The Mexican-American War - Explained in 16 minutes

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  • @DanielEscovedo
    @DanielEscovedo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9064

    "The Americans are truly a lucky people. They are bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors and to the east and west by fish."
    - Otto von Bismarck.

    • @feeldafood2953
      @feeldafood2953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +299

      Daniel Escovedo remember 1812

    • @hua_tetsu_cat
      @hua_tetsu_cat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      @@feeldafood2953 remember 1870

    • @tremedar
      @tremedar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +686

      @@feeldafood2953 The US gave and received a bloody nose to and by the British. The proto-Canadians were not responsible for any defeat inflicted in that war. *They* got their asses kicked until they were saved by the Brits.

    • @SnafuWT
      @SnafuWT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Archipelago and Island nations: *all we see are fish*

    • @kroex3868
      @kroex3868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +215

      @@tremedar "B-but, muh Burning of Washington...."

  • @ssazerac
    @ssazerac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4187

    Abraham Lincoln once asked General Winfield Scott this question: "Why is it that you were once able to take Mexico City in three months with five thousand men, and we have been unable to take Richmond with one hundred thousand men?"
    "I will tell you," said General Scott. "The men who took us into Mexico City are the same men who are keeping us out of Richmond."

    • @SACHINYadav-sn4op
      @SACHINYadav-sn4op 3 ปีที่แล้ว +249

      Great reply

    • @jaysnider2203
      @jaysnider2203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      johnny reb!!!!!!! the best fighters in Spanish american war, ww1, ww2 all came from the south!!!!! look it up

    • @gregwhitenerel7846
      @gregwhitenerel7846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@jaysnider2203prove it

    • @gregwhitenerel7846
      @gregwhitenerel7846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      @@prestigev6131 Yet they lost the civil war, so you're not making sense. West point is in the south, but enrollment is not restricted to southerners.

    • @TheOkstate
      @TheOkstate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      Prestige V61 West Point is in new York my friend

  • @jamescox7537
    @jamescox7537 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    THIS IS A TRUE ACCOUNT. No opinions, editorializing, justification, just pure facts and history. NOW MY FAVORITE. !!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

  • @rkmatt8761
    @rkmatt8761 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    I love history and really never knew how deep the Mexican-American war went. Thank you for such a nicely put together very educational video! I think this video should be used in history curriculums

    • @WHISPERSHOT
      @WHISPERSHOT ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Almost everything that isn’t in history curriculums should be included and everything taught today should be removed. History tends to repeat itself and no one seems to actually understand this. History is as true as the man who wrote it

    • @DylanWOWilliams
      @DylanWOWilliams ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is a false telling of the history.

    • @edwinvillanueva1832
      @edwinvillanueva1832 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait till you hear the Mexican side of the story 😂

    • @DylanWOWilliams
      @DylanWOWilliams ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@edwinvillanueva1832 Bahaha points to you.

    • @thekiller7994
      @thekiller7994 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DylanWOWilliams how?

  • @samuelvillasenor5037
    @samuelvillasenor5037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4838

    Fun fact: The original cowboys, rodeo and southern clothing are originally from Mexico!

    • @PolByKenexel
      @PolByKenexel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      si lo se, esto es un poco justo :/

    • @DavidGonzalez-ud1ee
      @DavidGonzalez-ud1ee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +331

      Americans enemies are the people who run Hollywood

    • @Laking1234
      @Laking1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Darren the girlilla Till no we didn’t y’all just think that. we never said we invented.

    • @ConstancioRosellini5873
      @ConstancioRosellini5873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +536

      Cowboy, which US-Americans 🇺🇲 brag about as their own, is an art created by Mexicans 🇲🇽 when TEXAS was a Mexican province in the 19th century.
      United States and its eternal habit of stealing things from others.
      Cowboy = Mexico
      Hallowen = Ireland
      Santa Claus = Holland
      Burger = Germany
      Dollars = Spain

    • @andresmora5192
      @andresmora5192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      The creators of Cowboy 🐴👢 culture it was the Mexicans 🇲🇽
      (Not the US-Americans, who copied the traditions of the northern Mexicans).
      Those who raised cattle in the current area of Texas, when it was Mexican 🇲🇽 territory, before the annexation to the United States, their lifestyle and work were inherited from Mexicans living in present-day Texas territory.
      California also had skilled men on horseback, according to Richard Henry Dana, who wrote a book about that region in 1840 when it still belonged to Mexico. As described:
      When they make long trips, they ride horses until they get tired and grab another one, they pull the saddle and bridle on it, and after exhausting the animal, they take a third one, and so on until the end of the trip. There are no better runners like Mexicans in the world.

  • @mastrorick
    @mastrorick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3009

    "The US did not want to look like a bully"
    *Kicks the hell out of México*

    • @drip7110
      @drip7110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I love but hate at the same time that you did it with accent marks

    • @briansimerl4014
      @briansimerl4014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      What did the Spanish Empire do to conquer the Mexican Territory to begin with? Kisses and Roses no doubt.

    • @mastrorick
      @mastrorick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      @@briansimerl4014 why did the US imitated a behavior themselves considered barbaric?

    • @briansimerl4014
      @briansimerl4014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@mastrorick false dichotomy, one no more morally right than the other. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

    • @mastrorick
      @mastrorick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      @@briansimerl4014 maybe americans were not very different from the japanese...

  • @PhilKelley
    @PhilKelley ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The most consequential and least understood war in American history. Thank you for your effort to inform people about this in a succinct and interesting way.

    • @ZuluGamingSeries
      @ZuluGamingSeries 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Also To think we almost kept Cuba, Cuba should be a us state But the reason it’s not was because it wasn’t fully white

    • @shonuff5297
      @shonuff5297 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ZuluGamingSeries We shouldve kept it all and expanded to Panama.

    • @shonuff5297
      @shonuff5297 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Alot of similarities to the Russia/Ukraine conflict..

  • @MrOvergryph
    @MrOvergryph ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a great video! Keep up the good work.

  • @joshmoses1204
    @joshmoses1204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2694

    The only thing I learned from this was how many ads can be fit in a single youtube video

    • @manuelcalvillo6544
      @manuelcalvillo6544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      History is funny,. American squatters multiply and conquer Mexican land, land is developed and improved, Mexicans return to land to enjoy improvements, multiply and prosper. The end..

    • @guitaro5000
      @guitaro5000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Get TH-cam Red ya lil bish.

    • @dinoespinosa985
      @dinoespinosa985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I didn't have any and i also don't have TH-cam red

    • @chris432t6
      @chris432t6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I've seen worse on YT. Its getting out of hand for sure.

    • @chris432t6
      @chris432t6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Derek SchwartzIt still amazes me how little we were actually taught for twelve years of our lives? Pathetic really?

  • @TheCsel
    @TheCsel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3280

    Also of note are the Irish brigades that fought for Mexico. Many were immigrants to America, and many deserted the US Army. The irish were catholic and catholics were distrusted and faced prejudice in the US Army, and since many of the Irish were not officially American citizens yet, they abandoned American army to fight for Mexico which was predominately catholic. They were some of the most experienced and fierce fighters in Mexico, and if captured they were treated as deserters and traitors.

    • @stevengreen9536
      @stevengreen9536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      I think i saw a little bit of a documentary about that a few years back.They talked about one unit of irish defectors called the Saint Patrick's brigade.I forget which battle they were in but they continued to fight when the mexicans began to retreat.They were all captured and executed by the U.S. army.

    • @antiantifa886
      @antiantifa886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Yes but we still won. You actually know some history. I guess we should now feel even more sry for Mexico huh.

    • @mexicanoutlaw8401
      @mexicanoutlaw8401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Search for saint patrick’s battalion song. Makes me close to tears.

    • @AlejandroGonzalez-fs5ez
      @AlejandroGonzalez-fs5ez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      They had honours and a monument here in México, some of us mexicans know about they're proud history.

    • @Go4Broke247
      @Go4Broke247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      And their descendants became Canelo Alvarez.

  • @chrislancer3813
    @chrislancer3813 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    As a Mexican myself I feel shame as to how we lost so much cause of so much division between us in the country

    • @cinemaspin
      @cinemaspin ปีที่แล้ว

      And still so much division in Mexico that allows the corruption to thrive.

    • @iktanadmin5749
      @iktanadmin5749 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      It’s not entirely our fault, we had just gotten our independence from Spain - we were still getting our ducks in a row so to speak and the US took advantage of that vulnerability. But what is concerning and has been concerning for some time is the uneven development of the country to date, el Norte has boomed and is pro America while the south of the country has been severely undeveloped and ignored, in other words it doesn’t seem like we have learned our lesson. The central government/ administrations need to do a better job of creating even development and focusing on developing the south and poorer parts of the south while reigning in the northern areas . It’s a risk for us losing half our country again…

    • @mrsrabbit2712
      @mrsrabbit2712 ปีที่แล้ว

      No worries, you guys are invading again with a vast coalition of countries.
      Already a majority in some areas of the US, it's only a matter of time before the Americans let you take back (in one way or another) much or more of the land taken from you.
      Similar to the weak and divided country that you were when the US invaded, now so is the US weak and divided, allowing you this opportunity for victory which you would not otherwise have.

    • @andresbElSerBiologico
      @andresbElSerBiologico ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Siguen igualito wue!

    • @cryptic1692
      @cryptic1692 ปีที่แล้ว

      bruh first they come to you as neighbours then they ll steal everything from you . (they = the british)

  • @lynamor2959
    @lynamor2959 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This video taught me ALOT and I really enjoyed the lesson!!! The narrator is AWESOME!!! Thank you so much!!! #KnowledgeIsPower

    • @lynamor2959
      @lynamor2959 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m from Louisiana, born and raised. This was a very interesting lesson. 🤓

  • @edwinhernandez9276
    @edwinhernandez9276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2608

    The Irish fought for Mexico during the war . MEXICO celebrates St. Patrick's day in there honor to this very day 2020 . 🇲🇽 ☘

    • @edwinhernandez9276
      @edwinhernandez9276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

      @Chip the Irish celebrate it for the catholic church. Mexico Celebrates st. Patrick's Day to honor the Irish Brigade under John Riley who defected to the Mexican Army to Escape Irish immigrants being . prosecuted by the American. After the war they were hanged by the United states for desertion. The Mexican government protested the hanging stating they were POW and they shouldn't be hanged to no avail. 🇲🇽☘

    • @britmusicproject
      @britmusicproject 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      ...ok, but why the long spaces tho

    • @edwinhernandez9276
      @edwinhernandez9276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@oldprophet I have one for you too. Its called One Man's Hero " with Tom Berenger. I'll check your out to , thanks . 🌝

    • @frankmontenegro574
      @frankmontenegro574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@edwinhernandez9276 they were called " los patreanos" ( St. Patrick's' brigade) a brigade, made up of Irish catholic Priests, and U.S. army deserters, who were on a mission, to help out the unfair war against a small catholic nation and their stand against slavery, and came to their aid, they flew the irish flag, during the war!

    • @kamelhaj6850
      @kamelhaj6850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Wow - a part of history I never knew! Thanks.

  • @HisShadow
    @HisShadow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4444

    That awkward time when you go to war over a relatively small part of land only to end up defeating your opponent so severely that there's an option to annex the entire country.

    • @angelcardona765
      @angelcardona765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +382

      would be an intriguing alternative history if to see how things would of been if USA would of annexed Mexico, maybe the name would of been different, would also assume the civil war would be different as well

    • @joeb6276
      @joeb6276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +283

      If there would have been a civil war. With the annexation of Mexico, probably would have tipped the favor of power to the side of the Southern Democrats going into the 1850s. However, the great instability caused by Mexico would have most likley led to other internal conflicts later on.

    • @drew7155
      @drew7155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@joeb6276 there really is no way to know

    • @mandalorian_guy
      @mandalorian_guy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      The instability would require a massive occupation by the US military until the unrest was put down and order would be established.
      "Mexico" would be carved up in to "Texas", "North Mexico" consisting of the areas currently own by the US along with the Baja territory, and "Central Mexico" territories. The Senate would debate what to do about it as the southern slave states would want them to be slave states and the northern free states along with the locals would want them to be free states. By the time the US civil war would come along they would probably try to stay neutral but be raided by the Texas military and California Union troops coming in to fight them off.
      Post Civil War they would boom due to the agriculture (and later oil) being largely untouched by the war, post war migration, and the Confederacy being reconstructed and war torn which would eventually lead to statehood but with Mexicans being treated as second class citizens by the nation at large. Mexico would also become flooded with former slaves due to proximity and the area would be a blend of "Whites", "Native Mexicans", Blacks, and Indigenous Native communities with no side having a massive population advantage. In fact the US might even consider carving out a new homeland for freed slaves in the region instead of creating Liberia.
      The US would also seriously consider a "Mexican Canal" north-south through the Yucatan Peninsula instead of the Panama and Nicaragua Canals. Post World Wars would see a lot of integration of Mexican and American communities and the Civil Rights Era would also see a massive political change in the region with "Native Mexicans" and Blacks gaining a lot of power and influence and the Cold War economic boom would greatly benefit the regions quality of living and stability rivaling the modern California and the US Eastern Seaboard.

    • @oldnewgreatsonglyrics5617
      @oldnewgreatsonglyrics5617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Jsjs Mexican pride dies last

  • @ChatHistory
    @ChatHistory ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wonderful content! Very useful :)

  • @johnoneill7947
    @johnoneill7947 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I love how you're framing nortan as an absolute monster, perfectly crafted to destroy ali, and ali as the underdog, having to overcome trials just in order to hit the man, such a fantastic breakdown, wonderful storytelling and overall production, great job David

  • @SG-gc7mn
    @SG-gc7mn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2242

    Well, this story failed to mention the reason why Texas decided to break away from Mexico. Short version: Back then Mexico allowed immigrants to settle in the northern part of the territory, but needed to registered with the local authorities and learn the language (Spanish). Many immigrants comply but the vast majority just settled without registration in fact becoming illegals, and many brought slaves with them. Slavery was illegal in Mexico in that time. When Mexican officials, became aware of what was going on in Texas, they tried to reinforce its anti-slavery and immigration laws on its land, but it was too late.

    • @lordsocio353
      @lordsocio353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      So nothings changed except for slavery

    • @bobbye7353
      @bobbye7353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I like how you managed to throw your victim narrative into that bullshit story

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@bobbye7353 Pretty much this.

    • @SG-gc7mn
      @SG-gc7mn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +357

      @@bobbye7353, Not my victim story, just history. The irony right! Pick up a book and read all about it Bobby Boucher jr.

    • @hater9008
      @hater9008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +248

      @@bobbye7353 didn't know history is a "victim narrative" lmao

  • @Orthane
    @Orthane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1498

    No one:
    Santa Anna: *Change team, change team, change team, change team*
    *DEFEAT*

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      We are sure that he isn't an italian by blood?

    • @Jyyhjyyh
      @Jyyhjyyh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No one? What?

    • @baroncaledon5940
      @baroncaledon5940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alexandrub8786 no Italians actually with tho when they switch teams

    • @oscar5211
      @oscar5211 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexandrub8786 lol

    • @sierra5713
      @sierra5713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      In 1824 Mexico’s authoritarian ruler Agustín de Iturbide enacted a colonization law authorizing the Mexican federal government to allow legal immigration into Texas. This statute allowed foreigners to gain title to land.
      Mexican liberals argued in favor of allowing foreigners to immigrate. This would satisfy multiple objectives, including promoting economic growth, increasing the number of males available to defend the country, and bringing new capital and skills into the country to replace those lost when many Spaniards were expelled or chose to leave the country.
      The process for gaining an official land title was expensive and time-consuming, and many residents chose not to have the land surveyed or complete the application process. The Mexican law required immigrants to practice Catholicism and stressed that foreigners needed to learn Spanish and all people wishing to live in Texas were expected to report to the nearest Mexican authority for permission to settle.
      Many Americans immigrated to Mexico, where land was cheaper. A few Americans who had become naturalized Mexicans settled in Texas during that time. Most of the immigrants came from the southern United States. Immigration of United States had begun to accelerate rapidly. The new population was not fully assimilated and by 1826, approximately 3,000 Americans from the United States were living illegally in Texas. Most of the immigrants came from the southern United States. Many were slave owners, and most brought with them significant prejudices against other races, attitudes often applied to the Tejanos. Most Anglo Americans tried to isolate themselves from Mexicans.
      By 1830, Texas had a population of 7,000 foreign-born residents, with only 3,000 Mexican nationals. In regard to slavery, influential settler Stephen F. Austin, who reasoned that the success of his colonies needed slave labor and the economics it produced to lure more whites to the area. Anglos from the United States soon vastly outnumbered the Tejanos.
      Mexican authorities became increasingly concerned about the stability of the region.The colonies teetered at the brink of revolt in 1829, after Mexico abolished slavery. In response, President Anastasio Bustamante implemented the Laws of April 6, 1830, which, among other things, prohibited further immigration to Texas from the United States, increased taxes, and reiterated the ban on slavery. The law explicitly banned any further immigration from the United States to Texas and any new slaves. The new Law rescinded all empresario contracts that had not been completed and prohibited Americans from settling in any Mexican territory adjacent to the United States. Secretary of State Lucas Alamán, who wrote the 1830 law, said that "Texas will be lost for this Republic if adequate measures to save it are not taken. Law of April 6, 1830 under President Anastasio Bustamante was issued because the Mexican state of Texas was in danger of being annexed by the United States. New issued settlement contracts were brought under federal rather than state control. Provisions of the law were designed to encourage Mexican citizens to move from the interior to Texas. Mexicans who agreed to relocate to Texas would get good land, free transportation to Texas, and some financial assistance. Convicts would be sent to Texas to build fortifications and roads to stimulate trade.
      The lack of a formal policy had not stopped many immigrants. Settlers simply circumvented or ignored the laws. A number of people had left the United States to settle in the Mexican northern provinces.The ban and other measures did not stop US citizens from migrating to Texas by the thousands, and by 1834, it was estimated that over 30,000 Anglos lived in Texas, compared to only 7,800 Mexican-born residents.
      Mexican authorities noted that slave reforms passed by the state were being ignored. By the end of 1835, almost 5,000 enslaved Africans and African Americans lived in Texas, making up 13 percent of the non-Indian population (The Mexican rules were widely disregarded and slavery remained in Texas until the end of the American Civil War).The attitudes of the immigrants prompted the Mexican-American War on February 2nd 1848, in which Mexico lost almost 55 percent of its territory to the United States drawing a bullshit line trough territory that used to be nothing but Mexico and some of these territories we know currently as Arizona,NewMexico,Texas,Nevada and of course California. All of those states used to be absolutely Mexico! so now you have people who are indigenous here who were made foreigners on there own land.
      I don't know what's more criminal; crossing over a borderline of a country looking for the economic opportunity that allows you to work and earn or... going to another land across an ocean, taking over land killing &pushing its native people into concentrated areas, creating a trail of tears, deceiving other people of their true intentions and really trying to collect all these peoples gold to take it to their royal families killing"civilizing" them as they settle &conquer, or also bringing along a group of people who they used to perform hard labor of fields with no pay other than food,roof,lynching,shooting,cutting,burning!!!
      Mexicans have more right to this land than other races!.

  • @johnclements7049
    @johnclements7049 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    By the start of the war Texas had already won their independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto. Sam Huston with an army of volunteers defeated Santa Anna and drove him back into Mexico.
    The Mexican American war was about the gold in Cal and the other precious minerals in the SW.

    • @MrChickennugget360
      @MrChickennugget360 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      it started because the US annexed Texas, Texas's border was disputed. US troops occupied the Border the US claimed and Mexican troops attacked thus starting the war.

  • @charlesbaldo
    @charlesbaldo ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Its interesting how many cities in the southwest are named after the people involved, Freemont, Stockton, Monterey

  • @alexanderscherer4537
    @alexanderscherer4537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1685

    Man, if I were a middle or high school history teacher in today's age I would use these videos to supplement like half of my lectures. Absolutely brilliant!

    • @bobbyclay4006
      @bobbyclay4006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      HOENIX (AP) - An autopsy determined a migrant died from multiple gunshot wounds over the weekend after reportedly being shot by Border

    • @bajaboy27
      @bajaboy27 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you would used this video as a source of history to teach middle school kids they would grow old as miss informed as you are.

    • @xfrostyresonance8614
      @xfrostyresonance8614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@bajaboy27 Our education misinforms kids as it is, even if it's 'official material'.

    • @bajaboy27
      @bajaboy27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@xfrostyresonance8614 definitely agree with you. Funny they always happen to be the good guys. You know that old saying "to the victors belong the spoils" and they get to write their side of the story. But there's always two sides to every story.
      This particular story is missing the fact that one of the first things Mexico dealt with when it gained independence was slavery, the Americans that came to Texas brought slaves, that was the whole reason why the war started that and then destiny manifest by president Polk. Why they always forget to mention it is beyond me, or they don't even acknowledge the saint Patrick's battalion, that's part of the real history.
      It's called history after all not story.
      Cheers friend 🍻

    • @xfrostyresonance8614
      @xfrostyresonance8614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bajaboy27 Manifest Destiny was great for the US, absolutely awful for Mexico.

  • @DKendallProductions
    @DKendallProductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +790

    What I find interesting is how small these armies are.

    • @tamashi_soul
      @tamashi_soul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Probably because it was when the world population wasn’t that high

    • @dillonblair6491
      @dillonblair6491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      @@tamashi_soul
      The population was over a billion. Mexico was just so disorganized that it couldn't muster a large army and as a result, America didn't need large armies either.

    • @johnmorrison9758
      @johnmorrison9758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Meanwhile Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, (30 years earlier) with 600,000 men. Actually most battles in Europe didn't involve huge armies facing each other. Usually around 70,000 per side, as in the battle of Waterloo, which was a major turning point in history. Sometimes less than half that. There weren't very many people in North America at that time.

    • @NoahBodze
      @NoahBodze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@tamashi_soul Literally after this war ended in China, the Taiping rebellion began and, over the next 15 years, 20 million people would die in that conflict.
      There were plenty of people in the world.

    • @Alberto_Gomez
      @Alberto_Gomez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@NoahBodze Bruh you're comparing lands with hundreds of millions of people at the time to unsettled lands with a couple scattered tribes here and there.

  • @latinsb4u
    @latinsb4u ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fun Fact México still has a Royal Family living in Europe after the exile of the Iturbides that if México decided to become a monarchy again they can reclaim the throne as the house of Iturbide.

  • @nextchaptermexico3283
    @nextchaptermexico3283 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Would you mind sharing the software you use for your maps? Theyre great for storytelling

  • @Miku-fz2iv
    @Miku-fz2iv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    9:37 The Battle of San Pasquale is literally in my backyard. The hill has a big cross on it, to represent the battle. Whenever I look into my backyard, I always remember that a battle was fought here.

    • @sirstonks1681
      @sirstonks1681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A general died near my village during the Mexican Revolution behind a boulder his name was Pedro Moreno

    • @Miku-fz2iv
      @Miku-fz2iv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jack Sparrow No it’s in Rancho Bernardo, aka Northern San Diego

    • @Miku-fz2iv
      @Miku-fz2iv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Great Cornholio Who asked?

    • @davidwesthoff7746
      @davidwesthoff7746 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Great Cornholio That is literally correct.

    • @tic-tac9323
      @tic-tac9323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Great Cornholio "how dare he not use the word all properly, must mean hes lying"- a guy who forgot this was a TH-cam comments section, and not a fucking language arts class lmao

  • @saulgoodman8027
    @saulgoodman8027 2 ปีที่แล้ว +914

    Fun fact: The Mexican Emperor (Maximillian I of Mexico) was not a Mexican, in fact, he was an Austrian Archduke and a brother to Franz Josef I (Emperor of Austria-Hungary)

    • @tongobong1
      @tongobong1 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Yes I saw his coffin in Vienna.

    • @rwdyeriii
      @rwdyeriii ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Maximilian I didn't become emperor of Mexico until the late 1850s and was able to retain his position until about 1867 due to the assistance of Napoleon III and the French and the fact that the US was preoccupied with bullying its own southern states in that late unpleasantness of the War Between The States.

    • @jimcalifwin3760
      @jimcalifwin3760 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is True and verified in history. Much of the wars from 1820 into 1900’s were bandits, private armies and war lords. European powers were trying to continue their colonial policies.

    • @Mr.Nichan
      @Mr.Nichan ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Yeah, wrong emperor. The first Mexican Emperor,* 1821-1823, was a Mexican Creole of noble Basque and Spanish ancestry, named Agustín. You know Cinco de Mayo? That's a (?the first) battle the Mexicans won against the French in 1862 when Napoleon III invaded Mexico to install his Austrian puppet emperor Maximillian. The French beat them later, took over Mexico city, and installed Maximillian in power, but the Mexicans kicked the French back out again in 1867 and executed Maximillian. (Notably, the USA/CSA Civil War was 1860-1865, and, afterwards in 1865-1867, the USA started actively supporting Mexico and threatened to intervene against the French, as per the Montoe Doctrine, not that I'm saying that's why the Mexicans won or the French left then.)
      *Not counting native "emperors", like of the "Aztec Empire", whose leading ethnic group at least are sometimes also called "Mexicans", the Nāhuatl word being "Mēxihcah" (that's the plural), and the Nāhuatl word for the "Valley of Mexico" around modern day "Mexico City" being "Mēxihco".

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@rwdyeriii
      RE: ". . . the fact that the US was preoccupied with bullying its own southern states in that late unpleasantness of the War Between The States."
      The South fired the first shots of the Civil War at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.

  • @josephmendoza9523
    @josephmendoza9523 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I kind of knew the story of California once being a part of Mexico especially because I saw a movie called my family mi familia. Which I recommend to people to watch the movie because it's a really good movie about a family and their struggles. And there was a part of the movie that mentioned that when one of the characters dies that he wanted on his Tombstone to just say "when I was born here this was Mexico when I die this is still Mexico." So that little part of the movie it kind of stuck with me that I kind of already knew that California was once Mexico and even my older brother explained the history of California. But I never really knew how Texas and Nevada how they broke away from being Mexico and how it ended up being U.S. instead. History is really interesting when you really think about it.

    • @MrChickennugget360
      @MrChickennugget360 ปีที่แล้ว

      what people don't know is that many Mexican Citizens did not want to be apart of Mexico in both California and Texas because of how corrupt the government in Mexico City was. Because Mexico was becoming increasingly centralized many in the North wanted Independance. This is why the Spanish Speakers in Texas joined the Texas Revolution.

    • @backstabber3537
      @backstabber3537 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mexcio was not even united before the Spanish came it was full of tribes Mexico inherited the Spanish colony and Americans took it away.. not much deeper than that.

    • @missrobyn7759
      @missrobyn7759 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love MI Familia one of my favorite movies I own the dvd

    • @Victoria-px6nq
      @Victoria-px6nq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s one of my favorite movies! I actually think of this exact part watching this.

  • @QBAJGaming
    @QBAJGaming ปีที่แล้ว

    love this video it helped me with my Homework I am subscribed so best believe im coming back

  • @nikov82
    @nikov82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +882

    "How many Spanish words and names can you mispronounce in 16 minutes?"
    Narrator: *Yes.*

    • @WrestlingPH
      @WrestlingPH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Los Angelis 😂🤣

    • @standriggs2420
      @standriggs2420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you! I was starting to wonder if I had been mispronouncing everything all my life!

    • @PumaM90
      @PumaM90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      9:47
      This guy butchered Los Angeles in Spanish and English.

    • @annalopinski4459
      @annalopinski4459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah to be fair he’s not going a great job with English either haha. Sounds like an automated voice

    • @maxwel5207
      @maxwel5207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well he doesn't speak Spanish and English is his Native Language so it makes sense ngl.

  • @ianchapman6254
    @ianchapman6254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +808

    At the time many people (well Military Professionals anyway) in Europe thought that that Mexico could very well win this war, or at the very least it would be a very bloody war. What people forget now with the perfection of hindsight was that on paper, Mexico a the time was at least as powerful militarily as the US (perhaps more), with the advantage of interior defense and very difficult terrain for any invader. What happened during that war was a stunning revelation as to how important political stability, professionalism in an army, and frankly economic might really was in a war. Latin America lost a lot of prestige during that war that was never regained. It also marked the start of the US being regarded as a 'western nation' at least on par with a European nation by the European world powers.

    • @cesartorres3189
      @cesartorres3189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      The west is the best. Western culture created the modern world.

    • @frankmontenegro574
      @frankmontenegro574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      poppycock! in comparison, mexico was smaller, weaker nation , the pundits you are referring to, just want you to believe otherwise!!

    • @ishouldntbesayingthisbecau1257
      @ishouldntbesayingthisbecau1257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Frank Montenegro
      Well, the Mexicans would’ve very well won the war if it wasn’t for an unstable country.

    • @gandalfbcn85
      @gandalfbcn85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Very interesting reflection, thanks for sharing Ian chapman

    • @enriquejavier8056
      @enriquejavier8056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The problem with mexico is the mexicans living in it.

  • @jackcullen69
    @jackcullen69 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The crazy differences between twin or border cities and towns between the US and Mexico shows how sometimes you’re just lucky to be born in a certain place, even if that place has its own problems.

    • @mou6854
      @mou6854 ปีที่แล้ว

      i see you’ve seen the kraut video on that

    • @karlagarcia1851
      @karlagarcia1851 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well let me guess if 80.%of your wealth is token . What you think?

  • @stephaniecarrow4898
    @stephaniecarrow4898 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Something that, of course, I was never taught in school. Thank you.

  • @_broits_george
    @_broits_george 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2261

    "Go back to your country"
    "Sorry sir, I didn't cross the border, the border literally crossed me"

    • @dmeads5663
      @dmeads5663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      So the guy was born before 1848?

    • @Mxlesh
      @Mxlesh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +264

      @@dmeads5663 still you live in stolen land

    • @MyTwoCents2
      @MyTwoCents2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      reaching

    • @progamestube1377
      @progamestube1377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Nopelien 🤝

    • @Alexander79080
      @Alexander79080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Leshly Lopez Annexed isn’t stolen

  • @Santiago-xw7dk
    @Santiago-xw7dk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +835

    Fun fact: "Buckaroo" comes from US cowboys trying to say "vaquero." Mexicans were the og cowboys.

    • @thedawg2510
      @thedawg2510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Woulda thought bud what u think Texas is for

    • @ConstancioRosellini5873
      @ConstancioRosellini5873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      The United States is a country that has the habit of stealing and copying the cultures of other countries, and appropriating them as if they were its own.
      EXAMPLE:
      From Mexico, not only did he steal territory, but also the Cowboy culture of Mexicans, Cowboy is of Mexican origin.
      From Germany, stealing gastronomy, from Burgers and Hot Dogs.
      From Netherlands, I steal the figure of Santa Claus.
      They believe that they are the direct heirs of the legacy of Ancient Rome because they think that the United States was born as an inspiration to Ancient Rome, to say that Washington created the United States in the likeness of Ancient Rome, and that the United States.
      What a funny joke 🤣 HAHAHA
      They have more legacy from Ancient Rome, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina than the United States.

    • @ejakathebeast
      @ejakathebeast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Constancio Rosellini there’s a difference between stealing and settlers 😂. What a joke of a comment. I’ve been all over the world. Europe, Brazil and South America. They have culture but it’s minute.

    • @andresmora5192
      @andresmora5192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@ConstancioRosellini5873
      The creators of Cowboy 🐴👢 culture it was the Mexicans 🇲🇽
      (Not the US-Americans, who copied the traditions of the northern Mexicans).
      Those who raised cattle in the current area of Texas, when it was Mexican 🇲🇽 territory, before the annexation to the United States, their lifestyle and work were inherited from Mexicans living in present-day Texas territory.
      California also had skilled men on horseback, according to Richard Henry Dana, who wrote a book about that region in 1840 when it still belonged to Mexico. As described:
      When they make long trips, they ride horses until they get tired and grab another one, they pull the saddle and bridle on it, and after exhausting the animal, they take a third one, and so on until the end of the trip. There are no better runners like Mexicans in the world.

    • @ConstancioRosellini5873
      @ConstancioRosellini5873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@andresmora5192 Compatriota Mexicano, tienes toda la razon.
      El Cowboy es un arte creado por los Mexicanos, los Gringos lo copiaron, esos Gringos no tienen identidad.
      Aqui un Mexicano-Italiano de Xalapa, Veracruz.
      Saludos.

  • @Nervall01
    @Nervall01 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "They didn't want to look like bullies" has to be one of the most ironic lines

  • @jhozthron4415
    @jhozthron4415 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love your videos, so much interesting details.

  • @ahrzhule
    @ahrzhule 2 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    Ahhh...the old "there's a rebellion in Mexico City" trick!

  • @kerbo734
    @kerbo734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1364

    Imagine fighting 2 wars in spam of 10-15 years , without support and fighting 2 major superpowers, without good military personel , gotta admit ,that is having balls.

    • @thecrazylooser7
      @thecrazylooser7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ☺️ I hope to find mine for the years that come.

    • @festusthecat413
      @festusthecat413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      The US was not a superpower by any means back then

    • @lost_2315
      @lost_2315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @MEXICAN AMERICANS Bruh shut up

    • @etholus1000
      @etholus1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @MEXICAN AMERICANS There wasn’t planes or mobile vehicles and harsh terrain to navigate. Put Mexico and America in a war now and it’ll take less then a month to defeat Mexico lol
      Edit: I’m not responding to anyone replying to this two year old comment. Don’t waste your time

    • @etholus1000
      @etholus1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @MEXICAN AMERICANS Nah, Anglo, Scandinavian and Germanic American warriors are and always will be the most toughest and fearless and most attractive warriors of our world. I bet any name you give me won’t even compare to Chapman or any other names I could list. The most fearless and selfless warriors of our era are of European decent

  • @marciastaples9843
    @marciastaples9843 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks so much for sharing these history. We must be very careful that history does not repeat itself. For while we are here as a country bickering amounts ourselves, we become attractive to our enemies. At this point, there is no need for an invasion when we are destroying ourselves from within.

  • @brainnkeh4749
    @brainnkeh4749 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for this . I've learned so much about How Texas and California came about

  • @tzyijiang9884
    @tzyijiang9884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    Less than two weeks before the signing of the peace treaty, gold was found in California.

    • @gingerale2131
      @gingerale2131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Imagine loosing a region with a lot of gold and Potential for expansion that would be eventually the richest and most populous state in the union. lol
      *This post was made by the United States of America*

    • @OnasaD
      @OnasaD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@gingerale2131 it sure is crazy that conservative Americans want to get rid so bad of California 😐😂

    • @isaacg5438
      @isaacg5438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@OnasaD We don’t want to get rid of Callie. We need it. What we don’t need is their shitty politics.

    • @MateoKupstysChica
      @MateoKupstysChica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@gingerale2131 It wouldn't have been the case of Mexico. Their government is so chaotic (and corrupt), that that gold would have just ended in the pockets of some elite people.

    • @rudyardwalker9113
      @rudyardwalker9113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *flashback to South African gold rush*

  • @Ivan-Manzo
    @Ivan-Manzo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +809

    "Poor México, so far away from God and so close to the U.S."
    -Porfirio Díaz.

    • @ryankuypers1819
      @ryankuypers1819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      In the grand scheme of things, Mexico has benefitted tremendously from being a neighbor of the US. Strategic protection from invasion and trade with a much larger economy. This war was a small price to pay.

    • @human-npc5523
      @human-npc5523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ryankuypers1819 true.

    • @cc-oo7vn
      @cc-oo7vn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@ryankuypers1819 America shall perish

    • @odysseusrex5908
      @odysseusrex5908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@cc-oo7vn Seems highly unlikely. Russia has a serious demographic problem though, even worse than China's. If you people don't get your birthrate up, there isn't going to be much of a Russia left in fifty years.

    • @rusoviettovarich9221
      @rusoviettovarich9221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's what the last white Mayor of Newark used to say Hugh Adonnizio "Poor Newark so far from God so close to New York City!"

  • @Brayden-rp5vu
    @Brayden-rp5vu ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for best clip♥️

  • @GorillazGames
    @GorillazGames ปีที่แล้ว

    I must say, the presenter has the voice of authority. I would seek out content from him.

  • @anthonypiti4725
    @anthonypiti4725 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    What is astounding is that so few troops (on either side) determined the outcome of about 1/2 the entire North American continent. It seems like once an "army" left a conquered town, the opposing side could just walk right in.

    • @reynaldoflores4522
      @reynaldoflores4522 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That part of North America was very sparsely populated, even including the Indians.
      That's also the reason why the United States was able to annex that vast tract of land.
      It would've been different if there was a huge population of loyal Mexicans inhabiting it .

    • @ElRecopilador-wz9dn
      @ElRecopilador-wz9dn ปีที่แล้ว +4

      great point. That's thinking outside the box.

    • @marcobelli6856
      @marcobelli6856 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Because USA was Not Like Europe or Asia all that Land was worthless. Of course now it’s Crazy to think because that Land is very valuable

    • @rudetoy8264
      @rudetoy8264 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      War is final determination from the winner. Lots of soldiers on both sides killed so its not just a few. Lots of historian estimated 25,000 Mexican soldiers died, as well as 15,000 American soldiers

    • @thatone4G
      @thatone4G 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@reynaldoflores4522Mexicans got wiped. Cope

  • @xT3HS3CKZx
    @xT3HS3CKZx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    Hey, I do the same thing whenever I play Civ. "I'm just gonna take alittle bit of land" *Ends up taking the capitol and annexing the whole country*

    • @rawrimadeinosaur7513
      @rawrimadeinosaur7513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      whats mine is mine, whats theirs is mine, and whats yours is also mine

    • @rawrimadeinosaur7513
      @rawrimadeinosaur7513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Paul Coover Sid Miers Civilization 5

    • @drivebye2709
      @drivebye2709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      IKR? I don't see why people get so upset about history. Sht happens.
      THAT'S CIVILIZATION, SON!

    • @rawrimadeinosaur7513
      @rawrimadeinosaur7513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@drivebye2709 My friends also complain when I commit slavery in Stellaris to, smh.

    • @obiwankenobi3574
      @obiwankenobi3574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rawrimadeinosaur7513 rookie numbers, I commit mass genocide in Stellaris

  • @stevemc01
    @stevemc01 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'll be honest: for such a sweep of a victory, textbooks don't really discuss it much:
    "The USA declared war on Mexico and sent troops to the Rio Grande River. They were led by Zachary Taylor. [...] After a few years, the US obtained the Mexican Cession."
    Basically all there was about this.

  • @henryrodgers1752
    @henryrodgers1752 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Truly, I am amazed how many place names and surnames the narrator mispronounced in a 16 minute video. It is a record which will stand unbreakable.

    • @johnhaeberle3773
      @johnhaeberle3773 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And those names were of major characters, so we had to hear them being mispronounced over and over.
      Otherwise, a good production.

  • @1p4142136
    @1p4142136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Catalina Island in California was not included in the treaty of surrender and therefore was declared a permanently leased territory to the USA. This is also why a Mexican National cannot be considered illegal or deported from Catalina Island. You wouldn’t find this info in Wikipedia but you in the copy of surrender which can be found in the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles CA.

    • @Duquedecastro
      @Duquedecastro 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Wow! So interesting, thanks

    • @_realone915
      @_realone915 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Great info! I didn't know that

    • @VivaelIngles
      @VivaelIngles หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Wow! Thanks for sharing!

    • @XxxXxx-br7eq
      @XxxXxx-br7eq หลายเดือนก่อน

      It must suck then

    • @Duquedecastro
      @Duquedecastro หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@XxxXxx-br7eq No one cares what a bot says. Santa Catalina attracts wealthy tourists, which means it doesn’t “suck”

  • @vicavila5182
    @vicavila5182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +826

    Keep in mind Mexico had just fought off imperial nation #1(Spain) for independence. Imperial nation #2 (France) from invasion. American expansion saw their chance and said, " now! while they're tired" No other Latin American country can say that.

    • @bluelynxworld4748
      @bluelynxworld4748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      The French were weak at the time. Their nation was bankrupt and so was their military. Their troops were tired and starving. While that is something great that Mexico can brag about, the fact that they had a hard time fighting off a power that was bankrupt and was going downhill fast isn't saying too much. It just confirmed to the American's that Mexico was not prepared for any further advances.

    • @andparraferreira940
      @andparraferreira940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      Blue Lynx World one question, imagine people fighting with machetes versus an army, maybe they were weak, but just imagine that, mexico would be a great nation if US didn’t ruined our country, US ruined and are ruining allot of countries, US is a joke for everyone now

    • @btin1791
      @btin1791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I think France sold it's territory in North America and went to colonize west Africa,

    • @tyrnclark
      @tyrnclark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Do you believe Santa Ana killing hundreds of ex Americans settlers, invited by the new Mexican government, then burning their bodies in a pile, to make a point.
      Nothing to do with killing American citizens, on American soil?
      "REMEMBER THE ALAMO"

    • @aeternavictrix7861
      @aeternavictrix7861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Anparraf it’s conquest, honestly STFU, this happened all the time since the dawn of humans, your own people are ruining your country, stop playing the blame game and fix your country, and name some countries America ruined besides the overused Iraq and Afghanistan?

  • @Dubbudha
    @Dubbudha ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Putin's tactic regarding the Donbass region these days is quite similar to the one of the United States regarding Texas.

  • @helloeverybody9675
    @helloeverybody9675 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "For myself," Grant wrote later about the United States war against Mexico, "I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation." IMO they should have just taken the money, which was probably much needed at the time, and sold the undeveloped territory.

    • @castellanos6436
      @castellanos6436 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look up 'California Gold Rush' and you'll see why the Mexicans did not want to sell those lands.

    • @helloeverybody9675
      @helloeverybody9675 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@castellanos6436 Gold wasn’t discovered until 1849 though

    • @castellanos6436
      @castellanos6436 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@helloeverybody9675 you mean the Americans discovered in 1849.

    • @helloeverybody9675
      @helloeverybody9675 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@castellanos6436 Yeah if anyone had discovered it before then they would have gone to go get it

    • @castellanos6436
      @castellanos6436 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@helloeverybody9675 The are documents of Spanish settlers that knew about the presence of gold in that region of California; the Spanish however were not interested in that region as much as they were for the southern territories (Spanish territories were huge at that time) Instead of mining . they focused on the work of land and treated the Native more fairly (that changes when the Mexicans came, as they started to isolate those tribes) Also, there are some rumours that Alexander von Humboldt (a Spy) helped the US find information about the Mexican territories as early as 1804 hence why the Americans started to become interested in populating those regions. It's too big of a coincidence that gold was found a few days before the Mexican-American War was over.

  • @theone1480
    @theone1480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1067

    As a Texan, we are taught this very differently. Very interesting

    • @supersmashbrosevil
      @supersmashbrosevil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

      Almost every country does that, here in Mexico the rebellions of the South are barely mentioned

    • @jesusnoehernandezrocha1438
      @jesusnoehernandezrocha1438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +364

      Here in México we know the US is a bully with the World, and our goverment is terrible so it makes we lost the war. Saludos desde 🇲🇽

    • @aeternavictrix7861
      @aeternavictrix7861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      taco al pastor that happens to weak countries, try to keep up, nvm it’s too late

    • @mickeycohen187
      @mickeycohen187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      @Michael Melton Buddy, i pray you're not a day over 30.

    • @jdubeau007
      @jdubeau007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      That's because the idiots who made this video never bother to read any history books.

  • @pelonrock1
    @pelonrock1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    Sad part of History, as a Mexican, this Is a dark chapter of my Country History.

    • @fathomthat4690
      @fathomthat4690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Mexico was named by the Spanish, Mexicans are half breeds ,European and native Americans no such thing as a Mexican before 1492.

    • @emilioduran5650
      @emilioduran5650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      @@fathomthat4690 Well, tell me which country has purebred populations? The USA has populations from Europe, Asia, Africa and American Indians. I consider your comment unwise

    • @fathomthat4690
      @fathomthat4690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@emilioduran5650 just stating fact , you shouldn't take it more than face value . That is unwise!

    • @whoknows7968
      @whoknows7968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@fathomthat4690 I don't know enough about Mexican history to say anything about your comment, but why did you comment it here? It has no relevance to what the original comment said and is phrased like a personal attack.

    • @fathomthat4690
      @fathomthat4690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      No brother it wasn't phrased as a personal attack, like I said was just making a statement of fact, problem is a lot of people read things in to texts.. as far as the context the statement made, it is based on factual history.

  • @aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254
    @aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should make a video specific to La Mesilla/Gadsden purchase mentioning both names for the sake of educating us.

  • @kentnebergall3156
    @kentnebergall3156 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is why I am currently installing an ad blocker...

  • @anti-spiral159
    @anti-spiral159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1415

    Ah yes, "Rio Grande river", also known as Great River river

    • @JosueLopez-kk9us
      @JosueLopez-kk9us 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      as a mexican I can tell you in spanish:
      me gusta el rio "great river river"

    • @diegonatan6301
      @diegonatan6301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      River Great River

    • @warlordhuo4647
      @warlordhuo4647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      I'm chinese and this reminds me of Americans calling the Yellow River "Huanghe River" which translates to Yellow River River

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Sounds similar to when people say DC comics. When people don’t realize the C in dc stands for comics and D was for for Detective. So when people refer to DC comics their basically saying, Detective comics comics.

    • @tescomealdeals4613
      @tescomealdeals4613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *Big River River, grande means big

  • @nicholasong2760
    @nicholasong2760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Mothers Britain & Spain fought each other, their daughters USA & Mexico also fight each other

    • @JLchevz
      @JLchevz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      and the result was the same... lmao

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Family feud!

    • @TolitoGangster
      @TolitoGangster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not true. The Spanish defeated the British many times including by helping the Americans in the revolutionary wars and so did the French.

    • @ElkoOmarVazquezErosa
      @ElkoOmarVazquezErosa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TolitoGangster And Mexicans have defeated the gringos many times. Also this story is not over yet, the world goes around a lot.

  • @thedylanshow1
    @thedylanshow1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your videos are fascinating I just watched your other one on the Spanish-American War. Thank you so much for your content and the quick history lesson🎉

  • @GenDrag1
    @GenDrag1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everyone else: *uses videos to teach the class*
    Me, an intellectual: *memorizes all of the material so well that i can teach it now* 🧠

  • @theRealtensigh
    @theRealtensigh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    Although it wasn’t directly relevant to the war, one of the reasons why Mexico was unstable was because there were several battles between Mexico and the Navajo nation along the US border. The two nations were constantly attacking each other.

    • @Zumi909
      @Zumi909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yes the Mexicans and natives fought for land

    • @Zumi909
      @Zumi909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @Jasta 2 I know a lot of Mexicans don't know that spaniards killed natives for land also Mexicans

    • @joeroganstrtshots881
      @joeroganstrtshots881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@Zumi909 Mexicans have convinced themselves they are the same as the Natives lmfao

    • @Zumi909
      @Zumi909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@joeroganstrtshots881 well our ancestors were but then the spanish came so now we are mostly mestizos

    • @Emp6ft10in
      @Emp6ft10in 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      What are you talking about? The native American's were a spiritual peace loving people, one with the earth, that never did anything violent.

  • @letmebeapariah
    @letmebeapariah 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i keep learning the same thing in school i would like to learn things like this too

  • @mando3323
    @mando3323 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    What ever happened in the past make us feel good or bad depending on different facts, one of them is where we were born. I am Mexican and this story is fascinating to me. If something had happened differently, for example, a single soldier who had not died, everything would have changed and none of us would exist.

    • @USA92
      @USA92 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And many of those slaughtered trying to defend their land and homes and families would have lived. And children never born would have been.

    • @mando3323
      @mando3323 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@USA92 we are a consequence of hundreds of billions and millions of situations that have happened , if we do not like something there is nothing we can do .

    • @ShaneFit
      @ShaneFit ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That’s crazy …

    • @castellanos6436
      @castellanos6436 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those Americans were looking for Gold minds in California, search "California Gold Rush". From the 1850s the extraction of Gold was huge hence why the US became a super power in the late 19th Century. They just took the advantage of the collapse of the Spanish Empire which was the real power in South America at that time.

    • @sigmundgroth6452
      @sigmundgroth6452 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fascinating that your country and your ancestors were shafted and robbed by its powerful neighbor?

  • @OrlandMapper
    @OrlandMapper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Could you make video about Sudeten crisis? Or something between 2 world wars in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary? After the Great war there was a lot of conflict and it would be interesting to see it explained like that. Great video btw.

    • @Knowledgia
      @Knowledgia  3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes! Some videos about ww1 and ww2 are coming :)

    • @luiscraft3845
      @luiscraft3845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Knowledgia yey

    • @Aoxxet
      @Aoxxet 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Knowledgia yey try mapping

  • @definitelynotasimp2408
    @definitelynotasimp2408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    Imagine fighting along with these Generals and then fought to each other in the Civil War. That might be painful for Grant and the others.

    • @carloscarlin114
      @carloscarlin114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Grant actually wrote in his memoirs that he was very ashamed of the mexican-american war.

    • @Longtack55
      @Longtack55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The Southern Generals were traitors and should have been strung up - not immortalised in stone the way they are in the south today.

    • @religionisatragedy9742
      @religionisatragedy9742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Longtack55 The northerners who supported a tyrannical government were the real traitors. Generals like Lee and Jackson should be just as respected George Washington.

    • @jokecorn9993
      @jokecorn9993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@religionisatragedy9742 How the hell were they tyrannical?

    • @Jarred-J254
      @Jarred-J254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jokecorn9993 Research history and study the constitution, the southern states were being heavily taxed and Lincoln was slowly opening the gateway for large businesses to start taking over, going against the US constitution. Another example is when South Carolina seceeded Lincoln sent troops into Fort Sumter violating international law provoking the South Carolina militia to attack the fort, literally the same events that happened in this video provoking Mexico to attack US troops is the same events that happened at Fort Sumter, I shouldn't even have to mention the Union invading the South after the states democratically seceeded.
      I shouldn't even have to mention how the North also had black slaves and none of them were released until long after the southern states released theirs.

  • @eancurtis9333
    @eancurtis9333 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing stuff

  • @Batman-es8nm
    @Batman-es8nm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I learned more on TH-cam than I ever did in school

  • @English_JohnB
    @English_JohnB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    Most of my childhood was spent in Louisiana and I do not remember this war ever being mentioned. Maybe that says something about the quality of an education in that state.

    • @kamelhaj6850
      @kamelhaj6850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The Mexican/American War, like the War of 1812,were never really covered in history class.

    • @outcast8223
      @outcast8223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @J Calhoun yeah I found out mainly about the civil war just by research at home than school. And I'm an American IN ANERICAN HISTORY CLASS! They don't teach good. Only one history teacher was good and he was
      Ex military.

    • @zedantXiang
      @zedantXiang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its just propaganda

    • @jamesbednar8625
      @jamesbednar8625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      War of 1812, Mexican/American War, Plains Indian Wars & Spanish/American War were barely mentioned in history classes when I was a kid growing up in 1960s-1970s in Ohio, but at least they were mentioned. Learned more about these wars from a great interest in history.

    • @zacharyfelder6604
      @zacharyfelder6604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No. you just wern't paying attention stop making excuses for your stupidity...

  • @RollerPigg
    @RollerPigg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    General Robert E. Lee once said, "The Civil War is our penance for the Mexican War" (or words to that effect.) General Grant agreed, as did many officer veterans of both wars.

    • @keithedwards9953
      @keithedwards9953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Thomas Jefferson said, "I fear for my country when I realize God is just," when discussing the issue of slavery. I'm pretty sure he would believe that the Civil War was penance for slavery.

    • @RobMedellin
      @RobMedellin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Dude for a Country that's a small penance to pay. You got massive land (including oil) for perpetuity, it's not like in the future the US is going to say, hey Mexico we recognize we were bullies/invaders, you can have this back.
      And Sure people died in the Civil War, but so did many in the Mexico war itself. If loss of life is paramount then no country would had ever gone to war.

    • @heofonfyr6000
      @heofonfyr6000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@keithedwards9953 thomas jefferson was stupid like that

    • @keithedwards9953
      @keithedwards9953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@heofonfyr6000 at least he knew how to balance a budget. That alone makes him more intelligent than any president in the past hundred years... he even managed to double the size of the US while doing it.

    • @JasonLewis42
      @JasonLewis42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Really after going through all the trouble of a war. They should have annexed the entire country of Mexico. It probably would have been better for all involved. There would be no need for illegal border crossing today because they would already be American citizens and they would be free to go wherever they want within the Country.

  • @chinysukainepyobytt4506
    @chinysukainepyobytt4506 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing 😻 video!!!!

  • @YHGF-Hbr2013
    @YHGF-Hbr2013 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please tell me how to make these videos

  • @octaviogarcia6959
    @octaviogarcia6959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Mexico was indeed in a position that made winning the war impossible. Throughout the 20s and 30s Mexico faced multiple Civil wars, coups, fought attempts by the Spanish to reconquer the country, the Pastry War from 1838 when the French invaded Mexico for the first time (the second invasion happened in the 1860s when the French proclaimed the Second Mexican Empire in the middle of the American Civil War), attempts at secession and then the Texas revolution. There was no competition at all here.

    • @lovernotfighter
      @lovernotfighter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I watched The First episode of the "Grant" miniseries last night and He had stated that the Americans new that Mexico had a bad army so they felt confident of victory. Whether right or wrong whose to say but this is the way history plays out. The Mexican Government would have been better off taking the $$$ offered at first, Should've, Would've, Could've. Que Sera, Sera...

    • @stuarthastie6374
      @stuarthastie6374 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      William Edmondson
      Por Que paga mass .?

    • @robroux6074
      @robroux6074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@dffndjdjd Racims, Nepotism, Regionalism, Classicm and no Ethnic unitiy. Oaxcas(Zaotecs,Mixtecs)Nahautl. Oto Pameans and Mayans had higher populations but didn't fight for the experimental govt of Mexico, because Santa Ana had declared war on them. Santa Ana is Pro Iberian, in today's time he would be the Salinas Gortari The US on the other hand obliterated the Native populations and then boosted up their numbers with Scotch Irish,slaves and Volga German immigration. But even some of the Irish defected to Mexico (ST. Patricks Batallion).
      This is why the US invaded through Veracruz because they knew Mexico was at war with the Mayans(Yucatecs) and the Mayans would let them pass easily, meanwhile in Monterrey they had hostility because the concept of 'mexican'(Mixed raza) was accepted.
      This is why BENITO JUAREZ was able to defeat the French(top 5 land army in the late 1800s) because he had Nahautl and Mixtec support.
      What Plagues the country today is that the neo libs(aka Conservative Party in 1840) hijaked the Mexican govt in the 60s 'HALCONAZO'.
      Prior to that Mexico was a nationalist country that had a top 7 economy. ..after NAFTA , PRIAN sold out it's citiwna so that they can send their kids to Harvard and Paris to study abroad...just like the Russian and Chinese Oligarchs.
      Oh yea and theres the fact that the ATF( same ones from Waco & Ruby Ridge) arm and fund the Rogue state of Sinaloa.

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the reason was a mentality of mexican peoples predominantly a spanish ones
      contrary to the US where you have mostly a UK or German mentality completely different mind set

    • @germansherman7707
      @germansherman7707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      american invaded texas and the president vicente guerrero let them lived on peace, the problem arrives when the slavery became ilegall

  • @NegiTaiMetal011
    @NegiTaiMetal011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    I come to learn that the Mexican-American War is among the contributing factors that led to the American Civil War.

    • @dekalbtxx
      @dekalbtxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah God don’t like ugly.

    • @jimwalsh233
      @jimwalsh233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Yes because many did not want anymore slave states, and in the South many wanted more.

    • @jeraldmacklinii6440
      @jeraldmacklinii6440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes indeed

    • @Spongebrain97
      @Spongebrain97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Its how a lot of major commanders on both sides got their experience in war and made a lot of relationships that contributed to their actions in the civil war

    • @elliottprats1910
      @elliottprats1910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      The American Civil War saved Mexico don’t get it twisted. The Juárez government was in exile from The Second Mexican Empire under Maximilian. Juárez was running out of money, arms, and most importantly men and things were very desperate in 1865! When the UNION claimed victory over the Confederacy they had lots of unused cannons, rifles, and other arms that they GAVE JUÁREZ and him small group of supporters besides SENDING UNION TROOPS who technically were volunteers and not under official US Army capacity. It was because of this American intervention that Juárez was able to defeat Maximilian and RESTORED the Mexican Republic.
      It’s become trendy by those ignorant of Mexican and American history to claim that the US is a bully to Mexico when it’s Mexico who started the Mexican American War and was later saved by the United States just 20 years later.

  • @karsentube13yt
    @karsentube13yt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:41 Everybody gangsta ‘til the buildings start speaking Mexican Spanish

  • @dsnieszko
    @dsnieszko 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I find it amazing that these soldiers had to walk across an entire desert and then fight.

  • @diapersFTMFW11
    @diapersFTMFW11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    This video title should be "16 Ads Crammed Into 16 Minutes"

    • @benjamingallegos5653
      @benjamingallegos5653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      try firefox and it's ad blocker. you will know heaven my friend

    • @diapersFTMFW11
      @diapersFTMFW11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@benjamingallegos5653 I'm on my phone so I just do the trick where you skip to the last 10 sec and hit replay

    • @restinpisstoallthegoofies
      @restinpisstoallthegoofies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are truly dumb to not use TH-cam adblocker which you can get FOR FREE!

    • @diapersFTMFW11
      @diapersFTMFW11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@restinpisstoallthegoofies You are truly dumb for not seeing my comment that says I am on a phone and cannot access Adblock

    • @neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326
      @neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      7 ads

  • @ArcticWolf124_
    @ArcticWolf124_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This channel has grown so much, I remember only seeing 12K subs. Good work indeed

  • @timothyarmstrong3801
    @timothyarmstrong3801 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun fact, part two the term buckaroo is an Anglicize version of the Mexican word vasqueros

  • @user-ug9om5jz2q
    @user-ug9om5jz2q หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know that few of us are Hungarian, but perhaps such a cool film deserves Hungarian subtitles!

  • @johnmurkwater1064
    @johnmurkwater1064 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    This is actually a very good breakdown of that time in our shared history... I mean dang, it's only 16 minutes, but it hits on all of the main points and characters of the time, well done.

    • @RK-um9tu
      @RK-um9tu ปีที่แล้ว

      If it is only 16 minutes it can't be a good beakdown. For example, not once was slavery mentioned so it is clearly is a US view of history. Facts are US has been invading other countries for 270 years.

    • @leonahennessy6404
      @leonahennessy6404 ปีที่แล้ว

      .

    • @derecker1
      @derecker1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your history, in México history is different.

    • @unfortunateson1938
      @unfortunateson1938 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They missed a spot. Mexico simultaneously didn’t recognize Texas as an independent state whilst simultaneously claiming the border was different.
      (Texas had claimed the Rio Grande all the way up to South Dakota (of course they would make liberal land claims because they could, Mexico had chosen a different river.)
      Mexico simultaneously didn’t recognize Texas whilst recognizing Texas. Hence the “disputed territory.”
      Since the Republic of Texas was recognized by Britian, France and the United States recognized the claim… (and I am a Texan born and raised) I side with the Texas claim and that Mexico had occupied Texas considering that Mexico lacked the foreign recognition of their claims (much less the legitimacy of their own government…)

    • @jamesvickers5004
      @jamesvickers5004 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@derecker1 That's why it's called his-story

  • @shibby7667
    @shibby7667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Mexico is the most beautiful tradegy work ever written but what makes it beautiful is that Mexicans still fight for a better future even when they have bad apples among themselves such as the government or criminal organizations the normal folk will always fight and work for a better future for its family with values and tradition that’s what makes the motherland great even if it doesn’t have a good economic status or the best stability

    • @yelyharmony2047
      @yelyharmony2047 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's a "TRADEGY"?

    • @officesoup1357
      @officesoup1357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@yelyharmony2047 Tragedy: an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.

    • @alicedog368
      @alicedog368 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      America🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @marthagomez7335
      @marthagomez7335 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The CIA are the only bad apple in this world

    • @jackcarson9046
      @jackcarson9046 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Clearly the “normal people” have lost that fight lmao

  • @pilgrimhere652
    @pilgrimhere652 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good to learn history 🤠🤝

  • @A79980
    @A79980 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good video.

  • @santi0501
    @santi0501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    The amount of effort you put into these videos is notable. Keep it up!

    • @jj2king345
      @jj2king345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well he needed to put alittle more effort because even the irish at that time deserted the american armies.

    • @tsesarevich1835
      @tsesarevich1835 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean... the style and theme is basically stolen from Baz Battles...

    • @world_mem7567
      @world_mem7567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right Santi, but he missed very important points and interesting anecdotes. Eg. St´ Patrick Battalion and the Boys Heroes.

  • @user-gy8uj8rg4n
    @user-gy8uj8rg4n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    When you're divided you fall! This is common all over the world!

    • @lovernotfighter
      @lovernotfighter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Julius Ceasar said in his war comentaries that "One should divide and conquer". I read that book about 30 years ago but that's what he did to the tribes in Gaul.

    • @reallysaints2672
      @reallysaints2672 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is why the CIA exist.

    • @socalbeachcomber9811
      @socalbeachcomber9811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yep. Divided people fall. A lesson Americans need to grasp.

    • @M0byD1ck180
      @M0byD1ck180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@socalbeachcomber9811 it is far too late, china smells blood :(

    • @aeternavictrix7861
      @aeternavictrix7861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great Dame China won’t even get past India, Japan and South Korea, lol

  • @randytyson7262
    @randytyson7262 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hmmm. I did a lot of research on the subject years ago, and this isn't exactly how I read it across at least six detailed sources.

  • @brianjohnson6114
    @brianjohnson6114 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Isn't Fremont pronounced same as the California city 'Free-maant,' not some Frenchy 'Fur-moun'? I thought it was pretty simple to Google it. This makes me wonder about the quality and accuracy of the rest of the presentation. At least you tried.

  • @digitolwonder
    @digitolwonder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    Interesting when my expat friends ask why most of the cities along the west coast have Spanish sounding names...it's because they liked the food?

    • @irwinveloz1404
      @irwinveloz1404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Robert Ortiz-Wilson not spanish tho, people living there were mestizos mix of spanish and indigenous, which they migrated to all parts of what used to be the center of new spain or what's "mexico" today

    • @matthewokoh7947
      @matthewokoh7947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@irwinveloz1404 still the reason those cities have Spanish names are because of Spain not Mexico

    • @irwinveloz1404
      @irwinveloz1404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @GordoScarface like i told u not spanish not mexicans, they were criollos or mestizos, and almost all of new spain armies were Made of indigenous people

    • @irwinveloz1404
      @irwinveloz1404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@matthewokoh7947 i know the names are no debate, they come from spain, but that doesn't mean it was 100% spaniard a Lot of american discredit México saying it only belonged to us 10 years , those territories have way more mexican influence than spanish influence, spain barely Even cared about those territories, they basically took half of our territory, and what used to be new spain, so don't Say it was only spanish pls

    • @irwinveloz1404
      @irwinveloz1404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @GordoScarface i know the names are spanish bro, read My comments i forgot to mention i wasn't talking about that, My Bad, i'm talking more of the cultural influence on those territories

  • @Evan-iq8hd
    @Evan-iq8hd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +686

    US: Hey Amigo sell me that territory.
    Mexico: NO!
    US: That's wasn't very cash money of you

    • @dayosonictv
      @dayosonictv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      birdman

    • @achilles9448
      @achilles9448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well not all of it that's true because Texas want to leave Mexico in fact they asked America twice to become part of the United States and we both declined it

    • @alienlife7754
      @alienlife7754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The best thing that ever happened for those territories was the Mexican/American war. If they were still part of Mexico they would be poor and overrun by Mexican drug cartels. 100% fact.

    • @jrgalindo4074
      @jrgalindo4074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1.000.000 $

    • @marlboroman2393
      @marlboroman2393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Matt King 100% not fact. Look at my state of nuevo leon, its wealthy and modern

  • @blackwolf616
    @blackwolf616 ปีที่แล้ว

    The developments of the Battle on Monterrey is some Lord of the rings level shit, a video would be amazing

  • @darkhelmutt3417
    @darkhelmutt3417 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The borders established by the treaties of velasco not being shown at 1:57 shows you everything you need to know about this video.

    • @seanmacguire6898
      @seanmacguire6898 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Probably because Texas had no authority in those lands.

    • @moic9704
      @moic9704 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Treaty of Velasco didnt establish borders.

  • @atourversace4032
    @atourversace4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This is better than a history class, I'll start watching your videos with my son.

    • @Dan-zt7uj
      @Dan-zt7uj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ikr. These videos are so interesting and fun to watch. Some teachers sound boring

    • @sabr3T
      @sabr3T 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dan-zt7uj yeah same

  • @fernandozome1750
    @fernandozome1750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Now I understand why many Names in the southern usa , are in Spanish .

    • @salsaniggas8544
      @salsaniggas8544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      amazing

    • @omniscientcammaleon9477
      @omniscientcammaleon9477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Its funny when you look at it, specially california, mexico had upper california and lower california, but then lost the upper one, still mexico really wanted two californias, so now we have northern lower california and southern lower california.

    • @aldoa1988
      @aldoa1988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It was first colonized by Spain then it turned into Mexico so yea that’s why there were a lot of Spanish names in those areas

    • @zzassenavzzz
      @zzassenavzzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      how did u not know dis before💀💀

    • @tigregrande6166
      @tigregrande6166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes ask yourself why they won't teach you this in high school they don't want put this into your head.But rather teach history across the country which we shouldn't really learn 😂

  • @clayhackney3514
    @clayhackney3514 ปีที่แล้ว

    For some reason the map shown through most of the video doesn't have San Francisco bay?

  • @dougcox4310
    @dougcox4310 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would love to see one of these about the state of Texas

  • @angelmercado6618
    @angelmercado6618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    And then general Santa Ana went to cuba and spend all of his money on prostitutes and tequila. Yeeeehhaa

    • @mariosanabria8064
      @mariosanabria8064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Man, Tekila is not produced on Cuba

    • @C0wb0yBebop
      @C0wb0yBebop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That doesn’t sound as bad as Napoleons sad then sadder island 🏝

    • @Slim-shamag
      @Slim-shamag 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣

    • @redwater4778
      @redwater4778 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mariosanabria8064 In Cuba they make rum, but call it ron.

    • @butterskywalker8785
      @butterskywalker8785 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@C0wb0yBebop Napoleon wasn't even that bad

  • @vadimbutsyk9750
    @vadimbutsyk9750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    This video was very cool! I just found out that the treaty of velasco was signed on my birthday! I'd love to see the Spanish-American war! Keep spreading fun and entertaining videos :)

    • @peteshively5552
      @peteshively5552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thats part of the Spanish American War

    • @revolucion-socialista
      @revolucion-socialista ปีที่แล้ว

      "Americans" are all people who live on the American Continent, not just in the united states

  • @xylemphoenix
    @xylemphoenix ปีที่แล้ว

    This is way different than I learned years ago in school.

  • @fiftyseventh
    @fiftyseventh ปีที่แล้ว +15

    🇺🇸!! I never learned about this war in school

    • @KhadijaIsACutie
      @KhadijaIsACutie ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes you did you weren’t paying attention. This is basic america history. 😭

    • @erennotmyyeager4558
      @erennotmyyeager4558 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

    • @MegaEspacio
      @MegaEspacio ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Stolen land

    • @KhadijaIsACutie
      @KhadijaIsACutie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Trump lost, move on then what do y’all do? Stare at a wall for 8 hours? This is American history basics, second to Christopher Columbus, you know who that is? 😂😂

    • @fiftyseventh
      @fiftyseventh ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KhadijaIsACutie I enjoy history and paid attention in school. This wasn’t taught at my charter school. We learned about the revolutionary war, civil war, Louisiana purchase, Boston tea party, etc.

  • @marthapedroza3059
    @marthapedroza3059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    FANTASTIC ! NOW I SEE THINGS EVEN MORE CLEAR...THANKS !!