To be fair about Mexico being occupied by an Austrian, America was kind of busy at that moment fighting itself.

@andrewklang809

2 жыл бұрын

And once the Civil War was done, and Maximilian still refused to leave, the funniest thing happened. A whole bunch of Union weaponry, which weren't needed anymore, just found its way to southern Texas. And then....just disappeared. No one knows why. On an unrelated note, the Mexican Republicans suddenly were very well-equipped and made short work of the Imperial Army. History is full of odd co-incidences.

@stevenchoza6391

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewklang809 Not to mention those scary Union troops who were conveniently at the border at the time.

@biggibbs4678

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewklang809 his wife knew he was fucked and was super depressed about it. She went to beg to the pope to do something and started crying, refusing to leave. He let her sleep in the vadican.

@tableprinterdoor

2 жыл бұрын

what other country was occupied by an Austrian and how well did that go?

@enrico.beltrao

2 жыл бұрын

Also the Brits got that chunk out of Venezuelan Guyana through international arbitration and the Falklands matter was really about restablishing control not actually taking over anything. I suppose you can violate the Monroe doctrine at will if you get really technical or outright sneaky about it

I like how US ''potential claims'' in Africa are drawn in a shape of some US states.

@u2beuser714

2 жыл бұрын

Damn i knew that algeria is florida in disguise

@derekchristenson5711

2 жыл бұрын

@@u2beuser714 "I see things; I see them with my eyes! / I see things; they're often in disguise!"

@jeffbenton6183

2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough, the one shaped like Texas actually follows the claimed borders of the Republic of Texas. That kind of seems like a fun Easter-egg-within-an-Easter-egg of sorts.

@shinsenshogun900

2 жыл бұрын

American East Africa = Rhode Island & Providence Then there’s an idealist named Cecil Rhodes whose surname was once a nation’s previous colonial name Therefore, this is American Rhodesia

@Rogue_Centurion

Жыл бұрын

@@u2beuser714 also that Sudan was Virginia secretly

amazingly fascinating history bites 👍

@edixonvc5101

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit the real KZread?

@VitorSantos-jo4qz

2 жыл бұрын

What ?

@wildwilly356

2 жыл бұрын

huh

@abrahammelano3495

2 жыл бұрын

Wtf???

@fryhyh

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder who runs the youtube channel

Liberia: I’m declaring independence USA: I don’t even know who you are

@jesucristobostero3287

3 ай бұрын

lmaoo

@JamesGeorgeMcCarthysecondacc

25 күн бұрын

Ok

@brian.westersauce

19 күн бұрын

Thanos reference right

@dimitryyazov

Күн бұрын

I am your 420th like

I unironically love thumbnail. Instead of drawing parts of Africa with an American flag, he just put US States with a flag on Top of Africa like Texas and Florida

@unscenegamers

2 жыл бұрын

Floridian Algiers is my favorite.

@BigFatWow

2 жыл бұрын

Even better are the largest states depicted being Delaware and Rhode Island.

@windykingdom6153

2 жыл бұрын

@@unscenegamers Texan Lagos for me

@HoennMaster

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one loving this thumbnail.

@ZatzoZimmerman

2 жыл бұрын

I just said that 😔

"and thus they had no desires to squabble over pieces of a third continent." Philippines: 😐

@silverwurm

Ай бұрын

Key phrase “pieces of”

@dfdf-rj8jr

24 күн бұрын

the us gave up philippines edit

@NovikNikolovic

24 күн бұрын

@@dfdf-rj8jr doesn't change the fact that we still squabbled over a 3rd continent

@dfdf-rj8jr

24 күн бұрын

@@NovikNikolovic We didn't "squabble" over anything. We took it, lost it, took it, and gave it back. There were very few arguments. You're just trying to make the US look colonialist, when it isn't.

@NovikNikolovic

24 күн бұрын

@@dfdf-rj8jr it literally is though. If taking land that doesn't belong to you ISN'T colonialist, then what is, genius?

Interesting facts: Liberia has the dubious honour of being one of the last countries with slavery in it, it wasn't until the 1930's that the League of Nations got involved. They wanted to turn the country into a mandate with Poland being seen as the preferred country to oversee it, mostly because they were the Liberians preffered option as they viewed the Poles as the least likely to try and annex Liberia. Nothing came of it because the US had a hissy fit about foreign investments in their territories and Poland was more concerned about their neighbours being warmongers.

@hadracks

Жыл бұрын

There are still plenty of countries with slavery now. It is de facto legal in many countries with around 40 million current slaves and a lot more with very limited freedoms. Interesting fact though, given Liberia's history.

@raptorfromthe6ix833

Жыл бұрын

nah the last country with slavery was mauritania....in 1981

@boaoftheboaians

Жыл бұрын

@@raptorfromthe6ix833 he said "one of the last countries", not "THE last country"

@bobjones8949

Жыл бұрын

What slavery in Liberia are you talking about? There's a lot of revisionist history going on with these subjects.

@user-nm3nb4oj5d

11 ай бұрын

Poland was a huge warmonger themselves. Started war with Soviet Union in the 1920’s, took land of Czechoslowakia in the 30’s and refused to negotiate any reasonable solution to the Corridor issue with Germany while mistreating ethnic Germans who found themselves in this Western puppet state.

0:13 Rules 1) Be cool guys 2) Take as much as you can 3) Try not to go to war unless you really want to or could do with the practice 4) A bunch of powerful countries will get nothing 5) Belgium is also here for some reason

@alanpennie8013

Жыл бұрын

Belgium was there, and also not there. It was confusing.

@stevencooper4422

5 күн бұрын

Not even Belgium. Just King Leopold. Apparently he was a cool kid at the table 😎

The Limbo joke caught me off guard. That was hilarious.

@benjaminmclaren8782

2 жыл бұрын

Why did he have to show the Yubi? That was really scary 😨

@ilovemuslimfood666

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminmclaren8782 The Yubi? I saw the Grim Reaper!

@bjhale

2 жыл бұрын

Same here! Literally loled.

@whafflete6721

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminmclaren8782 Yubi yubi

@stevenbalaoingsb

2 жыл бұрын

same

A quick note about Congo being free for all countries to trade with. It was actually a ruse used by Leopold II to get international backing for his administration of Congo. The moment he had enough troops there to defend it, well, the free for all part was quickly forgotten and the terrible looting and mass murder began.

@sixthcairn

2 жыл бұрын

Leopold II was such a swell guy.

@kjellvanderpoten3141

2 жыл бұрын

as i remember it the free trade part was held up under leo, but ended when belgium seized the colony (before that it was leo's private property (also when most atrocities happened)) the great powers actually wanted to take it away from belgium when they ended the free trade, and belgium immediately cozied up to the germans to get the great powers to fight each other (that didn't backfire at all)

@lucasfernandes0002

2 жыл бұрын

The great Leopold II, easily the worst man to ever live, Hitler is a kid throwing a tantrum next to him

@kjellvanderpoten3141

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucasfernandes0002 woah, intentionally trying to eradicate multiple peoples from the earth shouldn't be taken so lightly

@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan

2 жыл бұрын

Companies still could do whatever they wanted though, as long as Leopold 2 got a piece of the profits. Like a mob boss He never personally set foot in the Congo. It was run by companies and their mercenaries.

Morocco was one of the first countries to officially recognize the newly independent USA. At the beginning of the 20th century Germany realized that in the Scramble for Africa, not many good spots were left. The Germans began showing interest in Morocco shortly after Great Britain and France had secretly agreed to divide Egypt and Morocco among themselves. Germany vowed to protect Moroccan independence. This precipitated the First Moroccan Crisis. Morocco realized the position it was in. They applied for statehood in the USA based on their early relationship with the USA. The USA not wishing involvement in Africa, called the Algeciras Conference to negotiate a settlement. This ended the first Moroccan Crisis unfortunately Germany would precipitate the Second Moroccan Crisis five years later.

@anthonyprestipino8906

2 жыл бұрын

O

@isaacsechslingloff8008

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyprestipino8906 The US statehood thing seems like fake news. I can't verify this information anywhere.

@genghiskhan5701

2 жыл бұрын

Man everyone is trying to take over my country. TIme to apply for US Statehood

@hases2772

2 жыл бұрын

the alt history take- what if morroco became a U.S state

@Liam-iv7wk

2 жыл бұрын

That would actually be pretty cool. It would be a totally improbable event but fascinating nevertheless

To answer your question: Yes, I did enjoy this episode. Thanks for the amazing content you have been producing for all those years!

HistoryMatters is a truly great history channel because it answers the negative questions as well as the positive ones!

@brandoncampanaro7571

2 жыл бұрын

History give us context to the world we live in, everything we use and believe and have is based in our history and to not know or understand our history is choosing to be ignorant to the problems we face today

@WayneNaude670

2 жыл бұрын

i love the animated characters and their expressions

@tommiddlefinger6188

2 жыл бұрын

If you live in Nevada, do NOT v o t e for Chuck Short. He is running ads on this channnel but he is a JERRK. We don't need more of the diversty Commmunst type Democrts.

@Jotari

2 жыл бұрын

What's the difference between a negative and positive question?

@adityas9377

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jotari “Why did?” vs “Why didn’t?”

As you touched on, Liberia was originally a series of American colonies under company rule and run by freedmen, most of which merged into the Colony of Liberia from 1838 until it declared independence in 1847, although America didn’t officially recognize independence until 1862. Liberia subsequently became an American client in the region all through the Scramble and World Wars, before the Americo-Liberian freedmen started waging brutal wars and fell out of favor in Washington in the second half of the 20th century. Still the capital today remains Monrovia, named after James Monroe, and its political system is at least nominally based off America’s (although in reality it’s been made ineffective at many points by corruption and despotism). Edit: for all those replying “just like the American government”, please understand that these are not just issues that needs to be worked on like in America, the situation in Liberia is really quite bad, the government lurches between periods of outright dictatorship and periods of struggle to even maintain order. Comparison to a rich and democratic country like America severely trivializes the depth of the Liberian situation.

@abbyalphonse499

2 жыл бұрын

Monrovia? How come it wasn't called Bissonetia?

@duskpede5146

2 жыл бұрын

he litterally says this in the video

@rwboa22

2 жыл бұрын

And Liberia today is under the control of the indigenous Africans living within its borders today, as Americo-Liberians practically loss their power through the different conflicts and civil wars waged there.

@brandonlyon730

2 жыл бұрын

Also ironic fact: the black freedmen ended up enslaving a lot of the original natives in Liberia.

@glif1360

2 жыл бұрын

Notably, relationships with Liberia are still good enough for it to be invited to Ramstein.

Love the concise and straight to the point videos man! Keep it up! And also the Limbo joke was Gold!

I love pausing the videos to read whatever lists are shown. Always a great read! "#3: Try not to go to war unless you really need to or could do with the practice."

@nrobnas

2 жыл бұрын

Also, the shot of TR at 1:36 peaking from behind the bush had me legit laughing out loud

@alogahjames9490

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, he's really talented.

If you look at the long run, the United States focusing on its expansion into territories in North America rather then Africa such as Europe did, the United States won in the long run. The vast untouched resources the United States still has in its land is astonishing. Not to mention it still holds majority of its original territories unlike Europe in Africa.

@alastairward2774

2 жыл бұрын

Like a game of Civilization, they had the best starting location and didn't expand quickly abroad.

@Jin-Ro

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair the USA is 5 minutes old. Lets come back to this thread in ~1,500 years before making any declarations.

@MrSiddharthaSaha

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jin-Ro technically, Germany and Italy are younger than the USA.

@planescaped

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSiddharthaSaha Yeah, a lotta people forget that Italy was an array of small nationstates and citystates from the fall of Rome through until the Napoleonic era.

@TheMasterOfCornedy

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSiddharthaSaha technicality doesnt matter here

Something interesting, I discovered years ago from an old newspaper article is that a proposal was mooted at Versailles by one of the European powers (Britain, I think) for the United States to take over Germany's African colonies. I couldn't find much additional information, but it's clear that it was not a priority for Wilson or probably anyone in the US, and was likely never seriously pursued. Woodrow Wilson did pursue a mandate over Armenia, and that was agreed to in principle, but was rejected by the US Senate.

@robertrichard6107

2 жыл бұрын

There was a former U.S. Admiral that became Armenian Ambassador that had eyes on their oil.

@readingking1421

2 жыл бұрын

Oh that is super interesting! Do you by any chance still have the source for that? Sounds like a great Alternate History scenario

@fasinfata

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad for Armenia, that could have increase the probabilities of keep the Wilsonian Armenia borders.

@SiPakRubah

2 жыл бұрын

Can I know more about this, I'm curious since there's a chance that they could took over Namibia and some other Eastern part of Africa, but instead they only took the ones on the Pacific Island parts only, if I'm not mistaken Also why did they wanted Armenia? I imagine that the Cold War might started earlier from here, and see some weird version of WW2

@Liam-iv7wk

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's some serious border gore.

I love how this channel gives you the basics of complex historical themes in 3 to 10 minute long videos that feature dry British humour and colourful animations. Well done, History matters. You nailed it!

"Oil yo!" As an Animator, I'm loving the animations. Great information!

"Americans felt like they already had hegemony over two continents, and thus they had no desire to squabble over pieces of a third." The Pacific, on the other hand... *that's* free real estate.

@blackchrysler

2 жыл бұрын

USA in 20th and 21st Century: The world is my home

@derekchristenson5711

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackchrysler Judging by the attitudes of some of the people who were alive at the time, it was at least partially a result of the two world wars showing that European and the Japanese empires couldn't be trusted to be the Great Powers without starting all sorts of wars of conquest, and that, as they would eventually pull us into a third world war if left alone, we may as well just try to be the "adults in the world's room" so to speak. Results were.... mixed.

@TaftisBack

2 жыл бұрын

@@derekchristenson5711 that and capitalism. China was seen as a close economic ally until they embraced communism, and in China itself America was seen as immensely better than the Europeans with whom they had bad blood, as America offered large business ventures without the desire to interfere with their internal politics. "Do business with US and you can do business as you wish."

@thunderbird1921

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, the expansion into the Pacific was viewed as VERY controversial by some Americans. One prominent Congressman believed snatching away colonies from Spain in 1898 there was absolutely immoral (and against America's founding principles), after all the war had been mostly about Cuba and perhaps the greater Caribbean (like Puerto Rico). President McKinley and others had their way though and Spanish possessions like Guam and the Philippines were handed over, pretty much ending the Spanish Empire apart from Africa's Equatorial Guinea. One has to wonder how much history was changed by our war with them, as theoretically Spain might have been forced to fight the Japanese in World War II (and might they have also joined World War I if this disaster for them didn't happen).

@silencemeviolateme6076

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackchrysler Yep, because the world got into two wars the us had to help end.

1:51 Totally love the Limbo reference

@taranbaze1448

2 жыл бұрын

What's the reference from?

@jackopumpkin9308

2 жыл бұрын

@@taranbaze1448 it’s a reference to the actual game limbo search it up on KZread and you should get it

@theaustrianpainter420

9 күн бұрын

geometry dash

This is one of those questions I hadn't really thought of before, but I was definitely interested in seeing the answer. Thank you for another interesting video! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)

@liberty.b.r

Жыл бұрын

You too! :)

The Limbo reference with the spider leg was my favourite bit! Im obsessed with this channel and the high quality content it produces! Keep it up! 👍🏻

"Sometimes you gotta crack some Africa's to make an omelette" -Berlin Conference

@gargoyles9999

2 жыл бұрын

Makin the Mother of all empires Jack! Can’t fret over every colony!

Loved that Limbo reference.

Video ideas: 1. Why didn’t Sweden take part in the Schleswig wars? 2. What did Aaron Burr do in exile (technically not exile, but he did kinda vanish after his duel)?

@r.o.b8728

Жыл бұрын

there is no way norway would have let sweden join the schleswig wars without revolting

@alanpennie8013

Жыл бұрын

The Swedes did take part in the first one to some extent.

@davidarnold2456

Жыл бұрын

The Burr thing is a good story look up “United States v. Aaron Burr”

Once again the level of detail in the video where I have to pause or go back to read things love it!!!!!

It's always really weird to see countries willingly turn down the opportunity to get territory

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. It's like getting a mansion through impulse buying in one suburb just because your neighbors are busy gobbling up as many houses as available. At first, it's neat you have a bigger house with more rooms than you can use. Slowly, you come to realize this isn't going too well: the mansion is sucking up more money just keeping it functional while generating little to no income to defray the costs and you are preoccupied keeping all those rooms secure from thieves. That is what running an empire in the 19th Century really is: most of the colonies are economically barren and those who get rich in these places are too few to defray the massive costs in administration and defense of these places...

@franzjoseph1837

2 жыл бұрын

I wish they would do that more often

@alexjv1370

2 жыл бұрын

@@franzjoseph1837 The funniest example would be how Denmark refused to take land but everyone else was trying to force them to take it. 💀

@franzjoseph1837

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexjv1370 true lolo

@kp782

2 жыл бұрын

there were people already living there. No need to take their land away

US: why can’t we just not colonize Africa but just trade? All of Europe: *that isn’t very cash money of you*

@attackonmars5198

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 You Europeans always loved stealing land and claiming it as yours smh....

@brandonlyon730

2 жыл бұрын

Funny enough the German Emperor of the time didn’t think colonization was a good idea either since it turns out colonies are expensive to maintain, but got pressured to pursue colonies anyway by his own government and people who thought colonies were awesome since the other great powers had them.

@pecadodeorgullo5963

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandonlyon730 it was actually Bismark who opposed funding colonies abroad.

@deathkitten7635

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandonlyon730 true, colonies actually didn’t benefit Europe that much, it was more just a competition to grab land.

@FumbleSquid

2 жыл бұрын

*coughs* south/central america *coughs*

The Limbo reference was so quick and perfect. I love this channel.

Fun fact: Liberia was actually a decently developed country for the region until the 1980’s when their economy pretty much took a nosedive

Actual reason: Africa is east, and Manifest Destiney says you have to go West.

@merwthegreat

2 жыл бұрын

i see, thats why they went for japan

@marcuseasoniiyt

Жыл бұрын

Well, almost right. The United States went after Germany and Italy in World War II.

@MattJunewski

Жыл бұрын

Well tehnically if you go to africa through asia that means you go West so technically that still applies.

This channel is the epitome of answering questions we never knew we had but always wanted to know.

@thunderbird1921

2 жыл бұрын

America and Russia historically were pretty similar in their expansion, they simply spread out in a direction with less powerful rivals and thus built giant transcontinental empires. Hence why they each had little interest in colonizing Africa.

@balabanasireti

2 жыл бұрын

And yet people keep posting the same comment under every video. I guess that being a like beggar is way easier than being original

@tommiddlefinger6188

2 жыл бұрын

If you live in Nevada, do NOT v o t e for Chuck Short. He is running ads on this channnel but he is a JERRK. We don't need more of the diversty Commmunst type Democrts.

I love the LIMBO reference you made 1:51, a truly great game.

Wow, never really deviled onto this topic. Thank you!

That Limbo reference had me grinning from ear to ear. Brought back so many memories.

@tommiddlefinger6188

2 жыл бұрын

If you live in Nevada, do NOT v o t e for Chuck Short. He is running ads on this channnel but he is a JERRK. We don't need more of the diversty Commmunst type Democrts.

Another great one! I love the list. "We're here!" Also love Teddy Roosevelt peaking out of the bushes.

@egosumhomovespertilionem2022

2 жыл бұрын

Theodore Roosevelt was a great president, but his triumphant nationalism also led the United States down a path of quasi-imperialism before the Second World War reminded us that was not who the American nation was supposed to be. Sure, Americans have fought foreign wars, but that was more often than not to defeat foreign imperialists, communists and other authoritarian regimes bent on regional conquest. As I said above, the United States has not added a single square inch of sovereign territory since 1898, and it has long ago divested itself of its accidental empire of 1898, i.e., Cuba and the Philippines.

@SoshoKozadokaGojiraChargedUp

Жыл бұрын

*That feeling when the jungle starts speaking Yankee*

That visual gag about Limbo made me chuckle. Such a great game.

Love this channel.

Those "Rules" at 0:13 were hilarious. This channel is too much. 😂

@TheodoreServin

2 жыл бұрын

"Belgium is also here for some reason"

Best channel on KZread!! Love your work history matter's

This channel has taught me many things, but the greatest lesson of all is that I really should run through a field of flowers sometime.

That Limbo reference was incredible, bravo!

The Scramble for Africa is such an elaborate yet overlooked topic in history.

@kirjoittajajoni

2 жыл бұрын

Is it? I remember it being a big deal in midschool history classes here in Finland

@SamuriLemonX18

2 жыл бұрын

It really isn't overlooked in an academic sense

@tmp88

2 жыл бұрын

@@kirjoittajajoni I don’t remember it even being touched, growing up in the US in a quite decent school district.

@MrShadowThief

2 жыл бұрын

@@SamuriLemonX18 I think it's overlooked in the sense of just reducing it to a matter of "Europe bad, Africa now poor" instead of trying to cover it like an actual historical event.

@simplesimon8255

2 жыл бұрын

They never got Ethiopia

The history of american foreign policy feels like the geopolitical equivalent of Two-Face from Batman

@acat6145

2 жыл бұрын

That makes sense with democracy and changing administrations

@TheLegoMaster261

2 жыл бұрын

You just hate America

@MatheusLB2009

2 жыл бұрын

"The perfect comment doesn't exist-..."

@Ravie1

2 жыл бұрын

We have a long history of oscillating between being extremely uninvolved on the international stage and being very very involved. The American public has generally been isolationist, it's not very surprising when you view the geopolitical situation we're in, we're resource rich so we don't need the rest of the planet, but after two costly world wars we felt the need to become heavily involved in the world through trade and military might.

@neetard1774

2 жыл бұрын

It changed its foreign policy in the influence of Zionism and mainly when Israel formed

The little parchments on this one are gold. 😂

A LIMBO reference totally unexpected. Ha. Great job.

I certainly did enjoy this episode, thank you.

"Belgum is also here for some reason", yha, that about sums it up.

0:20 Look closely on Africa U.S states these are Florida,Virginia,Texas(1830's),Delaware and Rhode Island. I hope this helped you

Great video, very informative

1:52 +10 million points for the Limbo reference.

1:36 Love it, made me laugh. Keep up the good work.

Love how you added limbo❤

I always love the prancing through the flowers clip

The "Limbo" reference was a very nice touch

James Bisonette should have got a part of Africa

@riverman6462

2 жыл бұрын

Bizonette Free State

@jlshel42

2 жыл бұрын

@@riverman6462 Spinning Free States

@ecurewitz

2 жыл бұрын

Like the USA, he sat it out

@shinsenshogun900

2 жыл бұрын

Kelly Moneymakerland

I love how you included old states on the thumbnail.

you have answered most of my questions in under 8 minutes

Number 5 on the berlin conference rules has me dying with laughter

You do an incredible job of brilliantly answering questions no one had thought to ask, which is entirely our fault and not yours. Well done!

1:59 those animations look adorable

Great video 👍🏻

0:21 I love how the hypothetical US colonies in Africa are shaped like US states. Looks like Florida, Rhode Island, Delaware, Virginia and Texas (during the Texas republic)

@androzani

2 жыл бұрын

They did leave out Tiverton and Little Compton thou. To be fair, as small as Rhode Island is, we even forget that they are there.

@aperson22222

2 жыл бұрын

Huh, I’d missed that. Good catch!

@tommiddlefinger6188

2 жыл бұрын

If you live in Nevada, do NOT v o t e for Chuck Short. He is running ads on this channnel but he is a JERRK. We don't need more of the diversty Commmunst type Democrts.

@shinsenshogun900

2 жыл бұрын

Rhode Island in the eastern side of the continent shares the same name as Cecil Rhodes This must be the American Rhodesia History Matters has in mind

Honestly, given the distance from the US, I wonder if the available resources simply weren't worth the effort when we could probably do just as well setting up shop in central and south America. I think the video alludes to this, but doesn't really focus on the fact that the distance and the need to move everything via ship over large oceans introduces huge additional costs.

@kjellvanderpoten3141

2 жыл бұрын

also still busy with pushing out the natives is what I got from the video, but I'm not sure that's what he meant with "consolidation"

@epicgamerzfail4575

2 жыл бұрын

Also something to keep in mind the us navy at this point was no where near as powerful as the European nations, which you would kinda need if you wanted to enforce territory overseas.

@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, American companies did their fair share of looting Africa

@buddermonger2000

2 жыл бұрын

@@kjellvanderpoten3141 Eh not quite more just filling it with more Americans as otherwise it's just useless land.

@kaiquecf

2 жыл бұрын

Well, shortly after USA annexed the Philippines far, far away from the densely populated east coast.

I like this channel, its kind of like oversimplified, but uploads more often

"America just wanting to trade is a theme of americas late 19th to early 20th century US-foreign policy" And then they took 1898 ( 13 years after the conference ) Puerto Rico, Guam, the Phillipines and Cuba from Spain.

I want to see an alternate history for this 0:50

Lol 0:56 the Austrian Emperor with his sign "I'm also here"

I like that you put American Gothic on the outro background

That Limbo spider footage was the icing on the cake.

That limbo reference was such a nostalgia out of nowhere.

@heythere6405

2 жыл бұрын

thank you! i had to pause and rewind cause i thought i saw a limbo spider arm😂

Pls do how was life in Central Asia during the Soviet Union, great vid by the way!

@yuvalharel3537

2 жыл бұрын

From what my grandma told me it's that it was a lot like the rest of the ussr which mean poor not a lot of food and every one was snitching and that there was an culture of fear from the kgb especially for her family beaches they are jews

@StereotypicalCarrotTM

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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The Thumbnail is really creative.

Nicely explained.

Well, with Alaska being colonised, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam and the wild west, it's ambitious for the 19th century American government to reach Africa as well

@shinsenshogun900

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the US getting declared war/sanctioned by the great powers of 1900 using the notion of containment as a cause over this overextension

Haven’t even watched it and I already know it’s good

The limbo reference is briliant

Thank you for including the "exceptions" of the Monroe Doctrine.

Great video

@whatname3676

2 жыл бұрын

Its not even been 20 seconds since video was out

@khakiturtle6776

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment

As an African I’m thankful for the positive influences of western culture, but also wish the borders weren’t purposely drawn to cause chaos and conflict that still plagues us to this day.

@righthandstep5

2 жыл бұрын

This op^^^

@sakurakou2009

2 жыл бұрын

you do know that african people can change that but they wouldnt bt cuz they all still conolized in their minds

@gtaRadi0

2 жыл бұрын

@@sakurakou2009 you’re right but if you think about how dems and republicans are forced into tribalism and how that will be the U.S eventual downfall then you realize majority of humans brains aren’t smart enough to put their differences aside for greater good.

@gabriel.b9036

2 жыл бұрын

@@sakurakou2009 What?

@sakurakou2009

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabriel.b9036 what can't read 🙄

This was awesome

I love the thumbnail being different states it’s hilarious

Wouldn't another reason be the (then) recent Civil War? I mean, imagine going through years of war regarding slavery, and then 20 years later you try to obtain parts of the very continent where those slaves came from. It could have caused a huge mess in the nation

@ryangale3757

2 жыл бұрын

Was just thinking that as well.

@obsidianjane4413

2 жыл бұрын

Not at all. They wouldn't have been trying to revive the slave trade, and the newly freed African-Americans didn't have anywhere near the socio-political power to influence even domestic policy much less foreign and colonial affairs. Even US abolitionists probably would have been able to rationalize it as bringing "civilization to the savages". etc.

@MrQuantumInc

2 жыл бұрын

@@obsidianjane4413 "Now that we have ended slavery here, we need to go into Africa to make sure they are not enslaving each other!"

@williamking6787

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrQuantumInc You joke, but that would 100% be the kind of reasoning used by late Victorian era political pundits

@obsidianjane4413

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamking6787 Not really a joke because slavery is still a thing in some parts of Africa.

The visual gags are always top-notch, but the ones at 1:35 and 1:52 are the best I have seen.

That thumbnail was a spot on.

I love his attention to detail. For the part of Africa that he used in the in the thumbnail, he uses the shape of Florida where Morocco is. If you went straight east from Florida, you'd be in Morocco.

1:50 loved the limbo reference

1:51 I find this Limbo reference cute. Well done, sir.

@tommiddlefinger6188

2 жыл бұрын

If you live in Nevada, do NOT v o t e for Chuck Short. He is running ads on this channnel but he is a JERRK. We don't need more of the diversty Commmunst type Democrts.

HE MADE IT ON TRENDING LETS GO

The "Limbo" reference got me :)

Because they respected Portugals claim for All of Africa

@graveperil2169

2 жыл бұрын

but not spains guess the pope was only half right

I've watched all of the history matters videos multiple times, especially the 10 min ones

I saw Florida and Virginia in Africa on the thumbnail

The US refusing to Imperialize and carve up foreign lands ensured that the US would win in the long run. Major European powers like Germany, Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain lost 90% of their empirical lands post-WW2 while the United States, in it's long history and what few lands it occupied, only ever lost the Philippines and Liberia. The borders we had in 1853 is the exact same borders we hold today, which the same cannot be said for most European nations. We still hold Guam and Puerto Rico to this day and there's been talks for a few decades now to make them into full-on States, rather than just territories. Its honestly one of the few major powers in modern world history that never had an empire, only small island chains in the Pacific, and never tried carving up Asia, Africa, or the Middle East (Attempting to set up puppet governments is a whole different thing that I wont get into but I digress)

@FG-bu3jp

Жыл бұрын

The only reason that happened is because the burglar was satisfied with the 9 odd million square kilometers it stole. It didn't have the need to colonize Africa like the smaller european countries.

@rannenw6207

Жыл бұрын

@@FG-bu3jp So? England ,and France took how much land from the current country?

@eve_avery

9 ай бұрын

The US also imperialized and became an empire, it just, as you said, hasn't lost those lands yet

i love how the thumbnail map shows us territories in africa shaped like us territories

@shinsenshogun900

2 жыл бұрын

Both current and historical boundaries If only Florida was in Uganda tbh, but American Rhodesia got me

@masterelitant6065

2 жыл бұрын

@@shinsenshogun900 yes that's why i said territories not states, because by territories i mean past and modern us land

Very interesting to see a very global focus for this episode - European imperialists, Africans, Americans (both North and South), and a little bit of Asia with China and the Philippines, I think.

@shinsenshogun900

2 жыл бұрын

The Yanks taking the global spotlight by spanning across a landmass and influence affairs across their shorelines Truly a Mr. Worldwide moment

Love the OG Texas silhouette at 0:21

The thumbnail with state-shaped countries killed me XD