Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31

In which John Green talks about the many revolutions of Latin America in the 19th century. At the beginning of the 1800s, Latin America was firmly under the control of Spain and Portugal. The revolutionary zeal that had recently created the United States and had taken off Louis XVI's head in France arrived in South America, and a racially diverse group of people who felt more South American than European took over. John covers the soft revolution of Brazil, in which Prince Pedro boldly seized power from his father, but promised to give it back if King João ever returned to Brazil. He also covers the decidedly more violent revolutions in Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina. Watch the video to see Simón Bolívar's dream of a United South America crushed, even as he manages to liberate a bunch of countries and get two currencies and about a thousand schools and parks named after him.
Chapters:
Introduction: Latin American Revolutions 00:00
Spheres of Influence: Spain, the Catholic Church, and the Patriarchy 0:37
Latin American Culture 2:12
Brazilian Independence 3:29
Mexican Independence 5:31
Venezuelan Independence 7:59
An Open Letter to Simón Bolívar 9:15
The Legacy of the Latin American Revolutions 10:25
Credits 12:49
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[@ANEbk9]

The sad thing is is that as a Canadian my immediate reaction really was to say, oh that's nice he mentioned us!

[@Bozewani]

+Jon Taylor you gained your indepdencen through diplomacy I mean Confederation in 1867 Dominion of Westminster in 1931 and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982

[@lokiwintersoldier6954]

+Roman Soiko but I don't understand why that's bad I mean, I'd rather be diplomatic rather than violent. But then again I am Canadian.

[@ashmckinlay1402]

+Lokiwintersoldier Canada is probably the best country in the world in my opinion. it's cool it more ways than one.

[@BrandonTWills]

They fought the US for their "independence" from 1776-1814. Many fought & died for Canada. Diplomacy came after th fighting. www.history.com/news/how-u-s-forces-failed-to-conquer-canada-200-years-ago en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812#American_expansionismen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Quebec_(1775)

[@bravechicken1]

Imagine how it feels being Welsh

[@ElVindicto]

"King Pedro of Sexy Big Brazil" is literally the best title one could possibly attain

[@messifan07]

Thank you

[@a2falcone]

But he really was Emperor, so "Emperor Pedro of Sexy Big Brazil"

[@ElVindicto]

That kind of nit-picking is entirely uncharacteristic of the Grand and Bombastic King Pedro of Sexy Big Brazil

[@JaguarEscarlata]

Weirdfishhes Idi Amin would disagree.

[@gokulsankar6866]

Facts

[@Gabriel-nz2bj]

0:51 In fact, this tax of one fifth over the extracted gold was so hated by the colonials that still today in Brazil, when we "ask" someone to "go to hell", we say: "go to the fifths of hell"

[@Caffeinated_Firefly]

"He said as thousands of Argentines booed him" Honestly, I laughed

[@tobiasazpia]

As an Argentinian watching this, this episode was hilarious; we are totally like that. I laughed a lot about the comment on our football rivalry with Brasil, and by the end of the episode I was getting a little bit accept that no mention was being given to Jose de San Martin. As always, awesome epidode! Greetings from Argentina.

[@oliviaanderson1210]

Tobias Azpiazu aguante argentina !

[@DrWolfenstein313]

Thumbs up for a "third season" of World History where the details are explained (like Puerto Rico and more Brazil. And Gran Colombia!). Venezuelan here. Bolivar is considered a god to this day.

[@pedrohuizar7750]

yeah like what ever happened to pedros dad after his dad went back to Brazil

[@lostlegend1717]

Yes! what happend to gran Colombia and what happen to PR & Cuba?

[@sulfur_americium2993]

@@sebastianhjelstrom5606 Colombia*

[@mogy6492]

Yeah, im doing a project for my world history class about Latin/South American revolutions and there's a lot of things that lack detail.

[@abadedo]

San martín is equally influencing

[@swampwife]

This video is very rushed for a whole continent. It would be cool to see a crash course on just Simon Bolivar

[@gabrielsmith9206]

Nah, or else my history teacher would make a crash course JUST for him.

[@arnv4487]

2 years late but I don't think you understand what "crash course" means

[@abadedo]

San martín was equally influencing, he liberated the south of the continent and Bolivar the north.

[@noahgarcia1702]

It’s a generalization

[@laskarsangkuriang5129]

Che Guevara: Cough, cough..

[@kewaso_5313]

"... most south american revolutions were long and bloody..." Except Paraguay, it just became independant with a letter, not a single drop of blood Lmao

[@contentdeleted7662]

UnexpensiveGayPrideCondoms 621 they’re landlocked and the poorest country in South America so Ig they are suffering now

[@ryannelson5461]

thank you for putting on the subtitles. its nice to see that you are being mindful of the deaf community. :-)

[@xgise]

I thinking not only the deaf community also for people that doesn't speak english, i can translate the subs and send them to my spanish speaker friends

[@ryannelson5461]

I didn't think about that but that is also a good reason for the subtitles

[@akabunny1]

10:25 Seriously though. Thanks for remembering we exist. That's very thoughtful of you. Thanks again and sorry if you accidently read this comment and don''t enjoy it - Canadians

[@sulfur_americium2993]

I live in Florida and for some reason i seriously wanna move to Canada :P I like cold weather.

[@melanianderson4471]

@@sulfur_americium2993 its was 40 degrees a few weeks ago

[@santinolautarodelgadobarri5813]

Uruguay: Huh, first time?

[@katarzynawadyszewska3149]

+akabunny1 I’m that weird person that can’t tell are you sarcastic or not 😂

[@jalex23]

I feel a little disappointed... entire videos were devoted to specific movements in Europe, while in here almost an entire continent's history was crushed and smashed into 12 minutes. I was really looking forward for Crash Curse on just "Mexico Independence" or "Simon Bolivar"...

[@faque5634]

I'm sure they'll shed more light on individual countries in latin america sometime in the near future.

[@jalex23]

Fa Que hopefully they do, they really rock

[@ismaelibarburu5084]

Or artigas

[@ismaelibarburu5084]

You forgot artigas

[@agustinagomez2260]

South America has no importance for superpowers like USA or France or England, I'm from Argentina and is so sad

[@xm377Moyocoyatzin]

Wish you would do a crash course on the Mexican Revolution of 1910. That one was pretty awesome aside from being the first revolution to be caught on film (or so I'm told by PBS) and it is the reason the Soviet Union never had as much influence in Mexico as it did in the rest of Latin America. It has everything from epic battles such as the Battle of Zacatecas, to famous revolutionaries such as Pancho Villa, and Zapata and even female protagonists such as the Adelitas and Valentina Ramírez _"La Valentina"_ (yes, like the hot sauce). It also had some of the first military use of Airplanes and automobiles, and the first acting president to fly in an airplane. It inspired a lot of music, movie genres, literature, poetry, and art which was felt even in Hollywood.

[@19ars92]

Antonio Banderas benefited the most from Mexican movies tho

[@arturogonzalez6232]

I also liked the period of the Second Mexican Empire. In this case it’s the players and their story that make it interesting. From the first native american president to the first woman to govern mexico.

[@evariste_galois]

Brazil's independence is one of my favorite History topics! I used not to like my country's history when i was in middle school but my high school teacher made me love it. Thank you for talking about it this is great

[@ummmperfect2060]

For the paper work: 1. 1 is the Spanish crown 2 is the Catholic church 3 is Patriarchy 2. Fill in the blanks. transculturation, peninsulares, creoles, and quarter. 3. Fill in the blanks. Portugal, Waterloo, Prince pedro. 4. The Brazilian party convinced Prince Pedro to become king, so prince pedro became king pedro and declared Brazil an independent constitutional Monarchy. 5. Fill in the blanks. Church 6. Fill in the blanks. Republic, Mixed race cowboys. A. South Americanism 7. Fill in the blanks. Western Hemisphere 8.?

[@jeffnigurawn7098]

Who's here for an assignment

[@alejandravelasquez8857]

Actually, we still use the word mestizo to describe ourselves. It is not a racist word it simply states that you have a multicultural lineage (and we are very proud of that).

[@alejandravelasquez8857]

I usually love your videos, but this one feels just wrong. You should have talked more of Bolivar, San Martin if you talked about South America; and more about Francisco Morazan if you talked about Central America. Also, at least mention why they were segregated based on race. Talk about the Spanish, the Portuguese, and the French colonies in the continent, and in what ways they were different. This video is disappointing.

[@juantamad98]

Alejandra Velasquez fun fact: "mestiso" is a term used in the philippines which means you have spanish blood although i dont hear many people from my generation use it, more like my parents'

[@DdraigGochArg]

Wow...

[@samguy7654]

Buen Flacoo "Race" was a term used for animal breeding, I don't get why it's used on humans, we're all homospaiens who share 99.9% of common DNA regardless of what people call "race".

[@minhacontaize]

Quite the opposite: we get the virtues of many races into ourselves.

[@VRichardsn]

I am from Argentina... and I have to say, he figured us out really well :) I was about to post in the comments about our Revolution not being featured here, then he surprised me.

[@MrLuigi98]

Yo soy Venezolano y yo también estoy impresionado de como John Green explicó la independencia de mi país.

[@VRichardsn]

MrLuigi98 Nos caló a todos a la perfección :)

[@a2falcone]

Yo soy chileno y ni nos mencionó :(

[@VRichardsn]

Andrés Falcone Ciertamente; todos hicimos nuestra parte en ese entonces. Creo que Bolívar es simplemente una figura demasiado grande (para aquellos fuera de Sud América, que no conocen las historias particulares de cada uno de los países) y opaca al resto de los Libertadores.

[@ArturoStojanoff]

Jaja me pasó lo mismo.

[@DanieldeAlcaniz]

There is another thing: Brazil never had a king. We had two Emperors, because Brazil was never a kingdom, but an Empire. The monarch was called His Imperial Majesty, as determined by the article 100 of the Imperial Constitution of 1824.

[@calamityamity3706]

Daniel de Alcaniz King, Empire, Supreme Leader - all just masturbatory titles for self-important rich douchebags

[@BurnRoddy]

+Calamity Amity I think we can all agree that masturbatory titles are the best kind of titles.

[@JamesFTW1]

@@calamityamity3706 dictatorship in a nutshell

[@RafaelSantos-zr6ez]

Brazil was a kingdom between 1815 - 1822, although united to Poetugal ans the Algarves

[@fran-em3dt]

As a brazilian I need to point out some misinformation: first, we were never a kingdom, we were an empire. Pedro was coronated emperor of Brazil, becoming Pedro the first (his son was also a Pedro, we were not very creative). Second, since Brazil was colonized by Portugal and not by Spain it was always very (and I mean v e r y) different from the spanish colonies when it comes to hierarchal organization, culture and history as a whole. Differently from what appears in the video for example, our society was not divided between criolles and other "classes" as it occured in the spanish colonies. I think that's a common mistake for people who study Latin America History: to include Brazil's historical processes as similar to former spanish colonies. We speak a different language, we were colonized by another country. I believe if people are going to study Latin America History as a whole Brazil should be studied apart since it never belonged to the same empire as other countries. I mean, I know every country has its own history but some have many similar points while others just don't.

[@MarksPro1]

+Franciele Brito Obrigado por me poupar de escrever isso.

[@caitbudchen3290]

+Sr. Cortés where did you get that information and did you study a little bit of Brazil's history?

[@fran-em3dt]

+Sr. Cortés First, you should try to be polite if you really wanna make a point. Second, no it wasn't. Part of Brazil's territory was, indeed, spanish at first. After people started to disrespect the Tordesillas Treaty, a few parts of the spanish territory became Brazil's. However since the same Treaty was celebrated, in 1494, Portugal owned the majority of the land that is now Brazil. So please, do not try to teach me the history of my own country.

[@fran-em3dt]

+Sr. Cortés For God's sake, during the Iberian Union the colonies were under Spain's control, but if you study a little bit of brazilian history you will see it had no cultural impact whatsoever, only economical because it affected our relationship with the Netherlands. The way people lived and how the system worked in Brazil was very little influenced by this. Get your facts straight, sir.

[@caitbudchen3290]

people try to teach Brazilians their own country's history. hilarious

[@alexandraramos9459]

I wonder if this video could have been split into 3 different videos of the cariben, central american and south american revolutions. I think crash course works to cover topics in a general matter but this is just one topic that I feel like could have been split a bit differently. You could do a whole video on U.S. involvment in these countries as well.

[@lenlaegrim]

As an Argeninian person, I do not boo you. Brazil have a great football team. Also, this was a good -albeit resumed as hell- video. Let's consider that, at least in Argentina, we have like 3 years in History class to cover all of it semi-properly.

[@fabrixioable]

LOL why people thing that Argentina did nothing and we cry for recognition? Our armies fought for almost 30 years against the Spanish Empire, and even before the revolutions the creoles of Buenos Aires stopped TWICE a British attempt of invasion. Not to mention that Uruguay would be a Brazilian province if it wasn't for us.

[@vickylu31]

Fabrizio Cerri Someone put into words all of my thoughts!!

[@gustavojohannessautter9484]

Fabrizio Cerri CISPLATINA IS OURS!!!

[@fabrixioable]

Gustavo Sautter wat?

[@gustavojohannessautter9484]

Fabrizio Cerri It's deh truth.

[@fabrixioable]

Gustavo Sautter Uruguay free, Uruweed can into country

[@Retromotel]

I'm going through all of the crash course histories with John Green and, this is going to sound nerdy, but these videos are so much fun! Truly thank you Crash Course people for doing these and making them fast-paced and filled with fun and interesting facts.

[@Weirdude777]

I can't fathom the fact that you left out so explicitly both San Martin and O'Higgins. With Bolivar, they are credited as the liberators of South America.

[@rlrsk8r1]

Napoleon makes everything complicated, except--wait for it--the Mongols.

[@papermaniac]

and the Huns

[@Brynyar]

papermaniac And the Persians.

[@MrBluejack45]

And the Dicks.

[@robinchesterfield42]

And sea sponges.

[@HateTaxesWASt]

The Mongols were a page of history in the time of Napoleon. The last of the splintered Mongol states had vanished by 1750 even.

[@cuntrella313]

"mulato , thats a term we dont use" - Its a term thats offensive in North American culture, but in Latin America , its used not as a derogatory word. It is the technical and proper word for a white and black mix. It annoys me how in North American culture the term "mixed" has been hijacked to mean who is a mulato. And us Latinos are Latinos. When we are actually the mixed race out of all races in the Americas but people forget or dont know that. So we have to be labeled by culture instead.

[@cuntrella313]

i guess im just saying mulato is not racist at all . but apparently it is to anglo-americans

[@van2537]

Mullato and Negro are not offensive in Spanish and don't matter how much you complain and cry here in the US, it will never be offensive. its meaning its and has always been simple Negro ( black ) someone with dark skin of african descent Mullato, offspring of a white and black person the word "mixed" will never be right as ( Castizo,Mestizo,Pardo,Zambo) are also mixed races so yeah Mullato is not offensive , never was, never will be. if you feel offended then its on you, cuz the word its descriptive.

[@cuntrella313]

Thanks for clarifying that point. Makes sense.

[@Jestrad95]

It's offensive in the US because when we had Jim Crow segregation laws, those of mixed race were also seen as inferior. It was offensive to call someone mulato because they were not considered "pure" and therefore were looked down upon. In Latin America mulatos were more accepted, as long as they looked somewhat of European decent. It's not offensive because "anglo-americans" say it's offensive. It's offensive because the term in the US originated with the oppressors. It's literally offends the large group of mixed race citizens in our country. This video will be mostly watched by Americans, therefore he put in the declaimer that he understands that it may be offensive.

[@beastmr919]

haha yeah pretty mix i doubt that cause what i have seen in latin america has chocked me the racial tension out there is serious problem

[@enablechaos6344]

It took me up until this video to understand that World History John Green was Fault in our Stars John Green. You just absolutely blew my mind.

[@enablechaos6344]

Now I can't look at your books without imagining you talking about scoodlypooping in historical context.

[@DHJac16]

In 1816 Simon Bolivar took refugee in Haiti where Haiti's President Alexandre Petion supplied him with soldiers, weapons, and ships on the conditions that he abolish slavery after liberating Latin America. Happy Haitian Flag Day

[@publicano777]

About the Brazilian Independence being bloodless, that depends on where you were at the time. In my state (Bahia) there were much fighting for almost a year, to the point Independence of Bahia holiday is celebrated in different day than Independence of Brazil

[@xChaseTheWind]

I'm latin american and my favorite part of this video is hearing John saying latin ameircan/spanish words :b

[@abcbyuman]

+xChaseTheWind where does he say it? i didnt catch it. Then again i havent finished watching it either.....

[@federicoyernazian2403]

Nice! I liked it. You could do another one talking more about southern independence (Argentina-Paraguay-Uruguay-Chile-Bolivia)

[@gabriels5589]

actually some people say that when Simón Bolívar was diying, he said "If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the Union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave."

[@Yippykaiyay]

I love how this channel has prepared me better for the AP World History exam than my actual class itself.

[@Realunmaker]

Hate to be the "Canada" of Latin America, but I'm glad you at least mentioned us (Bolivia) twice during this video. I'm sure Paraguay and Uruguay would like a word with you though lol

[@AgustinUrguayo]

no digas estupideces boliviano, anda a picar piedra!

[@ExtremeBoyheat]

Poor Paraguay, they don't have beaches. :(

[@AgustinUrguayo]

L4v31d3m si, pobre paraguay

[@siyes7405]

I'm from Paraguay. We were once big and rich but then we took a war to the knee...

[@RoyManter]

derpy derp you were bigger and richer

[@TheAnnCa9]

That feeling when I'm watching this amazing course like all night (literally) and everytime John says "hi, my name is John Green" I'm like "haha, he has the same name as that writer who wrote all these books I actually never read but which are extremely useful when I need to post something super romantic... haha"... and then I found out that it's exactly THAT John Green who actully saved my life twice during my maturita exam, cause I wrote an essay about immortality referencing to his thoughts about infinities (The Fault in Our Stars), and (suprise) another part of my maturita exam is history (tommorow)... Maybe you're questioning using past simple with the verb "save" if my exam is tommorow, but hey, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna pass with flying colours. Thanks to John, again. ;-)

[@JJ-jj8ns]

I think there should be a whole episode on Simon Bolivar because his life was super interesting. Viva Venezuela!!!

[@rrobespierre]

I love how at the time that I start thinking "WAIT, WHAT ABOUT ARGENTINA??" He starts explaining about ayacucho and stuff :p

[@Elmeloofficial]

My great great great grandfather was a Lieutenant of the army 59 of the Freedom Army in Ayacucho with Mariscal Sucre at the command! :)

[@amandafoy2346]

i just realized that this guy is the same john green as the one who wrote all those books. i-

[@gilbertplays]

In the Philippines during Spanish rule, The Spanish were called Peninsulares and the Filipinos Insulares.

[@gilbertplays]

agreed.

[@Willy-nu3oc]

tf?

[@zvitms7233]

Glaring overseeight _ Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Haitian Revolution, it's from Jacmel, Haiti that Simon Bolivar first launched his liberation scheme. Haitian Revolution also played a small, but significant part in the Louisiana Purchase in the US.

[@sonamy42]

OMG the closed captions are also helpfull for most people who might take it a bit easier to understand a CRASH COURSE by reading... loved the Glee reference in the captions (9:06) !! XD

[@bgiuliano68]

Nothing about Bernardo O'Higgins? He's my favorite

[@a2falcone]

And Chile being the only stable country after the revolution (not including Brazil), and also paying for the expedition in Perú. He didn't mention that the original idea of the juntas was to preserve the colonies for the rightful spanish king while he was inprisioned by Naploeon.

[@Day.One.Studios]

I'm dead. I worked at Barnes and Nobles for 3 years, where John Green books were always #1 in the teen section, and I always thought he was just a James Patterson "use my name" to sell books author. I've been watching this channel for years, and never put the dots together until you brought up that quote lol Now I'm going to have to give your books a shot, as I know I already love your content. The world is so weird and rewarding that way

[@ariostorios2144]

This "crash course" about "Latin American independence and revolutions" didn't even scratch the surface. The video doesn't do justice.

[@seandevlin1703]

+Efrain Rios Crash Course is only meant to be like a spark notes version of what happened

[@hoosteenram9567]

+Efrain Rios I don't think you get what "crash course" is supposed to mean.

[@BionicKing]

+Efrain Rios I think it says a lot about you if you manage to watch ten minute videos on the history of entire regions of the world for five hours, and didn't notice any of them were abbreviated until you got to Latin America.

[@Bozewani]

+Efrain Rios he has ten minutes to do his videos we cand iscuss battles speeches and so on but there is a great movie called the liberator to watch or if Usted habla espanol el liberador

[@johncrowley5702]

+Efrain Rios its made to help students due well on an ap test not educate them fully on latin America, which would be much more interesting but also much more time consuming.

[@michaelsmithsonian466]

Hey John, it seems incredible to me how you (and crash course team) managed to sum up much of our Latin American revolutionary history. Of course there are things which might be important to add, some concepts which may not be totally accurate, but this may have to do a lot with each country's education system. I'm sure that it must not be easy to make all these short videos. As a Latin American, I agree with your description in general, and I think that most non-Latin Americans will have a good picture of what happened in these lands. Greetings from Argentina!

[@napornik]

The best part about peasant revolts is - crushing peasants! ;D

[@efeosaeguavoen5326]

Ooh kill'em

[@SarahGeo]

Seriously?

[@efeosaeguavoen5326]

Yes seriously

[@starbury64]

This was extremely informative and condensed properly in a humorous setting. I am a huge history buff, and I would love to see more videos!!!

[@DanieldeAlcaniz]

Nice explanation about Brazil. However, there is a point that must be corrected: Brazilian Independence was idealized by King João VI of Portugal, who told his son, Pedro (I of Brazil and IV of Portugal), that "he should make Brazil's Independence before some adventurer does it". After that, the portuguese court got to bring Dom João VI back to Portugal, leaving his son as regent of Brazi, but the court stated to diminish Dom Pedro's power over Brazil, and even demanded that he came back to Portugal. He refused, and, after some months, he declared our Independence.

[@Talamare]

Mulato is offensive? What? No it's not. A quarter of Brasilians identify as mulato.

[@zacharyadams3772]

Tala Mare it is here In the US

[@rodrigocaballero3045]

Well, yea in latin america many people identify as mulato and it is not a racist term but in the US they would just rather say biracial

[@MelficeN7]

Zachary Adams Everything is offensive in the US.

[@davidelliott1594]

+Mohamed Ahmad "Negro" is the Spanish word for black. That is what it literally is. But as with many words, the literal meaning of a word and the context of a word can be different. The context of the word as it was used by white people in the United States became offensive, which is why it is no longer generally accepted.

[@KilgoreTroutAsf]

"Negro" is still used in Spanish for "African" and is not considered a slur because it doesn't carry the connotation of slavery and oppression. It's not what words mean that's offensive; it's how people use them.

[@aaliyahsteward9383]

These videos help me sooooo much with my history class. Thank you 😊

[@chrisdavis7588]

HELLO!!!! Huge fan!!! Is there a place where each episodes slides are available?? This is SUCH a powerful tool for education, and I believe thousands could benefit and utilize the slides if it's possible to do so (: Please please please keep doing the AMAZING things that ya'll do, much love!!!!

[@HamboPlayzMC]

Mexico had no king, it was called an Empire.

[@kriptonleo]

It had a Monarchy. It had no king, it was a Viceroy but after the Mexican Independence it just transformed an Empire in 1821 but then changed to Presidents when the first Mexican Constitution was writen in 1824.

[@HamboPlayzMC]

New Spain did have one, but Mexico did not. We have had 2 monarchs, but both emperors (one mexican, the other austrian)

[@kriptonleo]

Hambo Estás en lo correcto.

[@19ars92]

Agustin de Iturbide Primero Emperador del primer Imperio Mexicano 1822 Fernando Maximiliano primero Emperador del segundo Imperio Mexicano 1832

[@AtomikMaster]

The Second Mexican Empire was in 1863, not in 1832.

[@christopherrodriguez653]

First of all, thank you for your wonderful videos. I've learned in a few weeks what it ussually takes months and I have seen not even a third of your total videos. It's fantastic to see someone interested in teaching people in a fun and particular way. That said, even if it may sound rude from a new suscriber, I'd like to ask for a video for a particular topic. This topic being political life in main places in the caribbean. I, myself, know pretty much about the topic, due to the fact I live in the caribbean itself, but this story is really mixed up, and the bigger the island, the greater mess there is and also absolutely interesting and, in some cases, really important. Again thanks for the great videos CrashCourse , hope you take my idea in consideration.

[@Thurgor_Supreme]

I'm going to have to learn a lot more about this stuff as well as learning to speak Spanish and Portuguese if I ever expect to fulfill my dream of moving to Peru, Argentina, or Brazil.

[@MrArth13]

why do you want to do that?

[@Thurgor_Supreme]

Ser Arthur because the US is rapidly turning into a police state/tax plantation and I've always wanted to vacation to any of those 3 countries.

[@MrArth13]

.

[@MrArth13]

Rev0lutionIsMyName If you want to go to south america go to Uruguay

[@MyRockGirl1]

Rev0lutionIsMyName Argentina is the best

[@larahorhor5470]

his refferance to looking for Alaska blew my mind

[@mountedczarina9205]

Adams dismisses Hamilton, secretly calls him “creole bastard” in his taunts. Hamilton publishes his response:

[@RyanJohnson]

Awww you forgot to mention the mysterious meeting of 26th of July 1822 between Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar! In case anyone is wondering, it's a mystery...

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

The sword of Bolivar was at one point owned by Pablo Escobar

[@Fallout1999]

+BiGMiKe9821 Its in narcos

[@juancaosvo]

Escobar's son said that he played with Bolívar's sword in his childhood, but maybe is not true. Really, an illegal movement called M-19 stole Bolívar's sword in Bogotá since 1974 to 1991. It is also said that Fidel Castro and «Las madres de la plaza de Mayo» had it in their power like probably Escobar also did it. Perhaps all is just a legend or urban myth. Excuse my english.

[@duende29]

I bet even the "real sword" isn't the real deal.

[@camilorodriguez5560]

And I'm pretty sure it isn't true. It is just another trying to make that f****k narco a legend.

[@JuanLopez-md8je]

Iturbide was an emperor not a king, as in "first Mexican empire "

[@studiosnch]

Almost everything here applies as well to the "lost Latin American nation that was swept by the Pacific waves". I mean, the Philippines. Although our wars for independence came later (but were just as bloody), the concepts that applied in Mexico or Gran Colombia happened to us as well, especially the persistence of a conservative, Catholic culture that still exists today (though when compared to all out neighbors we are the most liberal in thr region). If not for the Americans, and later the Japanese, we would have not developed a schizophrenic self-identity that was already by itself confusing - Asian but not Asian, Latino but not Latino, never to be considered a full cultural neighbor in both coasts of the Pacific Rim. And I concur with the rest of the commenters. The whole of Latin America cannot be summed up in one Crash Course episode, let alone one acadmic course in school.

[@Death6man]

Este video carece totalmente de objetividad y de informacion. Primero que nada, se habló mucho de la revolucion mexicana y brasileña, las cuales fueron regionales y no afectaron en si al continente mas que para sus respectivos paises, sin mencionar el hecho que la revolucion brasileña fue casi en su totalidad pura diplomacia. Se habló extremadamente poco de los grandes focos insurgentes y con mucho mas impacto a nivel continental, la revolucion de Mayo (o revolucion argentina) y la revolucion comandada por Simon Bolivar. Objetivamente hablando, tanto Bolivar como San Martin son proceres intachables y con un peso historico fundamental en la historia de los paises sudamericanos. Pesimo video.

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

Habla ingles por favor

[@Death6man]

+Albin Lundholm sorry but im not good in english. i can listen and understand english but i can speak correctly. if you want to understand my comment please use some translate.

[@forrester8318]

+Death6man Eu consegui entender completamente o que tu disse, mesmo sem falar espanhol. Vocês conseguem entender o português facilmente também?

[@Death6man]

+Forrester si, te puedo comprender aunque yo no hable portugués.

[@forrester8318]

Interessante o quão semelhante as duas linguas são

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

4:04 "He's behind me isn't he? Gaaah!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@clai5306]

There is so much history about Latin America that I’ve just never heard before! There’s a lot of information in this video, and although it sounds rushed I find it to be a good overview if anything. Spain and Portugal had so much influence over the continent, and it took so much fighting to gain freedom.

[@matejeber91]

So powerful words at the end of the video! Great Job CrashCorse! "Fighting for freedom doesn't always lead to freedom. The past two centuries in Latin America have seen many military dictatorships that protect private property at the expense of egalitarian governance. Freedom, Independence and autonomy are complicated terms that mean different things to different people at different times. So too with the word revolutionary!"

[@maciejzuk7756]

On July 2014 the "soccer" part became obsolete

[@Gustavoxd5]

we still 5 times champions ;)

[@autumnhaller1025]

“King Pedro of sexy big Brazil.”

[@cubalibreball3809]

Why you no do Cuba :(

[@nicolasamper7911]

+Ryan Rodriguez porque fueron colonia hasta casi 1900

[@cubalibreball3809]

I cri evertiem

[@chadvogel7857]

+Ryan Rodriguez cuba wouldnt be independent until after the spanish american war

[@garrusn7702]

+Black Jesus True, but you also never would have won your revolution without us. You also fucked yourselves with Castro. Sorry about the embargoes and dictators though. . . ):

[@cubalibreball3809]

Black Jesus True, but then again, Castro was communist the whole time. He actually hated the United States because America put Batista in charge

[@SpaceBabii]

I had to do this for homework LOL

[@chunce3922]

+JellyBellyJade Same, he talks so fast it hurts

[@SpaceBabii]

I now I'm just like ''bruh slow down I know your exited but slow down!'' XD

[@redlion145]

+JellyBellyJade I like your teacher. The whole series is worth watching.

[@SpaceBabii]

lol

[@rampage14x13]

+JellyBellyJade laughing at your education? Smh

[@vikingdemonpr]

John you should talk about the situation of Puerto Rico, who is the world's oldest colony. From 1493-1898 Spain and 1898-Today with the USA and how complicated is the status of the country/colony (I don't even know how to call it though I'm Puertorrican)

[@luisenriquealdana6709]

ohhhh I wanna see an episode like that too

[@juanjoseph]

Yeah, how Puerto Ricans became third class citizens when they were part of an Empire.

[@Collazovsky]

I second this petition.

[@MISTAKEWASMADE4live]

Aora mismo "estado libre asociado".Right now "free associated state", the only one in the world.

[@juanjoseph]

MISTAKEWASMADE4live That's like "We're dating, and he's seeing other people, but I'm not allowed to see other people. Oh, and he never pays the bill."

[@solia3503]

When he said "Brazil" I, an Argentinian literally gasped and then laughed out loud for a solid minute in class😂

[@oliviaanderson1210]

Soli A same bro I’m half Argentinian hola carajo argentino

[@FinncorporatedProductions]

John Green strikes once again with a hilarious, and very informative video. Good job! Love these videos!

[@user-wz7fn2pq5m]

Nice job guys. Im beginning to fall in love wif this channel

[@brunilda12]

I disagree about the early nation-state concept in Latin American countries. In reallity, the separation between Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, etc., was an English influence. The ports, Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the Atlantic for example, were invaded by english pirates and corsairs. When Juan Manuel de Rosas tried to make a federation, retaking San Martin and Bolivar ideals, it was a coalition of englishmen and frenchmen who finance his opposition. There was European control in Latin America after the revolution. And the concept of nationalism was something consolidated in the 18 century, many years after the independence from Spain.

[@sion8]

I'm not sure anyone here has said it, but "Latin America's" war for independence actually stated in Saint-Dominique (today’s Haiti) it is actually the second oldest republic of the Americas after the U.S.A.; I didn’t know about this until I looked it up. They had a similar spark as the other countries after the US, France and its revolution which led to Napoléon’s rise. Anyways just for your information that’s all.

[@AvinaGreen]

sion8 umm there's a whole other one just for the Haitian revolution

[@sion8]

Yeah true, however Haiti is as much part of Latin America as Brazil or Mexico. Also having this video be called "Latin Revolutions" fails to convey that as these weren't the Latins of Europe such as the Romans that had a revolution but Latin Americans people of mix heritage that saw a way to make their own way in the world without direct European intervention.

[@LuxTheSlav]

sion8 The video isn't called Latin Revolutions. It's called Latin American Revolutions. Just throwing that out there, in case you've learned to read since last posting.

[@benschwabe2504]

The Revolutions Podcast does a very good job covering this in depth. It takes a hundred hours or so.

[@savannahgarcia]

For people who need this for homework it’s 0:40 2:15 3:20 4:00 6:00 8:10 10:25 thank me later🤷🏽‍♀️

[@loganboraks5636]

you are a god lol

[@Piterixos]

You rushed through the topic too much, it was hard to follow this episode.

[@Retax7]

I sort of like your videos, but i feel they are either inacurate or really miss really important things. Specially in french revolución and this one. I mean, San Martín liberated 50% of latín America, and then left by leaving Bolívar in charge, who kind of did it more for hinself than for the people. And he did this in an impresive way, the crossing of the andes was just awesome, tactically speaking.

[@suttersutter2180]

Nahh, These guys are pretty spot on. They just don't waste time and condense some things.

[@JeffDvrx]

Buen Flacoo cuántos comentarios habré leído hasta q encontré esto? Ahora a ver si encuentro q San Martín le pasó el ejército a Bolívar y se bajó de la campaña recién despues de que Bolívar le asegurara q no iba a cumplir con la orden q tenia de saquear el oro de los templos peruanos. Por algo murió pobre San Martín... Ese sí que fue un prócer.

[@Cal-zk4nc]

We watched these sometimes in class when I took Late American History, best class and best teacher ever

[@Aquapod9]

I wonder if his hips swivel when i wind him up? Context is everything! They DO! Hey there cowboy!

[@395leandro]

Well, he told the brazilian independence wrong. Brazil, Portugal and Algarves was 3 united kingdoms under the rule of the house Bragança (King D. João VI) (United Kingdom of Portugual, Brazil and Algarves) eventhough there were still some colonies in Africa and Asia. Prince D. Pedro I was the regent of Brazil while his father - the King - was in Portugal suffocating a rebellion and assuring his power over the throne. Rio de Janeiro was the capital of the realms, but the portuguese people (in Portugal) and the aristocracy that returned with D. João VI wanted it to return to Lisbon and the kingdom of Brazil to return to the status of colony. Facing that possibility the "nationalists" and D. Pedro I decide to make the separation. The video says that it was "peaceful". Actually it wasn't. There wasn't a war because Portugal didn't have the military power nor the population to mobilize against Brazil. Also the guy said that D. Pedro declared himself king, but because of the brazilian territorial size and the expansionist desires he declared himself Emperor, and we became the Empire of Brazil, what resulted in a massive territorial increase (more than doubled our size). Brazil is still a young republic and the royal family still exists, but we don't have an Emperor anymore, just the prince of Brazil (that have no power or benefits at all).

[@aguerrero]

You are right, but for a 10-min crash course, going too much into the details would lose the audience. A damn good job to explain the whole independence process in 24 countries in less than 8 minutes (as he spends 2 to give a context to the time prior to independence)

[@395leandro]

I understand that. What I meant is that he should just "correct" a few facts about Brazil. Just small things like Emperor instead of King, small aggressions throughout the Realm instead of a peaceful independance. He could have spent the same time but telling the "truth". But this is just me being picky (I'm a historian after all).

[@pedrorocha7825]

Actually Brazil during Portuguese Rule was recognized as an Empire So the Kings Would Use this title His Majesty Emperor ..... Of Brazil and King Of The United Kingdom of Portugual and Algarve and King of the oversea territories.

[@ater367]

Does the prince at least get a cool hat?

[@395leandro]

Nope. But he gets to wield a fancy sword.

[@lanawinchester3689]

"Context is everything."

[@jenniferromo2993]

I was very surprised to hear how Napoleon really did indeed make Latin America more complicated than it already was. I previously remember learning about him and his impact in Colonial Latin America but this really went in depth on his impact, loved to hear about how the church and region itself has grown and changed over the years and become what it is today.

[@ryanschuette5848]

I love your videos! Erudite, persuasive, and well designed. I have to say -- where was the United States in Latin America's revolutions? The Monroe Doctrine and Cold War interventions come to mind here. Our foreign policy adventures have played an enormous and destabilizing role in Latin American politics almost from the start.

[@thomasking49]

1:12 Seven day work week so that people could go to church on Sunday? Is this correct?

[@NicolasOliva17]

Where is the Junta of Buenos Aires or the Primer Grito Libertario in Sucre? Or why isn't Antonio Jose de Sucre not mentioned?

[@Denisserariana]

Nicolas Oliva x2

[@xlilcarebear]

everything just went straight over my head

[@bellbell251]

1:37 There is an awesome retelling of her story at this website called Rejected Princesses. It gets a bit graphic with a bit of blood and is a bit depressing as John says but it really covers how amazingly intelligent this woman was.

[@dorkmax7073]

Yay! You recognized the Mestizos. My ethnicities thank you.

[@alvarocarbonero5900]

This episode was soooo "World History through the eyes of Americans"

[@thelionskiln]

I realize this is six years later, but just wanted to say thanks again for the mention. Sincerely, Canada.

[@tilinapple]

people like you help me a lot

[@felipenachmanowicz9393]

Brother, it can't be overstated how wrong you got the "João" pronunciation.

[@andro7862]

About pathriarchy Switzerland gave women vote right in...1973! Yes that late don't belive me go on wikipedia.

[@haye7475]

well I can't trust Wikipedia, cause random people could of put that.

[@thomasmccubbins1464]

jacob nichols thats not actually how wikipedia works

[@cuchomoreno]

some what inacurate and bias presenteation. I'm ecuadorian, in 1929 our country granted the right to vote for all females.

[@andro7862]

cuchomoreno Then why did they have a referendum that failed in the early 50s

[@jethro035181]

....so what....saudi arabia abolished slavery in 1962

[@NapoleonBonaparteMAGA]

Halfway through it this is pretty non-partisan and not annoying with one million jokes, and the jokes in there are very funny and well done because they are just practically non-politically- funny. This is what made Crash Corse History with John Green pre Hillary Great!

[@valefiori8972]

A video on Plan condor would be really interesting

[@VeroManaveronique]

"Less is Morelos". That's it. I'm just gonna write that on my test tomorrow.

[@squigglylines420]

what happened to the yellow chair? where did it go? did it break? stan? john? someone?

[@sassandrasellers3624]

I really appreciate how in depth he went into the history of Latin America and included names that i have not heard or learned about before. It seems like each time i watch a video about Latin America there is more to learn and discover which is really interesting. its interesting to see the different blend of races that came out of Latin america and the different leaders that had come and gone throughout the years. how did Portugal manage to stay in tact while their king left to Brazil?