The Colonial Battle For North America | Nations At War | Timeline

The battle for North America rages on as the Americans claim a manifest destiny to take the continent; the First Nations of the West were forced to fight for their survival.
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[@brutusbarnabus8098]

This is the only documentary I have ever seen that speaks of the Abenaki tribe during the struggles for North American dominance. The eastern woodland indian tribes are not as well known and romanticized over as are the plains indians.

[@nefspeaks1983]

Plains Indians were an extension of the Canadian/Alaskan Tribes who migrated across the Land Bridge from Asia and extended all the way down towards the SouthWest. (🧬 places their origins in Siberia/East Asia) South Eastern Americans descended from the early Mound Builders. Iroquois Confederacy were also land bridge migrants similar to the Plains Indians in ancestry although culture was different and migration time was later. They were responsible for pushing many of the other tribes more South, which in then, helped weaken the landscape and allow Colonist to take advantage

[@nefspeaks1983]

I was saying that to say something about why they mostly show those kinds but I forgot where I was going. Mostly because all the other tribes were subdued by the time American govt was fully established and the culture of American had already been established, so they then could romantize opposition in film

[@tsuaeshae]

Same thing with the Mingo.

[@SmokeyJoe876]

I know it's been awhile since this post...At the Penobscot Reservation, atop the church, is an iron cross. The cross, a war trophy, was carried home by a wounded Penobscot warrior veteran after a battle in Quebec.

[@carringtonchristmas3635]

@@nefspeaks1983 Not true.

[@nelliesfarm8473]

My hometown is Toledo Ohio ,where a lot of this took place . My grandfather was a full blooded Cherokee Indian

[@NimNim2024]

May his soul rest in peace, i love how they valued nature and had peace of mind.

[@nefspeaks1983]

Cherokee seems to be the 2nd most dominant ethnic group in America according comments like these. Too bad Cherokee isn't a race defined by blood, but an ethnic group defined by culture.

[@nelliesfarm8473]

@Ralph-e villa izarry he was. He was also a paratrooper in ww2. I only met him once at a funeral as a young child in the 70s. A liar I am NOT

[@Codevil.]

I'm from Mount Vernon, Knox county

[@Kashidori-Grafix]

Natives made a huge mistake, the people with the best technology always win

[@jreiland07]

16:20 Bushy Run - surreal watching historical documentaries about places that are literally down the road from you

[@matthewmann8969]

And lots left devastated and harmed.

[@Bigbassdrum60]

My great, great, great, Grandfather was a British Major that fought at Culloden Moor in 1747 and after The War of Scottish Succession, his unit was sent to the colonies and he was posted at Ft. Loudon V.A. during the French and Indian Wars.

[@marcelsimard1555]

I lived in Amherst n.h. a town named after Jeffery Amherst.

[@stanleyford9921]

Did he say the Indians were black people?

[@jameswilson3991]

have some heather that i picked from culloden last summer framed on my wall a very sad place from linda in scotland

[@geedee7632]

@Betty lier by 1yr? lol 😆 😂 🤣

[@geedee7632]

@Betty yh. But but but times ⏲ I even forget my own kids birthday, who knows.. lol 😆 😂.

[@rossmeldrum3346]

I was taught US history in Jr High School but sadly they only glossed over the revolutionary war period. This was so fascinating and important to the overall scope of this time in history. It is far more interesting than they give it credit for. It's as interesting as any battles fought in Europe at the same time or before.

[@trauma50disaster1]

I often thought the same but as I try to remember what did happen in school, I'm wondering if possibly it was taught and presented, and probably in the book but I wasn't the same person then and didn't have the context, the studying skills, or interest like I do as an adult. I know there is a phenomenon when learning new material and the mind is overwhelmed you can be told things but you don't even remember they were told to you.

[@marcoAKAjoe]

Yes

[@calebshuler1789]

They dont even gloss over....anymore.

[@triggeredt0177]

I believe that In AP U.S history they teach you every single war that influenced the U.S such as this one.

[@lordski1981]

​@@calebshuler1789that's rather a bit of a generalization, what makes you make the claim?

[@CouchCommander5000]

I always find it funny when they advertise for a paid documentary site when im watching a documentary on a free site 🤣

[@solsouth]

Yes but they put these on a free site to get you hooked on their good quality videos. Then they take them all off KZbin and you can only watch them on a paid site.

[@CouchCommander5000]

@@solsouth I haven't paid for media since 1998

[@robertayoder2063]

@@CouchCommander5000 or left the couch

[@kennethcrane9848]

obwahndiyag-pontiac, 'the pipe" ran the warriors path right past my cabin in cross village, fort michillimacinac within spitting distance. it was originally a depot point in the fur trade. i've never heard pontiac's name pronounced like this. the dunes near my house you can still dig up artifacts. trade items, gunflints.even flint arrow points. he leader, Wawatam is still respected here~

[@metatron7635]

History is always in the making right up to the present.

[@solsouth]

What a profound statement you must be a genius.

[@freedomloverusa3030]

Indeed, few people really understand it.

[@intercommerce]

Canadian descendent of British settlers here. I watch this show on APTN. On behalf of our people, if I may speak for them, we wish to thank our Indigenous brethren, particularly the Mohawks of the Iroquois Confederacy, for heroically defending our fledgling nation from invaders during the War of 1812. And to all indigenous peoples who served with Canadian forces during two World Wars, their loyalty will never be truly forgotten, though many still remain ignorant of the bravery and sacrifice in defence of our nation. This should be taught in all Canadian schools, and honoured on Rememberance Day, though sadly it's often overlooked.

[@andrewb3155]

6:35 "He held the prejudices of his Anglo-Saxon Heritage" This is true, he did. But so did the first nations, rest of Europe, Africa, Asia and every other "heritage" on earth in time before, then, and now. This concept that this was limited to Anglo-Saxon in of itself is highly biased, racist and non-factual.

[@Treasuremonk]

Amen! I thought the same,, but we don’t matter so

[@kotto2001]

It all depends on how one defines prejudice, which is usually considered to be a negative bias. At any rate, to call a genocidaire like Amherst prejudiced is far too kind. His name needs to be wiped off the map.

[@andrewb3155]

@@kotto2001 his intention to spread smallpox by today's standards, and any Christian standards is evil. However, do you also propose erasing Mehmed II, he who conquered Constantinople, because of the thousand of dead from the infected dead bodies he threw over the walls? What about Hulagu Khan? And probably the tens of thousands who died from disease from the siege of Baghdad? Ultimately he end up killing more than a million but that was probably by the sword. Should we erase their names from history? Or does your bias limit your decision to those who you prefer?

[@kotto2001]

@@andrewb3155 what i propose is to honor what is good and not honor what is evil. if your sense of morality is to honor what is evil, then that speaks to you. also, who argued for erasure from history? by all means, note the evil deeds and the evildoers in the history books. that will serve notice to succeeding generations that if you commit great evil, then your name will be remembered accordingly. put the statutes of malefactors into museums and erect plaques as to why the statues were removed from places of honor and prominence. pity to the innocent family members of these evildoers.

[@andrewb3155]

@@kotto2001 your original statement was contextually negative and not positive as your last statement proposes should be. Additionally, you statement to "wipe them off the map" leads to the context to wipe them out of history and not just to "put them into Museum". Like all of human history, you prefer to see what you consider right and the "victors" promoted and propagated, no less different then than those during their times did, which you disagree with. You intent, actions, and methods are no different then what they did. You are the same as them.The only difference is you see yours as righteous, and theirs evil. What I propagate is the actions and facts of what happened, and not impose a subjective set of beliefs in reviewing their actions where "right" or "wrong." Now, learning from their actions in today's world, is a separate and worthy conversation.

[@zackinblack]

My grandfather was a full blooded Oneida Iroquois. I’m registered in the tribe. It’s a shame what our people have fallen too. We are but a shadow of our former selves

[@alostpilgrimsjourney5953]

I know, brother, I know.

[@fastsetinthewest]

I was raised in Michigan in the 50s and early 60s. Michigan history was hardly taught to non-existent. I would have remembered. At least a car and city was named after Pontiac. From a drafted disabled Republic of Vietnam combat veteran, '68 with degrees in history and political science.

[@doesthisfacemakemelooklike535]

Bless your heart! Much ❤️ And thanks to your spirit and thoughts…. I believe Pontiac was the name of the car that Sitting Bull’s great grandson Roger Thunder sheild was driving after having “borrowed” it from someone in pursuit of someone he believed had just murdered his wife. Of course just like when the winners get to write the history the highway patrol turned the holy man …into a criminal. 🤯

[@Brunzy1970]

I'm in MI as well. It's sad because it is a very rich history. Full of precious metals and natural resources galore

[@kevinwheatley6342]

im an aussie and i was thinking the car was named after the war chief.i didnt know also a city was named pontiac.

[@fastsetinthewest]

@@kevinwheatley6342 Pontiac, Michigan. It is said that Chief Pontiac is buried on an island at Orchard Lake. The lake is a little northwest of Detroit. We were down in a OH6A Cayuse helicopter in Indian country in Vietnam. Our radio contact could not get us help. An Australian crew came and got us with a UH ID Iroquois helicopter in 1968. I'm forever grateful to that Aussie crew. I flew from Darwin to Sidney and back again in 1969. I remember being in Sidney Harbor on a boat drinking wine. I still have the bottle. By the way, most USA helicopters had USA Indian names. Godspeed.

[@Brunzy1970]

@@kevinwheatley6342 7 cities in Michigan alone.

[@GrudgeyCable]

Queen Anne’s war is also an incredibly interesting story. 1702-1714 it was brutal. I recommend reading on the raid on Deerfield.

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

It was the war of spanish succession. The war in America was a side show. I read a 500 pages book about this war recently. There was a simple mention of a paragraph in this book about what was happening here.

[@GrudgeyCable]

@@vincentlefebvre9255 yeah for sure but the story of the American theater and the Native American politics are super interesting. That’s a pity that book you read didn’t mention it more. I recommend the book Queen Anne’s war: the second contest for North America. It was small scale but still Important in the treaty of Utrecht. More importantly it’s fascinating. I think it is at least. The whole war is for real. Sucks it’s so under appreciated.

[@woodspirit98]

Some of my ancestors were taken captive at deerfield.

[@GrudgeyCable]

@@woodspirit98 wow that’s interesting. I’ve read about some people who were bought by the French from the wabanaki after Deerfield who still live in Canada today. That’s a unique and awesome family history you have there.

[@kennethcrane9848]

@@GrudgeyCable go back even further to Metacomet, King Phillip's War...therheir alliance was pretty large as well~~

[@aidanmagill6769]

The Smallpox blankets tale is somewhat apocryphal, the native army was already suffering through an outbreak, which in part explains Pontiac's reluctance / inability to launch an assault.

[@timothypruitt9028]

I'm so glad that David Boyrs' ( of Langara College, Canadian Historian) eye is doing better. I have actually thought of his eye and what I assume was a stye upon it every time I got something in my eye over the past few months. I'm so glad that is over. In previous videos it (his left eye) had been inflamed to the point that it was the only thing I can recall from those videos. I have had them myself and I will say that it is something one doesn't soon forget and becomes something one not only loathes but apparently will induce them to randomly comment about on historical videos. Congrats on the eye David! Cheers!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Timeline . 🐺

[@andrewspeegle9954]

Thanks!

[@yaaqovyasharal6554]

Proverbs 2:22 [22]But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

[@ChrisPBacon3000]

This isn't biased at all. Not one bit.

[@resevoirdog]

In the side of the white cooperate company lol definitely

[@kmaher1424]

@@C-Mack Repeats himself

[@kmaher1424]

@@C-Mack Not impressed

[@francoisbessette565]

I’m from Quebec and it’s an interesting point of view for the war. Mostly was taught in history was that Montcalm was not a great military leader and that the Royal Navy was vastly superior. Lot of information is not mention but there’s a time limit on the subject. What you called Canada was mostly known as New France. But France never considered North America’s colony seriously enough. Few volunteers chose to move there because of tough climate. They never developed any industry or cash crop agriculture like it eas proposed by a previous governor. Instead they only wanted raw material from it such as fur. In the negotiations they could have sacrificed another colony such as Haiti but it was considered more important with Sugar plantation

[@1982kinger]

I'm from Ontario... I went to Quebec city a few years ago.. went to all the military museums in old Quebec. The town wall was memorizing given how old it is

[@DaveSCameron]

Nova Scitia

[@cristianfuentes2597]

I remember my history telling me the British offered to give new France back 4 Martinique but French said no the queen needed the sugar for her cakes.

[@richardthompson6366]

To some, the war is still being fought and continues to weaken Canada, we should be strong together.

[@angelagendreau3586]

@@richardthompson6366 Exactly. It's awful. I live in Quebec.

[@benjaminrush4443]

Excellent. Thanks.

[@tplyons5459]

I'm 77 and in 13 years of Catholic school I learned very little about the French and Indians wars and nothing about all the Indian nations this video talks about. I hear Pontiac which is to me a car, Wabash which to me is a railroad, Senica which is in NY etc Thanks to the makers of this film

[@kelvinmeneely3116]

Unfortunately, disgusting religious nonsense Will prevale because we lie to our kids....!

[@brettk9316]

I think it is Seneca, but yes agreed.

[@fuhrergoyim6579]

Nice try trying to smear the catholic church with your passive aggressive comment

[@fuhrergoyim6579]

@@kelvinmeneely3116 keep your atheist opinions to yourself! Jesus Christ is the lord and savior! Amen!

[@kelvinmeneely3116]

@@fuhrergoyim6579 glad to see i triggered you/...? I'm Irish so... you're coment is meaningless...! Try and open your narrow mind,... Good Luck !!

[@mcgiver6977]

I have learned a lot about this war since the last 20 years and most of the time we see and read same global information about European peoples in North America, French and English. I thankful you for speaking about "Indians" perspectives, those peoples. J'ai beaucoup suivi la guerre de Sept ans qui est, pour nous les Québécois, la guerre de la Conquête. Cependant, on visionne et lit souvent les mêmes propos à travers les ouvrages, parlant des Français et des Britanniques en Amérique du nord pour ce conflit. Merci d'avoir mis aussi l'emphase sur les Amérindiens dans votre vidéo. C'est un plus en plus d'être instructif.

[@SuperhumanUnchained]

Very interesting

[@nosey3972]

its in history that the french altough beaten in this region were also the ones who rallied the first nations people not to give up against the english. the french used every trick in the book.

[@failedaustrianpainter476]

I’ve always found it strange that not even one state was given to native Americans

[@kkuhn]

They got reservations?

[@monsterb0x]

When has a conquered civilization ever been "given" a country?

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yeah . They should have been given North Dakota ? Let's face it ; it's basically worthless anyway . Throw in South Dakota as well . Like : Buy one : Get one free. !

[@Canis_Lupus_Rex]

@@2msvalkyrie529 Ever been to either?

[@kmaher1424]

@@2msvalkyrie529 Nah, there is fracking in North Dakota. Oklahoma has oil, too Desolate country occasionally turns out not as worthless as thought when it was "given."

[@rachelwilliams2400]

Her screams make me cry oh, that's critical and it's very scary, blessings from the man who helped her

[@anthonycole4809]

The host assures us positively 100% that he is not a robot

[@ekojar3047]

I worked for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribe and did a little work on the museum. It's crazy seeing these episodes,they are so well made. It really makes me appreciate how much CPN has built on this land after all the suffering they endured in the past, they kept going and now they have an empire built here Called FireLake. There are multiple hospitals, two big Casinos, 3 grocery stores, gas stations, a bowling alley and arcade. A softball complex, a huge gun range and outdoors shop. A full golf course. Playgrounds, an rv park, a railway, like anything you need in a town, they built and own it, and new businesses are being built every year.

[@gloomerkun6546]

Poggers

[@redwolfmedia1276]

Well, you can appreciate the Europeans that helped as well, right?

[@ericharvey6057]

@@redwolfmedia1276 you can’t come into an area that was built up, decimate it and leave the people impoverished then despite all the road blocks the European genocidal land grabbers put up stopping them after 200+ years of struggling and fighting they managed to start to rebuild now you want credit for that.. wow.. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ekojar3047]

@@redwolfmedia1276 helped how?

[@ekojar3047]

Let me put this in there. I'm part white, and a small part Cherokee, like a 32nd or less. both sides of the family disowned my great great great Cherokee grandma and white grandpa because of racism. We've tried to get on the rolls and its like she never existed even though I have photographs of her. So I'll never get to truely know my heritage on that side or the white side. And I'll never get any kind of benefits from the tribe or know where the white parts of me came from, thanks to hate and racism. It did nothing but keep all of us from learning about our full family tree, and maybe they did it for a good reason. Maybe they were terrible people that brought them into this world. My tree stops and is cut off where a Cherokee woman & white man fell in love. So I have a different outlook on everything, I thought racism was dead and a thing of the past and I was proud that we all work and live together today. But in the last few years, its clear that it never died, it just hid.

[@josealbert4596]

From what I have read, it seems that the British government was respectful of the rights of the "Indian nations", even prohibiting settlement further west of the Appalachian Mountains because that land was already property of the "Indian nations". This It was one of the causes of the colonists' rebellion against the United Kingdom. In the war of independence it was common for groups of Indian warriors to fight for the United Kingdom led by a British officer. After the defeat, a large number of "Indians" fled to Canada.

[@rickcorcoran543]

It's been years since I read about the wars fought on this soil between the old rivals. Fascinating stuff.

[@1982kinger]

I had family from Detroit area going way back. It's always good to learn native heritage

[@nobrenobre1]

It proves that the French approach, even if it was colonialism, was better than English!

[@gilbertogonzalezr9353]

Great video, very informative, love the way it’s narrated by the host, great voice. I love the history of our continent!

[@KingOfJamos.]

Wert you

[@richarddyasonihc]

This being the case, try not to forget that there are 22 nation in the continent which unlike the U.S. have not usurped the name of the continent as a national nomenclature- lacking any actual name for the federation.

[@sgt.duke.mc_50]

Allen Eckert has the most detailed writings on this subject I have read to date. I believe the series is called the "Conquering of America", all of the books are based on historical documents, which he cites intricately. They are brutal and not for the feint of heart. edit: this video is very much like the Eckert series on this same matter, expounding more on William Johnson's and Roger's Rangers' roles which are very interesting parts of American (& Canadien) history that few have ever done justice to. Also very detailed personal accounts of individuals on the frontier.

[@geraldw1678]

One of the best books I've read regarding this was a book called Wilderness Empire I can't remember who wrote it but it too is all based on documents letters wampum belts and as you say this is a period in history that is not for the faint of heart and it was good that the almanaci got some credit for a change "them'ol hurons they was rough" seems to be the culminist in a lot of material on this period

[@YvonneWatson-ff5ex]

Thank you. I will check them out.

[@robertknowles2699]

​. Eckert paperback violence shows lack of understanding and respect by each. Obeying military leader instead of overall religious leaders cost too much . Thanks to road builders convenience grew to sucking oil and home heating fuel, maybe over-stimulating competing for greater survival - leading to reliance on electricity and oil and natural gas. Hearty lesson this July us 'Tour De France' bicycle competition. Should be eye-opener for a cleaner future ?

[@DirtObseXXion]

Winning of America is the series, but Conquerors is the book that covers this period and focusses on Pontiac, Amherst, Bouqet, Ecuyer ,Johnson, Croghan ect.. This show was very good, but if you read Eckert you'll get a lot more detail on the politics and tactics of the time. Eckert somehow manages to mix all the major battles, negotions, and policies of this period in a chronological and coherent narrate.. Absolutley awesome series!

[@Mastergamernerd1]

Maybe if Albert Einstein would have made a time machine we would have been able to go back in time and see the way history was back then.

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

I like the Narrarator. He has a pleasant voice and is well spoken.

[@SammyB-Habebe]

Great documentary! Thank you 🙏

[@scienceandmatter8739]

THIS IS SUCH A GREAT SERIES I REALLY HOPE FOR MORE EPISODES FROM NATIONS AT WAR !! I LEARN SO MUCH FROM THIS !! THANKS FROM GERMANY EUROPE

[@chuckhillier4153]

Wonderful.

[@johnkidd1226]

Interesting that the natives found a lack of gifts as disrecpectful while the whites didnt respect them for taking the gifts.

[@szabados1980]

We're talking about bribes to straighten the record.

[@johnkidd1226]

@@szabados1980 From the whites perspective, they were bribes. From the natives, it was the white man paying homage to them as a sign of respect.

[@nightdog8910]

Amazing documentary love all these documentaries of first nations patiac is = to crazy horse and sitting bull

[@adamsbyknoll4809]

ROCK SOLID NARRATION, and a great first nations doc! Keep up the good content

[@ronaldwhite1730]

thank - you

[@jarrodchambers8185]

I always appreciated the movie 'Last of the Mohicans' regarding this war.

[@johnathandavis3693]

Always thought the Eastern Tribes had the scariest looking war-faces. It would have been terrifying to face those guys in battle...

[@DWilliam1]

James Fenimore Cooper

[@kazoolibra7322]

My all time favorite movie

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

@Marty trueblut Your ignorance is appalling. French population in America in 1759 : 60 000. In english colonies then: 1 500 000. Québec was founded in 1608 by Champlain. It took 150 years to defeat France in America . The french were not coveting the natives' lands unlike the english. French relations were thus way better with them.

[@realcourte]

@Marty trueblut But its well know that anglosaxon philosophia is to betray, to steal and not keeping their words. :) Yeah French kings were incompetant but Napoleon gave some strategic moves back then. Communism... tell that about modern day U$A communism of corporations of america (regualr folks optional). Cya Marty Truebutt!

[@usualobject0]

Ottawa comes from the Algonquin word Adawe. Hence, the different pronunciation.

[@silentwinged]

It's the same word, in different dialects. They both mean "trader" or "ones who trade", whether you spell it adaawe or odaawaa. There is no single Algonquin language, it's a family.

[@richardkruks2738]

The only thing I question here is the way it is presented......he kept saying Amherst was aggressive yet the only thing he says he did was stop giving gifts.....then he quickly runs over the Indians killing 2000 civilians as if no big deal....sounds like they were a bit more aggressive!

[@freedomloverusa3030]

Indeed.

[@cosuinofdeath]

@Marty trueblut you dont know what you are talking about sweety

[@sekhmet7774]

@Marty trueblut Why do you write in such a strange way

[@sekhmet7774]

@Marty trueblut I suppose so

[@h8sjws735]

@Marty trueblut Mushrooms? Peyote? White blotter? The best ideas are meaningless if not expressed coherently.

[@barowt]

Loving this channel more and more.

[@urso3000]

Great 👍 very cool 😎

[@SteveAubrey1762]

It would be interesting to learn if the conquest of NA is unique in human history.

[@luzalgarin9518]

Thank you so much for sharing with me this fragment of history. Soon the fulfillment of Isaiah 2:4 will take place: "He will render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore." We will enjoy absolute peace, for all the tragical events will be forgotten, according to Isaiah 65:17: "For look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be called to mind, Nor will they come up into the heart." And there is more.

[@cfox7811]

while we wait millions across the globe slaughter each other. Your prophecy demonstrates that "god" actually cares not at all for those who have lived in the past nor those living now.

[@woodboogerfarm]

@@cfox7811 you are right...the god of this world does not...but you are wrong if you mean the God of the prophecy stated above....its a fallen world...crack a bible open and learn the truth.

[@capusvacans]

Ah, more biblical nonsense claiming that "one day" stuff will happen. Oh boy, colour me impressed.

[@woodboogerfarm]

@@capusvacans how many examples you need? Look around you, its all coming true.

[@capusvacans]

@@woodboogerfarm Ah, the solid "look around argumeny". Simply put, if you didnt know what was in that horrible nonsensical book you would never come to that conclusion. And what evidence do i need, for starters any evidence that there is a god that doesnt start with "i have a book", "i feel", "it must be" or "i think"

[@douglassobolik8192]

I really like your work! Very good 👍

[@bl5752]

The Jesuits were not known as the "shock troops of Jesus" because of their missionary work in North America. Their founder, Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish soldier who had a "vision" while recovering from a wound during the Religious Wars. He created the order to combat Protestantism and spread the faith. He coined that term well before the Jesuits a) became integrated into French socity, b) became a major force in French colonial efforts in North America. Also, the Seven Years Wars, from a European perspective, was not caused by the fighting between the British and the French in North America. It had to do with Fredrick the Great's illegal conquest of Silesia during the War of Austrian Succession and the actions of the Austrian Empress Maria Terresia to retake those territories.

[@evank7858]

Nerd

[@nefspeaks1983]

@@evank7858 we need more people like him because I was very intrigued reading this. Learning knew things is like winning money

[@inspiredinthedark23]

I love that this series includes the contributions of the First Nations. Most histories I grew up with focused on the European powers, and down-graded the First Nations to sidekick status.

[@AMBELLINA77]

There is no proof that smallpox was distributed on blankets purposefully. There is only a letter from one person considering it.

[@halparrish9389]

REAL HISTORY WOW

[@johnkendall6962]

On the other side of the mountain where I live in PA is a little town now named Burnt Cabins that was burned in 1750 by the provisional government because it was in violation of a treaty with the Indians..

[@ninjalanternshark1508]

I thought it was funny when this video was referring to places like Detroit and Lake Eerie then showing small lakes/rivers surrounded by rugged mountains

[@douglasthompson8927]

why is that ?

[@kazoolibra7322]

Having lived in the detroit area for 37+ years, i thought it looked strange, too! Lots of mispronunciations, too

[@andreweden9405]

@@douglasthompson8927 , In this part of North America, there are some hilly places, but definitely no mountains to speak of whatsoever. But when it comes to the lakes and rivers: well, the rivers are numerous and huge, and of course the Great Lakes are some of the largest lakes in the world. So, it's basically the total opposite of what was being depicted is what he's saying. Also, there are lots of huge, ancient forests here, even more so back in those days.

[@bigjaguar2184]

It’s because to create the modern cities we have built over all of the original nations of America literally destroyed the whole country

[@twirajuda]

Why’s that? Creeks and mountains were the landscape until European settlers built up cities like Detroit

[@AckzaTV]

"And Pontiac would make him pay for it! With never ending Mechanics bills!"

[@mikedrown2721]

"O-ta-wah"😂

[@davebarrowcliffe1289]

Wasn't the "smallpox blanket" yarn debunked years ago?

[@glendunn8881]

Nobody even new what spread disease back then. The germ theory was not even an idea back then. The whole smallpox blanket is little more than leftest anti white dribble, invented by cry babies who can handle the the Indians were beaten by a far superior race.

[@earthenjadis8199]

There's something about the way the presenter narrates this story that really throws me off.

[@sneakybondie]

He's robotic

[@rodrod959]

“David is a seasoned television personality who brings his unique Indigenous voice to every show he performs on.”

[@jdburris4455]

Sounds like he's got a tomahawk to grind.

[@quirkmaster3064]

It’s cause he’s speaking down to you

[@MiroslawGaweda]

Totally....I've seen him narrate a few of these...never got fully into his style

[@tiberiousmining3157]

That was a very excellent commentary...... well done sir

[@craigmorrison440]

the narrator is a little over the top, but this is a great documentary, I enjoyed it. Awesome to see an aboriginal face included in this.

[@taylort123]

im 20 minutes in and i have to shut it off. this is my second attempt at watching this cause of the time period but the narrators expressions and lack of flow are killing me

[@metoo7557]

15:35 If you applied today's standard of warfare to almost anyone from that time or before they would have been considered war criminals. This statement is pretty loaded.

[@blaqgamin5073]

I did not know this about Detroit

[@ThePalaeontologist]

Atrocious. Also, the claim 15 minutes in that 'only the Highlanders were ready for CQC' or words to that effect, are false. All British troops were obsessively trained to be very capable with the bayonet. No, their volley fire drill wasn't best suited to dense woodlands and narrow forest roads, yet their CQC was respectable. Enfilading fire was a problem for volley-fire trained, linear formations, on broken ground which was also heavily wooded. Yet to make the weird generalisation that only the Highlanders were good in CQC is pure nonsense. I wonder if this false impression was inspired by the fact Highlanders actually made it up the forward French defences ahead of Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga) in 1758, whereas few if any others did that grim day. Maybe, though they were driven off too. Highlanders were used as shock troops, but so were the British Grenadiers, among others. They could fight.

[@anarchism]

Whatever. There's no honor in being a murderer and not all the training in the world can change that

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@anarchism You entirely missed the point.

[@cristianfuentes2597]

@@ThePalaeontologist dont worry no honour in burning and looting cities either

[@Brunzy1970]

What your saying is like yes all Marines are rifleman but only Scout Snipers are truly the deadliest marksman. That kinda thing? I'm thinking it was that but just as important I'm positive because of their history fighting with next to nothing for centuries against G.B. 🇬🇧 they already had a reputation among the British as ruthless and brutal. They just went with it, for obvious advantages within the British military. Be safe, God bless.

[@petey6655]

This narrator is full of hatred towards Europeans in general. Then and now I think.

[@mosinc7388]

The one dude is a war criminal for giving away blankets but the other guy is not even though he killed civilian woman and children.

[@ArnoldusCyberius]

As with so many things, also historical truth is in the view of the beholder...

[@timmylee41]

Well Pontiac might have wanted to teach them a lesson...but I'm pretty sure we all know how it turned out

[@WhitneyDahlin]

When did this documentary originally air?

[@freedomthief8499]

Maximum Respect ✊ Pontiac and all Warriors are true Patriots,, from ATHENS GREECE 🇬🇷

[@Jarlemoore1]

There is no evidence that they actually gave any pox ridden blankets to the natives, there was a correspondence between Amherst and one of his Colonels that discussed it but that is as much is known, Fort Pitt was already having problems with a smallpox break out at this time which most likely came from the natives in the first place so if this was true what use would the blankets have been.

[@adoredpariah]

There's no evdence to support any claim of yours other than Fort Pitt was having a smallpox outbreak at the time. The letters discussing the strategy of infecting the indigenous peoples is not only clear evidence that even at the top levels such a strategy was seriously considered and possibly carried out in some fashion, it was also evidence that counters your claim that it came from "the natives" as you put it in the first place, as if it "came from the natives", what good is giving it back going to do? That doesn't make sense.

[@kayak1969p]

there was a letter wrote from bouquet to amherst 23rd june 1763 stating there was pox in fort pitt that issued the blankets but no proof that that was intentionally passed on to the indians. there was a postscript referring as to smallpox could be used in an attempt to infect the natives [Boston: Little, Brown, 1886] refers to a postscript in an earlier letter from Amherst to Bouquet wondering whether smallpox could not be spread among the Indians... but only apparently Trent's entry for May 24, 1763, includes the following statement: ... we gave them two Blankets and an Handkerchief out of the Small Pox Hospital. I hope it will have the desired effect. This is quoted from Trents journal.

[@georgeedward602]

It's enough that European diseases killed a majority of the entire native population. You can argue it was a brutal time and killing was the standard on all sides but acting like it was blameless on the Europeans part is ridiculous.

[@andrewwilliams3137]

@@georgeedward602 Smallpox was highly contagious and spread without assistance, there was nothing to stop it.. There was no immunity in the native Americans. "The introduction of the [smallpox] vaccine to the New World took place in Trinity, Newfoundland, in 1798". Wiki

[@adoredpariah]

@Marty trueblut Some of the most vile racism I have seen on youtube, you know it to be indefensible which is why you made it from a racist sock account made 2 months ago. GTFOH.

[@darthdaddy6983]

Pontiac should have been declared the winner by default when they refused to hunt him down on his own land.

[@brianferstle6369]

Who’s the narrator with the golden voice

[@ronnyfilco5647]

Very interesting history 👍👍

[@Dnlsx777]

Very good, I enjoyed listening.

[@vonbarnes2700]

Dan dropping a gem 💎 with this one !

[@TheOreo1210]

Great video. Love the history of North American 🇺🇸.

[@mikecook8712]

I was interested until dude mis- pronounced Ottawa, not once but over and over.

[@davidsmith2910]

the last of the Mohicans is a great movie

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

I'm not surprised the British gave up the widespread French practice of"gift giving"to the natives. That's for friends and family on birthdays and Christmas lol!

[@petermaclean9326]

🎶 hey-ya-how-ya-doing, hey-ya-how-ya-doing 🎶

[@johnmaxwell1750]

Describing a number of native tribes collectively as Abenaki does not fairly present who the native people were and what their interests were. Tribes spoke different languages; each had particular histories and beliefs. These videos breezily summarize conflicts largely in terms of the interests of Britain and France,and do not really elucidate much about what the conflicts meant for native people

[@MrAwrsomeness]

well saying "Britain" or "France" is the same thing, Britain was made up of 4 countries different ethnicities Celtic and Nordic different languages different forms of Christianity ect and don't even get me started on France, but a catchall phrase just makes the history easier to follow without getting bogged down in too much detail.

[@johnmaxwell1750]

@@MrAwrsomeness - The details about the different native tribes in North America during the 18th Century matter greatly because some had been on the warpath against others and none of them had ever been part of a wide alliance. In contrast, by 1750 Britain and France had been states for hundreds of years with subjects who had long implemented commands of their respective Kings and their respective royal governments both in peacetime and in war. It is absurd to pose an equivalency between aboriginal tribes of hunter/gatherers who lived simply in a wilderness, periodically moving from place to place, vs. the subjects of European monarchies who lived in societies with permanent towns and cities with organized economies, empires, and with far more advanced technologies.

[@ryanjones7681]

That's because this is "Nations at war" not "History of Small native tribes"

[@johnmaxwell1750]

@@ryanjones7681 - The Abneki people were in no sense whatsoever a "nation" at any time. Even under the leadership of Tecumseh North American native people were very, very far from being a nation.

[@solsouth]

It is for ease of use of language during a documentary about North America it is not really a documentary about the trubes of North America.

[@Michaele1991]

I cannot get enough of this channel!

[@deanjulian6189]

well its had just about enough of u!

[@Kardashev1]

Great to learn more about Canadian history!

[@hiramabiff2017]

It's called evolution. The new takes over the old. And just like the ancient Briton's had to do, the indigenous population either adapts or dies under invasion. And the circle of life goes on.

[@creaturecaldwell9858]

Thank you for another good presentation of U.S history

[@resevoirdog]

/ Canadian history

[@lulufavs4519]

Too bad I can’t listen to David Lyle’s voice narrating docs. Need other narrator.

[@anthonymcfarlane1478]

History has it that the first settlers where dark skinned people escaping religious persecution being Muslim and Hebrew there’s records of the boats and the ethnicity of the people coming from Scotland , France, British even Columbus centuries before said this was Sheeba’s people.Quebec’s flag is a Muslim symbol all the way to Baton Rouge

[@georgejcking]

Gift-giving = Bribes!!!!!

[@kmaher1424]

Or Foreign Aid

[@kenfox22]

Very great video. Gave me a lot of sympathy for the Native Americans. Sad their land's were stolen

[@woodboogerfarm]

conquered...not stolen...just as the Natives had been doing for 100s of year...try and pay attention.

[@rrchicken117]

@@woodboogerfarm ah yes, because Natives are known for breaking treaties... remind me why it's considered a battle if the US attacks women, children, and the elderly, but if the Natives beat the US army it's a massacre?

[@aliensoup2420]

And what would they do with the land? The native inhabitants were stone-age tribes redrawing territorial lines on a daily basis for thousands of years. How long do you think they could have remained isolated on an entire continent before succumbing to superior civilizations? They were basically wandering nomads, and didn't even have horses until the Europeans came. The Aztecs were a tragedy, but even they were a horrific threat to surrounding tribes.

[@benjaminaxselholm]

@Marty trueblut yes great peoples of Asia who conquered the new world. Scientific fact

[@masterdreadeye1865]

@@woodboogerfarm conquerd haha more like stole through deceit an disease lol

[@karenkline7221]

This is a pretty fair account, but I think you're being a bit too biased and eliminated some truths that needed to be emphasized. And why didn't you mention that it was a Warrior from the Peoria tribe who murdered Pontiac in revenge? The way you said that Pontiac was murdered could lead someone to presume that the murderer was someone of European descent, even though he wasn't... even though by that time many tribal members would be of mixed ethnicity... To me, that was dishonorable to not make sure that the viewers understood that Pontiac's murderer was a Peoria tribe Warrior. You should correct that.

[@TRHARTAmericanArtist]

Thanks for your honesty in defusing the revisionist myths of colonial genocide given the historical truths of tribal exterminations I the quest for dominance over weaker and more peaceful tribes.

[@BuckFiden33]

Lmao ok Karen do you want to speak to a manager

[@clivebaxter6354]

@@BuckFiden33 Think it's honesty which is wanted

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Too bad they didn't mention that Native Americans spent a lot of their time massacring other Native Americans long before the British arrived. ? Box ticking more important than historical facts as usual.

[@johnbuttman7463]

@@2msvalkyrie529 I think most people know that, cause people kill each other. Js

[@j6989]

The guy trying his hardest to sound native is cringe

[@resevoirdog]

He is, I know who he is and Lyle is sick

[@mlaforce321]

@@resevoirdog doesnt seem to has to put on a overly stereotypical native voice... Im sure he was pressured to do so

[@resevoirdog]

@@mlaforce321 if you knew him in real life ljke me you'd know that he talks like this (maybe less theatrical) but he's been involved in our tribe qnd community for a long time in the west lakes area (Canada)

[@onesmoothstone5680]

They lost the war. What treatment, remembering their treatment of their own "first nations" was infamous at best, was their expectation? Just curious. Eg. 22:50 .

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

15:28 Just about everyone would be a war criminal by today's standards. The Native Americans killing British civilians would put them right there with everyone else.

[@LenTexDIY]

not to mention the murders of other tribes

[@DelightfulOne323]

The Native Americans were defending what was theirs. That does not make them criminals.

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

@@DelightfulOne323 defending your country doesn't absolve you of crimes under the Geneva convention, which is the standard of crimes he's referring to.

[@sonsofodinunitedbybrothers9613]

Hail Odin

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

This narrator sounds like he is reading a children's book to 3rd graders.

[@YewrinePish]

Bruv my ancestors fought on literally every side of this war