Timeline of US History

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[@travisshort5936]

Students should have your charts in textbooks

[@cadengrace5466]

I disagree, it has some serious errors in it.

[@the8thgemmer467]

Caden Grace that’s not how it works. The charts are checked and fixed.

[@cadengrace5466]

@@the8thgemmer467 Well, these are too error-filled to be a teaching tool in an American classroom.

[@christophernsmb300]

Caden Grace just wondering but what are the errors?

[@steelgoodwin]

@@christophernsmb300 the only errors I see simply regard these positions of tribe location are determined when Europeans found each tribes, but fail to register the origin of the tribes. It's like how the Roman's have all of Italian penisula, but we know Rome was not to original tribe of Italian peninsula and there were other tribes. We know roughly the date Rome was founded but we dont know the original tribe of where Rome now stands.

[@thomasg.6618]

Now create a similar map for the Holy Roman Empire. lol.

[@nytrex_yt7417]

Imagine if he does

[@nathanrobinson1099]

“Eww David”. The border gore, the 200 pack pencil crayons required.

[@lindseyboye974]

I like this chart. It has so much information that could be examined for hours. One thing your video is missing is the acknowledgment of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) which resulted in the U.S. acquisition of a sizeable portion of Mexican land. Part of the conflict leading into the Civil War (1861-1865) was the debate of whether they should prohibit slavery in the newly gained territories.

[@hannahrobbins1017]

I noticed that too! Thanks for mentioning it

[@stylicho]

Yeah but this video should be shown to all these news organizations that say Mexico owned this part of the US and Mexico owned that part of the US when in reality Mexico didn't own any of it until well after European colonization

[@wxcferdts]

History, geography, culture in a truly marvelous chart! I applaud you, sir, and for your clear and concise recounting of the story itself as well!

[@Bounsingonbongos1]

I just bought a few charts. That has to be one of the best designed websites I've ever been on. Really hope the product reflects that

[@fluffylee]

Forgot my three favorite facts about US history: Spanish Hemisphere, Russian Alaska, and Swedish Delaware.

[@HeadCannon19]

Hold up, Swedish Delaware? How have I never heard about this?

[@copyrightedperson8157]

The Swedish created a small colony in modern day Delaware called New Sweden and soon after was conquered by the Dutch and after that by the English.

[@bandie9101]

i'm wondering if Spanish »Hemisphere« would be "Hampshire" instead or it's a reference to the Treaty of Tordesillas…

[@yryabov]

And russian Fort Ross in California - the first settlement on west coast.

[@johnnesbit2371]

The City of Philadelphia, PA has Blue and Gold for its municipal colors, a reference to the Swedish origin of settlement there. @@HeadCannon19 (google/wiki it all!!)

[@SockGoblin801]

I love your charts/videos. Love how the information is displayed (warm massage for my brain). Hope to have a few one day.

[@QT2789]

Thanks for this and mentioning the older chart from 1910, I'll have to locate one. I was surprised at the 1859 date for the last imported enslaved people from Africa, as I knew the legal importation was ended in 1808. It should be no surprise that the existence of a law does not change behavior. I had to stop the video and find out why you had that date. It took a couple tries to get my search parameters correct before I found an article on the Clotilda and another on the Wanderer. For some reason, articles about the legal end of the importation of slaves from Africa did not mention many details about the illegal importation. My schooling pointed out the legal end of slavery and that was it. I have a BA in history, but no college class on the US for the time period had time to get that specific, and I don't even recall it as a footnote. My main area of interest in history in college was the ancient world of the Middle East and Mediterranean, and Europe from then until about WWI, so I didn't have any classes that spent more time on the topic. I'm in my mid-50's so it doesn't surprise me that the culture of the times glossed over this. Here's the article I found on the Clotilda on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotilda_(slave_ship)

[@_Abjuranax_]

That would have course place the last arrivals of slaves on the eve of the US Civil War. Good research.

[@bla5102]

The Dutch were not defeated. They recaptured new amsterdam but then traded it for Surinam.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

bla5102 That’s what a defeated Dutch man would say.

[@PJ035]

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 Actually not. Surinam was a more profitable colony.

[@jacobpuvan3131]

@@PJ035 emphasis on was

[@chrisklitou7573]

@@PJ035 more profitable than New York? Are you high?

[@reset123451]

@@chrisklitou7573 at that time Suriname was a more profitable territory, New York became a great city much later.

[@jespernoren]

Wow! Thank you for making this video, you have a really nice way of presenting historical facts, great job!

[@dmeads5663]

There’s a large Indian burial mound where I’m from that is over 2,000 years old, from the extinct Adena culture.

[@DaniHMcV]

You should do this about Canada, since you’re Canadian ;) There’s lots of history there. I think the changes Manitoba itself went through are pretty interesting, including the North-west Territories. :)

[@UsefulCharts]

It's definitely coming. I already have a Timeline of Canadian history poster... just have to make the video.

[@linggao2602]

Can't wait~ When I took that Canadian history course, the story that most interested me was Acadia. You did talk about it briefly in this video but I'm interested to hear about it more.

[@DaniHMcV]

UsefulCharts.com That’s great!! Can’t wait!! Love your videos:)

[@eklassenla00]

Great video as always. Although I do wish it hadn't glossed over James K. Polk and the Mexican American War.

[@StevieEZee]

COMPLETELY glossed over.

[@moxiepops8457]

Great presentation I would like to mention, that the Civil War was actually not fought upon the idea of slavery, but rather settled upon the freedom of people. The Civil War was initially about money and trade within the United States of America. To so casually put this in the box of simply slavery does a huge disservice to the people that are watching your videos which, are so great. Thanks

[@robertgauche2739]

Except for that part where every southern state specifically identifies the threat to slavery as a reason for secession. Thanks

[@johnnesbit2371]

Any fair study of the Civil War learns that Slavery was the catalyst of the conflict.

[@quillometer]

The Dutch actually traded their colony for Suriname, they weren't defeated.

[@Jtkelly10]

Did the Dutch tell you that?

[@KlavierMenn]

The dutch settled EVERYWHERE. Funnily, many of those settlements had the name of Nassau n it. There was even one settlement in Brazil of all places!

[@Chaiserzose]

​@@KlavierMenn EVERYWHERE THE PORTUGUESE WERE BEFORE, and whom you return almost all territories after the portuguese indipendence from spain, that lasted almost a century. The ones you dident't return to the portuguese, you gave it to the british a little later. The dutch empire in fact never existed, it was basically a corporation dedicated to explotation based on racism. In this regard, the british was the best pupil that surpassed the master

[@brentgould958]

These are entertaining because of how educational they are. Thank you.

[@r302112]

This is great mate - game of thrones family trees next? 🙂

[@UsefulCharts]

GoT slated for Oct. 1st.

[@Kunumbah1]

UsefulCharts.com I can’t wait :) especially House Targaeryan.

[@hussain6469]

@@UsefulCharts that game of thrones video is now your most Popular video lol

[@matthewmcpherson8831]

Might be my favorite chart so far

[@ToninoBSalvetti]

Love the maps, what I do see that's missing is the Spanish American war of 1898. Which would explain Puerto Rico's current association to the US. Not to mention Philippines, Guam and Cuba. This would tell the more true story. Important for those of us living today as we travel accross this nation. It can make better sense of why things are the way they are today. Love your channal.

[@guledaden960]

Great ep and Can you Do Denmark Royal family piz 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@GarretGarlinger]

we were also the first country besides England to get rid of slavery. that is a positive. Comparing to the rest of the world that had them for over a thousand years. the dose that makes it better of course not. But I feel like a lot of people forget that positive fact about the USA.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Garret Garlinger - France abolished slavery in 1848. Portugal abolished slavery in 1858. Spain abolished slavery in 1811. Several other countries abolished slave trading before 1865. The United States was one of the the last nations to abolish slavery. Brazil and Cuba did so later.

[@wnchstrman]

It's popular these days to hate on America while completely disregarding that the same processes played out in every part of the world in all of human history. History itself is the tale of people conquering other people, taking their lands, and displacing or utterly annihilating the previous inhabitants.

[@WaluigiPlushBros]

Great video this is a COOL chart; VERY GOOOD!!!!!!!

[@tracyleesmith781]

I really appreciate your presentation this morning! Again, great work!

[@1969cmp]

Yeah, I think it would have been good to have a map at the conclusion of The Seven Years War. Some commentators refer The Seven Years War as the true 'first' world war.

[@art7695]

Very beautiful! One suggestion: I'd rather display US charts based on main event's dates rather than each 40 years. Bravo

[@chocolatefudge5263]

Matt! Thank you sooooo much! Your channel is great! I love the idea and you explain so well🙏🙏🙏

[@joshuaanderson7517]

Love your channel and all of your videos I’ve seen so far. Just visited your site to order some posters for my classroom, and to your friend’s site to order a couple Native American posters as well. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and hard work! It is much appreciated and enjoyed!

[@hanojo6098]

Very useful chart explained the history in the best way

[@auagfinder6541]

In Texas, there were around 50 small Indian tribes throughout the state in the 1700’s. The Comanche and Apache moved in and systematically wiped out these small tribes which sometimes only consisted of 300-400 people. Many of these people fled to the 5 missions in the San Antonio area, including the Alamo. All 5 missions still exist with the Alamo being the least well preserved. You can visit them in San Antonio by following the “Mission Trail National Park”. The 50+ small Indian tribes were driven to extinction by the intrusion of the warlike Comanche and Apache.

[@masterwaymack1706]

Wow, this was pretty cool, thanks 🙏

[@Dylan-wi6lp]

I’ve lived in Vermont my whole life and I never knew it used to be it’s own country.

[@WillGrayCoopcontrol]

US public schools don't teach it because the federal government never took them seriously, they just kind of ignored them and acted like they were a state until they caved. There's still a section in Vermont called the Northeast Kingdom, switch stems from the original idea of Vermont's independence. Edit: my apologies I misremembered. I originally said it was the Kingdom of Vermont (as many people still refer to it as "the Kingdom")

[@angusb99]

Will and Anderson Gray I just looked up what you said and it’s completely false. Vermont has never been called the Kingdom of Vermont

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

I fuckin' shat myself. I thought only 2 US States were Countries...but now it's 3... At least... God damn.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

@@WillGrayCoopcontrol understandable actually IMO, biased/revisionist or not, just one of those anamolies of (a country's) history...

[@johnnesbit2371]

North-East Vermont is called "the Kingdom": because of its isolated and independent ways. @@angusb99 I'm sure this topic is mentioned in elementary school. Of course I had that in Texas, so of course, the teachers would mention the Vermont Republic.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Also one minor note, not all soldiers wore blue or grey. My 3rd great grandfather was an officer in a company of Zouave volunteers. Zouaves were volunteer units who dressed in uniforms designed to appear as Turkish militia. The area of the Levant was highly romanticized by 19th century Americans who were in love with flamboyant costumes and uniforms. The colors varied greatly by unit and the most prevalent color was red and that held true for both sides though Zouaves were more common in the north. The enlisted men in my ancestor's company wore white pants and a red tunic with a small amount of both blue and grey as well as gold trim. They also carried Scimitar style swords. I believe that nearly half the fighting forces of the north were volunteer forces and of them more than half were Zouave units. Many of the other volunteer units who were not Zouaves also wore their own often flamboyant uniforms and they came in virtually every color of the rainbow.

[@GustavoSouza-gh4wf]

Amazing work. Congrats.

[@chewchewtrain]

Something I noticed is that for the Civil War map you had Missouri and Kentucky mixed. Im gonna assume that’s because they were slave states who stayed in the Union. If that is the case, Maryland and Delaware should have been mixed too.

[@BerjanoRocks]

It's impresive to see how much Spain has to do with US history. They had the first European settlement and controlled over the 50% of the actual territory. Also, after independence, Mexico continued ruling over places like California, New Mexico or Texas. How can still Americans be annoyed when they hear someone speaking Spanish in public? It's literally part of the US

[@Swordsman99k]

A friend's mom is pissed off she has to choose a language at the ATM. People will complain about everything.

[@ethan.lace.y]

nobody really gets annoyd except for real uptight people but htose are vrywhere not just US

[@stormveil]

People like to understand what's going on around them. Things they can't understand feel inherently dangerous. I could go on if you want...?

[@nunyabiznez6381]

As a resident of Florida and descendant of Floridanos, Calusa and Timucua I would like to point a few things out. First, no such nation as Seminole existed prior to the 19th century. The prevailing nation in Florida from the time the Spanish discovered Florida to the mid 18th century were the Calusa people. The Timucua were the specific nation in what became St. Augustine when the Spanish arrived in 1565. I would also like to point out that between 1761 and 1781, Florida was owned by Great Britain before it was returned to the Spanish who for all intents and purposes abandoned it to the United States who by 1818 treated it as a de facto territory though it would be another year or two before Spain officially left.

[@patricemoore7686]

Just found this page and I absolutely love it

[@alicomando1195]

Thanx 4 Your Effort Man Greetings From Iraq.

[@GeoffreyJohns]

Excellent exposition and really useful!

[@michaelpisciarino5348]

0:00 Explaining The Charts 2:17 A Chart From The Past inspired today’s Chart 3:14 1581 3:38 Native American Groups • St Augustine 5:02 1621 5:53 1661 • Native Americans • African Slavery 7:41 1701 8:06 1741 • Louisiana (After Louis XIV) 8:40 1781 • French And Indian War (1753-1762) 10:38 1821 • Louisiana Purchase (1803) • Lewis And Clark 12:38 1861 • The Civil War (Slavery was a big part of the war, other factors played a part as well) 13:36 1901 13:56 1941 14:13 Populations and Cities

[@killthehobbits7420]

Why would the poster lie and say "the civil war was fought over the issue of slavery"? Liars go to Hell.

[@sabritaha]

@@killthehobbits7420 Harsh

[@johnnesbit2371]

The catalyst of the war was slavery. Not going to hell.@@killthehobbits7420

[@iybjs5308]

Miami up in Michigan always gets me

[@Midlife_Manical_Mayhem]

its interesting how in the south, the civil war was taught as being fought over "states rights to self govern", but in the north it is taught as being over just slavery. also, i was surprised at looking at the major urban areas. i am from the houston area and growing up, it was the 4th most populated city in the US. i'm surprised its fallen to 10th.

[@Kunumbah1]

TheLaydewlf Nah I’m from Georgia and they teach us that it was a mix of State’s rights and slavery.

[@aj-uo6vv]

Sir Devil same in va they said it started out as state rights and then slavery began becoming a reason

[@Echowhiskeyone]

I am from Pennsylvania and have heard it as the southern states "right to self govern" with each state deciding on slavery; most or all southern states accepting slavery. So the War was fought over States rights, with one right being slavery.

[@j.sanchez187]

they're not mutually exclusive. the main reason for the war was over slavery, the corollary was states rights vis a vis the federal government. not everybody in the south owned slaves, not everybody who owned slaves was white, and not everybody in the northern states was against slavery. meaning a southerner may have disagreed with slavery on principle but would rather his state secede from the union than be forced to abandon the practice by royal fiat from the federal government, figuring that the support for the practice would eventually be phased out, as indeed the English abolished it 30 years prior. It's important to note that back then States of the US operated more like countries within the EU, so a Texan or a South Carolinian as opposed as he would be to the concept of slavery, would not just move to northern state just as a german today would not move to spain if he disagreed with some of the domestic customs. Most people in america didn't view themselves as Americans, but rather as citizens of their respective states. this means that the war was not necessarily pro-slave vs anti-slave but rather Northern states vs Southern States, the reason being the refusal of governors and affluent people in the south to renounce slavery. for most common folk in the south though it was the war of northern aggression = federal government centered in the north imposing on their state's sovereignty. all of this is not to gloss over the blatant and gross racism that was prevalent in the south, (and to some degree the north as well) but America was hardly the exception when you consider what was going on in the rest of the world at the time.

[@TheCsel]

It's partly due to semantics, partly due to politics. But honestly a big part of it is simply due to simplifying it to age level. For most americans this is covered first in elementary school, briefly perhaps, but when they talk about President Lincoln on President's Day they will usually say he freed the slaves. Then in middle school and high school they will cover it more, but with the vast curriculum and comprehension levels they want to keep it simple and just get through it.

[@stickykeys2795]

Thank you so much for this! I’ve been wanting to buy this chart but I wanted to see a walkthrough first! As promised! Again, always back with another great video!

[@tomschmidt381]

Fantastic visual timeline

[@Zach-mw5so]

Great video, just to clarify. Modern estimates of casualties in the American Civil War, previously thought around 500-625,000, might have been even higher, from about 700,000 to a disputed high estimate of 850,000. It included all war deaths, civilian deaths, deaths from disease, starvation, exposure, and even POW’s dying.

[@Exploratorium360]

Great works ! Very organized and informative. Thanks. 👍

[@CandiceLikes]

Thank you for this. 👍

[@KnowHistory]

The trail of tears was just inhumane

[@genericyoutubeaccount579]

True. But it only passed Congress by 1 vote.

[@claydiddy63able]

Nice chart,, but on your comment of the civil war; the Civil War was NOT fought primarily over slavery. Not historically accurate. The north still had many slaves and Lincoln had no intention to free the slaves originally

[@Kenoshahattrick]

I love how people always point out that North America was conquered and act like all these native American tribes were a bastion of peace and love or that this is the only time in history that people were conquered.

[@rafihussain]

Great job. Great information. Thanks

[@sjk6101983]

I’ve lived in Wisconsin my whole life and if I remember right, Native Americans lived first and then we have always been always mostly a German heritage state - ask anyone who lives here!

[@travisemerson933]

I love your posters!! I just bought some, they'll be great gifts for my mom!!

[@nellc5977]

Well done on every level!

[@pm0ro]

At 14:17 it shows that New York State has a lower population than New York City :P

[@tommarch.4493]

French are always in North America today (in the Caribbean : Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Barthélémy, St Martin ; in the pacific : Cliperton (but the Mexico cares about) ; and St pierre et Miquelon (near to Canada)).

[@dayviduh]

Amazing work!

[@stephen5147]

Very well done.

[@yummyzerg]

Your charts look very good.

[@chaytonwendler8144]

Just above Miami is sac n fox. They now go by Meskwaki and are located in central Iowa and became the first tribe to purchase their land in the 1800’s

[@jaysonborawski9645]

Thank you for your time and effort that you put into these charts I made charts by hand many years ago when the mafia and different dynasties I can imagine the work that it entails

[@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901]

That's awesome. Well done man

[@nancycolbert2703]

Love your research and narratives. You should be a university proffessor

[@oketchoscar6527]

Please do a video on Timeline of European History

[@ilannguaqtherkelsen2085]

I hope you will make also Inuit history, im Kalaaleq From Greenland but also some how they call our selfs Inuk or Inuit..😊 Inuktitut is almost same Kalaallisut language, but deferendses is in our Kalaallisut language is modern, and its Lego like language i think 😊

[@Sickapig]

Good educational content, thank you.

[@plantagenetsurvivor8771]

Love your charts

[@divadude0411]

I LOVE your charts, and this is a very detailed one. The only criticism I have is that you didn't include the part Where Texas was briefly its own country known as the Republic ofTexas, it was right around the time of the Mexican-American war.

[@UsefulCharts]

It's shown on the timeline but not in the maps.

[@divadude0411]

@@UsefulCharts Oh, ok. Thats great to know! I retract my comment haha

[@maryjeanjones7569]

It wasn't the French Indian war, it was the Seven Years War between the British & French. The war was brought to North America and ended in 1759 on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City when the British defeated the French. I believe it was around 1763 that the British kicked the Acadians out of Nova Scotia. Due to speaking French, they went to Louisiana and became known as Cajuns. It was several years later they were allowed to return to Nova Scotia . However a number of Acadians chose to stay in what became known as New Orleans.

[@jaimewilliams007]

I saw Savvanah on the chart and my 7 times great grandfather signed the treaty of savvanah his name was chief wolf king

[@nahleaky586]

this is how you remember dates, not just memorizing everything separately. You gotta make a timeline in your head

[@amandaperry660]

Good stuff

[@britopia1341]

Great video!

[@cannotsay5505]

error in the Louisiana Purchase map....

[@1969cmp]

I love charts and maps like these.

[@denknugz87]

been a subscriber since 2018, love your older videos with the more raw format, are they all gone forever or are they still hosted somewhere we can watch?

[@UsefulCharts]

Some of the old ones are in this unlisted folder here: kzbin.info/aero/PL5Ag9n-o0IZCk5xMKqlkPh9951mzL_BLy&feature=shared

[@denknugz87]

youre awesome man, hope your health is improving@@UsefulCharts

[@zoerphl]

this is awesome. do you have a video on the history of the pacific northwest and the oregon trail?! I'm from there and it would be fascinating to learn about it from a chart perspective like these videos!

[@durandal1909]

Wow! Looking at some comments here I've realized how ignorant people are about the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The worse part of all, is that Mexicans along with Hispanic people living in today's U.S. southwest States are totally oblivious of the prowess achieved by their own ancestors. The Spanish Vice Royalty of New Spain (1521-1821), once engulfed todays' Alaska, Washington State, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma (partially) and Texas in modern U.S. - Yeah.. This video is a bit inaccurate (Nonetheless a remarkable video, double thumbs up!), as it only shows the territory where Spanish cities were built, but not the actual territory claimed by the Spanish Crown. For instance, 10:07 "Nutca" (Later Nootka in english) territory in British Columbia was discovered, explored and claimed by Spain in 1774 (4 years before Capt. James Cook arrival in the region); and built Fort San Miguel in 1789, 50 years later the first English post was built in presently British Columbia - Fort Langley. For this reason it is possible to find a bunch of Spanish names along the coastline of Alaska and Canada such as Valdez, Alberni, Juan de Fuca, Haro, etc. I read many comments on Spanish "conquistadors" massively raping indians; stealing their land, and taking away their gold, while on the other hand English "settlers" did not disturb the indian lifestyle, as they settled in unclaimed land, had sex with their own English white women... FACTS 1) The Spanish Crown bestowed nobility to many Aztec families, including the one of Emperor Montezuma, whose descendants still live in Spain under the title of Counts of Miravalle. 2) Spanish founded and built universities, castles, forts, ports, roads for the benefit and advancement of all the inhabitants of New Spain. For instance, in 1538 the first university in America was founded in Santo Domingo. Also, the first newspaper ("La Hoja de Mexico") in North America was printed and published in Mexico City in 1541. In the U.S. this happened until 1704. Then in 1543, the first technical colleges for natives were established, etc. 3) Indian natives were free to marry whoever they pleased, and they freely accepted catholicism. For example, in California Friar Junipero Serra did an extraordinary job evangelizing and integrating natives into a Hispanic society. MEANWHILE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SETTLERS 1) Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000 (Benjamin Madley, An American Genocide. The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873, Yale University. 2) English "settlers" had little concern over indian wellbeing. Fo instance, read the "Smallpox-infected blankets incident in For Pitt (Today's Pittsburgh) in 1763. 3) American General John C. Frémont: "The Spanish Law clearly and absolutely secured to Indians fixed rights of property in the land they occupy, beyond what is permitted by this government (U.S. gov.) in its relations with its own domestic tribes. Hope this little info sheds a bit more light into the New Spain Viceroyalty and its relationships with native indians.

[@EdinburghFive]

The French also had Port Royal in Acadia (established 1605). The 1661 map shows Acadia as French territory but at that time it was under English control. It was seized in 1654 and not returned to France until the signing of the Treaty of Breda in 1667.

[@benrollins1]

I love these maps and videos...so excellent! Though why in 2014 does the urban area of NY have a larger population (23.5 m) than the entire state of NY (19.7 m)? Or am I reading that wrong? Anyhow, the map and presentation are amazing! Thank you so much for this excellent video!

[@TheGregChristian]

I believe the NYC urban area contains areas actually located in 3 states. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

[@gustavsk6096]

Really interesting to look at!

[@Ninja_Xanz]

Well done.

[@berenyiandre2040]

Sir, many people forget that French could have become the official language of America as New France was huge and powerful. Warm regards. Andre BERENYI

[@guledaden960]

Great US history

[@mikeyboy2154]

brilliant, thanks

[@danielx40]

More please. Maybe a history of US laws or economy?

[@pahtar7189]

The "Coast Salish" area is much more than what became Washington and BC. The US part became Oregon Territory, which was later broken up into Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

[@GH-oi2jf]

The green section in 1781 is Oregon territory, now Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia, approximately.

[@jessec2138]

You say Native Americans were pushed off there lands but this wasn't true in Spanish lands were there was more assimilation. The Spanish and Natives created a new people called Mestizos which are their descendants. These people still dominate the southwest.

[@timothyr3038]

Someone tell Jesse about the Ecomienda system... assimilation did happen but let's not discount it wasn't exactly voluntary

[@bobalobization]

@@timothyr3038 also we can't forget the South American groups

[@jurgnobs1308]

@@timothyr3038 right. "assimilation" is a pretty nice term for what was to a large part mass rape, at least at first.

[@LiveGame555]

The Spanish came as conquerers and treated the Native Americans similar to how they treated serfs back in Europe. The English usually settled in unused land. It was unused due to 99% of all Native Americans dying because of disease from the beginning of the Colombian Exchange. Once Native American populations began to bounce back is when most of the fighting started.

[@jessec2138]

@@timothyr3038 You cant compare. First this is a video about the US, so what happened in Latin and South America doesnt really pertain. The abuses in Latin and South America were not really an issue in the Southwest. The millions of brown people in the southwest and hundreds of millions in Latin and South America are the descendants of both Spanish and Indians. In English North America they were decimated and the survivors relocated to reservations. Again no comparison.

[@jacobgarrison1510]

In the 1861 map why is west virginia shown as part of the confederacy? They were under union control and had a functioning government separate from Virginia's despite not being a state until 2 years later.

[@UsefulCharts]

Must be a mistake. I'll check it.

[@alanbevington4875]

I wondered the same thing. At least it should be shown as MO and KY are, as 'disputed'

[@johnnesbit2371]

Like in Kentucky and Missouri, in West Virginia, the various issues were in contention. Although a revision might indeed show W. Virginia,

[@SloopADoopy]

Thanks for pausing on the Native American fact. To think they had been here for thousands of years then displaced in only a few decades. Sad fact so many overlook.

[@puensi666]

The strong ALWAYS survives. Natures law.

[@miketyke9451]

Everyone interested should read more about the cause of the civil war. While the question of slavery was a component, it was not 'the' major factor causing the south to secede from the Union. Ignoring for the moment Britain's interest in prodding the Southern states into war, and focusing on the vast political disputes between the North and South: The North was becoming Republican (Lincoln was the first Republican President). The Northern States had become industrial, as the South stayed more agricultural, resulting in higher population density for the North, compared to the South. The South did not have enough power in the House of Representatives due to population alone, nor the Senate due to fewer total states than the North. While Northern states did have Slavery (Mrs. Lincoln owned slaves), it may have been a threat used to further financially drain the South. This drain was the Reason the southern states were separating. The issue of slavery being abolished came up late in the war. In fact the Emancipation Proclamation grandfathered legal slavery for the Northern states. Schools have intentionally told their own versions of history on many things. Lying is normally done to manipulate people. Given the truth people can make much better decisions for their futures.

[@elizabeth1invermont]

You should add the war with Mexico

[@melphomenerosae3517]

I like how the word 'arrived' is used.

[@Vigilante-3-1]

The french Louisiana Colony was first established in 1699 -> not shown on map. Note that Acadia was not only in Nova Scotia. Even parts of Maine belonged to it. I think you should mention the expelled french acadians which had to go to louisiana and formed the modern day Cajun culture. On the map with the natives you could show european explorations and expeditions. It would also be interesting to see the religions of different states since colonists often (not always) were fleeing religious persecution. Other than that, good job. You did an exceptional job on the timeline in the middle.

[@leowilly29]

Poor cadians. Forced to move to Louisiana and forced to speak english. What a horrible fate for french natives.

[@Vigilante-3-1]

@@leowilly29 are you being sarcastic?

[@leowilly29]

Matthias Rothacher not at all! As a french myself i pity the fate of those people who were asked to fight against their own kind (french and indian war), refused and then suffered the wrath of the british. Be killed or deported and then stripped of your identity is quite a terrible fate. They also suffered religious persecution because they were catholics in a protestant world...

[@Vigilante-3-1]

@@leowilly29 Okay, its sometimes hard to tell. English is my 3rd language...

[@leowilly29]

Matthias Rothacher No problem, english obviously second language for me. And you? what is your first and second?

[@caban2004]

Just FYI The Seminoles were not in Florida till the 1700's

[@EdinburghFive]

Love the maps

[@andrewharrison1320]

my mom says we are Cherokee on her side and my dad says Cherokee and Choctaw on his side and may dads mom had Aunt that walked the trail of tears

[@speedomars]

There is a prehistory for the US. It is before the so-called 'natives' arrived across the Bering land bridge from the Siberian Steppes. They were the neolithic and paleolithic people. Possibly up to 40,000 years ago in the middle of the last glacial maximum.