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Hi, Chris, another very interesting video, i really enjoyed it. I think you had a slip of the tongue when talking about Bonnie Prince Charlie, ( Charles Edward Stuart or the Young Pretender) you said he was the son ofJames II but he is actually the grandson. The Old Pretender James Edward Stuart was James IIs son but I'm certain you knew that. I hope you don't mind me mentioning it. I hope you can do something on Culloden a very short battle but very important in many ways.
@VloggingThroughHistory
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Thank you for the correction.
@sealandball3043
Жыл бұрын
@@VloggingThroughHistory The fact I've never heard of any of these people makes me kinda sad :I
@jasonladd3682
Жыл бұрын
@@sealandball3043 a learning opportunity!
@sealandball3043
Жыл бұрын
@@jasonladd3682 one I took!
@radittia5069
Жыл бұрын
@@VloggingThroughHistory ngentod
This was a great re-creation of Bill Wurtz's style. I really enjoyed it!
@curiousbench
Жыл бұрын
collab soon?
@simohayha9716
Жыл бұрын
@@curiousbench PLEASE
@themandan4000
Жыл бұрын
T-Dog
@hank780
Жыл бұрын
nice seeing you here. A collab needs to happen soon
@goldentoaster9302
Жыл бұрын
Sad that it’s not him though.
18:27 I believe he's referring to strict interpretation vs loose interpretation of the Constitution. Jefferson believed that the federal govt had no more powers than those strictly and explicitly expressed in the words of the Constitution, while Hamilton believed that a looser interpretation allowed for the federal govt to give itself more powers to allow for the execution of its roles.
@christopherdaus5278
Жыл бұрын
Yea the elastic clause
@sultanofsick
Жыл бұрын
If only we had something to clarify this issue. Maybe they should have made an amendment that explicitly stated how the constitution was meant to be interpreted and not ratified it at all until that happened.
@Ghatbkk
Жыл бұрын
@@sultanofsick Tenth Amendment. Which is ignored by most.
The Line of Demarcation was a pretty decent deal for Portugal! The point was that Portugal was to be left alone by Spain in all the old world trade routes, giving Portugal the advantage in Africa, India, and the Indies, in return for Portugal leaving Spain alone in the new world. Brazil was an unexpected bonus; the line was drawn through the Atlantic Ocean before they'd discovered how far east parts of South America are.
In history class we were taught that Jefferson preferred a strict interpretation of the Constitution because the Constitution didn’t say anything about creating a national bank. Hamilton wanted a loose interpretation because he thought the Constitution implied that a national bank was necessary.
I thought I was having a crisis for a moment lol. Could have sworn I saw you react to this already but I think it must have been Mr. Terry. Was thinking for a second I was in a different universe haha.
@pablo2448
Жыл бұрын
Oh no The MaNdElA eFfEcT
@TheMasonK
Жыл бұрын
Lol it was Mr Terry.
@SlyFireVR
Жыл бұрын
Cern Hadron collider moment
@harperburgess9769
Жыл бұрын
It definitely was Mr. Terry haha
@calvinneason3059
Жыл бұрын
Literally thought thats how i found this channel, idk whats happening
I mean I think indigenous is relative. If we’re to say that if at any point a group migrated to an area that they aren’t indigenous then nobody in the world would be indigenous except for some people in Africa. I certainly would say that being in the Americas for ~20,000, compared to the European immigrants that have been here for only a few hundred, is definitely indigenous.
@VloggingThroughHistory
Жыл бұрын
Yep that’s a fair point.
@kikomagana1990
Жыл бұрын
I think he said it was more like who got there first as being indigenous
@NatalieJ22
Жыл бұрын
@@kikomagana1990 well that would still be incorrect because Native Americans were the first humans there because again, they’ve been there for about 20,000 years vs a few hundred years
@deshaunjensen2454
Жыл бұрын
The founding people of America are indigenous to the nation they created that is called the United States of America because without them there is no America.
@deshaunjensen2454
Жыл бұрын
@@NatalieJ22 There were many hominid groups there before the amerindian race set foot there.
At 18:25, I think the point he was trying to make was that Thomas Jefferson was in favor of a strict reading of the US Constitution. If it wasn’t in the written document, it wasn’t meant to be done by the federal government. Whereas Hamilton was in a favor of a looser interpretation of the Constitution. I could be wrong, but that’s just my opinion
43:25. And the thing is the USSR actually scaled back how big it was supposed to be by removing the uranium-238 fusion tamper from it. Otherwise, it was estimated to be 100 megatons. They took it out partly to limit fallout and partly because they thought it was too dangerous to the air crew that would have dropped it.
Hey, I recommend you to watch the 1814 series by historia civilis. It's kind of a three part video: First one being "Peace...? (1814) ", second one being "The Congress of Vienna (Part 1) (1814) " and third and last one being "The Congress of Vienna (Part 2) (1814 to 1815) ". Anyways, wonderful content as always. Take care!
so glad you covered this!! as soon as i saw it uploaded i knew you'd be able to go in depth much more than they did and you delivered. great commentary chris
The Scots also tried a colony at Darien ( called the Darien scheme) in Panama....but the failure of this cause so much of a monetary loss to the Scottish crown that they created the act of union of the crowns of England and Scotland in 1707,so the English would take on Scotland's debts.
@starman6468
Жыл бұрын
OMG YES. As a Panamanian my country’s history is not that interesting but I love that one!
@steveclarke6257
Жыл бұрын
@@starman6468 glad I could show your nation a bit of historical love
@johnwilliamson4055
Жыл бұрын
@@steveclarke6257 The Union of the Crowns was in 1603. The Darien Scheme was a private venture mostly financed by aristocrats. When the Treaty of Union was signed in 1707 (to ensure a protestant succession) Scotland's finances were in the black
@LB1973
Жыл бұрын
@@johnwilliamson4055 and England was 18m in debt - yet they paid 400k to Scotland which largely went to the Darien investors. That's about 100billion in todays money! whilst being 4,435billiion in debt.... its about 2739billion just now
Chris, I wanna thank you for all the knowledge you share in these reaction videos. Seriously, the world would be a better place with more people thinking reasonably and moderayely, and promoting a healthy debate like you do. Cheers from Brazil!
I found the original video rather entertaining. I think that sort of thing is good for piquing someone's curiosity and making then want to learn more. And the commentary is yet another step. I enjoyed this video very much.
I have to say, I learn so much from your videos then I have ever learned in school. Thank you for putting these out!
Glad you're finally reacting to this lol! How was your UK trip, Chris?
The thing about the jacobite rebellion that people forget is that it was not at all england vs Scotland. The sides of the jacobite rebellions were more or less highland vs lowland clans, with the lowlands preferring the protestant line whilst the Highlands supported the Stuarts. Now that's a generalisation as some lowland clans such as the drummonds supported the starts and some highland clans such as the Gunns from the north supported the Hannovers
So early! I hope you had a great trip Chris, looking forward to the original content!
I don’t remember much of the plot of Assassin’s Creed 3, but basically Connor should have joined the Templars and sided with Britain if he wanted to protect his people
@junn805
Жыл бұрын
for real. the game was amazing though
@memecliparchives2254
Жыл бұрын
Yeah or just acted neutral, protected his tribe and other fleeing triebs from the colonists as much as possible then maybe participate briefly at Chesapeake.
Great vid as always! Series request can you do something on the war of 1812 I would love to learn more but info is so hard to find that’s in-depth
I forget who said but I once heard someone call the Boston Massacre the least massacrey massacre of all time. And I think about that every time it gets brought up.
45:00 I literally was thinking you were gonna say your favorite moment in presidential history was the assassination there for a second there.
TYSM for reacting to this!
Last time I was this early, George Wahington was still alive.
@austindavis7595
Жыл бұрын
you mean to tell me George Washington died?!?
@rhett1029
Жыл бұрын
@@austindavis7595 wait really?!
Love you reaction and inputs :)
Hey Chris great video as always
I agree with your assessment of the style of the video (as an imitation of Bill Wurtz), though I completely understand why you don't want to be too critical. As a reflection of history, it could be a lot worse as a summary. :)
Postulated: Henry Clay, not Lincoln, saved the Union by postponing the Civil War from 1820, when the South would have won their independence, until 1860 when the economic disparity made southern victory impossible.
Having grown up about 50 miles from the great serpent mound we learned a lot about the Hopewell tribe.
Great to have you back Chris!
@ootown
Жыл бұрын
Also, I am thoroughly enjoying your podcast so far and can’t wait for more episodes, keep up the great work.
always love history but u make it better keep up all that you do and god bless you
I'm definitely reading Ron Chernow Biography of Alexander Hamilton next.
Commenting because I love this channel and want to help support it by helping it with KZread's algorithm.
This is why in Canada for the longest time we called our indigenous peoples - First Nation's Peoples. They were the people here first.
@VloggingThroughHistory
Жыл бұрын
Makes more sense.
@deshaunjensen2454
Жыл бұрын
What nations did they have, what example of centralized governments existed beyond what existed in copper age Europe?
@aarzu10
3 ай бұрын
@@deshaunjensen2454See Iroquois Confederacy.
So true, all the same fights today go far back. I do find it fascinating to follow the timeline of division. Originally it was slavery then rich vs poor like with robber barron's then after the Civil rights movement its been purely along party lines. I think we need to constantly remind our friends and family to avoid media that fuels the working class division. We should teach a ton more about how propaganda has worked throughout history.
45:47 tought he was gonna say that the assassination of JFK was his favorite moment in all of Presidential history
@susuj8651
Жыл бұрын
bruh
1:35 I'd argue that the term "indigenous" means the "people with the oldest extant territorial claim" As everyone's ancestry goes back to Africa of course
William Seward is from my hometown. Auburn NY. Fascinating guy, his house is still here too.
VTH (and everyone else), if you haven't seen the John Adams show on HBO, PLEASE DO! It's fantastic and extremely well done!
I love the discussions about American history. This video was something I've been waiting a while for. I've been reading (and watching) up on different points in American history, so this was just perfect. I'd love to see you discuss things like Prohibition and the Temperance movement, as well as some of the lesser-known presidents and their administrations.
As Idahoans, we learnt more about tribes outside our state than ones inside our state. We talked a lot about the Haudenosaunee and Cherokee, but when it came to Nez Perce we kind of just talked about Chief Joseph and then moved on. I will never forget when one of our history teachers, when asked about his knowledge about the Nez Perce, simply told us stuff that I knew was false and myths, then when we asked about Oklahoma and its history of being a native territory he would tell you facts that made you in awe, which the Nez Perce also was exiled too and yet he left out that detail.
If you liked the "We choose to go to the moon" speech, look up Christopher Tin. He's a composer that set that speech to an epic classical score. It's obviously a bit long, around 10 minutes, but it's a beautiful piece of music set to one of the most inspiring speeches in American history. It's called "We Choose to go to the Moon". And, if you like his music, there's a new album he's releasing this Friday, 09/30/2022
It's really unfortunate that Andrew Johnson was so against the idea of equality that the South is best known for being The South.
Hey Chris, @18:58 you are confused by the fact that Hamilton is saying no to how strict the constitution should be, and Jefferson saying it should be strict. I think what he’s getting at is Jefferson wants a strict constitution to keep the government in check with what the govt. can and can’t do. Jefferson believed if the constitution doesn’t state a certain power congress and the president don’t have that power. But Hamilton is arguing if the constitution doesn’t explicitly say congress or the president can’t do something, congress or the president has the authority to do something that’s not explicitly mentioned in the constitution.
Hi Chris, big fan of your work! You should check out the Manny Man Does History series; he has really good ones on the War of 1812, Vietnam, and other historical topics!
A fun fact is that there is actually a land border between Russia and the US (if you consider ice a land border) due to the fact that in the winter, cold temperatures can make the straight freeze and make the islands connect for now atleast...
i was wondering when you are gonna do this hope your gonna make a history of japan video
William Henry Seward was the Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. On December 5th, 1865, Seward announced that Amendment XIII was passed, and that slavery was now abolished (except for sharecropping).
How much have you studied historiography? I’m very interested in it, to me it is an understated part of the human story. How we record and tell history is EVERYTHING!
Going to mallbork castle soon. Cant wait
i love how Revere’s engraving has a random dog in it
Loved the video as always! Small qualification. Chris says that Rockefeller became a philanthropist because he was demonized in the press for his excessive wealth (around 34:46). Ron Chernow’s extensive biography of Rockefeller does not present it quite like this. Rockefeller actually was very charitable even from early in his career and part of his philosophy, as a devout Christian, for acquiring large amounts of money was to be able to give to others (not that this was the only motivation or maybe not even the biggest one - as Chris says, it’s complicated). He also was very passionate about certain projects to which he gave, such as starting the University of Chicago, and he sought to make his involvement in these projects largely anonymous (he certainly did not want to receive recognition for what he gave). Early in his giving, Rockefeller actually worked to organize philanthropy in a way that it had not been done previously just to handle all the requests that were coming in. It seems that Rockefeller only started letting the public know that he was this huge philanthropist after he had been demonized for many years. Even then, he only started answering his accusers publicly and letting people know about his private life and contributions because publicists encouraged him to do so.
Hi, sorry I didn’t watch most of your stuff because I had tough exams(as a teenager who is obsessed with history), anyway good to be back. By the way, this video was awesome; you added more details and facts that I found interesting... Keep doing the good work!
@Ashpect
Жыл бұрын
Good luck for your future exams. 👍
@carlosrazier433
Жыл бұрын
Hope the exams went well.
Hey Chris I've been watching your videos for a while and I'm really grateful for everything I've learned from you. I was wondering if you had a PO box I'd love to send you a letter.
Since bull wurtz wasn’t gonna do, someone else did and I’m glad. They recreated his style but added their own to it which I enjoyed.
i love your videos
It is speculated there was another human-like species that existed in North America. But because of the Clovis site the scientists have not searched further than that point until more recently. Graham Hancock does a great lecture on this theory. Also I attended Shawnee State during my sophmore year of college.
@ILoveGrilledCheese
Жыл бұрын
He's a pseudoscientist, his theories border on conspiracy
@spookyboi8446
Жыл бұрын
@@ILoveGrilledCheese Who is to say what is pseudoscience? Did you not see the word speculate? Throwing shade for no reason smdh...
@austinbatton4849
Жыл бұрын
@@spookyboi8446 that’s no different then me saying little green men lives in North America before natives, just trust me bro
i thought when talking about tj and ah, he was referring to is the constitution restrictive as in “if it doesn’t mention it, we can’t do it” which would be tj and vice versa for ah which is why its flipped
28:27 “New challenger has approched!” The south looking very worried
You should check out Countryballs video. It's funny as hell and oddly predicted some current events back in 2021
Great stuff as usual. Can you do some video on John Paul Jones? And not the Bassist for Led Zeppelin, the admiral during the revolutionary war. Just reading about him now. Thanks again for everything.
48:15. I actually know someone who was in that world trader center bombing in 1993. It was total chaos from their description.
Hi I love your channelan this video is amazing it was my last day at school today
As a non American who have no idea abt American history, this is pretty fun to watch
You should watch Bill Wurtz's History of Japan His History of the world is great & ik you liked that, so you should watch his history of Japan too, its definitely interesting
@zoeysnow8451
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I would love to see that. I have been asking for that for a long time
Glad your reacting to this. Keep up the good work Chris 👍
I remember the car bomb in the World Trade Center in Feb 1993. I was expecting & my hubby worked in mid-town. In 2000 his job transfered to World Trade Center Tower 2. I remember asking him which tower ot was. Knowing why I was asking he said " Yup, the one with the car bomb,.". He went to work on 9/11/2001 in Tower 2, and Thank Hod came home . He is still here today.
I can't wait to watch the video
As someone from England, this is a very interesting video!
in that Kennedy speech I like when he says why does Rice play Texas 🤣🤣🤣
Think the idea of Hamilton's "No" and Jefferson's "Yes" is Loose vs Strict interpretation of the Constitution.
I use to stay in Shawnee Oklahoma. I wonder if that was where they settled when they were pushed off their lands
Hey Chris! Fellow Northeastern Ohioan here. I’m curious, if the South had just accepted Lincoln’s proposal to stop the expansion of slavery, and not seceded from The Union, how much longer do you think slavery would have lasted?
46:30 I think a big reason you don't see the US collectively going for a national goal is because they don't see any one nation as an existential threat to their position in the world. You're starting to see them get worried with China, but that's small fries in comparison to the Cold War era. We forget just how much the United States culturally viewed the USSR as an existential threat to their status in the world, their society, and were shaken to the core because of it.
The constitution provides the limitations of the federal govt, and by being strict would mean more autonomy for the states as not being strict would allow for more powers delegated to the federal govt (which Hamilton definitely wants)
18:34 I think he's saying that when it had to come to to federal government, the Federalists wanted a loose interpretation of the Constitution and the Anti-Federalists wanted a strict interpretation of the Constitution. It makes sense because the Federalists wanted legislation to be more powerful than the Constitution, but the Anti-Federalists wanted the Constitution to be more powerful THAN LEGISLATION.
Idk if you take video requests, but would you mind doing a video explaining the history of Native American tribes? Idk about others, but here in England we understandable learn hardly anything about native Americans and the only bit of info we do get told about it that of Roanoke and even that is somewhat glossed over. I think almost everyone world wide have heard the name “Cherokee tribe” but I think it’s safe to say people know little to nothing. I could be wrong and it could just be my lol but I’m sure there’s a few people who wouldn’t mind learning more about the native tribes 🙂
48:04 - This is a pretty tangential fact but I just learned it like, yesterday, so I felt like sharing. The architect of the WTC bombing, Omar Abdel-Rahman ("the Blind Sheik") was the last client of legendary civil rights lawyer William Kunstler (who also represented some of the Freedom Riders, the Chicago Seven, the American Indian Movement, the Attica State rioters, and the Yusef Salaam of the Central Park Five - though Kunstler died before Salaam and the rest were exonerated). Kunstler died before the trial concluded, where Abdel-Rahman was found guilty and spent the rest of his life in federal prison.
So at the “yes, no” part about the constitution, I believe he’s referring to strict-constructionist vs loose-constructionalist; essentially in this context Hamilton believe in things like Implied powers not precisely stated in the constitution itself while Jefferson (at least at this time, NOT while he was President) interpreted the constitution in a more word for word way.
4:59 the map is missing the Algonquin people in the northeast. The Iroquois didn't extend that far into what is now new england.
Quick tip I wouldn’t said Africa was selling off other Africas because of impressions that gives off. Which is there only one ethnicity in Africa which not true. It’s basically saying French was selling to their own people
"... and food" *stampede of humans* i had to pause it there because i was laughing too hard to continue lmao
I don’t know why but that part with the atomic bombs killed me 😂😂 “bro let’s just drop it on Japan… Twice”
you should do a reaction on the Haitian revolution very interesting topic
"St. Augustine, FL is much older than any of those" Hey that's pretty close, they have a fort and stuff. Nice city.
Cities like Boston, New York, Baltimore, and Charleston quickly developed their own shipbuilding industries as wood had a tendency to be ruined in the long voyage and materials like hemp were much fresher coming from the Caribbean so can be made into excellent rope and caulking. This is also how the young US was able to quickly develop a fighting navy when threatened in the early 1800s by Britain’s open seizure and impressment as part of the war with Napoleon’s France.
Bill Wurtz would be proud 🥲
Quick question for any historians in this comment section! It says St Augustine is the first European founded city in the USA but Ive heard others say that Pensacola is the first European city founded but something about the history about it isn’t known as much or something? If anyone knows about this please give me your thoughts please. Thank you!
@VloggingThroughHistory
Жыл бұрын
There's a difference between a settlement and a permanent settlement. Pensacola was founded a few years before St. Augustine but abandoned, then resettled in the middle 1700's. So St Augustine is the oldest permanent settlement.
@zillamare
Жыл бұрын
@@VloggingThroughHistoryThank you Chris! Love your videos by the way!!
Martin Luther then responded to Henry VIII by saying he was “behaving like a strumpet in a tantrum”
9:10 The settlement at Pensacola FL was initially founded even before Saint Augustine was, however it failed several times. Edit: The final successful colony in Pensacola was, however, founded after Saint Augustine.
A good alternative history experiment would be if the promise of 40 acres and a mule actually came true.
5:50 something to say Here, i cant remember the exact names, but i remember reading that someone back in egypt (was it in 3000bc?) already made a rudiementary calculation of how big the earth was. That, or it was a greek gux
12:00 now I’m imagining Thomas Paine calling himself an influencer 😂
Can’t believe Nintendo put Toad in Mario games in honor of his time writing in the colonies. It is crazy the things that you learn every day!
U should do a “who I would pivoted for in every presidential election if u was alive” do it! We’ll love to see which presidents u vote for and why
Hey Chris, what do you think about the take on US American history by 'Knowing Better'?
Video: Let the people decide! Chris: That's a terrible idea! (I am taking you out of context! XD)
@7:25 DONT FORGET BEAVER HATS
Funny enough where I’m from which is Laurinburg, North Carolina, the Lumbee tribe is prominent here and they refer to themselves as Indian as slang.
You mention Elvis and how black culture had influenced his sound so much: I’ve visited Memphis on 3 occasions. I’ve played Rhythm & Blues, Country, and Rock music professionally both down there and up here in Canada. One thing I can say for sure is that both R&B and Country originated from the Gospel: From singing in church. Back in the day, black and white churches were completely segregated. Even today in Tennessee, not by legal mandate but culturally, black and white churches continue to be segregated. I visited Al Green’s church in the suburbs on Memphis and saw him and his gospel perform perhaps the most moving sermon i’ve ever attended, and I’m not even a subscriber. If you travel between Nashville and Memphis, you will see just how different the culture is. Nashville is more of the Country vibe, Memphis is more of the Soul/R&B vibe. If you go south from Memphis into Mississippi, you’ll come across the “Crossroads” in Claksdale, which seems to me to be the origin of Rock n Roll, where both cultures clash. Eric Clapton and Cream wrote a famous song accordingly. But even to this day, there is a stark cultural contrast between Nashville and Memphis, TN, which clearly has a lot to do with racial divides and segregation. There is also an amazing Civil Rights movement museum in Memphis, right across the street from the infamous Lorraine Motel, completely upkept to where how stood that fateful day, magazines, TVs, everything, where MLKJ was assassinated. A shrine to segregation. Elvis is from Memphis - He is white, and so it makes sense too for him that, coming from a white background and emerging in a prominent black city that his form of Rock n Roll would emerge. My conclusion: Rock music is the result of a combination of white and black culture - Which is why it became so loved all over America - It didn’t matter what background you came from. Of course it came with all the baggages; Drug experimentation, etc. Which goes into the “Counter-Culture” thing - Not only was it about drugs, but also, perhaps mainly, about the erasing of racial divides in America. It bled into the anti-war movements, which go hand in hand with erasing violence, violence being prominent with segregation in America. I think the whole issue with the drugs came essentially from trying to prevent this obliteration of racial divides, by associating drugs with the mingling of races in America. Jimi Hendrix, for example, rose to prominence on Rock n Roll and the counter culture, which created a bridge between black and white society in an otherwise Jim Crow society. I love all of these genres of music so much, and it’s so interesting to see how they clash together, along the Mississippi River, to influence each other. I would post an image of myself on the couch at the front entrance of Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero (I assume referring to the Ground Zero of Rock) before performing there, but KZread doesn’t allow an image option on comments. Best regards from Vancouver, Canada!