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

[@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/

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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!

[@עומריחזן-פ5ד]

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

[@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?

[@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]

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[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@allmightytraytable8200]

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

[@wordforger]

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

[@MarkusAldawn]

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

[@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.

[@Nkanyiso_K]

*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,

[@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.

[@jmbthegreat]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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)

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Hey

[@aldahirandrade5085]

Tusk in Radars 5

[@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.

[@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!

[@MinimalSymphony]

"A shocking disregard for tea" LOL

[@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. ;)

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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

[@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

[@Nendoroid_addict]

@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

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@@katsukibakugou4294 we rendezvous with rochambeau consolidate their gifts

[@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...:)

[@LordOfNothingreally]

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

[@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!

[@decode2577]

THAT WAS 9 MINUTES?!!?

[@deamon6681]

Feels shorter, doesn't it?

[@kiddo6393]

DeCode 25 Time flies when you're having fun

[@Monkey-l8s]

yes nein

[@Nendoroid_addict]

@@kiddo6393 Yes.

[@zulumike7534]

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

[@pitioti]

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

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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!!!

[@bloodybunny5745]

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

[@LuMD]

Plz do the life of Napoleon

[@konstantinopoulos33]

That Tetris gag at 1:04 gets extra points from me. *Hits like*.

[@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?

[@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. 😂

[@prateeksharma7881]

this is without a doubt, my favourite channel on KZbin

[@allaboutrandoms429]

I'm anticipating for Hamilton

[@indigo-arts]

yes

[@GoErikTheRed]

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

[@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

[@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!!!!"

[@jericdev]

I appreciate you covering Dickenson more accurately than the play 1776 and even John Adams on HBO. Dr. Joanne Freeman should be proud if she ever sees this. :)

[@davidsbiggestfanhenry7036]

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

[@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?

[@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*

[@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.

[@sijiachen]

Me: Ctrl+F: Alexander =( Ctrl+F: Hamilton =D

[@mrhose3577]

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

[@kaifranks3124]

I'm tired of it being referred to as the "American Revolutionary War". It wasn't a revolution; if it were then the British Crown and Parliament would have been overthrown. Rather, it was a mere secessionist war for independence.

[@badbeardbill9956]

Actually it was a "revolution" as the local governments were overthrown. No more British governors and such.

[@YellRyan]

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

[@danilooliveira6580]

so that is why the US is this mess of independent states ?

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

Danilo Oliveira Lol what?

[@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.

[@corwin32]

Will & Fred!!! That's AWESOME!!!

[@orenashkenazi9813]

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

[@Cage532]

Will & Fred at 0:41 mourning the loss of so much English tea.

[@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.

[@dragongirlZX]

i want to request the spanish civil war because it's hard not well known but important i think. i might even join patreon later down the line to pay even but i can't at the moment.

[@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?

[@PareliusC]

Will you all ever do a series on Heinrich Schliemann, the man who discovered Troy? His story is fascinating.Very similar to the other characters you have discussed before.

[@StCrimson667]

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

[@PareliusC]

One small goof in your multicolored map of the colonies. Maine should be the same color as Mass. as it didn't get its statehood until 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850.

[@Knightfall8]

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

[@andrewsong9104]

do a short series on the July 20th Plot

[@castle5482]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@PareliusC]

Ayuh! Don't mess with Boston, dude

[@wilhelmfriedrichi3865]

Would love to see an American Revolution series!!

[@Sundance-hh8nr]

the story of the american revolution. some homies squaded up, threw the dank in the harbor, wrote an epic bitch-list, then said "cash me outside how bah dat."

[@TheBossOfMath]

Thanks for posting the day after the APUSH exam :P

[@nightknight8667]

we all know that it was Walpole who did it

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

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

[@_________________________7050]

>Implying their rejection of centralization is a bad thing.

[@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.

[@TheBl00dytears]

I have never screamed from happiness at reading the title of a video.

[@izzyandliam5004]

There are so many smart historians in the comments but I’m just like, “ yeah, but what about Hamilton, and Laurens, and the music!” I know that that’s not what happened in real life I was just making a joke.

[@allie2830]

Izzy And Liam LAURENS DIDNT DESERVE TO DIE LIKE THAT

[@Nendoroid_addict]

Yas queen!

[@allanlank]

No other colonies other that those who had started the French/Indian Wars refused to pay for it.

[@badbeardbill9956]

Not so much refusing to pay for it as asking for representation so they can ask for better terms.

[@cisjcjskcjskx7581]

*starts screaming the whole hamilton musical*

[@zodayn]

John Dickinson... wonder where he put his willy....

[@XenoTechnian]

1:04 this part killed me

[@Burning_Dwarf]

over 200years, you make it sound like a long time, but for a country the USA is still a baby well a toddler at the maximum

[@sean668]

Fré Its older than Italy, Germany, Norway, and Finland

[@badbeardbill9956]

Well our governing document hasn't changed much except for amendments, so... technically we're 9th, older than the UK. Measuring how old a country is... isn't easy.

[@DesperateOutlaw]

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

[@McJethroPovTee]

John Dickinson and John Hancock, really guys?

[@xccmx]

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

[@zulumike7534]

xccmx LOL

[@joylolz3727]

OoH-

[@joylolz3727]

But how are they not spilling-

[@mybumbrash]

next to the federation of Australia. there's some interesting stuff like how if New Zealand or Fiji wanted to join Australia they don't have to need a constitutional amendment like if any other country joined because they were under new South Wales when it federated.

[@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.

[@AlaskinZombie]

BRUH!!!! LITERALLY THE DAY AFTER APUSH EXAMS AND YOU PUT THIS OUT!!!!!!! :((((

[@impossibleeatable501]

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

[@hopeless6905]

Am I the only one who was singing songs from Hamilton?

[@AlphaSections]

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

[@DavidChipman]

*raises hand* LOL

[@galfinsp7216]

Apparently Ubisoft.

[@RAID3N_2013]

0:40 Poor Will and Fred.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

"... and hobby kite enthusiast". XD

[@quorrafromtron]

1:11 i died

[@IDBTitanosaurus]

Hmmm! I remember John Dickenson from the John Adams miniseries. So THAT'S why he resigned.

[@paullytle246]

article 3 free Inhabitant you have no right to stop me

[@NeverDoubtTheWorm]

“And there governments said: ABSOLUTELY NOT “ Ahahahahaha 💀

[@colindear5416]

Can you do a series about Lettow-Vorbeck who is nicknamed the Lion of Africa.

[@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.

[@dolphinsniper]

... Well, at least you made it clear that both sides fucked up the situation that lead to the civil war.

[@acerba]

>"created a republic" Thank you for that. It's obnoxious how frequently people mistakenly use the label democracy instead of republic.

[@DeyaViews]

I'm not sure what's obnoxious about that. Isn't a republic one form of democracy?

[@McRaylie]

1 is Dirk Right yes it is, America is democratic republic

[@svenservette4197]

acerba The USA is a Democratic Republic. That means it's a Republic that uses democratic processes in parts of its government. Republic is a representative government. A pure democracy isn't. Pure democracies inevitably end up becoming something like a monarchy or oligarchy. True republics last longer.

[@joshuamackey3040]

Republic refers more to the form which the government takes, while democracy deals more with the way the citizenry participates in that form of government. Nations can form republics without being necessarily democratic (the Netherlands and Poland-Lithuania were both republics that were intensely aristocratic at the time of the American revolution), while a democracy does not necessarily follow a republican form of government. Smaller nation-states or other forms of communities can use direct democracy instead, or some nations will fit some form of democratic processes into other governing bodies. TL;DR, the U.S. is both democratic and republican in some form or fashion. Both neither of those terms are necessarily linked together; you can definitely have one without having the other.

[@cramer4506]

Not really. A democracy is where the people would vote directly on everything. A republic is where the people are represented by a small number of people.

[@Calv_]

I just realised with Brexit, a lot of British people will be acting in the same way as the American Revolutionaries, and not learning from the past. How depressing.

[@badbeardbill9956]

Yeah but we had a few thousand miles of land...