Unrecognized Countries in America

[@General.Knowledge]

Any countries I missed or suggestions for a part 2??

[@ulgeto310]

Florida and it is led by florida man

[@tavinhozys]

Brazil had a few "independent" not recognized countrys, like the República Riograndense wich fougth the Empire in a civil war for years and proclaimed two other countrys in the process, the República Juliana was one of them.

[@HBKnowItAll]

Can you do Europe next like the German/Italian Independent states before being united in the late 1800s. And The Republic of Venice, And Finally, The Saar territory.

[@lewisharrison923]

The Welsh state set up in Patagonia would’ve been good!

[@fieldnowak4463]

Forgotonia, while semi non serious was an area in Western Illinois during the 20th century.

[@kaylaazz_m]

Louisiana does not use the term counties when referring to administrative divisions under the state government. We use the term "parish" due to our catholic roots, being the only mainland USA state not using counties.

[@tylerrebik7700]

Alaska uses boroughs instead of counties. And before you say its not mainland...it IS on the Mainland continent of North America.

[@Anglo_Browza]

You mean French yellow belly snakes back ground

[@carlisroy6666]

@@tylerrebik7700 Correct. Mainland but not contiguous.

[@frog8051]

as a former louisianian i can confirm this

[@joshuakruebbe3762]

It sucks here.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Muskogee couldn't handle the power of Florida Man

[@angelmatesmolan]

Man you are everywhere!

[@reapd2576]

New Justin Y

[@shawnsanders6101]

The power of Florida Man conquers all.

[@et76039]

There also seems to be confusion about tribes and their associations. The Creeks were a confederation dominated by Muskogee-speaking Upper and Lower Creeks, treated as one by outside powers.

[@joshuamcdonald7154]

Florida man the funniest superhero

[@giraffe2630]

A very portugues pronunciation of spanish words haha

[@boomznbladez405]

Thats what i thought

[@diegomolina7116]

How do he pronounce rios like that? Its weird

[@skizzik121]

I can only speak enough Spanish to get by in Mexico and can't read it hardly at all but even I thought it sounded....off somehow

[@israelbenitezjimenez533]

i found it more french than portuguese, at least the r´s

[@giraffe2630]

Israel Benítez Jiménez maybe, but since he is from portugal you can sympathize with his approach. Love him btw, just found his pronunciation funny

[@termeownator]

I love how you pronounced, like, none of the indian tribes' names correctly, my kinda guy; if you're gonna do something, go all in with it

[@General.Knowledge]

Gotta stay consistent!

[@Mr3344555]

Amen! :)

[@Boristien405]

"Mukasojee"

[@termeownator]

@@General.Knowledge I just gotta add I was just taking the piss I wasn't tryin to be mean or nothin. For all I know that's how they're really pronounced, but in Georgia (the good one, not the country) we pronounce em differently. Hey at least you got Creek right tho... Really love your vids bro keep up the good work

[@richardtaylor6341]

So wrong and consistent I thought it was a computer at first. Figure out how to pronounce those properly, throw in Scotch Irish, a smattering of high born London merchants, a pinch of German, French and Spanish and you finally understand the "southern" accent.

[@tivolidream9655]

When the first "country" was shown, I thougt it was an norwegian viking colony or something (just because the flags looked so similar)

[@jamiehurricane8684]

That would have been awesome !

[@OddRagnarDengLerstl]

Anyone know why the flag is so similar to the Norwegian?

[@ascanioscarpati8538]

@@OddRagnarDengLerstl It's probably just a coincidence.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

4:51 It's called "Lower Canada" because of its lower elevation. Source: I'm Canadian.

[@canneberegerouge1]

@Ginger At that time "Upper" and "Lower" was refering to rivers flow. Upper Canada was built around Saint-Lawrence/Great-Lakes bassins upper of the Saint-Lawrence rapids between Grand-Sault and Lachine while Lower-Canada was built around the Saint-Lawrence River downstream of thoses rapids up to the sea.

[@greyjay9492]

The names originate from British colonization, there was upper and lower Canada. Lower Canada was down stream, and upper Canada was upstream (Ottawa River).

[@JaredtheRabbit]

@@greyjay9492 Looks like I was wrong even with my own country's history.

[@-SUM1-]

You didn't need a source. That was obvious. He just failed to realise that.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

@@-SUM1- Oh.

[@jorgeshaft1483]

Republic of Anguilla: *exists* London Metropolitan Police: Hello Hello Hello

[@MrJorge3010]

'ello 'ello

[@dafiltafish]

Oy' you got a loicense to be your own republic?

[@joermnyc]

Bobby: “What’s all this then?”

[@alexross1816]

22 London Bobbies: "Roigh', wuss all this, then?"

[@stevenhale2935]

Eel-o eel-o***

[@zakaryloreto6526]

I love your videos general knowledge but in the Spanish language the letter "r" does not have Portuguese pronunciation.

[@shadyfigure-6261]

Zakary Loreto Well he is Portuguese so he probably just forgot that it was a Spanish word and pronounced it in a Portuguese way.

[@wythore]

"Entre Rios" is also a portuguese name. There's some places in Portugal called that

[@oldensten3337]

Or he just has an accent??

[@Brakum]

There is no 'portuguese' pronunciation of the letter r. Both are okay, some people say it like general knowledge like in lisbon and many others like where i and like in Porto and the north in general roll the R's just like in spanish

[@FelipeCarreiro]

It is so common to hear foreigners pronouncing Portuguese names and words with a Spanish accent that I find it very funny when the opposite occurs, as in this video. I am Brazilian and I know you are Portuguese, so I send you congratulations for the beautiful work. Your channel is great!

[@DenisRizzoli]

I live in Vitória, Brazil, city in the continent where the currently named Trindade Island belongs to, and I never heard about that story lol

[@nicolas_camargo]

Sou de São Paulo e também nunca tinha ouvido falar disso hahah

[@thalysonteixeira9836]

Idem.

[@liliuMAX]

I live in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo and was surprised see that too.

[@TheVetein]

Eu já tinha ouvido essa história, mas não sabia que essa ilha fazia parte do Espírito Santo! Pensei que era um território federal sei lá.

[@Xerxes2005]

Little history of the name "Canada". It came from the French explorer Jacques Cartier, when he arrived in Stadacona, which is now Quebec City. The inhabitants, iroquoian natives, welcomed him and asked him to come to the "kanata", which means "village". Cartier thought it was the name of the country, so he called the surounding area "Kingdom of Canada". He somehow saw Chief Donacona as a King. The area surounding Montréal he called "Kingdom of Hochelaga". Let's jump about 70 years in the future. By Samuel de Champlain's time (Québec City's founder), the whole area stretching the St. Lawrence River was called Canada. From then on until 1867, Canada was all about the St. Lawrence River. After the British conquest, the area between Montréal and Quebec City (more or less) was renamed "Province of Quebec". It gained the Great Lakes area in the "Quebec Act" of 1774. After the Americans gained their independance, the colony was flooded by Loyalists who hated the idea of living with French catholics in seigneuries just as much as they hated to live in a free country. So they settled near the Great Lakes. They asked for British Common Law and an assembly in their own colony. Therefore, in 1791 the Parliament of London adopted the "Constitutional Act" which split the Province of Quebec in two. The area near the Great Lakes west of the canals of Lachine, which is upstream, was renamed "Upper Canada" while the one located downstream was called "Lower Canada". Following the Act of Union in 1840, the new colony was called United Canada, and Upper and Lower Canada became respectively Canada West and Canada East. After the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867, the new provinces were renamed "Ontario" and "Québec".

[@quidam_surprise]

thanks

[@bobrad96]

lower canada means closer to the ocean like lower saxony in germany

[@franchufranchu119]

Closer to sea level. What else could it mean? The "north" direction is basically 90 degrees away from being up. It is like saying tomatoes are red is misleading because they are actually blue.

[@Sethq1]

No it doesn't it has to do with the way the rivers run. There was Upper Canada, (Ontario) Where the rivers run north towards the Hudson Bay, and Lower Canada, (Quebec) where the rivers run to the Atlantic Ocean.

[@glendaal67]

@@Sethq1 yeah, the same is true in example ancient Egypt, where lower kingdom was North where the Nile delta is, South being the Upper Egypt

[@sebastianandribet2957]

you are wrongly associating low with south and up with north. In these cases people didnt think of a map but instead they considered the altitude of the place. normally the nearer you are to the ocean, the lower you are and in the case of the rivers, they always go from high elevations to lower ones, because of gravity

[@TheMrXilon]

Pretty sure Upper Canada was “upper class” and Lower Canada was “lower class”. No directions.

[@FakePale]

3:46 As an Argie, it's pronounced with a hard R; the way you say it is a lot closer to Portuguese or French. I don't think there's any sound like that in English (at least not that I can recall), but it's a bit like the R in "Romans" Also "Entre Rios" literally translates to "Between Rivers"

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

He is Portuguese

[@rasapplepipe]

As a Spanish speaker I pronounce the j in Rio de Janeiro the way he says the r in Rios.

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

Hernan Posada If you ever do that it Rio you might actually get murdered. Pronounce the J like a J in English atleast. And R in Rio you don’t roll it’s pronounce like the H in English. The R in janeiro you roll tho. Portuguese is a bit confusing.

[@Chorizos]

Escuchaste la canción de crónica al final del vídeo jajdkahdjajs

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

RFT Wow no way they don’t actually murder you? What a surprise!!!!!!

[@TheBestDog]

You have a very Portuguese accent when pronouncing Spanish names 😊

[@shadyfigure-6261]

CRS NYC This guy is Portuguese though...

[@danebrown5999]

They were all iberian tho but I guess lol

[@shadyfigure-6261]

Dane Brown even though they are both Iberian they both pronounce things differently

[@mikesaunders4775]

And a very American way of speaking English.

[@ourfamily3570]

@@mikesaunders4775 Yes, I noticed... just not the usual American pronunciation of Native American names.

[@jamesmartello1]

All very interesting and extremely well done. One minor correction, however...Louisiana does not have counties. It is the only state in the United States which has parishes instead of counties. The Florida Parishes, or the New Orleans Northshore, as it is sometimes called by locals, are the parishes you spoke of in this video.

[@chrissao_502]

Tweak to your tweak if you don't mind. We're lazy down here, it's just the Northshore. But yes, Louisiana doesn't have counties but Parishes.

[@Adam-xf3ko]

Another minor tweak to the tweak, Alaska also does not have counties, only two states do not, Alaska has boroughs.

[@thisrandomboy999]

Alaska has boroughs

[@voiceofreason2674]

and there was a battle to depose the spanish government. baton rouge had been built up by the spanish as an administrative counterweight to the giant commercial hub of new orleans but the english language took hold especially after the american revolutionary war and continued decline of privateering in the gulf when lots of English speaking loyalists and privateers settled in the region, like the afforementioned William Augustus Bowles in Florida. The people in West Florida were the most pro american and stormed fort san marcos in Baton Rouge successfully. But similar bloody rebellions in Mobile and Pensacola failed as the local populace despite being largely english speaking favored Spain and Britain over America and New Orleans. In fact the president of the short lived West Florida Republic fiercely campaigned to only join the US if it could be a state separate from New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana, but he failed to do so.

[@sebastianandribet2957]

when ramirez created la republica federativa de entre rios the monarchy had been gone for almost five years. he created this republic in opposition to the centralist government of buenos aires, which was against federal ideas (i know this beacuse im from argentina lol)

[@nachoqualsevol554]

pretty accurate definition of Entre Rios. It was in support of federalist ideas rather than an independence attempt, against Unitarian centralist Buenos Aires.

[@luisborjas454]

Great video! I'm from Tamaulipas and even in this year people still remembers and talks about how La República de Río Grande could have been the best for us. Also, FYI there was another big attempt of an independent state in south east mexican territory: La República de Yucatán. I think is interesting too for the second part of this series. Keep it up, man.

[@sprunkadct]

"It would have been the best for us" No mames, que estupideces dices Jajajajajajajaja 🤣🤣🤣

[@allanlank]

Upper Canada is up-river from Lower Canada. The St. Lawrence Rive flows North East.

[@brandonleesanders]

This guys pronunciations are absolutely hilarious 😂

[@thay.s.m.3278]

I'm kind sad to be brazilian right now, for me he speak pretty good so I cant understand all this comments .-.

[@San_Vito]

@@thay.s.m.3278 Yeah, that's because you can't even write in English. Since you can't speak anything but Portuguese, everything mispronounced by a native Portuguese speaker sounds fine to you.

[@thay.s.m.3278]

@@San_Vito unnecessary, you just explain to me what I was saying.

[@cristianmunoz5859]

@@San_Vito bro are u serious you probably only speak English lmao

[@farofafeijao9995]

Aquele sotaque português no entre rios 3:47

[@andremarins7321]

ele é portugues kkkkkk

[@joshchotiner]

Eu queria dizer a mesma coisa! 😂 Eu adoro!

[@sohopedeco]

Engraçado como ele tenta fazer o sotaque espanhol quando fala do México mas na Argentina taca o foda-se. hahahaha

[@franchufranchu119]

I don't like what I'm reading

[@farofafeijao9995]

@@franchufranchu119 You know portuguese or just google translator ?

[@Ayala-99]

Hold up, you’re telling me James Harden had his own island? 😂

[@Fudgeking21]

Nobody The americas in the 19th century: *war it is!*

[@skizzik121]

Hey at least it was mostly for good reasons then! Now days it's not so much good but we had good intentions at the start if you don't count slavery

[@crisislives]

@Ginger hundreds of millions is way too much the number is much lower

[@jamess7576]

@Barbara Debel There is no Continent called America. There are two continents North America and South America. This isn't political it is geology. To suggest they are the same Continent would be similar to saying Asia and Africa are the same Continent. I am all for the individual nations of North and South America being cooperative, but no way to being a single unified nation or even something like the European Union. Too big, too many differences. As for getting upset about American being a term for a citizen of the United States, get over it. There is no other nation on Earth with America in the name, and there is no way people will colloquially call someone an "United States of American". That term is a mouthful and ugly grammatically. Kind of like you wouldn't call a person from China a "People's Republic of Chinese". If you are referring to someone based on Continent then again American would not suffice as there are two Continents with America in the name so you need the additional clarification.

[@San_Vito]

@@jamess7576 All of this is totally debatable because the exact definition of "continent" is not agreed upon by any community, be it scientific or otherwise: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Definitions_and_application Also, many many geographers argue that Eurasia and Africa are, indeed, a single continent. Also, for Geology, the definition is more complex because it's based on plate tectonics. Geologist DO NOT claim what you say they do.

[@San_Vito]

War in America was a direct reaction to the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.... Go grab a book.

[@A_Vicious_T-Rex]

upper and lower canada were named for where they sat on the great lakes and the St Lawrence river. upper canada was up-river and lower canada was down-river and opened to the gulf of St Lawrence

[@pepsdeps]

7:52 Oh, being from here, the Baja California Republic was not a rebellion against Mexican rule. William Walker was a dirty Filibustero who tried to anex the Baja California Peninsula (which is the Original California by the way) into the US as a slave state. This was right before the US Civil War but no one supported him. And on that same note, the California Republic was not a rebellion from Mexico either. The US invaded and a couple of crazy guys in Sonoma said "Hey what if we made this a republic", then made a shitty flag with a bear before the US said "nah son" three weeks later. The Baja California Republic actually lasted longer than the California Republic.

[@Cabiiiito]

También se te olvidó que el filibustero también se quiso apropiarse de Sonora y así anexarlo a los norteamericanos. El men también fue enviado al istmo de Tehuantepec pa los gringos (aunque e oído que es nomas una leyenda) y finalmente se hizo presidente de Honduras y se quiso unirse a los Estados Unidos.

[@crabait1]

He did the same thing in Nicaragua after he was thrown out of Mexico.

[@pepsdeps]

@@crabait1 thankfully you guys went the whole way and killed him unlike here where we didn't get to him

[@efrainsantiago2811]

Everyone rebelled from Mexico. Sad.

[@zebruno9879]

@@efrainsantiago2811 all those rebelled from spain... its just how it goes

[@moduleapothem6446]

Republic of West Florida’s flag is literally just the flag of Somalia

[@zerox8413]

Maybe some people from that escaped to Somalia and accidentally bringing the flag to Somalia 😅

[@WK-bo6qv]

To be fair, the Republic of West Florida came first

[@CrooningRevival365]

Unlike the guys taking a shot at your pronunciation, I’d like to say that if you ever need help with Texas or French pronunciations I can help. You have an amazing channel and you should be proud.

[@SrSander]

3:58 he let his portuguese accent take over for a second, hehe

[@nickanand8087]

Seemed more like a Brazilian accent because of how he pronounced r

[@SrSander]

@acammtt i know, but he could of said the name of the country in an english pronunciation. even then its not really a problem to me if he said it on a portuguese accent

[@SrSander]

@@nickanand8087 he's portuguese. he made a video talking completely in european portuguese.

[@freya5902]

@@SrSander In* You talk 'in' a language, not on.

[@SrSander]

@@freya5902 thanks for correcting me, english is not my first language i'll make sure to not do that mistake again

[@ScottBorder]

You missed the Vermont Republic and the State of Deseret.

[@stvp68]

Logan Means And the Conch Republic

[@CEKROM]

5:02 Looks like a hungarian flag =D

[@karwan6385]

More like Iran.

[@chillaxo9863]

@@karwan6385 🇮🇷not really

[@muhammadhuzaimmalik546]

They were Hungary for independance

[@Koopa3000]

That's the flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.

[@NoName-pf4zg]

2.33 that flag is the somali flag 🇸🇴😂

[@AD-hj7cw]

In “Mexico” are many Republic of Yucatán, Republic of Tabasco, and states like Jalisco, Puebla and a Oaxaca declared independent too

[@gunnarkvinlaug7226]

Why does the Moskogee flag resembles the Norwegian flag so much?

[@bigounce2048]

Not even close

[@matthewhemmings2464]

Gunnar Kvinlaug À catholic cross, red, blue and white colors. If there was not a sun on the flag it could practically be 95% of the world’s flag.

[@cocoapuff_x]

Big Ounce Are you being sarcastic or dumb

[@josephkoester3217]

Native Americans are secretly Nowegian. That's why they both start with an N.

[@ingest1000]

@@josephkoester3217 this is big brain time

[@JeremyWS]

That was awesome. Keep up the good work. I love your videos.

[@pedrohtunes]

You could do one video about Unrecognized Countries inside Brazil and it still would be larger than this one, I lost count how many times we had separatist regions though history lol

[@powermiro]

I love the postal marching music in the background

[@greyjay9492]

The names of lower and upper Canada originate from British colonization, there was upper and lower Canada. Lower Canada was down stream, and upper Canada was upstream (Ottawa River).

[@benjaminsidoti7076]

I can’t tell if he is butchering the Indian names or saying them so incredibly accurately that it sounds nothing like English

[@wythore]

He's portuguese, so it's normal that he pronounces non-english names with a different accent

[@ianmiller8399]

Benjamin Sidoti He is completely butchering them

[@funnyfacemegee7271]

he butchered it just like they did my people

[@skizzik121]

Yeah Chickasaw is ended with SAW not sow like he said, among other mess ups. But it's a base language thing. In the US we are MUCH more likely to hear these names

[@SneakySkitz0]

@RFT There is no continent called America. There is one called North America and another called South America though. America by itself refers to the US and this is widley known all over the world. I know it pisses off people in South America but they have no one to blame but themselves for not choosing a country name that has America in it. Yes in a way we're all Americans because of continent names but when it comes to countries there is one America.

[@rydemk4168]

0:16 when the fish shack doesn’t recognize you as a legitimate state

[@RX7_FC3S_Infini_III]

Lol

[@FenrizNNN]

6:01 that flag is so cool! I wish they existed today, just because of their amazing flag

[@breadwithbutter2838]

The independence thoughts of that region still continue, there have been several times that it has become a trend to talk about it in the country because they show their dissatisfaction with the country and currently want to stop depending on the centralist government of Mexico and be more autonomous. I belong to and support the independence movement in our region since we are not equal to them. That feeling of independence has been inherited from generation to generation is remarkable for the way in which they express themselves from the rest of the country.

[@iamspamus8784]

It would be pronounced Mus-KOE-gee. There is a city with this name in Oklahoma.

[@jamesware5100]

famous song

[@Wi-Fi-El]

James and Orélie literally just felt like making kingdoms and actually did it lol

[@schlopsker.mp5]

I live in Pensacola, 3 hours west of Tallahassee. The road I live on connects to a road called Muscogee road... the more you know

[@ivanrabbath3864]

I live in Tallahassee!

[@schlopsker.mp5]

Yeetus Deletus I was in Tallahassee for a football game, I’m in the marching band. The game was Tate High School vs Lincoln High School.

[@ivanrabbath3864]

Ah... yes. Our mortal enemies. I go to Florida State University Charter School in Southwood. I'm in the 8th Grade. I go against Lincoln in swimming all the time. (They are better than us.)

[@unwarranteddesign806]

The "lower" in Lower Canada has to do with regards to the directionality of their locations along St. Lawrence River. Upper Canada being upstream and Lower Canada being downstream.

[@catsoffrost9312]

Fun With Flags- Lithuania Ive been waiting for my country to get noticed. It fought 3 wars after WW1, lost its capital got reannexed 3 times. Also in the 18th Century Austria Russia and Prussia decided That Lithuania-Poland or Poland-Lithuania was free real estate and split it. We lost hundreds of thousands, if not millions of men in revolutions to bring back our country. We dont even get lots of attention in the mapping community or anywhere. Just sad.

[@don_p7546]

Thanos - Brawl Stars honestly, I think Lithuania is great. Despite all the wars you managed to exist for more than 700 years I think. That’s way more than my country which is barely 180 years old. I don’t get why you’re so much under the radar because the country is also beautiful. I haven’t visited myself yet but I’m planning to go next year. So sad though that so many Lithuanians are leaving the country :( Do you still live there? If so, how is life there?

[@TheTattieShaw]

Join his discord and suggest it there link in the description and you can help with all future idea for videos

[@catsoffrost9312]

@@don_p7546 I am living there, life is alright. We get lottts of rain but still its nice. The *Old City* is quite beautiful. Also, yes we had a country for about 700 years then gone for 123 years then back for 21 years then gone for 51 years and then reastablished and 🇷🇺 doesnt try to invade us. So we had a country for 750 years. Heres the important crap: 1253: Establishment of The Kingdom Of Lithuania 1260:Battle of the Sun * A Lithuanian and Žemaičian victory* 1323: The capital Vilnius is established. *built* 1410: Battle of Grunwald 15th century: We actually colonised a part of Africa before the British or French said no. Thats ours. 1558: Livonia gets attacked by Moscow. (Russia) 1569: *we have been helping Livonia* We unite to make the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth 16th centuey: Prussia break away from us and will later annex us with his friends 17th century: P-L C. Becomes a sort of protectorate to the Russian empire. 1772: 1st Partition by Prussia (frick you) Russia and Austria 1793: 2nd partition: By Prussia and Russia (Austria was busy fighting France 1794: we revolution for our country and we get rekt 1795: we get partitioned for the final final time 1810: Napoleon takes Poland.(makes it a puppet state) Lithuanians wait for Napoleon, some Rebel. 1815: Napoleon gets rekt anddddddddddddddd Poland returns to being autonomous. In Russia. Lithuanians get nothing............. 1830-1831 and 1863-1864 we rebel and we die also Polish autonomy is removed 1918: Were back bois 1920: We lost our capital to fricking Poland. 1923: Sorry,Revoliucija in Klaipėda! 1938: Diplomatic relations or die: Said Poland. We agreed to the 1st term. 1939: Poland get rekt 1939: We lose Memel or Klaipėda 1940: We get annexee by the soviets then in 1941 the Nazis then 1944 the Sovietssssssss 20th century: Lots of guerilla wars and deaths for ourrr Country. 1990: we back, again. 1991 Accepted to the United Nations also Iceland recognises our independence. 2004: We join The EU and NATO. 2014: We support Ukeaine during its crisis. Hasnt ended. (Im part ukrainian 2016: Accepted to the Eurozone.

[@don_p7546]

Thanos - Brawl Stars wow Jesus I didn’t know you had such a hard history before reaching where you are now. Thanks for the explanation mate I appreciate it

[@catsoffrost9312]

Yes. Hard. I got tired so i wrote it like im drunk

[@SuperAmazingPower]

Kudos on the pronunciation of Baja California, Coahuila, Nuevo León and especially Tamaulipas!!!!

[@lovefan7694]

There was also an Upper Canada, which was more UK-influenced both in religion and language, and we know it today as Ontario, the most populous province of Canada

[@Tony99949]

I never heard Upper Canada was trying to be a breakaway state, as Lower Canada ( Quebec) has been

[@lovefan7694]

@@Tony99949 I meant that at the beginning they were two separate countries that later founded the Confederation

[@edvins8863]

Maybe that explains why there is a London in Ontario

[@matthewhemmings2464]

MarioLLL They were not two separate countries, but in fact the original 2 provinces of Canada. After the rebellions in both Upper and Lower Canada they were joint as a single colony and would eventually form the core of the Dominion of Canada by incorporating the Maritime provinces and growing west. This is probably why, to this day, the core of Canada is located between Quebec City and Windsor.

[@lovefan7694]

@@matthewhemmings2464 Thanks for clarifying! I guess I already forgot most of this from when I studied for my citizenship exam :p

[@dinamosflams]

I really like how you try to pronounce correctly the names in spanish (And most of the times has even been able to). Props for the quallity and self improvement!

[@lumer2b]

But he doesn't? That was straight up Portuguese.

[@dinamosflams]

Didn't knew he was portuguese

[@marcoshernandez2439]

Me, a Spanish speaker, hearing his pronunciation of Entre Rios

[@MountainDewComacho494]

You still kind of have an independent "Muskogee nation" in Oklahoma.

[@lucianoumerezkoller2320]

I would like to read more about the State of Muskogee, aside from what I found in wikipedia. What is the source for the image of the Flag? The Sun in the flag is very interesting because it was a symbol all over Latinamerica for independence. Specially among catholics that wanted a union between native-americans and criollos. That Sun was in the flag of Peru (later removed) and can still be found in the flags of Argentina and Uruguay. It is a catholic symbol that is also used to represent the Jesuit Order. Thank you

[@LaChotaCam2010]

I love your channel, and all the information and little mistakes you make when drawing flags. But there is a small detail you forgot to mention on this video, you forgot to mention the Republic of Puerto Rico. My country. It became independent for only a couple of days in 1868, but the Spaniards, who used to be the first colonial rulers of the island, regain control of my country until the United States took over in 1898 after the Spanish - American war.

[@ab9840]

Some people in PR. did proclaim the first republic of PR. in 1868 after taking over one town located in the center part of PR. After that victory they went on to a neighboring town. But that town had a Spanish garrison. They were overpowered by the Spanish and the revolt crushed. And you left out the part about when the second republic of PR. in 1950 was proclaimed. That 1950 incident involved some revolts in some towns/cities in PR. They did manage to take over one town in the center of PR. where they proclaimed the second republic of PR. But the US national guards air force and artillery put an end to that.

[@Drakrau_TheDerg]

You forgot the Republic of Yucatan. It was another failed breakaway state during the Texas rebellion. It declared independence but like Rio Grande the rebellion was crushed and the self declared independent republic was dissolved.

[@Tony99949]

Republic of Madawaska, well known and I am surprised you missed it.

[@TheTattieShaw]

Join his discord and tell him this link in the description

[@cuidadocomomatheus]

3:48 i love the way he speaks

[@RobertNewstrand]

What about the Conch Republic in the Florida Keys or Molossia in Nevada?

[@mickdavies7446]

The republic of lower canada that I have been taught is when the lower Canada rebellion fled to Navy island and declared independnce

[@SixStringsCovers]

Interesting West Florida had a Somalia flag and Lower Canada - Hungary flag upside down :)

[@marc2156]

Upper Canada had a rebellion in 1837. It didn't last long but they had a cool blue and white flag with a star in the top bar and Liberty written in the bottom one.

[@Ryno_D1no]

Cherokee is pronounced "chair-oh-keey"

[@munnymic]

Sounds like he put the emphasis is the wrong place rather than mispronouncing it lol

[@JosephofWalton]

He definitely mispronounced all of those Souteastern Native American names.

[@varan619]

Europe knows how to pronounce Cherokee, proof - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6a2Z2uhjdSIbJo

[@danieldaniels7571]

Adam Davis he got Creek right.

[@San_Vito]

He mispronounces everything that's not in English or Portuguese, save a few exceptions.

[@whitemountain_]

Haha I recognize a Portuguese accent when I hear one! "Entre Rios" as in our Portuguese village! Good video.

[@zockerhopper3428]

Muskogee isn't pronounced like Musgochi but like Muskogee (g not ch).

[@markmenning1804]

I'm proud to be an okie fro there

[@skizzik121]

It's his Portuguese base language, our Native names aren't like any other languages and while normal to us in the States they can be pretty difficult in my experience for non-Americans to cold pronounce.

[@Devoguy]

Upper Canada is called that because it's on the upper part of the St. Lawrence river, and eventually became the province of Quebec. Lower Canada was the part around the great lakes, the lower part of the St. Lawrence, and became the province of Ontario.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

It’s not that the Anguillans didn’t want to associate with the UK but rather they didn’t want to be associated with St. Kitts since they dominated the union of St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. That’s why they seceded in the first place

[@Psyk60]

That makes sense, I thought there must have been more to it. Lots of countries in the Caribbean were declaring independence from Britain around that time, and Britain didn't oppose it. So I was wondering why they tried to stop it in this one case.

[@josefcvs8]

On Guatemala there was one too, it was called Los Altos

[@prim16]

Video forgets to mention Cascadia. I suppose it's already recognized

[@vovin8132]

Cascadia is a futuristic ideal and has never reached the point of claiming independence, yet.

[@KidneyMans]

Vermont refused to join the U.S. at first, but you can see in the map that they joined Lower Canada

[@paxhumana2015]

Surprisingly, the flag of the Republic of West Florida actually is exactly like the modern flag of the nation of Somalia.

[@redscare2.0]

The flag of West Florida is has a darker light blue then the Somali flag

[@don_p7546]

Nice video! I love these series! Can you do Europe next?

[@TheTattieShaw]

Should join his discord and suggest this there link in the description

[@don_p7546]

TheTattieShaw will do thanks

[@ScottJB]

A maneira em que disseste "Entre Rios" fez-me pensar que es português, não é?

[@skizzik121]

Thanks KZbin now, thanks to the ad posted at the start, my wife thinks I'm searching for divorce and family attorneys... Always odd opening your browser history to your other lol

[@codyspain2657]

I'm a Musk-o-gee(muscogee creek native. U messed up all kinds of ways

[@joseulisesocano6755]

William Walker also founded the Republic of Sonora, which was also short lived (1853-1854). The territories were today's Mexican states of Baja California, and Sonora.

[@Dangic23]

Another unrecognized Country you missed... Puerto Rico. -Colony of Spain from 1493 to 1898... -Free for a day.... -Then USA invaded and made a Colony to this very day.

[@quisqueyanguy120]

Puerto Rico was never independent. They tried that in 1868 but the spanish troops crushed the attempt.

[@Dangic23]

@@quisqueyanguy120 Correct. If you read my post...I did not write Independent at all. In 1897, Spain gave Autonomy to Puerto Rico...called Carta Autonómica. But by the time it could be put into action...US had already invaded Puerto Rico and established a Military government and new colony.

[@OEFvet0311]

If it helps, I wish it were completely independent...

[@alanfurlaneto6765]

Very nice video! There was another one in South America. The Juliana republic in Brazil in 1939. Cheers.

[@willholder8753]

Why do all these vids feature Fin & Ferb characters?

[@OEFvet0311]

thank you!!!

[@mgailp]

There is a plaque about the Republic of West Florida in Manchac, LA, which was the West-most point of the country. Head out of New Orleans on I-10, at the split take I-55 towards Hammond, Manchac is the exit after the rise to let boats pass under the bridge. The sign is across the street from the fire station, at the edge of Middendorf'a parking lot. Oh, and wed don't have counties, thus the 8 parishes of that country being referred to as the Florida Parishes.

[@lewatoaofair2522]

“Muskojee?” “Entre Riuzh?” “Lower is misleading.” Um, “lower” means elevation, not cardinal direction.

[@ntl5983]

It can also refer to latitude... Baja California (Lower California) was the southern part of California when it belonged to Spain and Mexico... Alta California (Upper California) was the northern part, which is now the US state of California.

[@lewatoaofair2522]

NT L Okay, but the idea is that we’re looking at this topographically. After all, “North” pointing up on a map is arbitrary.

[@greyjay9492]

The names originate from British colonization, there was upper and lower Canada. Lower Canada was down stream, and upper Canada was upstream (Ottawa River).

[@lewatoaofair2522]

Zaid Exactly. And Upper was to the south (now Ontario), and Lower was to the north (now Quebec, obviously).

[@Kahadi]

@@lewatoaofair2522 uh... no, they're East and West of each other. Upper Canada did become Ontario, Lower Canada did become Quebec, and Quebec does have some more northern land than Ontario has, but Upper and Lower Canada were based on a river in the south of the country, I believe the Saint-Laurant (I feel I misspelled that), and they didn't include those more northern areas. It was because Upper Canada was upstream, in the West, and Lower Canada was downstream, in the East. As confusing as it sounds (there's plenty of better names they could have gone with), it had nothing to do with North and South, and even now Quebec and Ontario are East and West of each other, not North and South

[@knoxpittman2799]

0:37 I think the word you're looking for is "graciously"

[@TheBigRedskull]

Anyone hate how he pronounced Muskogee 😂

[@jamesware5100]

"we dont smoke marijuana in muskogee"

[@the_biblioklept2533]

My dream is to make a giant landmass island that moves around, so people can't mark it on maps easily. Or a pure white puzzle with no edge pieces and that has a one piece hole in the center. Also the image on the cover would show a different shape.

[@landon2614]

I can’t beleive that country called squarespace didn’t get independence

[@Jay-he2mo]

Maybe, a country called audible will get independence

[@edvins8863]

What about skillshare? They have been opressed for so long now. they deserve better.

[@landon2614]

this is true

[@vega8876]

What about the de facto Zapista Autonomous Zone in Chippeas? It actually still exists to this day.

[@meryuk]

I like the flag of the french lawyer country.

[@zddxddyddw]

The Argentine province of Rio Negro uses a modified version of that flag.

[@ianhilmer2493]

There was also the republic of Manitoba (spelled Manitobah) in 1867.

[@nikolamilosevski6424]

I like how you named the continent of America properly.

[@quidam_surprise]

Second that.

[@emilefrenette9325]

4:45 "Lower Canada" isn't misleading at all, it's a reference to elevation in reference to sea level, not cardinal directions, that's why it's "Lower" instead of "North(-Eastern)". "Lower Canada" & "Upper Canada" are the traditional names/identities for the french-canadian part of the St.Lawrence River watershed, and the latter roughly corresponding to the Great Lakes watershed part of Canada. By the way, there was also an "Upper Canada Rebellion" and it's assorted "Republic" in 1838.

[@ComradePhoenix]

You make it sound like West Florida was a thing the Spanish did to spite America. In fact, the West Floridians rebelled against Spain, and then America came to annex it. I live here. We learn about it in school.

[@robertcuevas3602]

Sam Ferguson why ya so envy of spain

[@juanpierro9734]

FUN FACT, the Entre Ríos Province still uses that flag!

[@DerpDerp3001]

The Republic of West Florida has the same flag as Somalia.

[@ComradePhoenix]

You mean Somalia stole our flag. Wouldn't be the first.

[@ComradePhoenix]

@RFT that's the joke

[@DerpDerp3001]

I am just saying Somalia has the same flag. It is an utter coincidence.

[@canteroski]

2:25 I am a bit confused. Musokee had a lot of similarities with Uruguay. Both independence were supported by the British, both were between two gigants (in the case of Musokee, the US and Spain, and in the case of Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil). Both have a sun in the upper-left corner of the flag, and both have the same motto (Uruguay’s motto is “Libertad o Muerte”, the literal translation of “Liberty or Death). Isn’t it strange?

[@juandavidvalencia7536]

It’s glad to see that finally anglophones guys like General Knowledge are starting recognize America as the one single continent that it is. I really appreciate it ❤️

[@joshchotiner]

Él es portugués

[@juandavidvalencia7536]

Josh Chotiner El Chico de General Knowledge? 😮 OMG...

[@nelsonricardo3729]

In English, "America" means the United States. He meant "the Americas". His English is good, but not perfect.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

Barbara Debel I’m talking about English here, not Castilian.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

Barbara Debel My God, woman! Have you nothing better to do?

[@ProphetOfGaster]

Teacher: The test isn't that hard. The test: 2:55

[@wolfgangem1565]

2:03 republic of west Florida has the Somali flag?

[@travisrandall9134]

It flew the Blue Bonnie. The Republic of West Florida also included what would become the southern counties of Mississippi and Alabama as well as the Florida panhandle counties West of muskage (Tallahassee).

[@CuriousGuy_]

Good video, but the flag that you showed there wasn't actually entre rios flag but the "Banda oriental" flag, the "Banda oriental" was basically the whole region of Uruguay, which had an alliance with entre rios, Cordoba and other Argentinian provinces, the alliance was called "Liga federal" or "Liga de los pueblos libres" The idea originaly was to make something like the US, with no central power like how Buenairenses wanted, but you know how the story went, Argentinians got back their land and The banda oriental was dominated by Brazil only to be declared independent in 1930 with the help of the British.

[@BlockWorks]

Where is Santa Catarina? (Brazil) Where is Rio Grande do Sul? (Brazil)

[@dimvool6726]

Esta se referindo aos farrapos ne?

[@BlockWorks]

@@dimvool6726 Bom, eles declararam independência, más ninguém acreditou kkkkk República rio grandense e República Juliana

[@dimvool6726]

@@BlockWorks sim,sim

[@Caraxes130]

If you're considering failed revolts then there's some in Brazil that you missed, those being: Ragamuffin War , Cabanagem, Sabinada and Confederation of the Equator and many others (these are the names of the revolts and not the states).

[@matthewlewis2223]

I'm from Trinidad and Tobago and your pronunciation of Tobago gave me some kind of cancer......it's 'Tuh-Bay-go' for your edification

[@samukael_kliver5075]

There was so many rebellions on brazil, countries who tryed idependent than you can use, in the time of bazilian empire and even a small moviment on the south brazil

[@bobbiroberts]

A few mispronunciations

[@Dave_Sisson]

But he said all the Portuguese language pronunciations perfectly.