But also that was very impossible, since the US didn't even want Cuba as a state due to the cultural differences.

[@jfrd-pw4hk]

@@freddy4603 Difference is Filipinos don't really mind assimilating into American culture. Even after decolonisation, Filipinos still use English as the main language for law, employment, formal business, and technical education.

[@jfrd-pw4hk]

@@J.G.WredgeDLovesCloudsandStars CCP would lose sleep

[@jamesmatthew7368]

No Did you watch the video? The Danish Virgin Islands is the most expensive. Y'all Filipinos will really comment anything just to make Philippines relevant.

[@ekananda9591]

Non US countries : Our territories is based on history, cultures, ancestors US : Who cares about history, We can just purchase it

[@nalat1suket4nk0]

Technically it is still history, but not really culture. Lmao imagine if buying land was an usa culture

[@tracehorrocks2473]

More like " since we are here we might as well keep the land. here's some money so we don't look like complete assholes"

[@kj6597]

@@tracehorrocks2473 Well the other countries did agree to sell it soo.....

[@tracehorrocks2473]

@@kj6597 yes you could say that the other countries could have said no despite the american troops aiming gums at their heads.

[@kj6597]

@@tracehorrocks2473 Were the Americans a powerful country back then? I find it hard to believe that Spain didn't put up a fight since they were really powerful. Maybe they wanted to leave in peace

[@bikerider5594]

Love the history dude. You're very informative. Me and my wife watch whenever we can. Keep going.

[@davelove9891]

This is fantastic. Thank you

[@saintarj4552]

America in the 1600-1800s was like the start of a monopoly game

[@marshalofod1413]

America, if you mean the USA (as the video is about the USA), didn't exist in the 1600's, nor even until 1776, 1781, 1783, or 1789, depending on where one draws the line of distinction.

[@saintarj4552]

@@marshalofod1413 yeah but the land existed, and ownership of said land by certain individuals or organisations also existed

[@marshalofod1413]

@@saintarj4552 But the video is specifically about the United States of America, not the land prior to the United States of America. Plus, what defines ownership? The land had been occupied starting about 20,000 years ago. Money wasn't exchanged, until the Europeans arrived, but trading of resources, including land, was just as big a thing as taking it, as throughout human history, including after the arrival of Europeans.

[@Delgen1951]

@@marshalofod1413 And Spainish America did not exist untill after American America was formed, untill then it was the Empire of Spain, and you have hated it for that, but the USA was first, and by that right is America.

[@tomsmith5584]

It should be noted that Cuba pointedly refuses to cash the check for payment for Guantanamo Bay.

[@thomaspollock3904]

Tell them to sign it over to me - I'll cash it.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

@@thomaspollock3904 Yeah, they're idiots

[@kevinh.7994]

They did it once early in Castro's regime which legitimized the lease.

[@samhouston1979]

then they’re fools...if they don’t like us being there perhaps they should kick us out

[@altherm8066]

@@samhouston1979 They probably want to, but know damn well the USA wont let it slide. Best they can do is refuse to give the lease legitimacy by refusing the money.

[@phils5423]

This is a very well done piece of work and had to do a lot of research I like very much thank you

[@geletafroehlich8758]

Love these history lessons Thank you

[@AJNavales]

0:14:41 This USS Nashville (CL-43) is from 1933- Post WW2. The Nashville that intervened in Panama was this ship: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nashville_(PG-7)#Pre-World_War_I

[@heronimousbrapson863]

During the Crimean war, British warships based in Victoria, British Columbia attacked Russian outposts in Alaska, which was one of the factors leading to Russia's sale of the territory to the United States in 1867.

[@kubikprerovsky6474]

Nice video you have great ideas

[@eddue12345]

Fabulous videos! Great job!!! Just a tip: I'm sure you know that in Spanish, we pronounce the "s" dry, like "ssss". I know that the Portuguese say "szzh" for the 's'. As similar sister languages as Spanish and Portuguese are, there is that different. So Luis Onis, for example, would be pronounced "Luisss Onisss" with the "ss" dry, rather than the Portuguese "szzh". Again, thankyou so much for these videos. You are truly teaching American History! I watch all of them!

[@juane.sanchez8343]

10:10 The Mexican Empire had ceased to exist in 1823, hence the American government negotiated with the Mexican republic in 1828. Overall great video!

[@regulusmuphrid4891]

Its a common misconception, I think its because the Mexican Empire is more known than the Centralist Republic of Mexico

[@agguerra9106]

You call stealing a negotiation? Yeah right…

[@seco000]

@@agguerra9106 wdym stealing? the mexican government had barely to no control of that area, the US won the Mexican-American war and the Mexican government at the time recieved the payment it was agreed upon. how does that signify that it was stolen?

[@haterboy19888]

@@seco000 stolen anyway

[@seanbrummfield448]

@@haterboy19888 Fought over.

[@sawyerd4201]

This is quite minuscule but Roger Williams the founder of Rhode Island purchased Rhode Island from the Narragansett native Americans explaining it’s small size.

[@liamfoley9215]

Fascinating, thanks!

[@aisforapple2494]

Great video!

[@vishnutheetharappan7074]

Marvel releasing infinity war and buying half the us with the profits: "When I'm done, half of america will still exist, perfectly balanced, as all things should be."

[@L1M.L4M]

B R U H

[@katsu_papi]

Avengers franchise is overrated.

[@thewildcardperson]

@@katsu_papi thank you been pretty shit lately

[@robertsmith-cj6gl]

Ok Thanos

[@k.k.b.santos5994]

I'm genuinely surprised that the combined sum of the acquisitions of Louisiana, Alaska and Florida were less than the amount it took to purchase my country, the Philippines. Yet, the size of these North American territories are far larger than the size of our country. In addition, we gained our independence while these territories remained under firm American sovereignty. Funny old world, ain't it? Fun Fact: The Spanish and the Americans never fought a single major battle on Philippine soil. The last remnants of the Spanish government was holed up in Manila, surrounded by Filipino rebels on land and the American navy at sea. Since the Spanish officials didn't want to surrender to a people they considered of an inferior race, they struck a deal with the Americans who shared their sentiment towards my ancestors. Spain tried to save face by collaborating with the Americans to the stage the Mock Battle of Manila Bay. The Spaniards had chosen to conduct a dramatic performance than admit that they primarily lost control of their colony to its inhabitants. It's also quite amusing to think that George Dewey was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and recognized as a brave hero without actually engaging the Spanish in combat in any of their Pacific territories.

[@CAPEDCRUSADER3900]

The USA getting Land from Coast to Coast was probably one of the best decisions ever made from a tactical standpoint.

[@etaheriri]

Good work 👍

[@roarroar4316]

I like how They rented Guantanamo for the price of what regular people pay monthly in rent

[@AntroyYearha]

There is a wrong photo of a ship at 14:40. The ship shown is, yes, USS Nashville, but model CL-43, build in 1935. The one from Panama Conflict in 1903 is USS Nashville PG-7, launched in 1895.

[@josueveguilla9069]

I already knew about that, General Knowledge😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@darrenmarney8577]

Amazing 👌 This information was never shared in my education in Australia 🙃 Classic 👍😃

[@GhostRider-sc9vu]

If they included every thing interesting in history, but not critically important to your homeland's development wherever said homeland be, most people would die before they graduated secondary school.

[@omarsamaha2830]

Can u do how us states and territories evolved

[@General.Knowledge]

Yes!

[@thatcoolkidjoey]

Something that would have been really awesome to put in the video what happened the population of the territories at the time of purchase and the population of the countries to give you more context

[@100yearswwi]

Thank you...so few forget the compensation aspect

[@thelittlemore424]

Nice content.

[@cernwoad]

Definitely the WRONG USS Nashville pictured (which was the Brooklyn Class Cruiser laid down in 1935 and served in WWII) the one involved in Panama was USS Nashville (PG-7) which was also involved in the Spanish American war and was then in the Caribbean in 1903

[@twylanaythias]

Texas (including all it's original territory, up into modern Wyoming) was annexed following the Texas War of Independence. As a result of that war, Texas accrued a massive debt (as wars usually do). There was also the issue of slavery, which was prohibited above the 36°30' Parallel. (Though Texas was initially a Free State, Mexican settlement the previous half-century turned it into a Slave State.) The US essentially paid off Texas' debts in exchange for all land north of this boundary, at which time Texas was annexed into the US. The US later purchased the western notch from Texas in order to provide the New Mexico Territory with the population required to attain Statehood. BONUS: The Missouri Bootheel (the southeast hook-like corner of Missouri) was originally part of the Arkansas Territory, largely owned by one John Hardeman Walker. Amidst the debate which led to the infamous "Missouri Compromise", two things weighed heavily on his mind: 1 ) States had a lot more rights than Territories, and 2 ) Walker was staunchly opposed to slavery. After negotiating with neighbors whose lands were encompassed by his (for their inclusion in his plans), Walker petitioned Congress (as well as greasing a few palms) to include his/their lands as part of the new State of Missouri. (Unfortunately for Walker, Missouri wound up being a Slave State instead.)

[@ericktellez7632]

??? Mexico abolished slavery in the 1830s, this is why there was friction with Texas because the Americans refused to free their slaves

[@dynamitena]

Loved the video

[@andylivstirling]

great video

[@jaystrickland4151]

In regards to Texas. The United States purchased those part of Texas addition that become a part of Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico ( I think technically they assumed the debts of the Republic of Texas) when they annexed Texas. Since that was part of the negotiations those part should be viewed as purchased.

[@lategodzilla]

Hello my fellow Portuguese Friend 🇵🇹

[@michaelspaulding7060]

General knowledge is from Portugal?

[@incredigamerco]

I am not Portuguese. I am Dutch. But hello fellow european friend.

[@eduardolins5391]

Portugal e espanha 2 tem o mesmo numero de caracteres, coincidência?

[@ferrazz]

@@michaelspaulding7060 yes

[@lategodzilla]

@@eduardolins5391 Não

[@clinthowe7629]

back in those days ships ran on coal and coaling stations were seen a vital for commerce and military outreach, also having a base in southern Cuba afforded the US navy a strategic port to control access to the Panama Canal and guard the US gulf coast.

[@timothybedwards5440]

Thnx good job

[@WatermelonEnthusiast9]

Buying greenland is actually pretty reasonable, its within the continent (kinda), so its American, and its not its own seperate country, plus its a pretty big area and strategic spot

[@Markle2k]

Greenland is to Denmark what Canada is to the UK. The head of state is a monarch outside the territory that takes care of international negotiations, but the territory has a sort of autonomous authority within the borders.

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

I say the same thing! Greenland is American, its people are native North Americans, as Denmark moves to 100% renewable energy the natural resources Greenland provides will become useless to the country, it should go to Canada actually, but the US would probably be better managers.

[@anthonybariek997]

That’s actually shockingly disrespectful to the people of Greenland. Do they not have a right to self determination? Do they not have a say in their own countries future? Do they not have a right to their own natural resources?

[@Markle2k]

@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 Actually, Greenland is sitting upon the most momentous amount of energy on the planet. The AMOC reverses in their economic zone. If they explore that resource and everybody else ignores that, they can block it.

[@WatermelonEnthusiast9]

@@anthonybariek997 if they dont want to be in the union then i dont think should be forced to join

[@nuggie8849]

Do remember, the Louisiana purchase was from France in the early 19th century, 15 million was like a country's dream

[@1000g2g3g4g800999]

The Phelps and Gorham purchase was from the Haudenosaunee (more commonly referred to as the Iroquois), not the Sioux.

[@francesrude3007]

thank you!!

[@adityasakkamahindra1232]

US has the greatest *purchasism* in history

[@vennsim71]

As well as annexation…

[@diegonatan6301]

The difference between the Mexican Cession and a robbery is merely a question of price.

[@diegonatan6301]

@Kyle P.V are you really going to bring the natives? LoL, the hypocrisy! The majority of the Mexican population and the Latin American population in general is descended from the natives, they ARE the most direct heirs of the natives, unlike the US that has close to zero native blood, because they just killed its native population and confined the rest. Also, I am not Mexican, drop the "you".

[@marelizmax]

@Kyle P.V no actually most Mexicans are native and Spanish mixed descendants, they barely killed any indigenous people compared to how they did natives in the north

[@Peugeot_two-o-six]

1:24 the moment i noticed theres March music in the background

[@MexicoBall957]

Yes another video

[@alexdee5341]

This video was released today, June 12, which is coincidentally the Philippine Independence Day. Who knows what would've happened if the Philippines remained a US Territory?

[@speedy01247]

Probably statehood or a war for independence. (I don't see them being ok with remaining a territory)

[@merickclare]

​@@speedy01247 Most of Filipinos are like Robin Padilla- hates US but his wife and children (very Filipino themselves, hold dual citizenship to America.

[@KikoFSF]

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[@johnasbury7511]

The Fry ( Take my money meme) as Uncle Sam my be your best work yet . It describes the the attitude of the US government so well. IMHO it may be your best work and is biting satire. Well done

[@johnhemphill1938]

Fort Billingsport, I live near that site and wish it were completely visible but much of it is below ground

[@wetplant1748]

There is this municipality in the Philippines called sasmuan, the old Spanish name for it was sexmoan

[@thesailormercury2]

USA : dad how did you become a super power? uk: will son I bought and conquerored land .

[@Toyhub2345]

what

[@asmrjackunboxinggames4328]

MONGOLIA: conquering other kingdoms and empires. UK: invading small tribes and villages and colonizing empty deserts, forests, and grasslands. US: purchasing territories.

[@kacgb5315]

@@asmrjackunboxinggames4328 I dont remember India being tribes, India was full of kingdoms and be consistent mate with Mongolia, when they co queried kingdoms but also dessert and plains have u seen the Map of the Mongolian empire most of it is empty just like most empires

[@personalname2056]

6:47 OH LAWD HE COMMING

[@kaarolus4503]

Awesome video as always, just a pair of small details that I'm used to notice in your videos: Spanish pronunciation is very different from Portuguese (what you seem to speak), the S is more like the English S rather than the Portuguese one. Also, the LL is read kind of like a J, not at all an L.

[@JoseFernandes-js7ep]

Actually, some accents of Spanish the S is somewhere between ss and sh. He should have made an effort with the LL, but when Spanish speakers agree how to pronouce it we will follow them.

[@L_mattox]

Oh boy, this is gonna piss some people off!

[@71avalon36]

How is this gonna piss people off?

[@howtubeable]

Tasting History with Max Miller recently posted a video where Max claimed that the United States went to war with the Philippines, and he implied the war was a dirty little secret. I knew that didn't sound right. Thank you for your video where you explained that the acquisition of the Philippines was a result of the Spanish-American War. That makes much more sense. The Spanish-American War is not a dirty little secret.

[@carydum9356]

We did go to war against the Americans in 1899. Not sure if it were kept secret from Americans, but yeah. Dirty, it was.

[@totalwarfan1945]

In your diplomatic/wasn’t purchased cession section, you missed the Webster-Ashburton Treaty defining the modern northern boarder of Maine and the modern northeastern boarder of Minnesota.

[@briggamescape]

Great video, learnt a lot :); but your photo is of the wrong USS Nashville. She's a light radar cruiser and wasn't built until 1935. You're possibly thinking of the 1898 armoured cruiser?

[@ryan7747]

The state of Pennsylvania also bought most of its land from the native Americans unlike other colonies that forced out the natives.

[@ultrassjmappers5724]

Yeah

[@ultrassjmappers5724]

I like in pennsylvania

[@oliviastratton2169]

Yeah, William Penn had pretty great relations with local native tribes. What's funny though, is he founded the colony to be a haven for Quakers - who faced persecution in Europe. But the freedoms the colony had also attracted other types of people. So Penn went back to England thinking is Quaker Paradise was on track, then came back and was horrified to find it had turned into Sin City.

[@Mapper700]

Me: *decides to go to GKs about page* Country: Portugal Me: Que?

[@markmh835]

It's kind of amazing to think that just one year after the "Mexican cession," vast amounts of GOLD were discovered in California. So many people flooded into California in pursuit of fortune that California was granted statehood the very next year in 1850. Had that land not changed hands as a result of war, Mexico -- and not the US -- would have become fabulously wealthy and probably would be the North American superpower today.

[@jeremiahkivi4256]

I don't consider the Mexican Cession as a purchase. The payments were to ensure Mexico's stability. The US does not want an unstable state on her border.

[@louiswebtser]

5:30 it wasn’t the Sioux. It was the Iroquois Confederacy

[@eduardoa.c.4260]

Gadsen purchase was actually forced, because if Mexico didn’t accepted the offer they risked going to war and loosing all of the north

[@BRStormysea]

This video is american alt history. They also bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki to spare lives.

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@BRStormysea why do you think they bombed

[@kj6597]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl Japanese attacked the Americans first yes?

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@kj6597 yes

[@ludakapkina9308]

cool! thank you!

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Great video as always!

[@alfredogomez5241]

The annexation of Florida also had to do with the British occupation of Havana.

[@MihzvolWuriar]

After watching this, I wondered, why I hadn't subbed to this channel yet?

[@General.Knowledge]

Hope you did now! :)

[@MihzvolWuriar]

@@General.Knowledge Or course, I don't like to keep doing the same mistakes over and over, cheers mate.

[@isaacrandomrussell5630]

Same

[@eddue12345]

Yes, the "shut up and take my money" is brilliantly executed!!

[@tubegilchrist]

A valiant effort, calculating the "current value" of old money for each of these purchases! I guess there would be several ways to calculate them, rather than using compound interest - perhaps as a percentage of GDP or federal budget? Anyway, about the Virgin Islands purchase for $25 million in gold, I Googled and see that gold is worth some 91.5 times what it was in 1917, so, if we had just stashed the gold back then, it would be worth about $2.29 Trillion today? Again, great job, and don't change a thing.

[@mikesands4681]

How about rebuffed purchase attempts?

[@General.Knowledge]

That's a great idea for a video!

[@owlman_]

@@General.Knowledge You could add the rejected attempts to buy what is now Texas and the Mexican Cession going back to 1822.

[@JaydentheMathGuy]

Dang, I'm learning about the Civil War & Manifest destiny in school right now. This is truly amazing!

[@thomaspollock3904]

What are they teaching about the Civil War these days?

[@matthewkottler5553]

Yes. The southern states were free republics which were annexed illegally in the 1800s. This nation is a sham and a prison for its member states. Don't let your professors fill your head with fascist propaganda to the contrary.

[@0x0michael]

@@matthewkottler5553 wait until you hear what happened to non-white residents

[@matthewkottler5553]

@@0x0michael They're slaves aren't they? They make iphones or pick cotton or whatever and then put a stamp on it that says made in China. No economist has ever suggested abolishing slavery and abolition has never been tried. The only way a country has ever attempted to limit slavery is through trade protectionism. The confederacy actually had strict ethical safeguards limiting slavery to only basic farming and mining. They would have considered the modern union's, unregulated form of expanded slavery to be unethical and stupid because it causes a nation's economy to collapse in the long term and widespread unemployment in the short term. Ironically, I'm an abolitionist in modern times. I think slavery should be limited to farming and mining. All other slave made goods and services would be banned from import entirely. I'm in the minority. Most people would be happy with slave brain surgeons.

[@robertjackson9333]

Straight up Uncle Fram does look amazing you deserve that self recognition 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@aegisofhonor]

today in hindsight, these purchases are considered incredibly lobsided were essentially "land theft" to the perspective of their cost at the time compared to their modern value. But in there day, they were very controversial, 15 million dollars in 1803 was somewhere around 5% of the entire US GDP at the time and many considered it a gross over expenditure of precious US government species (old timey term for "real money" or "gold" as it's assumed the purchase was made in gold). When Alaska was bought, it was also very unpopular and often referred to as "Seward's Ice Box" though by then, it didn't even amount to 1% of the UD GDP of the time.