The Articles of Confederation - Becoming the United States - Extra History - Part 1

📜 The Articles of Confederation and the History of the United States, Part 1
When the thirteen colonies of North America broke away from Great Britain, they struggled to draft their first constitution. After great debate, they created the Articles of Confederation and formed the United States of America.
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[@extrahistory]

Revolution. Independence. War. The American colonies have broken from Britain, but how will they govern themselves? Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/ExtraCredits/

[@highfatcheese7668]

Extra Credits are you going to talk about hamilton

[@d0ntfeedphil447]

You Filthy Redcoat

[@FiauraTheTankGirlGamer]

1 Million! It Happened! You guys earned it. Maybe I'll get there one day.

[@d0ntfeedphil447]

Elizabeth II Down with King, LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC!

[@user-eg2in6wh4m]

Million

[@davehoffman4659]

America: Wins independence through bloody revolution. Brazil: Wins independence through bloody revolution. Literally all of Latin America: Wins independence through bloody revolution. Canada: Sits patiently until Britain lets it go.

[@daisyle125]

canada good boi

[@elijahguttman9289]

Except Belize, Suriname, Guayana, French Guayana, Jamaika, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, the Spanish Virgin Islands and all the islands to this day still parts of European nations in the Carribean (e.g. the ABC Islands, Montserrat, etc.).

[@ally462]

Elijah Guttman so you are just gonna ignore The Cuban War of Independence, Puerto Rico The Grito de Lares .

[@elijahguttman9289]

@@ally462 I never said that there was no resistance there. I only meant that they also took much longer to gain independance.

[@ajavisk]

Brazil had no revolution. The heir to the Portuguese empire declared the country to be independent, with him as the leader, and there was no war

[@archer1949]

"I will send an armed battalion to remind you of my love."

[@McJethroPovTee]

Lew Archer 1949 I see a fellow Hamilton fan. Good day, sir.

[@hunterdickson2184]

LA DA DA DA DA LA DA DA DA EY YA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaAAAA

[@lilyreiser8808]

WE ALL CAME HERE FOR HAMILTON

[@shawnleach]

AAAAHAHAHAHAAA

[@m00mt00n]

pretty sure that half of the viewers literally came here only for Hamilton me included

[@Rhynerd]

Why did I find Rhode Island declaring itself an independent nation funny enough to laugh about?

[@bryansandoval3162]

Rhynerd Because its the smallest state by today in the country.

[@abelardoplatas1549]

I mean, if you spill a glass of water in Rhode Island the state ends up declaring an emergency for mass flooding

[@pewdiepieisstillabadyoutub4490]

Vatican City Would Finally Have Someone Someone Small Enough To Talk To!

[@azelfdaboi5265]

Because Rhode Island is forgettable?

[@leyalaatasto9096]

Don't worry, I laughed too

[@DuranmanX]

The British are mad at the Americans because of the high debts fighting the French So the British decided to fight the Americans, and the French assisted the Americans and helped them beat the British Assisting the Americans led to high debts for the French and sparked the French Revolution the British tried to defeat the French during this time especially later when Napoleon was Emperor, and this rose to their debts simply put, Britain tries to solve debt problems with even more debt

[@Sahil-oq8ki]

Don't forget the South Seas bubble. Walpole was the truest Brit of them all.

[@zyaicob]

And that's why we need Walpole...

[@rjfaber1991]

The idea that the US War of Independence caused the French Revolution, often though people from the US may repeat it, is a load of utter bollocks. It may have had a cursory influence, but it certainly wasn't the cause.

[@charlescogswell2709]

no, the debts France incurred certainly helped push the revolution forward.

[@DuranmanX]

so the American Revolution didn't put the French in debt? And that debt didn't lead to an economic crisis that leads to the revolution?

[@KTChamberlain]

Actually, it should be noted that the Americans understood the necessity of paying the taxes after the Seven Years' War, the problem that became a big issue was that Parliament did not allow the American Colonies to impose the taxes themselves to solve the problem, instead you just had a Parliament basically say: "Nope, you don't get a say in how much you should pay in the taxes." Translation: taxation without representation, which created the famous war cry, "No taxation without representation."

[@artofthepossible7329]

Unfortunately, for the Americans (and the British that supported the Americans) rotten boroughs existed and makes me wonder how they thought an colony nation (which would be of inferior priority to Parliament) would have representation.

[@Longlius]

​@@artofthepossible7329 The answer is that the Americans knew that representation in Parliament was a non-starter (they even said as much in their official correspondence with the king). What upset them more than anything is that they had enjoyed more than 150 years of mostly just getting to rule themselves. Even prior to the Seven Years War, Britain had begun to increasingly impose its will over the day-to-day affairs of the colonies (much to the chagrin of colonial bigwigs). The peaceful solution proposed by most of the colonies was a form of devolved self-rule but with the colonies paying Britain in order to maintain imperial association ("We write most of our own laws, but we still get to be British and we'll pay you for the privilege.") Despite this sounding like a good idea, the British were not keen on it, because "American self-rule" was usually synonymous with smuggling and violating Britain's mercantilist trade policies to trade with the other European empires (aka Britain's rivals). And so this is how you get the American War of Independence - the interests of the colonies and the interests of Britain could not be cleanly reconciled, and so war breaks out. The rest is history. Yale actually has video lectures posted for their HIST 116 course (The American Revolution), which I would recommend checking out. The third lecture (Being a British American) does a lot to really get you into the mindset of early Americans and why things evolved the way they did.

[@aaa-vx8ke]

I like turtles we wouldn’t have cancelled the taxes. That’s not how representation works.

[@Multi1]

Don't believe everything the Colonies say, they won the war after all. And they were a Penal Colony so they shouldn't have that much to complain.

[@gavin169]

So here's a story: my family has more or less lived around southern Ontario forever, so to my suprise it turns out that they used to live in Boston, but had to leave, know why? This happened.

[@rjfaber1991]

That's not particularly unique... The entire reason Ontario exists in the first place, and isn't just part of Quebec, is because of the settlement of the United Empire Loyalists.

[@TJStellmach]

Some British Loyalists at the time of the revolution (not the majority, buy still, thousands of them) emigrated to the Canadian colonies. Mostly they went to the maritime area, though. Ontario was rather a remote frontier at the time.

[@roninref5152]

Gavin Luhezz Don't worry your family will be American again soon ;)

[@jmlkinc]

Yeah, the bulk of the Loyalists arrived in Ontario and Quebec in the year after the Revolution was over (1784). During the Revolutionary War, the Maritimes were much more settled than Upper Canada. But a handful of Ontario and Quebec towns were still founded with loyalist influxes from the start of the war in 1776. It was basically just Windsor, Prescott, and Niagara Falls.

[@roninref5152]

tj12711 Mark my words, you leafs sit upon rightful American clay. We will finish what we sought from the beginning

[@MarkusAldawn]

"We'll ban you." "What does that even me-" "You're banned."

[@CountBrennuvarg]

Really would love to see a series on Bismarck. Edit: He was one of the greatest statesman ever, and I really find his lack of a series kind of a snub, to be honest.

[@dragatus]

We definitely need a series on Bismarck at some point.

[@extrahistory]

You're in luck! The patreons voted for him last weekend, and he'll be getting a series in fall of 2017. That said, there are lots of amazing stories from all around the world that deserve to be covered on Extra History - as just one example, we haven't yet discussed the history of the Indian subcontinent at all. History is rich and varied, and we're excited to cover as much of it as we can, so the absence of one particular person, region, or event is not a snub but a reflection of how wide the range of wonderful world history there is to discuss.

[@rjfaber1991]

Von. His name was Von Bismarck, and the adjective "von", despite just meaning "of", was an important indicator of nobility in the Germanies at the time. When people were ennobled, they'd have "von" added to their names, so that the great industrialist Ernst Siemens, for instance, became Ernst Von Siemens after his ennoblement. Calling Otto Von Bismarck simply Otto Bismarck would likely have made him a bit upset...

[@martinconway8174]

Actually yeah, big up the germans.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

There hasn't really been enough series that anyone can be considered snubbed. Even countries. But hopefully India and North Africa get series at some point.

[@thatothersimp2751]

No the tea the glorious tea

[@anex3611]

NOT THE TEA!!!!!!

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

After watching the opium wars series you can really see what level this offense truly was.

[@clyran5507]

How to destroy the British Empire Step 1 : Destroy their tea Step 2 : Congrats, you destroyed it !

[@timothymclean]

+Sara Samaletdin I'm not sure the parallels are really warranted. The British didn't do anything to stop the flow of the drug into their country.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Clyran Which is why when India left it was all downhill for the empire.

[@allmightytraytable8200]

Land: *EXISTS* Britain: “Its Free Real Estate!”

[@wordforger]

People that already live there: Um... No? Britain: *starts building in their front yard*

[@akiraishin7141]

Oh my god, is that Will and Fred crying over spilled tea? That's it, this is my favorite episode of Extra History!

[@mohamedal-ganzoury3699]

I'm surprised noone else noticed; I laughed my butt off when I saw them XD

[@robertwalpole360]

Not the tea . . . :(

[@Miyakans]

I paused the video as soon as I saw it to see if anyone had commented.

[@LeviathanStorm38]

Nothing to say about the literal shot glasses fired from the rifles? xD

[@nerakin6679]

Which episode is that?

[@MinimalSymphony]

"A shocking disregard for tea" LOL

[@nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752]

*1776: New York City*

[@explosion3791]

Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, sir?

[@misslockwood6530]

That depends, who's asking?

[@pee7200]

I'm getting nervous

[@bobross2749]

Oh sir I’m Alexander Hamilton

[@lonsdaleitepolitics9597]

Sir, I heard your name at Princeton; I was seeking an accelerated course of study,

[@crumbo5095]

something something hamilton reference

[@thecynth3820]

Can't really think of any specific line but I agree someone needs to make one. (Maybe something from Farmer Refuted)

[@antonyarellano2073]

YO HE'D HAVE YOU ALL UNRAVEL AT THE SOUND OF SCREAMS BUT THE REVOLUTION IS COMING

[@thecynth3820]

It's hard to listen to you with a straight face

[@Elsenoromniano]

Well, when he wrote the letters defending the constitution most of it is dedicated to say how the articles of confederation (the ones that were ratified, not the ones from Dickinson) were crap. So someone should make a song about the federalist papers.

[@robertwalpole360]

Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, Got yourself a problem? He can Alexander handle it.

[@pitioti]

4:57: Fun fact, one of his inspirations was the constitution of the Corsican Republic ^^

[@LeprechaunZombie]

The way I see it, the whole issue of state's rights vs national rights is one of the central conflicts throughout all of American history, even today, and is directly related to the whole debacle that was the Articles. It comes up several times in this very episode, with the various states repeatedly insisting that they'll be fine on their own and don't need an overseeing body to shackle them. I expect this issue will come up several more times before this series is over.

[@FinnishDragon]

I would love to see a series starting from 1809 to 1918 on how Finland gained independence. That series would prove the gaining independence is a long process. Historically, Finland became an independent nation in December 6th 1917 so ideally that could be Extra Credits series for next November or December.

[@rateater420]

I was rewatching the Justinian and Theodora series and BOOM! Another extra history series.

[@tuskinradar8688]

Jett Aniceto I love how these videos are so entertaining that you can actually enjoy rewatching them like normal shows as opposed to just an informative documentary (the Justinian series is legit, I almost wanna rewatch it now myself)

[@aldahirandrade5085]

Hey

[@aldahirandrade5085]

Tusk in Radars 5

[@CyricZ]

Ah Rhode Island. That radical SOB. Woo-ing like Ric Flair.

[@timothymclean]

I never would have imagined Rhode Island was so spunky.

[@cpMetis]

It's always the small ones that get a bit crazy.

[@kyokyoniizukyo7171]

That moment when a state most people forget about...is the one that is the most important..

[@reactiveisland5580]

That's our upside, we may be little, but we aren't going down without a fight if we get put in one. ;)

[@nicholasroberts8378]

Kyononnon 'why did Gmail screw me over?' I swear I see you ever on almost every channel I'm subscribed to....i guess great minds think alike:p

[@jmbthegreat]

2:23 "Shots had been fired" I did not expect that images but it works so perfectly.

[@jayburgin2303]

"PAY YOUR FUCKING TAXES!"

[@sunjian5458]

Put your guns down on my command!

[@brandonlyon730]

Then take your damn soldiers out of my house and eating all of my food!

[@TheWarriorpony]

Nightspirit calm down Ham!

[@jayburgin2303]

Guys, it's just a musical refrence. Don't start a debate please ^^

[@ryandooley2589]

Nightspirit "NEVER!!!!"

[@peggyliepmann5248]

This is absolutely what I like to see from you guys. If you're gonna cover the big events that most people remember the Cliff Notes of from school or TV, focus on the smaller, less well known parts, the stuff that's glossed over or omitted entirely. You guys really like to do it, and you're really good at it.

[@decode2577]

THAT WAS 9 MINUTES?!!?

[@deamon6681]

Feels shorter, doesn't it?

[@kiddo6393]

DeCode 25 Time flies when you're having fun

[@et496]

yes nein

[@Phoenix_guitar]

@@kiddo6393 Yes.

[@zulumike7534]

One two three four five six seven eight nine! It’s the nine minute history course

[@LuMD]

Plz do the life of Napoleon

[@billyweed835]

Hamilton jokes in the comments starting....

[@piequeen3750]

Billy Weed yep

[@guessmyname1246]

It's everywhere

[@davehoffman4659]

Billy Weed in... ONE TWO THEEE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NIINE(minutes)!

[@katsukibakugou4294]

Dave Hoffman ITS THE TEN DUEL COMMANDMENTS

[@zulumike7534]

Were NON-STOP!

[@XCruzzerX89]

Could you guys have done this a week earlier for the AP US HISTORY test? Lol

[@mdeguzman2000]

could have helped us study

[@IapitusMcHeimer]

XCruzzerX89 not good ones

[@caelvanir8557]

From a few years ago at best.

[@Healermain15]

Yeah, but those are American history books. They don't really have the best track record.

[@emilsayahi1]

Dude, they taught us the majority of this in the first 4 months of school... in 8th grade... What kind of school do you go to?

[@LordOfNothingreally]

You guys do such an amazing job of making history really accessible. Bravo Extra Credits, bravo

[@foolishsamurai9]

this is my favorite channel, it has all I like and deeply admire and like to talk about, video games, history, animation, you guys are doing a great job keep it up with the interesting subjects and the great animation!!!

[@mattclough1737]

lol Lafayette where you at man

[@sharleenann6009]

He's taking his horse by the reigns making redcoats redder with bloodstains.

[@piequeen3750]

He’s also scattering the remains

[@Phoenix_guitar]

@Dead Inside He's Lafayette! Watch him enraging, engaging, escaping'em he goes to france for more funds he comes back with more guns and ship!

[@katsukibakugou4294]

And so ze balance shifts

[@lea4270]

@@katsukibakugou4294 we rendezvous with rochambeau consolidate their gifts

[@zazzpzazz]

shot in the dark but, can you please think about doing one on Rasputin

[@zazzpzazz]

Aaron Smith i see

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Rasputin just lost on Patreon to Bismarck. This was the second time Rasputin was voted on and Bismarck won on its third time so Rasputin might win some day.

[@weldonwin]

Russia's Greatest Love Machine?

[@andreaswidham3607]

Gosh, you make it sound like the road to American Independence was littered with idiot decisions and brilliant men being ignored by fools.

[@timothymclean]

I'm fairly certain the statement applies to most of human history. I'm a bit more critical of its effect on the world, though...it would be nice if we didn't have to let things burn so we could have a trial by fire.

[@agilemind6241]

Don't be upset pretty much every country's history is littered with idiot decisions and great ideas being ignored until the "great men" of history ran out of their own bad ideas to watch fail and had to fall back on those discarded great ideas.

[@willnash7907]

You just described 99% of historical and modern politics.

[@sm901ftw]

By the same logic the men of the British parliament were also probably "good, well learned men who had different political ideas".The only difference is their country lost the war. Men are not defined by their few great achievements or failures, but that is all history usually remembers in any detail.

[@agilemind6241]

"We don't really know them, and the only evidence we have of their greatness is the fact that they consumed insane amounts of alcohol the day before they wrote the constitution. " The US too? It's thought PEI joined Canadian confederation because MacDonald got everyone super drunk before the signing and promised them a railroad. PS Canadian confederation was also a rediscovery of a long-standing goal of a nobody independent MP who ended up in the gov't because MacDonald needed him to hold onto a majority. I almost think it is a real pattern that the talents you need to get the power to implement great ideas are incompatible with the talents you need to come up with great ideas.

[@therainbowwillow4453]

The Revolution was the most American thing possible: Let’s do some insane, radical, expensive thing because we want to be free! While doing this, we will forget that we might succeed, and will actually need to pay for shit.

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

Yeah and I don't think we ever paid France for it. 😂

[@castle5482]

1:04 Why the heck did this make me laugh so much?

[@shindean]

Wow, the AoC...you guys are amazing, bringing this up is a wonderful addition to showing the imperfections that helped create our country.

[@Knightfall8]

5:49 as a t shirt would be hilarious (as long as it made reference to the Articles or pre-articles congress)

[@bloodybunny5745]

That is some REALLY neat handwriting Straight lines , small text and beautiful cursive

[@mrhose3577]

I love your history videos. I feel they are SO educational. I love it. :)

[@TheRealAndreIbanez]

-Insert Broadway's Hamilton- Everyone should listen to that musical, words won't describe how incredibly extraordinary it is.

[@edisonmichael6345]

Everytime I'm remembered of Hamilton's existance, Lindsay's (formerly Nostalgia Chick) comment springs to mind: "The first hip hop musical to obtain mainstream success HAD to be about the whitest thing ever". lol

[@grzegorzgrzesiak7498]

Think again because Hamilton is incredible

[@davidmano9050]

Actually, if you wanna hear a good musical that features John Dickinson, you should check out 1776 :^)

[@lilyreiser8808]

Alexander... alexander. Look around look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now

[@discoshark7767]

Geoff Nattrass Say what you want, that’s exactly what I said before getting into it

[@9308323]

1:38 That's a strange way of handshaking.

[@YellRyan]

I love your videos! And so does my history teacher too! He plays your videos sometimes in class for us.

[@GrayGriffonKnight]

though I've grown up learning about all of this, you guys have still managed to make your take interesting and unique! I'm looking forward to how this turns out

[@BListHistory]

I will never hear a better telling of the first crusade than these guys did

[@GrayGriffonKnight]

I'm with ya. they handled it in an exceptionally open and fair manner on both sides of the event.

[@kyokyoniizukyo7171]

Same , god our contry has a funny history...:)

[@phonyshoemaker7379]

I have been waiting for someone to do this.

[@elitrax829]

I've been waiting SO long for an American Revolution video!

[@GoErikTheRed]

I saw this in my recommended videos. I don't think I've ever clicked on a video faster.

[@roguedogx]

2:10 why is there only ever one sane person in the room? So, in summation, the roll of states is definitely not a new issue and neither is ignoring the logical well planed and well thought out plans of people who have spent years working on a solution.

[@fymbra360]

These videos are extremely helpful, I watch them for fun now!

[@barbaramarkus]

love your videos on extra history

[@dgmisal1979]

US History profs applaud the decision to do a US video! My survey students love these as conversation starter assignments in World History, so I'm hoping for another few US history vids. Thanks and great job!

[@wordforger]

"Sit down, John! Sit Down, John!" "Someone ought to open up a window!" "Too many flies, too many flies." "But it's hot as hell in Philadelphia!"

[@albertbennett6290]

"Remember that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor. And that is why they will follow us!"

[@pendragonxt3674]

Context?

[@jessieg58]

Bless you for making a 1776 reference instead of a Hamilton reference

[@pyrosianheir]

That "Shot's Fired" pun is top tier. Also, well done as always, James, Dan, Dan, Scott, and everyone else involved whose names I don't know.

[@summerxo6994]

Very helpful

[@wilhelmfriedrichi3865]

Would love to see an American Revolution series!!

[@orenashkenazi9813]

I like how you said the republic has lasted "over two hundred years." I find it unlikely we will last another hundred.

[@davidsbiggestfanhenry7036]

I’ve got an APUSH test tomorrow on this stuff, thanks for coming in clutch Extra Credits 🙏

[@gh0stmast3r]

I love this thank you so much!

[@Selrahcthewise]

is James taking a break from these,or are Soraya and James sharing writing duties?

[@extrahistory]

We're sharing them! James will be back at the wheel for our next series on the Bronze Age Collapse. -Soraya

[@rjfaber1991]

+Extra Credits - You may just have spoiled the next series... I like the premise of it though; far too often do we tend to think our history starts only a few centuries B.C., when there was so much interesting stuff going on prior to that...

[@wingracer1614]

Sweet, bronze age collapse is fascinating to me.

[@zenogias01]

Extra Credits OMGOMGOMGOMG *runs around in a circle like an overexcited puppy*

[@allaboutrandoms429]

I'm anticipating for Hamilton

[@indigo-arts]

yes

[@rjfaber1991]

I've never seen a better representation of shots being fired... Bloody well done, EH artists!

[@jeremysanders5104]

this is Awesome. thank You

[@impossibleeatable501]

“Shots have been fired” Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyuyyyyyyyyyyyyŷyyyyyyyyyŷyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy “The time is ripe” Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyuyyyyyyyyyyyyŷyyyyyyyyyŷyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@JHD42]

2:23 "Shot's had been fired" :D That image just earned you another thumbs up. ... Hmm, I already clicked it. I'll just click it again. That should work right?

[@nsnick199]

I like the visual pun @2:22 for "shots fired", but man that would've been an even better visual for the Whiskey Rebellion.

[@jacksonhayes04]

Great vid bud

[@StCrimson667]

My reaction through this whole video: "Well, seems somethings never really change."

[@rjfaber1991]

Two hundred years? Wow... I know you guys can't help that your country is so young, but I always like to joke that I live in a house that is older than the United States.

[@HistoryNerd808]

Robert Faber Maybe so but even us being a relatively young country, our constitution is the oldest national constitution still being used, having been written in 1787(ratified the following year) which should at least count for something.

[@rjfaber1991]

+Michael Hill - True, and it does count for something, although maybe you shouldn't think too hard of where you would be if you had binned the current constitution for something better, just like you did with the Articles back in the day. You could be rid of that damned electoral college for a start...

[@zyaicob]

LOL!! Our Declaration of Independence was written 125 years before theirs...

[@wea1117]

Michael Hill What it means is that the Constitution is a mess that doesn't account for any modern day scenarios. Not to mention that lawmaking today basically devolves into a debate about what the guys 200 years ago would want rather than what would actually be good for America.

[@HistoryNerd808]

Robert Faber​ I actually support the Electoral College because it forces coalition-building and you have to pay attention to the issues of more than one part of the country(good example of this is that Clinton lost this last election in large part because she didn't pay attention to the issues of the Rust Belt) but even if I was against it, it's not changing because it's such a ideological question and our Constitution requires 2/3 of both houses of Congress and 3/4 of the states to amend it and the EC was so that small states weren't overwhelmed by larger ones and they're not giving up the ability to actually have a say. If we got rid of it, something like 1/4-1/3 of the population is in California, Texas, New York, and Florida and so no one would care what Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, or Michigan(the states that lost Hillary the election) thought. Sorry for the rant there.

[@madogthefirst]

0:45 lol Will and I'm guess Fred's faces at the tea being wrecked.

[@dam_ly]

The 'shots fired' art was nice :)

[@1forge2rulethemall88]

I wanted to add that yes the British did incur large debts by fighting the french. What isn't told though is that the colonists spent large sums of money also, the British promised to pay them back and never did instead raising taxes. That's why they refused the taxes because they had felt cheated. Check Ben Franklins address to parliament for the American perspective on it. This video was mostly accurate but focused a lot on how the British viewed the American revolution, and less on why the Americans did these things. This video gives the impressions that the people who were not loyalists were just radicalists that didn't listen to reason.

[@erraticonteuse]

Everyone should just watch Joanne Freeman's lectures on Yale's YT channel. They are the best.

[@toxicturtle9077]

Especially after the Seven Year's War when the land colonists had just fought for was now illegal to settle on with the Proclamation of 1763, which the colonies politely ignored.

[@MrMarinus18]

Well they couldn't pay back taxes because they had no money. Also the money spend was in the form of loans to the government since legally the Americans were British citizens. Many people in the British isles had given loans to the government as well during the war and why should the Americans have priority for loan repayments? The British government just repayed loans in order of the height of the interest rate. A bigger reason why the Americans felt cheated was because they had given those loans based on the idea that the land the British would win would let them expand westwards. However after the war the British didn't allow it so since they weren't given the land they believed they invested in they wanted their money back immediately. If anything the possibilities for colonization after the war were even more restricted than before the war.

[@cisjcjskcjskx7581]

*starts screaming the whole hamilton musical*

[@BListHistory]

I am maximum excited for this :D

[@AshleyDarling_]

I was just learning about this!

[@786suhaib786]

1:10 that was hilarious.

[@Beremor]

I just looked at that image and now I can't unsee that A) the playing field is 11 tiles wide (rather than the usual 10) and B) the I piece is 5 tiles long.

[@TheBossOfMath]

Thanks for posting the day after the APUSH exam :P

[@jace8129]

Awesome video

[@cocoacoconuts24]

You guys have really upped your visual pun game, and that's saying something! (The emotional steak/stake still makes me giggle.) The tetris and "shots fired" bits actually made me lol. XD

[@XenoTechnian]

1:04 this part killed me

[@xccmx]

I see what you did there at 2:23...

[@zulumike7534]

xccmx LOL

[@joylolz3727]

OoH-

[@joylolz3727]

But how are they not spilling-

[@PannierLaw]

I’ve actually visited the Dickinson plantation that was a nice piece of history to learn about!

[@also_arles]

I had to watch this series in my US history class, I thought it was such a great watch so now I'm revisiting it! (also made me revisit the channel itself as I've been subscribed for quite a while!)

[@NeverDoubtTheWorm]

“And there governments said: ABSOLUTELY NOT “ Ahahahahaha 💀

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

Anyone else catch the anachronistic use of the modern Houses of Parliament?

[@brandonfrost4564]

Thank this helped

[@Conehead55]

This helped me with home work thanks!

[@anttibjorklund1869]

"... and hobby kite enthusiast". XD

[@DesperateOutlaw]

Thanks past self for liking history, now I got the most difficult task in class.

[@nathandierenfield6742]

I loved this!

[@jamesweikel2594]

@extrahistory this makes me more interested in learning about the Albany Plan

[@DanCooper404]

My wife is Haudenosaunee, of the Onondaga Nation, and I have to applaud you for your correct pronunciation of the Confederacy's name. Bravo for not just taking the easy route, and just calling them Iroquois, the name that the French insisted upon calling them.

[@AlphaSections]

HOW COULD ANYONE MESS UP TETRIS THAT BADLY!! AARGG!!! 1:09

[@DavidChipman]

*raises hand* LOL

[@galfinsp7216]

Apparently Ubisoft.

[@Creon692]

You're a great teacher.

[@JessTheTittyLeech]

Thanks for the help for my history essay :D

[@thepolishdiaspora6461]

Every remembers how the French helped the USA, but nobody remembers Kazimierz Pułaski or Tadeusz Kościuszko

[@sanspeter9925]

wasn't there a regiment of polish lancers?

[@thepolishdiaspora6461]

Canadian Lamer Kazimierz essentially led the American cavalry and at one point saved the life of George Washington, he died while fighting in Savannah Georgia. Tadeusz acted as an engineer for the continental army and at one point saved the southern army from destruction.

[@sanspeter9925]

+The Polish Diaspora that's pretty cool

[@iuriepripa3171]

The Polish Diaspora Perfect name-comment correspondency

[@FistoftheSnackBar]

kids in Chicago area public schools remember Pulaski at least, because they get Pulaski Day off from school.

[@ChloeE623]

Hamilton wrote…THE OTHER 51!!

[@zulumike7534]

Chloe E why do write like your running out of time?

[@prateeksharma7881]

this is without a doubt, my favourite channel on KZbin

[@bekawestberg8491]

I was filled with hope when people with different philosophies where working together. Then my dreams were dashed when they were stupid and didn't ratify a constitution before declaring independence. Hehe super great video guys I loved it! Really engaging and really educational! Keep it up!

[@brockmckelvey7327]

0:42 I'M DEAD XD

[@robertwalpole360]

TEA OVERBOARD! *dives in to save it*

[@AthanaSus]

I miss this narrator

[@overrated2875]

same

[@accordioid]

Well done!

[@anisacowan]

Love this artist. There were multiple moments when I paused the video I wanted to re-watch the art for the little jokes slipped in here and there