My 4x great grandfather fought in this war in Pennsylvania. While he was gone, his entire family was wiped out by Native Americans loyal to the French. Good thing for us he married again and had a couple of kids.

@almitrahopkins1873

Жыл бұрын

My paternal ancestors were Native Americans in Ohio and Michigan. They were on the French side.

@emckeon9766

Жыл бұрын

That's so cool/ so sad

@hectorsmommy1717

Жыл бұрын

@@emckeon9766 He was interesting. He is also credited with discovering the first coal in Pennsylvania after also serving in the PA militia in the Revolution. His grandson moved to Wisconsin in the 1840's and I am descended from him.

@danielcurtis1434

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was digging a foxhole when a German wandered into his location. My grandfather confidently pointed a shovel at the armed German. The bluff worked and I’m alive today!!! Don’t question it!!! Definitely appreciate it!!

@hectorsmommy1717

Жыл бұрын

@@danielcurtis1434 So many "what if"s in everyone's lives. My Dad was on patrol in Luxembourg with 3 others when they were ambushed by Germans. The other 3 died and he was left for dead because he had a bullet hole in his forehead. Turns out, he was just a little shorter than the others and the bullet ricocheted off his forehead into his helmet. Even a centimeter lower and there would be no Dad and thus no me. He almost lost his toes to frostbite from laying unconscious overnight and spent the last 5 months of the war on light duty working the gas pumps in a motor pool because he couldn't walk well.

The French and Indian War was maybe a whole paragraph when I was in school, so this was very interesting! I don’t understand why schools don’t teach our own history. Even today, my knowledge of European history and geography is Way better than my American history/geography. Well done Simon and team! 😊👏🏻💯🙌🏻

@simracing4simpletons978

Жыл бұрын

As an American History teacher I can tell you why :) It's not very important for teaching students how to think critically about making political or economic decisions by using past examples (the point of Social Studies). It IS important for providing context to the Revolutionary War, but that's all it is; context. Public Education in the US with regards to Social Studies is about using History to teach lessons that apply to the present. So, you focus on things like making voting decisions, detecting right from wrong when the crowd gets uppity (Holocaust, Jim Crow, Japanese-American Internment, etc.), examining and debating the limits of law (amendments, constitution, civil rights, the voting process, etc), the effects and dangers of war both for those that choose to serve in the military and those that do not as well as how much war is a catalyst for change. This is just a super abridged list of the connections that Social Studies teachers in the US SHOULD be attempting to create for their students. Keep in mind as well that teachers come in different levels of qualified for the things I listed above and have differing levels of competence for accomplishing the task of teaching students how to think critically (the point of Historical examination with regards to public school). For instance, I got my degree and teaching license in Secondary Education (Secondary is Gr 6-12) with a focus on History. So, I was trained and educated in that realm and given the tools to make that goal of critical thinking and historical connection a thing. A lot of my colleagues are businesspeople, engineers, scientists, etc that had degrees in other fields outside of Education and just received a teaching license. They didn't go through years focused on adolescent psychology, teaching methods, etc. I still respect them and love working with them, it's just the nature of the beast with public education in the US. We need bodies in classrooms because nobody wants to be a teacher for a lot of good reasons. The thing about teenagers though is that they don't give a flying rat's furry behind about what I just said, because they A: don't suffer the consequences of society yet, and B: are raging hormonal monsters that have other priorities than old dusty dead people. Also, there is some serious discrepancy between textbooks and curriculum depending on the state you may live in. Check out "Daughters of the Confederacy" for more information on textbook tampering and influence. Somebody who was educated in Mississippi for instance will have been taught a very different US history to what was taught in Massachusetts for example.

@tomhenry897

Жыл бұрын

Teaching crt and wokeness instead

@simracing4simpletons978

Жыл бұрын

@@tomhenry897 Umm you need to turn Fox news off. Nobody teaches CRT except for University level law professors in year 3. It has nothing to do with grade-school civics. And nobody is allowed to push politics in a classroom or even discuss it in a debate setting. If you think teaching Civil Rights and racism/slavery is a bad thing then... idk bro you might be the problem.

@themaskedman221

Жыл бұрын

Because it wasn't actually a war. It was a minor (very minor) theatre of the Seven Years' War and not a separate and unrelated conflict. Only in the US does anyone use the term "French and Indian War".

@Venezolano410

Жыл бұрын

Don't feel too bad. The history of the USA isn't worth studying. 😁

2:15 - Chapter 1 - Tensions & grievances 5:30 - Chapter 2 - Young washington 14:00 - Chapter 3 - The albany meeting 15:55 - Chapter 4 - Battle of the monongahela 19:00 - Chapter 5 - War is declared 21:50 - Chapter 6 - French domination 23:40 - Chapter 7 - The turning of the war 27:30 - Chapter 8 - Restitution

@drewlovely2668

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jacob4920

Жыл бұрын

Sobering that the French would have absolutely won this war, were it not for the fact that they ran out of money, and lack of popular support for the war, at home, completely dried up any enthusiasm for continuing it.

@kristinkale797

Жыл бұрын

You are a life saver, thank you for the timestamps!

@BeKindToBirds

Жыл бұрын

@@jacob4920 The French absolutely had the resources to win, Louis XV just preferred to try and gain territory in europe instead and neglected New France.

Wow! Between this, the Grenada episode, Sherman's march, the whiskey rebellion - I'm learning more on this channel about North American history than I ever learned in school!! Thanks to you and your team for another great episode, love the longer ones!

@alan6832

Жыл бұрын

Speaking of American tax popularity; City abortion funding saves city school tax, so much so that cities can then fund country abortions as well, all without answering to country voters.

@ag7898

Жыл бұрын

Just wait until he starts getting to some of the South and Central American wars. For example, a war was eventually started over a hotly contested World Cup qualifying match between Nicaragua and El Salvador.

@jacob4920

Жыл бұрын

@@alan6832 Thank you for this rant, which nobody here asked for, and that has absolutely nothing to do with OP's original comment. I award you no points... and may God have mercy on your soul.

@PavelKahun

Жыл бұрын

@@jacob4920 Don't be naive, people like him go straight to hell, same as people who talk during movies in cinema.

@haggis525

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm.... I'm Canadian and we, or at least I, learned a great deal about our North American history in high school. Could it be that the Canadian curriculum is better than that of the United States? 🤔 Say it ain't so! 🤣🤣

One result of this war was the “Grand Dérangement”, the exile of the Acadians. Families were separated and scattered. Many of those sent to the English colonies were forced to become indentured servants. Some were sent to Britain and others to France. Some managed to escape into the hinterlands of today’s New Brunswick and Quebec. Approximately one third of Québecois have Acadian ancestors. Many of my ancestors found their way to Louisiana. Please do a video on the ethnic cleansing of Acadie.

@JAlex-dg5mk

Жыл бұрын

It's more than 1/3. 4.8 millions of Québécois have 1 ou more acadian ancestors 1900 took refuge in Qc 1755-1762 1300 came from the locations where they were deported (us colonies, France) 1763-1775

@josephthibeault9919

Жыл бұрын

Je suis Acadien.

@cadiencanaille4387

Жыл бұрын

@@josephthibeault9919 Thibault est un bon nom acadien!

@ThekidManson

Жыл бұрын

We have a local filmmaker and musician named Zachary Richard who did a multipart documentary on the Acadians.He went to Maine and was able to find some of his relatives

@PrezVeto

Жыл бұрын

And once in Louisiana 'Acadian' became 'Cajun'

The Last of the Mohicans is still one of the best movies even after 30 years. It depicts the French and Indian War and some of the things Simon talks about here.

@austin8775

Жыл бұрын

I saw that movie on Hulu. Put it in my list. Halfway through a book on the subject and Hulu removed it🤬🤬😂

@JoeyArmstrong2800

Жыл бұрын

I think Last of the Mohicans is the only mainstream film to actually address the conflict of the French and Indian War. Excellent film. Boring Novel.

@crittoneida958

Жыл бұрын

"Just stay alive! I WILL FIND YOU!!!!" Jesus what a scene!!

Some historians have described the Seven Years War as the 1st World War, with battles in Europe, N America, Africa and Asia.

@KornPop96

3 ай бұрын

World War Zero? 😂

@bizhiwnamadabi3901

Ай бұрын

Native Americans call "first contact" with European colonizers as the first world war. Multiple native American tribes from north and south america fighting European colonial powers. (Spanish, Dutch, French, English and Russia)

@archstanton6102

Ай бұрын

@@bizhiwnamadabi3901 But that did not include ant conflict in Africa or Asia. So not a WORLD War

@bizhiwnamadabi3901

Ай бұрын

@@archstanton6102 it still is technically a world war. That side of that planet has been fighting and destroying itself since the last age and they came over here with that bullshit destroying our world and our way of life. Its still half of the world that came here to fight us and try kill all of us but failed and lost some important wars and lost some meaningless wars then book 7 years war kicks off then they call it a world war. Go ask your historians, archeologists and scientists. Even your countries top scientists agree with my statement as well. It would be called a world war because they agreed on that it was the 1st n jus because your side kept losing the important battles. You guys stopped calling it a world war. Back in the day they even called a world war. Not much people are lucky to have that long of a reach into history since everyone believes what the lies they told ya

On the European side of the war the Battle of Quiberon Bay has been described as "the most dramatic sea battle in the age of sail"

I’m from Mackinac so I love listening to French and Indian War coverage. Huge part of our history up there

Can't wait to hear a video about the Barbary Wars! Keep up the great work!

War of the Austrian Succession is to this war as WWI is to WWI. Both created the geopolitics necessary for the sequel.

@adameckard4591

Жыл бұрын

In reality this war was really the First World War. Fought on three continents by the major world powers with their indigenous allies on the aforementioned three continent's with all the military forces available.

Braddocks defeat happened about 5 minutes from my home of 25 years. There are archeological and historical records about the site. Where search and recovery parties wete not immediately available to go back to retrieve the remains of Braddocks collumn. (Which was spread thin, over a mile, post and during the ambush) the French and Indian forces employed fire and move tactics, using relatively new tech. The Rifle. And thus were able to out maneuver the laxidazical collumn of British. Who had no skirmishers or riflemen as yet. (They would after this demonstration of Frontier Warfare.) This was the battle that shaped the modern Rifleman. It had a massive impact. After this, Ranger regiments were formed and employed to great success. It is here that the idea of Light Infantry is formed and embraced. But Braddocks collumn would never be fully recovered. The historical record (i have sources) cites various people, over the next 150 to 200 years, finding human remains and relics all along the area that would later become a still operational Steel Mill very close to Pittsburgh. The site is now mostly developed and covered. But the impact was felt all the way until the modern period. My point was that Braddocks force was so destroyed that they were still finding the rennants and human remains up to 200 years later. Thanks. Great show!

I was hoping this channel would cover this war . Please do the war of 1812

Simon, I am diggin the white jacket!

Great video as always. One day you should cover the Anglo-Sudanese war a.k.a the Mahdist war. Some interesting set pieces and characters. Keep the good work up

Great content as always Simon, however you really need a pronunciation guide for some of these. Oswego, in the area of the US you are talking about is pronounced (OSS-we-go) not ((oss-WAY-go) like you were using. Oswego is the local native Iroquois word that was “romanized” that means where the water pours out. Before you haters on here disagree, I live in Oswego, NY where Ft Oswego once stood and Ft Ontario still stands today. The small city of Oswego, NY got its name because the Oswego river that splits it in two empties into Lake Ontario in that city. Consequently, both forts were on different sides of the river. Ontario is on the east side, and Ft Oswego was on the west side. The site of the latter is now a park named after Montcalm, while Ontario was used up until the end of WWII.

@TheSheogora

Жыл бұрын

I was glad to see this comment. I lived in Oswego, Illinois for a while and we have the same pronunciation.

@xancypillosi9497

Жыл бұрын

I have family in Unadilla. Dude is right

this history lesson is something lacking in schools nowadays It's a very nice video...

I was banned from a reddit sub for saying George signed a document claiming blame

Fun fact: Forbes' road included 9 switchbacks up the east side of Sideling hill. The first two still exist today, but the rest were destroyed by the turnpike when the sideling hill tunnel was bypassed.

Beautiful presentation, very well done.

It's interesting learning about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham as a Canadian. Quebec City very much preserves the history of that battle, and exploring the museums there was very much a highlight of a childhood trip to Eastern Canada. The neat thing about it is that while the events of the battle are very clear, there's kinda 3 narratives about the circumstances around it: the British perspective, which doesn't quite paint themselves as liberators but definitely lionizes Wolfe and focuses a great deal on the superiority of British military training and discipline, the French perspective, which similarly lionizes Montcalm and by implication paints the British as imperialist conquerors. And the Canadian perspective, which tries to avoid identifying too strongly with either side while framing the battle as foundational to Canada's existence. Why? Because we have elements of all of that in our cultural narrative. Canadians are, in part, descended from the survivors of *both* sides of that war. So the nationalist narrative kinda butts heads with itself in weird ways.

@Ahrimanh86

Жыл бұрын

The expulsion of the Acadians is a very important topic rarely taught outside of Louisiana in the US.

i really like how this was covered in this video. i feel like a lot of people are either "don't call it the french and indian war, it was a global conflict!" or "the seven years war was fought for the benefit of the colonists, the least they could have done was pay some taxes" or worst of all, those who claim both. but the reality is that it was a global conflict that was brewing regardless of fort Duquesne and while the colonies benefited, they also were major combatants so their dues were already paid.

@jackturner214

Жыл бұрын

Most people who argue that the colonists should have been grateful to chip in for the costs of the war via taxes are unaware 1) of the fact that the colonists mostly mounted their own defense for the first several years of the war and 2) that even after the British regulars were finally sent to North America, the colonials were STILL sending militia to fight against regular French forces or defend colonial settlements. As much as the issue of taxation, the closing of the Ohio Valley to colonial settlement by the British once they were in charge (the very same issue that had started the war) was a major cause for disruption among the colonists. To turn the narrative on its head, the colonists were of the opinion that they had borne the brunt of the assault in North America on their own, so they should get the opportunity to occupy the land they had fought to win.

@abcd-gn3nf

Жыл бұрын

There were many 'global conflicts' involving the North American theater, what made this one different was that it became the main focus of the entire global war when beforehand the theater was just seen as an unimportant sidepiece.

@benpholmes

11 ай бұрын

Yep, that's why the Proclamation of 1763 hit so hard. Plus the Quebec Act which sought to appease all of the French that had just been incorporated into the British Empire, all the while not supporting their own English population to the same degree.

Thanks for covering this aspect of the seven years's war

I don't know if it would fit better for here, Biographics or Geographics but a video on The Great Game would be pretty cool

One of my favorite episodes so far

Simon and/or Whistler team, thank you for all of the content across all the shows! Daily watcher/listener of all the channels. Have you considered adding Warographics as on of the shows also recorded for podcast? I love its content and think it would benefit many of the users I including myself. Just wanted to send in my feed back. Hope you all have a wonderful day and keep up with the great work. 😀

More videos on American Revolution/Civil War please!

@noahmead4652

Жыл бұрын

I love North American settlement history

@second1719

Жыл бұрын

@@noahmead4652 Same here,I've read a couple of books on the topic;i like American history in general,except the time when it was inhabited by Aztecs,Maya etc.,they were too brutal n so i am not into it.

Best Channel on KZread. Thank you so much.

Awesome video!

I've learned more about American history from this channel than I ever did in my junior high and highschool history classes.

@nicholascorbett1256

Жыл бұрын

Well that maybe true. But what I think a lot of people ignore is thats your fault more than it was the teachers. I had a teacher who literally just handed out study guides and would usually say read these pages, test on Friday. And then another one who lectured everyday. Soo many kids struggled...because they didn't want to read the book, or take notes during the lectures. I mean I love history so I got As in both their classes. No lie, I literally taught the one world geology class my senior year. which unintentionally sparked a desire for me to become a history teacher myself. Life's weird like that

@tomhenry897

Жыл бұрын

No it’s the schools fault for censoring what is being taught

@themaskedman221

Жыл бұрын

Which is the whole problem here. Enrolls yourself in history courses at a real academic institution. There are errors in this video and on other KZread videos that are significantly misleading.

@austin8775

Жыл бұрын

@@nicholascorbett1256 w. I hate that “woah is me I wasn’t taught this” mf do research on your own then wtf

@austin8775

Жыл бұрын

@@themaskedman221 right they have interns search stuff on Wikipedia and present as fact. Like how he said Benjamin Franklin was a British spy because they saw that rumor online

Thanks

As a tour guide at Fort William Henry, thank you Simon! for covering this war, even a lot of Americans don’t know a-lot about this war, all the pizazz goes to the Revolution

Interesting. All you learn about this war in Quebec is basically "France and England declare war, France loses, battle of the Plains of Abraham lasts half an hour'. I never knew before today that Montcalm was a highly successful commander during the war until that final battle.

@davidnemoseck9007

Жыл бұрын

I basically learned the same thing here in the States. Though, maybe a little more, IIRR. I think the problem now a days are there's so much history to teach, you have to really hit only the bare high lights if you want to teach it in a school setting. IMO, they should do this only for the early years, and later, in Jr, High and High school, they should really dig into spacific time periods, and lay it all out, the good, bad, and ugly.

Seems like nobody ever talks about how the "French & Indian War" was actually one small sub-division of a much larger war, on a global scale, called the "7 Years War!" That baffles me, because, when you really think about it, The 7 Years War could actually be described as the world's very first WORLD WAR! Since, you know, it involved more than two nations (and their colonies) fighting each other on multiple oceans and continents, just like the two recognized World Wars that came after it. Yet time after time, this war continues to get swept under the rug by historians, who don't seem to want to give this war the time of day it deserves.

@mvlevitch1745

Жыл бұрын

Umm everybody talks about it like that. Who do you listen to that doesn't? Certainly not any historian or reputable youtuber.

@jacob4920

Жыл бұрын

@@mvlevitch1745 Well, this reputable KZreadr just made a video talking about it in exactly that capacity. So...

@tomhenry897

Жыл бұрын

We were a side show, the carribian was more important then America

@MrLoobu

Жыл бұрын

The numbers involved are very small.

Could we get a Warographics on the Aroostook War that formed the northern border of Maine? It definitely falls into the same category as The Great Emu War, but here in Maine we still recognize and honor it as a conflict in which our state’s troops served.

The major turning point of this war was when the Royal Navy began close blockade of the northern French port of Brest. Putting a large fleet to sea keeping it provisioned, armed and in position for most of the remainder of the war meant French forces worldwide would begin to wither.

@darbyohara

Жыл бұрын

The war was over before it started. British NA 1m ppl. New France 80k. There was no way France was winning in NA with a population base that couldn’t even support a field army. The French were vastly superior in traversing and fighting in NA as well as garner native support but they didn’t have the industrial base in the colonies to supply them

This is a very interesting war as a Canadian since this is the reason why we are not a French majority country

Went to Fort Necessity as a young college student. It isn't small. It's tiny. Barely large enough for a dorm room. Also heard the 1812 overture with real cannons. Very nice

15:44 it's a tradition older than the country itself.

@fukkitful

Ай бұрын

Yeah, its crazy that now we pay around a 15-20% income tax. When, I believe, the colonists were upset about a 3%. Taxation without representation was a big issue too.

How different countries cover the Seven Years War is amusing, as North American and European schools only cover the theater on their continent.

@jerichoroad5814

Жыл бұрын

It's actually just one of the many aspects on a KZread video. I don't think Simon intended the video to cover all the dynamics involved by making a 10hr 10 part video. Ignorant.

@oligultonn

Жыл бұрын

Yeah here in Iceland when I learned about the Seven Years War we learned about the war in the Americas basically as Britain and native allies vs France and native allies. We mainly learned about the European aspect as it had more impact on my nation.

@brendonrozboril1826

Жыл бұрын

@@oligultonn do you say your name exactly how it’s spelled?

@oligultonn

Жыл бұрын

@@brendonrozboril1826 my real name is Ólafur and it's said like "Ohlaafuhr" and the r is rolled.

@tylerdavis9826

Жыл бұрын

That’s literally straight up wrong, I learned about the Euro side, never the North American side, and guess what? I live in North America.

I was hoping that they would have pointed out that this was the 4th and last of the French and Indian wars so to speak! I would appreciate you pointing out the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy involvement as middlemen (instigators). And now for the rest of the story...

Please do the 100 years war next

It’s pretty cool that they covered this. Fort necessity is right down the road from where I live where Jumonville isn’t too far from where all this happened. They also have General Braddocks grave nearby as well. Would like to point out that Fort Duquesne is pronounced Fort Do-cane*

Great episode as always but minor point at 4:40 the Mississippi River doesn’t reach the Great Lakes except by overland portage (several spots) or manmade canal (in Illinois)

Always love your North American history content. Hope it doesn't become a bore to you like Roman history!

@justinyates1154

Жыл бұрын

"history," remember it's just barely over 200 years old, barely out of diapers in the grand scheme of things. 😁

@happyvult7853

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@justinyates1154sort of important considering it’s closer to the present

I like the part where he talked about the French and Indian War.

@christophermichaelclarence6003

Жыл бұрын

You now understand why People from Québec speaks French. It's related to the French and Indian War

A wonderful historicai coverage

Ft. Pitt, 1237 roadless wilderness miles southwest of Quebec, was not used as a base for the attack on Quebec, under Wolfe, an attack that came by ship from the northeast of Quebec down the St Lawrence River.

im loving all these early American conflicts lately brilliant as always Simon

Great topic! Ever since being impressed about how much french is used in Quebec on my first visit there, I've been fascinated by the history behind it but also disppointed at how little there is out there to learn more. Now, we're just missing the Biographic on Antonio Salazar...

@bearmcbear6080

Жыл бұрын

There's quite a bit on Quebec history though a lot of it is told under a Canadian (English) perspective that paints the French in a much different light (ie the common "all colonialism = bad, warcrimes, genocide") than how the French sources tell it. Yes there were bad things but the French treated the Natives far better than the English and Spanish did and worked together in partnership with most of the Native Nations. The key to the French surviving the first north american winters was with Native help.

@myriamblanchet7606

11 ай бұрын

Quebecer here. If you are interested in how we still speak French, there are two main reasons. First one is the Quebec Act. When the the 13 colonies started to talk of independence, Britain passed the Quebec Act which gave the colony the fredom of religion and language amounts other thing. The British new it would be a good way to stop Quebec in joining the Americain Independence War. Quebec still hadn’t bounced back from the conquest et wasn’t that interested in joining. The other more contemporary law is call Quebec’s law 101. I think it was established sometime in the 20e century. Every Quebecer knows it. It is the law that regulates the use of the French language in the province. It give us radio quotas for French music, requires all shop/restaurants to have French signs (hence why KFC is called PFK in Quebec). It even gives rules on who can attend English schools.

Someone was saying that World War I was the first global war. The Seven Years War, in which the French and Indian War was a part of, was a global war.

A bit off topic, but I'd be interested to see you read up on and do a video of Tecumseh and one of the last big Native American pushes. I grew up in Ohio and it was a part of our elementary school history classes.

Britain, "Here's some taxes for us helping you guys with the French and native aggression." Colonies, "You guys needed a reason to fight France and the natives?"

Well, I guess It’s appropriate to add professional scriptwriter to my resume!

Fascinating!! I really didn’t know much about this war other than Washington’s involvement and then Wolfe dying in Quebec. I have recently discovered that one of my 6th great grandfathers Daniel Goodwin enlisted in a provisional regiment in Connecticut under Robert Monckton in 1755 and fought in the capture of Fort Beausejour before continued campaigning in Nova Scotia. After the war, he settled in New Brunswick on land he received for his service and had 11 sons, two of whom fought for the British in the War of 1812 (and/or possibly in the Napoleonic War-I haven’t yet been able to verify the rumor that at least one of them was at Waterloo).

Do one on the Pig War!

@als3022

Жыл бұрын

George Pickett almost getting a war with great Britain in the 1850s

Little known fact: After Abercrombie's failure, he partnered with Fitch to design clothes for trendy white teenagers.

@hod2116

Жыл бұрын

Wow never knew that

I've always leaned toward the history of Native Americans in these conflicts, and thusly interested in how this War was the beginning of the end for the Great Iroquois League as different tribe members were aligned with either the French or the English.

@almitrahopkins1873

Жыл бұрын

My paternal ancestors were the natives who burned Detroit to the ground twice during that war when it was nothing more than a fort.

Wild

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6:39 Lol, the text only says “Low”, kinda funny

The war that ultimately led me on a journey to receive my masters degree in History. A childhood visit to Fort William Henry in Lake George NY.

Are you going to do a video on Shay's Rebellion?

I'm usually a fan of Mr. Whistler's work. This one, not so much. The battle seemed to be one of length of video vs quality of content. Unfortunately in pre-production this battle wasn't fought, but apparently avoided. The result was a narrative hurriedly delivered to meet the demands of an unrealistic time line. Thankfully Simon's rapid fire monologue was relieved by periodic cadential breaks. Never-the-less, I was most taken by his apparent disconnection to the content. I think it's important to remember that the people that live on the lands mentioned in this video may feel a deep sense of history that is totally lost on this production approach. Of course it's only a guess. Perhaps it could have had a better plan. I'm still a big fan, give you a thumbs up, subscribe and recommend to my friends your good works. Thanks so much for the work that you do. It means so much to so many people.

Ah yes the Seven Years War, that took nine years to fight.

@MAOofDC

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewdaley746 I know I like pointing out history's little inconsistencies. Like the Holy Roman Empire which wasn't holy Roman or an empire.

@hod2116

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes like the hundred years war that was 127 years war

@MAOofDC

Жыл бұрын

@@hod2116 yes historians are bad at naming things.

For those that don't know, Washington's height of 6 feet 2 inches was *extremely* tall for that era

@wiseguysoutdoors2954

Жыл бұрын

My 5th great uncle, member and a President of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas McKean, Scotsman was also 6'2" and solidly built. Our country came from hearty stock

The French and Indian War/7 Years War, cost Britain its North American colonies and probably cost the French monarchy their eventual heads

@RealMacJones

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It lost them the thirteen colonies, won them all of Canada, and secured India as theirs as well. Even with the loss of the thirteen colonies it was a huge success that created the worlds most powerful empire. It also shaped the world order more or less up to the First World War (you could say the Napoleonic wars but those really just cemented that dynamic for another century). It was basically a war of global hegemony and Britain came out on top.

"...a bit down the line..."😆😂🤣 Truer words were never spoken...😆

Does the document that Washington signed, exist?

@robertvirago1956

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Yes it is an archive at the Quebec city

Growing up in Canada it was always referred to as the seven years war, and never the French and Indian war.

This is an excellent presentation and clearly describes the events and chronology of the Seven Years' War

the same guy who fought with the british against the french would end up fighting with the french against the british

@hachwarwickshire292

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He wasn't fighting with the British. He was British.

@micahistory

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@@hachwarwickshire292 you get my point though

So funny how you rarely hear about this war today, but in school during the 90s, it was one of the main topics they taught us, along with WW1 and WW2. If you really want to know just how important this war was, consider this: If the 7 year war went the other way and France had won, we'd all be speaking French today as the defacto language of choice. Including the United States. English would be similar to what Dutch is today. The impact just this one thing would of had in the years to come would have been unfathomable. Thats how important this war was, this is literally one of the defining moment in human history that actually changed the course of the entire global, geopolitical arena for ever, even long after we've died. Even millions of years from now when we're an advanced civilization living in the stars. This one war would have impacted all of that.

@RealMacJones

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I mean it's still likely that English would be a fairly big language. French isn't "similar to what Dutch is today" but yeah North America would be pretty French

Good Job of summarizing the pivotal role of "The War that made America Possible!" Thanks for including the Ohio Company of Virginia in the initiation of hostilities. Note that King George II's son, Duke of Cumberland, had reasons for mixing it up with France in Europe, and thus supported giving them a bloody nose in Jumonville Glen in 1754, kindling General Edward Braddock ("Butcher of Cullodin") to march from "Fort Cumberland" to the encounter at the Monongahela...

Idea for a video: The Football War, where two sovereign nations with enough tension to measure on the Richter Scale went to war because of immigration, soccer, and bananas

The French and Indian/ Seven Years War can rightly be called the First World War. It created the British Empire. The war we call the WWI, essentially ended it, although it took a while for Churchill and his ilk to grasp that. Nothing against Churchill. A man of his times. Thoughts?

Not sure how the modern British family pronounces it, but "Loudoun" has traditionally (and as near as I can tell, always has been) pronounced to rhyme with "cow-dun".

my wife and i visited the Jummonville Battlefield a few years ago. not a place to get caught on the low ground like the French did as it is/was a deep ravine with dense trees and boulders

Great informative video and all around great job. Only problem is the way you speak. I dont know how to explain it, if its your tone or pace or style, but by God its annoying and exhausting!

Done Well. Thanks, from a Yank in New England.

Governor Dim Witty?? xD

Great series! Ohio is my home! You forgot the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of Canada the French were allowed to keep.

Dear Symon! Would you be so kindly to think on a Megaprojects or Sideprojects video on the first (and, spoiler alert, last) voyage of imperial russian 2nd Pacific Squadron in the Russo-Japanese war? Thank you!

@thomasbaker6563

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check drachinfel stuff for that

@IanSinclair77

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Have you seen Drachinifel's two part on KZread? He had me laughing at the absurdity.

@user-ly6pl5ot9m

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@@IanSinclair77 I know that vid and it f*cking hilarious, but did Symon?

@user-ly6pl5ot9m

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@@thomasbaker6563 Watched it several times and listened even more, but it'll be smashing if Symon will make a vid on it of his own.

@thomasbaker6563

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@@user-ly6pl5ot9m it would be entertaining in the brain blaze style IMHO

Please do a Biographic on General James Wolfe.

The Mississippi River does not begin at the Great Lakes as was stated. It begins at a lake called Lake Itasca in Northern Minnesota. I would know, I went to the headwaters and swam across the Mississippi where it was only about ten feet wide and at the max where I swam across about 2-3ft deep.

Interesting stuff. My mother's ancestors, Jumonville and Villere, were involved in this conflict. One of which bears my mother's family name of Jumonville.

Captain James Cook was a skilled surveyor…he’s the one who showed Wolfe how to navigate the St. Lawrence River upstream past Quebec City so he could get the drop on Montcalm and draw his forces out of the fortress for open battle on The Plains Of Abraham

The disagreement* "You take it!" "No, you take it!"

There were many skirmishes in Maine during the French and Indian War

I believe France still owns one tiny island somewhere of the east coast of Canada.

@arthurpowers3724

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France still retains two, not just one: Miquelon and St. Pierre. I admit to being curious as all heck! I noticed them many years ago looking at my Grandfather's National Geographic atlas, but was researching other subjects and am now intent about finding out more before climate transformation drowns them?

The bit at 6:42 was weird, how did that make the final cut?

Basically started a war which Britain had to fight across the world, achieved nothing in their sphere, and then refused to pay anything in the aftermath...

I am fairly certain Fort Necessity was constructed AFTER the Battle of Jumonville Glen.

You made a little mistake when you said Gist was his translator. Van Braam was actually the translator, Gist was a frontiersman guide.

My high school American History teacher used to argue that the Seven Years War, because of its multinational and transatlantic nature, could be described as the real First World War.

Good, but wish narrator’s delivery more measured-slow down and less punctuated emphasis. It’s not a dramatic performance.

I’ve been to Fort Oswego and done the entire historical center of it. It was also the site for the refugees during WWII.

This will help me in my U.S history class aha

George Washington: “alright, you lost, here are the terms of surrender. No more bloodshed.” Tenacharison: *peace was never an option*

7:15 I was hoping "got the gist of it" originally came from Chris gist, but apparently it dose not. That would have been *kisses finger tips* ironically perfect.