Thirteen Colonies, 1700-1750 | Britain, France & Spain | North American colonies | US history

What were the thirteen British colonies?
What happened during colonial times?
North America, the future United States and Canada, had a critical era during the eighteenth century. The 1700s saw the maturation of the colonies in North America.
England and Scotland joined in 1707 through the Act of Union, meaning that Great Britain was a united nation. France came to build new colonies stretching from Acadia to Quebec to the Great Lakes to the Midwest and down the Mississippi River. New Orleans was established in 1718.
Spain controlled Florida, Texas, and New Mexico. Their missions and influence spread in the American Southwest.
During Queen Anne's War, Britain secured French Port Royal in Acadia which became Port Annapolis. Britain now held Nova Scotia in Canada, but France retained Cape Breton Island, within which they established Fortress Louisbourg.
The British colonies matured. James Oglethorpe established Savannah in Georgia in the 1730s. Benjamin Franklin was active in printing circles, working in newspaper publication. George Washington became a surveyor in Culpepper County, Virginia. A play called "Cato" by Joseph Addison featured a line invoking "liberty or death," and this was performed in Williamsburg, Virginia. The colonies bartered and traded timber, iron, wheat, tobacco, indigo, rice, and other materials in their growing economy. Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and William & Mary were universities.
France secured peaceful relations with many nations, establishing fur trade posts at Fort Miamis, Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinac or Mackinaw), Fort Toulouse, New Orleans, Fort Detroit, Fort Rouge, and others.
Britain established Halifax in Nova Scotia to counter French Louisbourg. King George's War was yet another conflict that sparked in Canada.
The War for Jenkins' Ear pitted Spanish Florida against South Carolina and Georgia, with battles happening at Fort Augustine and Fort Frederica.
The Great Awakening spread revival across the colonies. Preachers and ministers like Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and John Wesley brought Methodism and Presbyterianism along with an evangelical fervor to the colonies. Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Reformed churches, Mennonites, and other churches were also active in the colonies, though Puritanism was slowly fading out in New England.
This is a film by Jeffrey Meyer, historian and librarian.

[@sashek8451]

This is amazing!! As much as I’ve studied genealogy & history this is the first video to pull so much together in such a concise and easy to follow way 👏👏👏 thank you!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you, friend! Much appreciated!

[@zcam1969]

i wish the internet was available when i was in school .all those years ago

[@mwright_boomer]

One thing that’s fascinating is to see the leftovers of French-Spanish-Native interaction through loan words. In Choctaw, the word shapo (hat) comes from chapeaux. Katos (cat) comes from Spanish gato. And the French bayou comes from Choctaw bok (river)

[@PauloFreireJr]

We are waiting for the next 1750 to 1800s and the rest......perfect Job

[@hog1775]

I love these series on early North America. Keep up the good work!

[@jean-louislalonde6070]

You forgot to mention the Geat Peace of 1701 signed in Montreal between France and 39 Indian nations. This ended the wars that had been raging for over 50 years, allowed the French to expand inside the American continent, act as an arbiter between the natives and made them join an alliance against the English colonies.

[@lamwen03]

Always nice the hear about the parts that may be overlooked.

[@vincentwesolowski459]

I think you should be doing a North American history on KZbin.

[@Shiskabobber1]

C'est vrai!

[@brittking3990]

He left out ALOT of shit, prob so he could keep the focus on religion. Didn’t even mention the piracy going on in the Caribbean between these 3…plus the Dutch.

[@AlfonsoSegundo791]

They just rushed up to sign It with the last of the Mohicans

[@JohnJohnson-yc7wv]

Keep producing awesome, easy to follow descriptions of history. Appreciate you helping us travel.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks for watching! Happy travels.

[@ianyoung6881]

I’m impressed that you correctly distinguish between English and British, whereas so many other content makers use the terms English and British as though they mean the same thing. For example ‚Knowing Better’ refers to Jamestown as being founded by the British, and ‚Ravignon’ archaically refers to the English Crown when discussing a period after 1707. As a Scotsman the distinction is important to me.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you. I spent a summer in college doing an archaeology dig in East Lothian. We stayed in North Berwick. You have a beautiful country.

[@alphalunamare]

@@JeffreytheLibrarian I dare say us Welsh might get a mention sometime?

[@Bonkers4Hex]

Yeah it is to me as an English man, sick of hearing Britain this and UK that, and it's mostly the British saying it.

[@qrplife]

Thanks Jeffrey the Librarian. I am very much enjoying your American history content and hope you will continue.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you so much for your contribution! Your contribution helps make this work possible.

[@secondhandrose6214]

I love watching your videos as I develop my family tree. They paint the larger context and help drive my research. Your style, voice and clarity are much appreciated. Thank you once again. Merci avec tout mon coeur, de Montréal, Québec.

[@debb5708]

I'm enjoying these very much, especially the international context and the detailed timeline. My own area and timeline of interest are coming about 50 years after this video's timeline, but you began to touch on it with Ft. Orleans. I'll be looking forward to new information as you are able to share it.

[@samuelculper4231]

Love it! Just watched the video to 1700 last week .. so I didn’t have to wait long. Thank you thank you!

[@ryan98408]

Another great video! Thank you for making them

[@larrygrossman8021]

Great job, Jeffrey. Loved it. Can’t wait for the next one

[@leshawnjefferson6150]

Excellent content! I hope we get more soon

[@anthonyflynn9953]

Excellent overview. Thank you!

[@weilandiv8310]

Great videos, I enjoy these so much.

[@roomofidiots]

Some of the best videos on KZbin I’ve found recently! Excellent work. Please continue these! 🙏

[@YouT00ber]

You might like the FORGOTTEN HISTORY” channel

[@dobledore]

Glad I found this place. Well put together, and I learned allot. I play it back at 1.25 speed and its a good voice speed.

[@SuperMarioVending]

Really great content. Can’t wait for more!

[@ElbowShouldersen]

Historians always seems to forget the French settlements in what is now southern Illinois... Cahokia was settled in 1699 (and is still there)... and Kaskaskia was settled in 1703 and, in the 19th century, became the first capital of the state of Illinois... etc. These "Pays des Illinois" settlements flourished, developing excess agricultural produce and lumber, which was then rafted down the river to support the newer settlement at New Orleans. And the French fort protecting the Pays des Illinois was: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_de_Chartres

[@janetdesmith8125]

Just attended a creole concert and they shared their stories of History. Carondelet area in St Louis was once a french city.

[@kbrewski1]

And he didn't mention the first European settlement West of the Mississippi by the French at St.Genevieve, Missouri in 1740. A very historic landmsrk.

[@NyalBurns]

Great content. Quite interesting.

[@Zartoo_3rd_Overlord_ofBlargon7]

I'm enjoying this series. Looking forward to the next installment.

[@kidkique]

cant wait for the 1750-1800 video!!!! these are great!

[@davefranklyn7730]

Great presentation!

[@fritoss3437]

Great video

[@hog1775]

Thanks!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the contribution.

[@robertomunoz9745]

Great series, can’t wait for the next one, I think the most interesting things are coming (:

[@Gracchi]

Great work , thank you.

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

Interesting historical discussion. Thanks Jeffrey.

[@leejamison2608]

Very informative and a refresher course for me! Please expand your scope of studies, I’d appreciate that!

[@deemlor]

Thanks for the great vid!

[@sladeoriginal]

love these videos! been checking back everyday after the 1565-1700 video. I forgot how much of a history nerd I am. keep up the good work! Setup a Subscribestar page.

[@subgenso6282]

Great stuff Jeffrey love your voice inflection

[@derekp13]

Subscribed and looking forward to the next one.

[@vincentwesolowski459]

Thank you very much for this series. It is very educational.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@user-ch7us2vs3o]

Thank you for doing this. It's so incredibly informative in an easy to understand format.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Much appreciated!

[@Squatch_Rider66]

Great video. I’m really learning that I don’t know too much about early American history

[@stephon4661]

Great Work Jeffrey! THUMBS UP👍👍👍

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@hamzehshashaa2659]

Very good presentation with useful info👍🏻👍🏻 thank you

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@A.G.B_the_don]

I Love this channel so much thank you 🙏

[@76629online]

I am thoroughly enjoying this series of videos. They are fantastic!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you! More to come!

[@whitneymacdonald4396]

Solid overview. Thanks.

[@reguess]

Good work...thank you!

[@Drake_B_Wicker]

I love your videos I was waiting on this one.

[@desmondmurray5160]

At last a content maker who makes the distinction between English and British. Thank you.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

I studied in Scotland for a summer and learned very clearly that this was an important distinction.

[@johnkoval1898]

Great work!

[@aaax9410]

Absolutly awsome video man ,nicley done

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@georgejcking]

Excellent documentary!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nowthisnamestaken]

Like #523 I pre liked it and and commenting through the commercials. Jeffery, you make some of the best videos I have ever seen. Thank you brother. Keep on keeping on!!

[@jamesskinner1902]

Great video. Many thanks.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks!

[@CounterC]

Excellent and fascinating series. Thank you.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you so much!

[@joshmiller4152]

very informative and I like the timeline organization of historical reference. Great work!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Much appreciated!

[@anamariacanata1597]

Thank you so much for the video presentation.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you for watching!

[@benjaminrush4443]

Great Continuation. Thanks.

[@stevem7736]

Thanks! great videos

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you for your kindness!

[@almeggs3247]

As a retired educator this endeavor was very didactic and well presented congrats. Thank you!

[@kevinmccauley3877]

Nice work , thank You

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@edwardlulofs444]

Very good. Thanks. 🙂

[@EXARCWithGrandpop]

I really enjoyed this method of teaching. I was under the impression (From High School) that only British were in North America during this time frame. This has really opened my eyes. I would love to see an entire series on the history of the world in this style. In school we only learn about a small segment of history at a time, without ever considering what is going on elsewhere.

[@kingstarscream3807]

That's a shame. The "battle royale" nature of colonial American history is part of why I find it so fascinating.

[@julianpalmer4886]

Well structured presentation

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks!

[@freeshrugs63]

So good! Thank you.

[@tomace4898]

Wonderful stuff.

[@zigsinclair]

great stuff man, excellent job, thanks

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@zigsinclair]

@@JeffreytheLibrarian Live on cape breton Island, st anns Bay. So much history its too bad only the victors story mostly survived

[@oddeagle1968]

About 90% of the info in this video.was unknown to me (the war of Jenkins' Ear? WOW!), and my mind is hungry for more more more. Keep these going, they are incredibly good. Edit: Subscribed!

[@chrisboyington3176]

I’d really like to see a video in this style on the seven years war and how it extended from North America to the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. This is fascinating. Keep up the good work.

[@dreamcatcher5502]

Love this !! I have watched the first 2 bideos but now I can't find the next video. It would help if the years are in the titles as you did in the first 2 videos. Or create a playlist that has them all in sequence. Thanks

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

The following videos are also colonial period: The French and Indian War Period, 1750-1763 and then Revolutionary Stirrings, 1763-1775. There is also a George Washington/Fort Necessity Video (1753-1755), as well as a Stamp Act (1765) and Proclamation of 1763.

[@diegoleylandia]

Great content. A couple of small typos on the picture captions: Wattou = Watteau; Hogart = Hogarth

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks for catching those!

[@philb5593]

I have never seen such a concise video of North American colonization. Thanks.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

Its crasy how they dont teach the fact that the slaves came to usa because the french were in the south and needed slaves to pick their tobacco aparently.

[@davidbryant2872]

This was excellent!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

thank you!

[@jamestyrer6067]

Thanks for this information

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you for watching!

[@markleverence1906]

Keep going with the series please!!!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

More will come!

[@gardengeek3041]

if it had been shown this way, I might've paid more attention way back in my school days. Now, shows like this, with good graphics, and tying dates together is the best way to remember them. Also, the new boom in genealogy is showing me I had ancient relatives involved in the early days described. Thanks.

[@cb7538]

The audio cuts out regularly. So thanks for transcript.

[@diogene533]

Excellent. A wonderful comprehensive presentation of the critical milestones of the era. One nitpick: sometimes your voice loses volume at the end of a sentence and those last words are lost.

[@dougjones7570]

excellent. thank you.

[@ncdave4]

Excellent presentation.. I had NO IDEA that the French colonies were so numerous even though the settlers were sparce.

[@javiervicedo4201]

Something that you didn't know is that Spain was the key factor for the win in The Revolutionary War. There is an article from The Massachusetts Society 'Sons of the American Revolution' ( SAR ) called ‘Spain and the Independence of The United States.’ And after reading the article it is not a surprise to know than the Spanish Commander Bernardo de Galvez has the same honour of be Honorary Citizeship of the United States like Laffayete…

[@fcruz43215]

This was pretty cool!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks!

[@js-xe4oe]

Found the resource page, thank you.

[@familyforever6583]

These are awesome. Please keep making these videos I’m learning so much and I thought I knew a lot already about colonial America. ❤❤

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you! I am working on the next one in the series. Should be ready in a week or two.

[@familyforever6583]

@@JeffreytheLibrarian I work at the National Archives in DC. If you ever want to come do a lecture for students or maybe the public; I’m sure I could set you up with one:

[@KevinKilgorepage]

VERY good , thanks

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks!

[@FWWMVY]

I almost did not watch this. I am so glad I did! It was very informative. The content was delivered concisely with easy to understand, uncomplicated visuals. I went to your store. It needs help. Perhaps use AI to generate some better images for your products.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you for watching the video. I am in the process of rebuilding my webpage, and then the store will come next. I know, I need more designs and stuff.

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Well done!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks!

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Outstanding!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@2222ww1]

Excellent

[@kenfox22]

Interesting channel

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@brandonseyfried1251]

The piece of music from the movie Master And Commander is a nice touch.

[@stevem7736]

Excellent!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@ryaneberlein8473]

Wonderful video! One small correction - Yale was the fourth college or university founded in the English colonies of North America. King William's College in Annapolis, now St. John's College, was founded in 1696.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

I had seen that college on a few lists, and I regret not including it. I will mention it in a future video.

[@captainspalding6383]

Great content... Although I was disappointed that you failed to mention Fort Moore in South Carolina on the Savannah River. Settlements were established as early as 1685 and in 1716 , Fort Moore was built on the bluff of the Savannah River in present day Beech Island. This was the southernmost reach of the British Colonies. And served as the "buffer" between the French, Spanish and several Native American nations some 20 to 50 years before Augusta was established. ( Settlement of New Winsor - 1685, Fort Moore - 1716, Augusta - 1735 ) Before Georgia was established this area was a major trade route. First the fur trade, then used by plantation owners. this was such an important and strategic area because it could be accessed by land and water, the Savannah River. The area was known as Savano (Savannah) Town because it was occupied by the Savano Indians which would give the river its name and the future settlement of Savannah.

[@user-wj9xq7ig2v]

Thanks! As a Canadian we were taught about French and British conflicts but for some reason only within the region that became Canada. This helps explain the rest of the story. BTW Detroit would have been pronounced de troi while it was still French.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

I think it's normal for schools to keep the history within their own country. Canada is a beautiful country. I love Niagara-on-the-Lake.

[@m.hopkins1466]

Drop the next vid in this series!!!

[@theodoresmith5272]

Thank you. Can you fo one one east and west Florida?

[@margaretkur8161]

I saw a program several years ago that said East and West Florida were part of the American Colonists at the time of the Revolution but did not fight in the Revolutionary War. As a result they were not considered part of the new country, i.e., not considered part of the original States. I believe they were given back to Spain since they didn't "earn" their freedom. Has anyone else heard of this?

[@swest47]

Natchitoches was head of the El Camino Real leading from a mission/fort called San Miguel de Cuellar de los Adaes. A Spanish fort of Los Adaes was eventually set up on the West Bank of Bayou Pierre (north of present day Robeline, La.).

[@justinterry7539]

Thank you!! As a huge Natchitoches fan, I jumped on here to mention this exact point!! I don't know how you attempt to summarize this era and somehow forget to mention Natchitoches and Los Adaes?!?! I visit there a couple times a year, and each time I learn more about the history of North America. (Plus, Natchitoches and Los Adaes offer a lot more neat things worth mentioning, instead of what the theater students were doing at William and Mary. Just sayin' 😉)

[@phylliscraine]

I really enjoyed this video! Especially for the emphasis on trade and economic patterns as opposed to political and government patterns. I hope you do one that goes from 1750 to 1800 or so and I have a selfish reason for this, I live in western Massachusetts, close to Deerfield and so I have a local interest in understanding how my area shaped MA and US history. Also - naming the English monarch in the lower right hand corner is a GREAT idea, it's a wonderful historic book mark.

[@kckaz4453]

Well done, M8.

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thanks!

[@covertops19Z]

Great Brief, as was the first one on The First Colonies. I hope you do one , 1750 to 1783??

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Thank you! I plan on just continuing through American history.

[@justinterry7539]

Great work on the videos. It's like a refresher course of what I forgot back in primary school education. Unfortunately, grade school history books are almost always written through the lens of Northeastern American scholars, and much like your videos, they seem to gloss over anything that didn't occur on the east coast. Topics like the El Camino Real, Natchitoches Louisiana (1714), Los Adaes, No Man's Land, gulf coastal region history, etc. are hardly ever mentioned or taught to young students. Having visited many historical areas throughout the nation, I've always found the tired old stories of the Mayflower, the founding of English universities, Jamestown, etc. to be important... but they are not nearly as interesting as the amazing, unfamiliar stories that surround places like Natchitoches Louisiana, Los Adaes, the El Camino Real, Mobile, No Man's Land, and people like Louis Juchereau de St. Denis. When you read about that side of history, it adds a lot more flair and excitement to the story (like tales of black market trading amongst the colonists/explorers of the different European empires in North America). 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇸

[@seedsoflove7684]

Yes, england would never call our 1776 war the War of Independence, as we do. It was a loss for them. Although britain did have to break free from the vikings and others, so u would think they would have remembered and had more compassion on America. If they had, the colonists wouldnt have rebelled. (And we wouldnt be a free country today. So it worked out...)

[@JohnnyAngel8]

Grade school history lessons are age appropriate and deal with concepts like discovery, settlement, goods, and nation-building. They are essential for laying a foundation. What you find enjoyable ... the nuances, the politics, and the cultural expansion ... are taught in later years.

[@EdinburghFive]

Under the Treaty of Utrecht, Britain believed it had acquired all of old Acadia with the exception of the islands (primarily Cape Breton Island) in the Gulf of St Lawrence. In reality it acquired only peninsular Nova Scotia. The French continued to effectively control the lands that make up present day New Brunswick and Maine to the Kennebec River. France and Britain argued over the boundary throughout the first half of the eighteenth-century and it was only settled by France's defeat in North America during the Seven Years War.

[@davidyates1860]

I live in cape breton

[@EdinburghFive]

@@davidyates1860 And?

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[@rkormanak1968]

Perfect!

[@JeffreytheLibrarian]

Much appreciated!