France did not just "give" Haiti independence. Do not forget the reparations they forced the nation to pay France, setting the country up for failure in addition to other factors

@LuDa-lf1xd

3 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure ours "libertadores" in the south did the same. We got on debt, and all the new countries were full of corruption and 'vendepatrias'.

@Deus_Divinitus

3 ай бұрын

And the subsequent American ‘loan’ that allowed them to de facto buy Haiti

@atilla4372

3 ай бұрын

Also a lot of people are also unaware that the Haitian president at the time Alexandre petion played a big role in Bolivar's overthrowing of the Spanish by providing military and financial support, I mean they'd quite literally given up until he came with the offer to help them in exchange for the abolishment of slavery.

@omarcitonunez5770

3 ай бұрын

@@LuDa-lf1xd It wasn't the same though. For Haiti one of the conditions for independence was to pay an insanely large amount of money that took well over a hundred years to pay, and that's with the governments of Haiti knowing that they had to put as much money off their budget as humanly possible to pay that debt unless they wanted French intervention again, which would only make things worse, and they would still have to pay the money anyways. Our countries had some similar stuff happen, heck, my country, the Dominican Republic almost got annexed by France and the US at different times and by different presidents offering for them to take over the country, and once managed to get Spain to annex it back. We had our issues with the "vendepatrias", but that was nowhere near as crippling as the Haitian debt.

@LibertyMonk

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's super "just wasn't worth it" to fight a losing war if you can instead sell it as though you still had control or something.

Babe wake up

@dann5480

3 ай бұрын

I'm awake baby 😘😘😘😘

@gaymoder

3 ай бұрын

i literally said this to my girlfriend as soon as i saw the thumbnail

@hundgawf9506

3 ай бұрын

It's another history scope episode

@TunaSampaio

3 ай бұрын

Wtf did I just look at

@PresAlexWhit

3 ай бұрын

Carbon monoxide

you highligthed Puerto Rico as a british colony, when it was a Spanish colony, and you didnt mention Cuba, Dominican Replublic and Cuba and Puerto Rico situation. However besides that great video

This man’s obsession with unification and decolonization

@Jay-jb2vr

3 ай бұрын

Are you learning anything?

@HistoryScope

3 ай бұрын

The decolonisation videos are part of a series. We will eventually cover the whole world and put it into one giant video.

@plesiosaurgaming465

3 ай бұрын

​@@HistoryScopeWell why didn't you say so to begin with if I had known I would have waited to watch all of this at once no disrespect or anything but okay

@JohnWasAPrettyCoolGuy

3 ай бұрын

​@HistoryScope I love videos about colinization and de-colinization. Seeing as how I'm a Western-Canadian, it makes sense. (seeing as how our only real history here is colinization and western expansion from the British, residential schools, and a few revolts by the Indians and French colonizers sprinkled in.)

@superyamky

2 ай бұрын

And chocolate 🍫

I was surprised that the Spanish America decolonization section did not have any mention of the 'Libertador' Simón Bolívar, not even during the Gran Colombia part.

@jamerican_bae

3 ай бұрын

I was wondering same

@TheGrindcorps

3 ай бұрын

The Americas have never been decolonized. Now the USA occupies the entire hemisphere. Look at the country freaking out when anyone tries to have a socialist government that serves it’s own people. Look at how the USA is freaking out about the audaciousness of Latin American countries trying to trade with to China. The only reason the USA is not invading Nicaragua or Venezuela is that it is spread too thin!

@HistoryScope

3 ай бұрын

History Scope doesn't focus on individual people. Simon Bolivar was a product of his time. If it wasn't him, someone else would have filled the role. Just as it did in other parts of the Americas. We also didn't mention of the other famous people in other videos, for example.

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

@@HistoryScope Understandable. Tho, imo I would argue that history is driven by people. Empires are made/run by people. Wars are fought by people. So, I humbly believe people should be accounted for in historical accounts (objectively & without idolization, ofc). All of this is just my opinion, of course. There are many schools of history.

@allanfrd

3 ай бұрын

@@HistoryScope Don't get me wrong I appreciate the effort you put in the videoand the animation. Even if you didn't mention El Alto Peru and the last battles of Tumusla and Coragaita, when Spain renounce their Southamerocans colonies, and also you get some names of the central americans countries wrong. I wonder if it was on purpose.

Why weren't Cuba and the Dominican Republic mentioned?

@MenezarianDuck

3 ай бұрын

Dominica gained independence from the Haiti if I remember. And Cuba got forced out of the Spanish Kingdom by the americans (already in the end of the 19th century).

@eljoseljimenez2656

3 ай бұрын

And Puerto Rico was included as a British colony😭

@petergeramin7195

3 ай бұрын

@@MenezarianDuck Dominica is a completely different country to the south of Puerto Rico

@patja89

3 ай бұрын

​@@MenezarianDuckDominican Republic is a completely separate country from Dominica. Dominican Republic has 3 historically recognized independences, one of them from Haiti, the second one. But given his focus was on European colonization and decolonization the other 2 were from Spain. And the history of the second independence from Spain was particularly different from the cases mentioned on the video.

Best part about History Scope: This wonderful guy gives us a more sociological, geopolitical perspective on the same events that so many others tend to expound at length regarding military affairs instead.

Haiti didn't exactly...get independence on good terms. In 1825, the French demanded they paid 150 million francs as compensation, this was reduced to 90 million in 1838 but it put quite the dent on their development. Not to mention this forced them to take huge loans as well as the US receiving interest payments when it acquired Haiti's treasury in 1911. Haiti finally paid off the debt in 1947. The DR-Haiti border just shows the differences in their development. When you just look at the two sides, you can see that the Dominican side is much greener than the Haitian side. And this is because of many factors. There was a lot of deforestation in 1954 after Hurricane Hazel drowned many trees, and concessionaires stepped up their logging operations in response to intensified demand for charcoal on top of rapid population growth. The geographic makeup of the Island of Hispaniola is such that the mountainous regions tend to cut off the rainfall needed to grow crops and sustain livestock. The northeast trade winds that blow across the island often favor the DR. Compared to the DR, the area of flat land good for intensive agriculture in Haiti is much smaller, as a higher percentage of Haiti's area is mountainous. There is more limestone terrain, and the soils are thinner and less fertile and have a lower capacity for recovery. Haiti's semiarid climate makes cultivation more challenging. On top of this, the French destroyed the soil by aggressively harvesting the same crops over and over again. France wanted the colony to be extremely profitable. Not just sugar, but coffee too. Over the course of fifty years, a quarter of the colony was all coffee with the original forests cleared. They were also forced to export timber to the French as part of paying off the millions of francs.

New History Scope video Week has been made

“This war started in North America when a British officer…” British officer is an understatement, it was George Washington

@denverparsons7330

3 ай бұрын

Lol

@HistoryScope

3 ай бұрын

I did not put his name in because I think a lot of people don't know who he is, unless they had an education about the USA. I assume the people watching this had a general education not specific to any one nation. So I assume people know about the world wars but I don't assume they know important figures of individual countries. So I didn't put his name in.

@stefthorman8548

3 ай бұрын

lmao, most people, even of foreign countries, know about George Washington, the first president of the current hegemon of the world, i'm American and might be bias, but i believe that even people in remote countries know about him, if they had any interest in the US, which they kind of have to, if they aren't an absolute bumpkin, it's fine for them to not know stalin, mao, hitler, gaulle, ect, first leaders of "current great powers" but that's the difference between "great powers" and the one and only undisputed hegemon, the sole superpower of the modern age. not knowing about the history of "great powers" is fine if you aren't directly or indirectly involved with that country, different story for the current superpowers, who are relevant to the entire world.@@HistoryScope

@ThG1618

3 ай бұрын

@@stefthorman8548 sorry to break it to you citizen of the only undisputed hegemon of the world , but much much more people around the world know about Stalin , Mao and especially Hitler compared to George Washington. Not de Gaulle tho. I understand that over there you're so isolationist and learn only about your country , but sometimes its good to be given a broader view. Hope this helped for your ignorance!!!

@arisaka233

3 ай бұрын

i didnt know it was george washington, that's some movie level shit lol

I always have a long watch later video list, but whenever a History Scope video comes out it goes straight to the front of the queue

We could have a History Scope meet-up community, and constantly make predictable jokes about how we WILL BE UNITED, which would be just as hilarious the 100,000th time we make the same joke

Love the South Park reference in the Canadians' faces

I love your videos. I’m always so happy to see a new one up!

Something interesting to note about the Seven Years' War is while France had to give up New France to the British and Spanish under the 1763 Treaty of Paris, the British granted fishing rights to French fishermen along the Newfoundland coast, and today the islands of St Pierre & Miquelon remain a vestige of the once-vast New France. The history behind St Pierre & Miquelon is that a Portuguese explorer discovered it in 1520, but it was in 1536 that French explorer Jacques Cartier claimed the islands as a French possession. In the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht which ended the War of Spanish Succession, France ceded the islands to the UK, and a small number of American colonists settled there. Then of course the French were granted the islands again after the Seven Years' War. However, after France helped the Americans fight the UK, a British force invaded and briefly occupied them, destroying all the settlements. In 1793, during the French Revolutionary Wars, another British force landed and once again, got rid of the French settlers. The Treaty of Amiens of 1802 returned the islands to France, but Britain reoccupied them when hostilities recommenced the next year. The 1814 Treaty of Paris gave the islands back to France, though the UK occupied them yet again during the Hundred Days War in 1815. The islands were resettled in 1816, mostly by Basques, Bretons and Normans, thus why the Basque, Breton, and Norman flags are on their coat of arms. So yeah, a lot of back and forth!

"I'm going to talk about all the countries in America" it immediately glosses over central America

@ricardoortega1139

Ай бұрын

And the Hispanic Caribbean too

The time has come 🔥🔥 just noticed this was uploaded today so LETS GOOOO ❤️

My man within the past fortnight so many cool youtubers have just uploaded after a while lol

Thank you for this! Super valuable information.

You are so good at explaining things

"Empires dont bring prosperity, empires only bring caskets filled with friends you wish were still alive" Holy shit that gave me chills

@buzter8135

3 ай бұрын

They also without exception are hated by their neighbors, explicitly or not.

great video as always

Good video. Spikes up my history loving Brain

New video ooraahhh! Love this channel ❤❤❤

Im so excited to watch I look forqard to your videos. This says a lot about my personality 😂😂 but your my favorite youtuber.

Am I going crazy? I could swear you were on Nebula before! Fantastic video as always though. Your recent video on slaves taught me a lot that I didn't know as well

This explanation removes so much agency from the Caribbean nations regarding their independence and I dont understand why

@jorge6207

10 күн бұрын

There wouldn't be enough run time for the US, probably the majority of views and ultimately, food on the table.

20:09 yeah people don’t realize how HOT the Latin American independence movement was. Thanks for recognizing such an important issue!

Nice, a new video to look forward to watching. Thanks :-).

My homeland, Puerto Rico, never decolonized 🥲

@stefthorman8548

3 ай бұрын

lmao, you belong to US

@danny91pr

3 ай бұрын

@stefthorman8548 we do, and it's something that I'm grateful for when I look at the other islands in the Caribbean

@JonathanMoosey

Ай бұрын

Puerto Ricans have voted many times against total independence in their statehood referendums

@danny91pr

Ай бұрын

@@JonathanMoosey you're right. The majority of Puerto Ricans, myself included, believe that we're better off under the wing of the USA. You only need to look to our neighbors in the Caribbean to see why.

Another fantastic video! Thanks. Always look forward to your uploads.

14:10 correction, chile didn’t officially declare independence until 12 of February of 1818, after the Andes army expelled the Spaniards, and in the anniversary of the founding of Santiago. In September 18th we celebrate the first time the colony organised and declared autonomy but loyalty to the captured king of Spain

@allanfrd

3 ай бұрын

Is it true a british guy fought for your independence?

@DiegoES2531

3 ай бұрын

​@@allanfrdhe also wanted to sell our ports to britain

@pablomeneses1633

3 ай бұрын

@@allanfrd idk about the port part, I do know that Britain actually supported Chilean independence (can’t say the same thing of Argentinian independence taking into consideration the invasions of the river plate) it had started trading with out ports in a clandestine operation way before the war, and it was one of the first countries to recognise our independence afterwards, Cochrane came to aid the building of a Navy with support from London and he was vital in expelling the Spaniards from Valdivia and the southern regions. our father of independence, Bernardo O’Higgins was of Irish descent and was educated on the revolutionary ideas in England. After the war, There was massive English and Scottish immigration to the port of Valparaiso and later to the conquered northern regions, which has anglicised the central Chilean culture(tea, lunch schedule, education, politics). We are probably the closest country to the UK in Latam, and that has shaped the way Chile developed, we could say that those good relations have made Chile way less Europhobic and less inclined on regionalism.

@allanfrd

3 ай бұрын

​@@pablomeneses1633 Thanks for answering. I know how England operates in the rest of the world, and I was actually curious about its dealings with Chile. In Africa and India, their 'help' seemed more like a one-sided benefit for the British. Considering Chile's numbers, especially its population, I had my doubts. Also, regarding the Falklands War, it appeared to me that Chile was more of a British colony. I was surprised when I heard the name of their liberator was O'Higgins. But thanks for clarifying that you are actually independent.

@allanfrd

3 ай бұрын

@@DiegoES2531 The British pretty much use them anyway.

Love your videos, gives me a lot to learn :)

History scope love of chocolate is so relatable. 😊

History Scope Hype!

The strange thing about history channels is some things trend (which are usually overdone things like Hitler and WW2 stuff) but the more interesting history with more 'original' topics on yt always struggle more. I like this stuff because I'm learning new chapters of history rather than reaffirming what we already know (like hitler WW2 stuff).

great video, maybe the best history explainer on youtube. can you maybe put neo-colonialism in your schedule for future videos? I would love to hear you talk about the topic.

@HistoryScope

3 ай бұрын

Maybe. First I want to finish this decolonisation series. At the end I will put all the videos together into one giant video. If that is popular enough I will make a neo-colonialism video, maybe a general video of 'what happened to the colonies after decolonisation' or something like that.

They were viceroyalties, not colonies.

Thanks you for your amazing video’s!

Uruguay would be worth a mention too, considering that they got their independence from Brazil.

@ericktellez7632

2 ай бұрын

They were created by the British, a reminder of Europe meddling after independence

@jorge6207

10 күн бұрын

Invaded by Portugal in 1816, annexed to Portugal (1821), then Brazil (1823), finally made an independent country as a buffer state between Argentina and Brazil, for the benefit of the British. A rare mixture of colonialism and neo-colonialism.

This video release was a pleasant surprise!

How do u make your history research

Very interesting. I am now in South America. In Colombia much squares are named after Bolívar. And also in other nations.

@HistoryScope

3 ай бұрын

Wait, why don't you have the verification badge? I thought you were an imposter before I clicked on your channel :o

why does it say "in an upcoming video" when referring to the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade when that video was uploaded a month ago? is this a reupload or something?

You forgot to mention the spanish-anerican war of 1898 that resulted in the independence of Cuba and Puerto Rico becoming an US colony.

My grandfather was Guyanese! The americas are my homeland

@anfeneeharry9482

3 ай бұрын

Hate me or not but I still call both Guyana and the U.K my motherland😂 (I’m in guyana)

The downside of the decolonization of the Americas was that many of the countries were simply not ready to function independently I could say it about my own country (Mexico). When we got independence we did it as the Mexican Empire (the first one because later we'd have a second one), which was modern day Mexico, all of central America upt to Costa Rica, and parts of what is now the South Western USA The First Mexican Empire collapsed in 1823, 2 years after it had formed, that's how unstable and not ready it was to be independent.

@HistoryScope

3 ай бұрын

Considering it's been over 200 year since they gained independence, I am very worried about countries in Africa and Asia which gained independence a lot later. It might meant that it could take multiple centuries for a country to 'get over' all the problems caused by colonisation in a political and economic way.

@nathanwaterser8218

3 ай бұрын

@@HistoryScope It's a matter of how they start their independence process in my eyes Mexico got independence a little rushed, whilest other countries got their independence more gradually you could say, good example of this is Botswana, they kept the British constitution (and I think some British governors) while they were sorting out their independence, because they knew that at the time they didn't have enough educated people to run the government Another thing is what the colony was used for, the most successful Latin American countries are all places that the Spanish forgot about (Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica), because of that they didn't have as unequal of a society as say Mexico or Cuba which had a lot of serfdom and slavery, so that made them transition easier to a democratic government.

@petergeramin7195

3 ай бұрын

Not all of Central America, not Belize

@nathanwaterser8218

3 ай бұрын

@@petergeramin7195 I tend to forget that place even exists

@josue.ortega

3 ай бұрын

I rather believe independence came *too late* . By the 1800s the Viceroyalty of New Spain had hugely grown and developed its dimensions and complexity in demographic, social, political, economic, and cultural terms. In many ways it was long past the point when it could be effectively governed from the outside. And rather than developing its institutions in a manner that allowed for this nascient Mexican society to rule itself, the colonial government of the Borbon house actually increased the metropolitan control over Mexico, demanding more taxes, excluding Mexican-born people from top public offices, tightening the commercial control over the economy... independence was supressed and thus delayed, so much that social-political tensions exploded out of control instead of being channeled peacefully or vindicated in a swift take over of power. So no, I don't think Mexico "wasn't ready". On the contrary, it had been quite ready for a long time. But the proper measures where delayed too long, until they couldn't be delayed anymore, shit hit the fan, and it took 50 years to clean up the mess.

Dude... you're the bomb. I love the Canadian character's not-so subtle nod to South Park.

Wrong. The Spanish and French colonial system shift was a consecuence of the 30 years war, not the 7 years war that only affected British America.

You should make a video about the "recolonization" of hispanic america by the usa and the british.

@vantaplat7411

3 ай бұрын

Wouldn't really be "recolonization" unless it's the Spanish doing it

@melvinencinascabrera4897

3 ай бұрын

@@vantaplat7411 fair point, altough I was referencing anglo neo-colonialism

@vantaplat7411

3 ай бұрын

@@melvinencinascabrera4897 I don't think this youtuber has the tact to pull off the nuance that would require.

@stefthorman8548

3 ай бұрын

you were weak bozos, and we were strong, get over it.

2:20 Wait-- The Seven Years War was what? Can we get a video on just the Seven Years War, please? I'm American and was only taught that the war occured on the North American continent. Now I am finding out it was the first true global war fought on FIVE continents. I would love to learn more on that.

@vantaplat7411

3 ай бұрын

Essentially it was just Britain and France fighting across every continent except Europe. In Europe it was Prussia vs Europe, and Prussia won.

@kingace6186

3 ай бұрын

@@vantaplat7411 Damn. And I learned that the European theater was technically still Britain vs France because GB allied with Prussia.

@vantaplat7411

3 ай бұрын

@kingace6186 Britain viewed saving Prussia as sort of a side objective. Britain was far more willingly to protect Hanover than Prussia if Prussia had lost the war. However thanks to the Russian Tsar dying and their replacement being a "prussian weeb" Prussia was able to defend itself. That isn't to say Prussia won easily. The situation was so bad that Frederick the Great (perhaps the greatest, and gayest, king in history) contemplated suicide on the battlefield

17:24 = Have a 5 second pause here where the next music starts ❤

Very clear and compact explaining about history wich is much more than wars. It is simpilfied but but does not lost its essence. Gewoon een knap staaltje werk om al die afleveringen te maken.🗺

I have to say that while I greatly enjoy these videos as they are immensely engaging and entertaining, I cannot help but notice the numerous small and sometimes major inaccuracies which I think hold the channel back. As others have mentioned, France didn't just give Haiti independence out of good will, they encumbered them with an astounding amount of debt and thus ruined the country in the long run. Another thing is about Canada and the other members of the Commonwealth, they don't "continue to gain more and more autonomy" as they are already fully independent and sovereign nations. The only thing still tying them to the UK is that they recognize the British monarch as their head of state, which is just a formality. Lastly, I would like to mention that the Europeans didn't "entirely" control the Americas as you said, because many regions were only nominally administered by the Europeans, while in reality the locals were left mostly to their own devices - Patagonia in southern South America, Most of french Louisiana, the whole Amazonian rainforest where some local tribes didn't even know about the outside world till the 20th century etc. I believe a bit more in-depth research about the topic would easily solve the issue.

Is it decolonised or could you argue that the existing government is as descended from the coloniser equally as much as the modern day "home land"

@haterboy19888

12 күн бұрын

Bolivia kinda got decolonized with Evo Morales

The Pope drew the worst line ever

@jorge6207

10 күн бұрын

As a Portuguese, I agree, he could've gone more to the West, but unfortunetaly he was bought and paid for by the Castilians.

20:04 Wrong, his full name was not Dom Pedro I, it was actually way hotter: *Pedro de Alcântara Francisco Antônio João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim José Gonzaga Pascoal Cipriano Serafim de Bragança e Bourbon* . How can you resist it?

what about the current USA colony in peuto rico? that never got decolonised

15:00 a Ross's game dungeon reference? Nice to see you're a man of culture as well 😌

Chilean national here: On September 18th, 1810 was established the first Junta, whose goal was, as you stated, to run the colony while the king Ferdinand VII was in captivity. Eventually the local elites decided to become completely independent from Spain, thus beginning the Chilean War of Independence. The Chilean Declaration of Independence was declared in February 12, 1818 following the Patriot victory at the Battle of Chacabuco, which effectively secured Chilean independence (although the war didn’t finished until April 1818 and skirmishes against Spanish Remmants continued until late 1820s).

Can it really be said to be decolonized when it all remained under the grip of settler-colonials and their descendants?

Hey History Scope. I’m a proud Newfoundlander and I was curious if you ever given thought to go over the history of Newfoundland and how it was annexed into Canada from eventual British meddling

You should do a video on the decolonization of Europe too it’s probably the most overlooked part of colonization history

@HistoryScope

3 ай бұрын

We will. It's going to be a lot shorter because I've airway covered it a bit in the ussr and ottoman breakup videos. When another video turns out to be shorter than expected we'll put time into making a European decolonisation video

@RK-cj4oc

3 ай бұрын

​@@HistoryScopeOut of curiosity, besides the Ottomams and the USSR. Which other colonization took place in Europe? The islamic conquest of Iberia?

Most of South America is not right wing 😂 there’s clearly some bias in your argument

Quark would be so proud

I’m not sure it counts as decolonization if the country switched from being ruled from Europe to being ruled by Europeans that live in America. Is the USA really a country ruled by people native to the land? I could make an argument that most of Latin America are colonies of the USA. I’m not entirely convinced decolonization has happened yet.

Another banger

🇧🇷 Brazil has the most interesting story about the independence.

@ericktellez7632

2 ай бұрын

Haiti’s is more impressive, Brazil simply had the royal family escape portugal and create an entirely new empire in Brazil

@jorge6207

10 күн бұрын

It missed a decent independence war. Taking that, it was neat as political processes go.

16:56 El Slavador sounds like a very interesting alt history scenario.

4:59 i love the southpark reference

I reckon the Falkland Islands (or Islas Malvinas to Argentina) is another example I reckon of a location that probably can't decolonise. Most of its population live in the capital, Port Stanley and although the Islands (at least from what I've heard) are as far south as the UK is north, unlike the UK, the islands have no equivalent to the Jet Stream, keeping the islands warmer than they would be otherwise. Stanley is by far the most developed civilisation the islands have, but roughly 2000 people covering an area with two main islands and hundreds of smaller (mostly uninhabited) islands surrounding them, it's like the wording from one of the documentaries about the place: "It's hard to see why so much importance [by Britain and Argentina] is placed on the Falklands. They have little strategic value, they're riddled with Land Mines from the [Falklands] War and the weather is often only good for penguins"

@MeidoInHebun

3 ай бұрын

Resources.

@vantaplat7411

3 ай бұрын

Well they're British, why would Britain give them up?

@SiVlog1989

3 ай бұрын

@vantaplat7411 although it's hard to imagine now, there was a time prior to 1982 when Britain was seriously considering cutting its losses and handing the islands to Argentina. It was simply economic the reason. The islands are 8,000 miles from the UK, being so far away, it makes them very expensive to defend. The islands weren't making a profit from their traditional industry, sheep farming and Britain was under growing pressure to grant its colonies independence. It's not like Gibraltar, 30,000 people in an area of roughly 2 Square Miles, the Falklands have a population too small to defend the islands without UK support

@vantaplat7411

3 ай бұрын

@SiVlog1989 well yeah, it's a part of the UK of course they'd need to defend it, plus it doesn't really matter that they need to defend it since the US doesn't really mind flexing our navy

@Shapershift

3 ай бұрын

​@@SiVlog1989If only the Argentinians were patient and didn't try to invade it, maybe they'd have the Falklands by now.

The Americas will not be united?

@willyperez2475

3 ай бұрын

Sadly so true 😢

@vantaplat7411

3 ай бұрын

Why would they? Four different languages, doesn't seem very smart

@stefthorman8548

3 ай бұрын

dunno, 3 of the 4 seem like they can be replaced by the one the that matters, @@vantaplat7411

Yaaaaaaasss, one of the best days of the year is history scope day. And it's about my home continent!

Haiti is not the only successful slave revolt. The Mamluks revolted successfully against Egypt! Haiti is the only successful slave revolt of the colonial era

@imdunder

3 ай бұрын

It's not really comparable. The Mamluks were an elite military social caste. They had origins as foreign born soldiers that were imported because without clan or tribal ties they could be expected to be loyal to their sultan and no one else. As part of their Mamluk training they were taught Islam and legally freed because Islam forbids the enslaving of other Muslims. By the time they were actually ruling they weren't slaves anymore and it was more like a military coup than a slave revolt (and the reason for the overthrow had nothing to do with slavery or their former status of being enslaved)

@qwaz67

3 ай бұрын

@@imdunder I’d say it’s close enough to make a comparison if you look at the big picture, but if you look closely; the Mamluks enjoyed a level of power, enfranchisement, and legitimacy that made them a military and political force. Haitian slaves of Saint-Domingue had nothing of the sort. They started off being treated worse than farm animals and ended up with a nation.

It never ended

It may have been useful to mention the relationship of Denmark and Greenland to show how the Danish have control of Greenland

Puerto Rico as a British colony?

Great video I enjoyed it. But you said that you would discuss all of the colonies but yet you left some of them like Cuba, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, or Uruguay. Also not all Hispanics in the American colonies wanted independence specially in Peru and Bolivia which the Natives had protection from the crown of Spain to protect their rights but if independent they could loose it to the white elites in this colonies as you mentioned that Peru gained independent in 1821 but kept fighting until 1826. Also on 28:48 you are highlighting Puerto Rico and the US virgin Islands as part of the British central American colonies but not even including Belize is not accurate. I don't mean to sound picky but if talking about geographical places you have to be correct.

@francogiobbimontesanti3826

3 ай бұрын

Santo Domingo, Uruguay and Ecuador declared independence from other Latin American countries. Cuba and Puerto Rico were taken over by the US

@Titus921

3 ай бұрын

@@francogiobbimontesanti3826 The narator said that he would talk about all of the former colonies and he miss some of them that's the whole point not who they left to be independent. Uruay was very deferent since

@patja89

3 ай бұрын

​@@francogiobbimontesanti3826DR has 3 independences, 2 of them from Spain, and the last one after being annexed back to Spain by the white elite that took control after the independence from Haiti. Just saying it got independence from another latin american country, specially when it first got independence from Spain before being occupied by Haiti is wildly oversimplistic 💀

This is the first time I've ever heard Greenland be referred to as a part of North America. I mean, it is, it makes sense, it just never occurred to me and has somehow never come up.

Was that a Freeman's Mind reference?

‘If I weren’t into guys already I definitely would be now’ 😂😂

16:53 some typos here

Man love your videos only thing I watch rn😅

Ty for the night snack

What about Cuba, Uruguay, and Hawai'i?

love the Ross's Game Dungeon reference

Also the Caribbean wasn’t just the British. The French, the Dutch, and the United States have territories, commonwealths, and departments.

"How do you divide the world? According to Europeans you draw straight lines on a map." This almost made me spit out my Müsli xD Funny and sadly accurate.

wow!

The war fought in Spain from 1807 to 1814, though technically a kind of civil war, is better known as the Spanish War of Independence. The Civil War term is used mostly to refer to the Spanish Civil War from the 1930’s, which was a full on internal conflict in Spain, contrary to the 19th century one, which had most to do with the Napoleonic Wars.

And another thing mexico wasn’t a colony it was a viceroyalty

Way too simplified. The wars of independence were a lot more complex than just kicking out Spain. Was about Spain becoming weak after the Napoleonic wars, Britain aiding said colonies to weak spanish influence(first by force)in the region and have new trade options worldwide. And you said you would talk about every single country but you leave out Bolivia, Uruguay, etc. Kind of disappointed to be honest, because I loved your video on italian unification. But this is just such a superficial take on history.

As a south American ( ecuadorian )Ive always asked myself this question but am too lazy to do the research

2:49 It was the parliament that increased takes, King George III suggested the parliament find other ways of paying the debt that were not severe or unfair, but parliament refused and the King had to sign the new tax law the American law of Independence happened, at first the revolutionaries wanted the new tax laws to be repealed, Parliament and the Governors of the colonies refused, then the U.S won. The Founding Fathers(Almost all of them were British) wanted self-governance with King George still the King but more land given to the thirteen colonies, and parliament and the King has little say on the economy and the colonies' taxes(people were pissed by the British colonial army but many were loyal to the King). Then King George willingly gave independence to the 13 colonies(which was a surprise for all of the founding fathers also King George did that because he thought a tyrant would be in power and be corrupt and greedy and the people of the thirteen colonies would want British home rule again) then when it was time to elect a President everyone in the national assembly wanted George Washington, but Washington did not want to be President because he wanted to rest but then he gave in to becoming President. Then he drafted a constitution giving the President term limits, every man over a certain age to vote for a President, and equality for all((all those things were a shocker for someone who has full power and if you are a slave then forget about anything) then the rest is history. if George died and there weren't any presidential limits I'm sure the American Civil War would have happened much earlier due to instability among most of the founding fathers and their allies(most of them had different political views).

something i noticed is how you say that spain provided qualified labor and manufacturation when the colonies already had certain level of manufactories and various universities, so no sense.

I see what you did with the art for the Canadians lol. “Hey fwiend.”

@DaidriveCJ

3 ай бұрын

"I'm not your friend, pal!"

@stoneeagle7360

3 ай бұрын

“I’m not your pal, buddy.”

@DaidriveCJ

3 ай бұрын

@@stoneeagle7360 "I'm not your buddy, guy!"

@stoneeagle7360

3 ай бұрын

@@DaidriveCJ”I’m not your guy, fwiend.”

Doesn't Nuuk the capital of Greenland?

Barbados and Dominican Republic are missing aren't they?

The colonizers wanted independence because the European countries wanted them to colonize less hard. That was unacceptable. The American continent is still colonized in its entirety today.

I have never heard Haiti pronounced as High-ee-tee. I am not blasting you, I thought you were English. I did some research and see that some pronounce it as high-tee. But most say hay-tee. I just thought that was interesting.