It really be like that and in the end the lies come to truth but we still make things worst and yet call it a great success! Welcome to AMERICA 🇺🇸 a "free proud nation"
Lol the formation of almost all countries which have ever existed usually had some sort of war or foul play involved. You cannot be petty about what happened hundreds of years ago to create the country you’re sitting in right now. Bad things happen in the world, not everything can be rainbows and bunny rabbits.
I mean, Russia is kinda doing this in eastern ukraine right now. They’re moving troops towards the border which is usually a sign a war will ensue. However, Russia experts believe that Russia is trying to get Ukraine to fire the first shot so that Russia would have a “just” cause for war. This would also make it more difficult for NATO countries to then back Ukraine via military involvement, since it’d be viewed as joining the side which started the war. Even though you could argue Russia is trying to start a war without firing a shot. Point being every major superpower or regional power has done this at one time or another. Countries are run by either borderline narcissists or narcissists who want to make an impact on their society. And they’re willing to do a lot to succeed. Even so called “just leaders” are a bunch of narcissists. If you think you can lead over a million people/people should listen to you and trust you to do the right thing, then you’re not someone I’d trust. But, sadly, humans and primates are kinda messed up, it’s just we’re a lot smarter than chimps.
Im European and they don't teach us much about Mexico or talk about it on the news without mentioning drug cartels. This video is like a breath of fresh air! Thank you!
if you are european you dont call yourself european. thats weird, also you dont get teached about mexico the same way you dont get teached about the us. if your country is not involved with it its usually not worth to teach. Unless is something big enough like the industrial revolution or the world wars.
@@a_yan6581 Harder for me to speak about that. Since im spanish and we have a bigger connection to latin america than the rest of europe. I guess i hear about it more often than in the other countries
@@CoronelRadec Mate back when i used to live in Indonesia my hometown even when bloke does possess drugs in any quantity they'd get put up in the TV, because there are plenty of men and woman in their 10s till 20s consuming drugs left, right and center. So in conclusion when someone or some drug cartel is smuggling drugs possessing drugs or whatever they'd be shown on the tele as well but it has to be in a massive scale. But I don't if they still do that in Indo, I've left the country for quite a while.
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5:30 as a Mexican, I can confirm the government didn't say 'no,' they said 'ni madres.'
You do realize that the Comanche were causing problems for the Mexican Empire and that’s why they invited the American settlers to act as a buffer between them and the Comanche
@@Urekakwkwueh Actually they did. You see, the liberal narrative is that whites came and conquered peaceful Native Americans before that. But that’s not true at all. Before Europeans or Africans arrived, indigenous people of the continent and its islands were engaged in warring with each other and migration, whether taken land by force or by other means and migration often followed these campaigns. In fact, some Native Americans fought on the side of the whites because they were relieved a strong force could come into the region and fight against their enemies that had oppressed them, terrorized them or taken their land previously. This happened in the Caribbean between Caribs, Tainos and Guanahatabeys and in South America, Central America and even México. In México, the Aztecs oppressed other Native Americans badly, took land from them, terrorized them so much that the Amerindians in the area were excited the Spanish had arrived to challenge the Aztecs and fought on the side of the Spaniards.
one of them was Ulysses Grant (he obviously survived), he even wrote in his memoirs that he was ashamed to be an American every time he remembered the mexican-american war.
The video was made to be inflammatory and to try to make white Americans hate themselves, so I'd say the comments will be interesting for sure, lol. I'm Chinese from Hong Kong, and honestly when I look at you chaps I just think that you guys can't seem to let go of the past because you want to use it to justify the hate you have against groups you are opposed to. Like, slavery was in the past, US land grabbing is in the past, Native American slaughtering was in the past, etc etc. No one alive now took part in any of that, and you guys need to move on, seriously...I could justify hate against the UK because of the Opium War, but I don't because it's just so stupid to put blame on current generations when their ancestors that took part in that war are long dead. All I see in reviving such things is what the Chinese Communist Party is doing, using history to keep an everlasting grudge on all foreigners, especially the UK, the US, and Japan, and stoking hatred among us Chinese in order to use us for their purposes of control and power. As long as you hold on to hate, who you are will fade away and turn into a twisted form of what your potential could have been, and you will be easily used to further the purposes of more powerful, hateful people to push their own agendas.
Christian Bai The creator of this vid is an SJW commie. I dont feel bad about anything. If it makes anyone feel bad, then they are weak minded. Every people on this Earth has stolen land at some point. Im not ashamed of anything the US did.
Well, U.S. education teaches us with American Exceptionalism, or, only our point of view of history. These videos get rid of that and show everything. Shows how shitty and back-staby America is.
@The Joker how is Mexico a bully? In this war... Mexico was a new nation...it was barely getting its people a nationality....the US started witj 13 original colonies..... Yes the US was thr bully
@@PrattlingPate_ America may be shitty and back-staby, but we are exceptional. May I please point to nearly all of the 100s of thousands of American pioneered technologies that made this convo possible. Hell, our tax payer funded work into agriculture-- alone-- is credited with 2 billion foreign humans not starving to death in the past 120 years. America not perfect, but still far better than the rest combined.
@@jakehix8132 those technologies were also either stolen (Germans, Soviet, etc) or by immigrants. The people doing amazing things in the US are almost at not from there originally. America just provides the environment for innovation. But now someone is jealous of another nation taking over.
As a Mexican I like to think I don't care about these land grabs, but I'd lie if I said this video didn't hurt a bit. As Porfirio Diaz said "Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the US".
Mexico only had like 20 years of existing when the independence of Texas happened, so the people of the northen Mexico didn’t feel so mexican. Also the Mexican government only allows white people to live in northen Mexico. El gobierno mexicano enseña mucho esta historia para generar un patriotismo barato y poner como excusa que no avanzamos por culpa de USA y asi los políticos limpiarse las culpas de sus errores y corrupción.
MrNobodycares100 the Americans have better weapons and that was an advantage in the Mexican-American war. The Americans cannons where lighter, so this give the Americans a great advantage in mobility. This was a great factor in the victory of the Americans.
Do you pay back the 30 million USA paid for it when they could have given nothing that equals 3 Trillion today, and thank US for stoping Russia and others that were taking it anyway, and everything else.
@@B7NZ What should the price be for Americans that were deported as a “ repatriate act”. Just because they were of Mexican decent they were still deported even though they were 100% American born here. How about the Hidalgo Act that the USA never honoreda ?
@@noegamboa9924 Thanks, Ya I was talking about defining borders from a primitive time. Even if some are given money from US for the past, or live in US now that doesn't mean you live in hate wanting to " taking it Back ", and redefine the border not contributing making US better, but an enemy within destroying not living in peace when we can.
@@noegamboa9924 Some points to help you interpret facts, you can't judge the past by todays context, The big picture for all is often more important even if some wrong or a few are wronged, you can't say a few are hurt so all are hurt, there is the heart of the law and the letter of the law, all are subject to the county's law and non-citizens may have different laws, Bias would expect foreigners subject to their counties laws, but not when in other, two wrongs don't make a right.
@@noegamboa9924 We can talk about the Mexican Repatriation and the Hidalgo Act and debate, but tube blocks big posts. No one is saying US is perfect, but if US didn't take control the land would have been taken by others, and US taking it saved Mexico and US by making them safe protected by the ocean that has helped Mexico also.
In Mexico we learn this in school. Our school history books are encyclopedic and cover info from the first settlers in the continent, pre columbian cultures, the spanish invasion, “the birth of Mexico” as the mixture of both conquerors and conquered cultures, independence, revolution and contemporary history. Thank you for creating and sharing this video, you’re always welcome to come to México for this is also your home, Peace ✌️🇲🇽
@@joerogaine3093 lmao 😂 you obviously hate Mexico and saying lies I clicked on your profile and it showed me all the other comments you left on the video and let’s say their not friendly 😂 Just say you hate Mexicans and go it’s not that deep
Haha funny, Spain colonized and racialized mexico into castas (meaning you're more deserving of rights depending on how white you are) and blew the natural resources for years until Mexico kinda won a war just to have half our country stolen, yeah, that's laughable
@@Nonamelol. Your argument to not bring up cartels is that they don’t kill random people but just target people. Great that they don’t kill random people but how is it not still terrible? Is that the standards you’re setting?
@@Nonamelol. You are looking at a result of Trump's Presidency, but Biden's Presidency is bringing them right back. California became majority Hispanic in 2015.
I visited San Diego recently. I took the bus where they tell you the "history of the city" and I was shocked that they didn't mention anything about the land being part of Mexico once. They focused on the business men who invested to build the city. Something like "before them, this was empty". It's really sad how they don't even acknowledge the fact that it was taken from Mexico. I felt like they just wanted to erase that part of history. Great video! Thanks for the hard work on this research.
California was claimed and founded by Spain, Spaniards approx 1540. Colonized by Spain in 1770 and belonged to Spain for almost 275 years. Mexico claimed California for only 25 years, California not ancestrally Mexico. In fact Americans settled in California 1821 just about the same time Mexican government officials took over California from Spain. Many Americans migrated to California after the Mexican War with the US westward movement. Mexican and Chinese were also immigrating at this time. But it was the 1910 Mexican Revolution that attracted Mexicans to the north escaping Mexico's government instabilities. While Spain founded the first Spanish Colonial settlements to guard California against Russian claims in an isolated wilderness desert in northern New Spain, with a few years of Mexican intervention 1821-1846 during which Mexico quasi controlled California which was not part of Mexico's main; it was the United States who made modern California what it today.
@@Kat-fq4ei LOL. That's a good example of what the people on the tour said. California belonged to Spain, as the rest of the Mexican territory did. When MX got its independence, it included California. You said "Mexico claimed California for only 25 years" That's the kind of rhetoric that I find quite shocking.
@@damarindo Spain did not recognize Mexican independence and Spains King refused to sign the Treaty of Cordova. Spain did not Treaty any lands over to Mexico. Mexico claimed its lands on paper, under its 1824 Estados Unidos Mexicanos constitution. One may consider stolen as Mexico Treaty'd lands over to the USA describing a border, lands and water's. There was no such description of lands under any agreement when Mexico took Spains lands. Under Mexico's first Apatzingan constitution, California, New Mexico/Arizona and Texas were not Mexico. So Mexico's borders changed 4 times within fourty years; from no border as there was no Mexico, then the lands under Apatzingan constitution, then the 1824 constitutional border, and the 1848 border. All in all from later 1800s California had its share of immigrants; Americans, Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese and Philippines up to earlier 1900s. And California had been settled by Americans early on during the SW Mexican Period which started in 1821. Mexican soldiers were given Mexican land grants during this Period to encourage settlers, they were few as California was very distant, isolated wilderness and conditions were as uninhabitable as during the Spanish Period, very difficult to settle with dangerous unconquered raiding Indians. Americans were the most population and built Californias infrastructure. Bottom line is Mexicans were not ancestrally rooted in California, they were late arrivals in the 1800s as were Anglo Americans. European Spain was the claimant, settler and founder of early California. It was the USA government who subjugated the Indians..
@@Kat-fq4eiin those 25 yrs there were almost no Mexicans all were still novohispanos for the Viceroy of new Spain. But as always the Anglos didnt keep their promises to the novohispanos and kicked them out or sent them to reservations. As always Anglo supremacy reigns supreme where ever they go
i was in the texas public school system for a couple of years after immigrating from mexico. in 5th grade they “teach” you the history of texas, and if you’re lucky you get to go to the museum in austin in a big school field trip. the history in plain sight is wrong: the fight at the alamo is drawn out so students think that the settlers were brave and contagious, they never explained why they were there in the first place or how many native americans were murdered. quite frankly, it’s very bias and i was fortunate enough to have also been through the mexican school system to know what actually happened in the battle of the alamo and after.
Samantha Bajonero The Mexicans did the same to the native Americans? What are you talking about? Mexico is a rump state founded by Spanish settlers. Saying that the Mexicans were any better than the american settlers is just flat out wrong. The tejanos would regularly steal land from the natives (who in turn had stolen land from other natives centuries before)
@@comphysync9084 I'll never understand why lefties project as much as they do. Yes, we patriots are quite familiar with our nation's bad points. We don't ignore them at all.
I'm mexican and every time I hear about this topic I get pissed. But I understand it because the history of Mexico is based on that, the bad desitions from the authorities, they prefered to solve their individualist problems, and this happened. But we have learned from those mistakes, I'm part of the new generation and I see a lot of potential from us, we are going to change our bad situation, and I'm not talking about the territory I'm talking about the corruption, economy, and the insecurity. Any way I don't hate the US, they were more intelligent in this situation. Is good that you are discovering the real history of country. We have more in common than you think, so stop the racism.
"Every time I hear about this topic I get pissed". Why though? I'm basically half Mexican, but don't get pissed, and don't get why people would be pissed, as this happened almost two centuries ago..
I’m first generation of Mexican immigrants and I feel you. It’s hard not to be somewhat angry when you hear about the people of your birth land warring with and swindling the people of your ancestral homeland. It makes me cynical about humanity in general because we should be working together not fucking each other over. Nuestros países son hermanos y debemos cuidar nuestro tierra como hermanos.
Thank you! I'm glad that matters. it take a LOT of hours to make these videos. Especially the animations. But my hope is that the effort pays off by making it easier to understand for everyone.
@@johnnyharris ANIMATION!!!!!!! that exactly what makes these videos lively . ANIMATION!!!!! it makes the video talking to us as a person .............I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK JOHNNY KEEP IT UP
@@nope6908 well its a 13 minute video ... with an ad. Can you be more specific about what truths you think have been distorted from the stuff he left out? Or give some examples of what you think he left out?
@@tavencio879He’s not necessarily telling the whole truth either tho. I hate to be that guy but Mexico also stole Mexico. When The United States stole from Mexico it was basically one colonial power stealing from another after the Indigenous people of both places were screwed over and treated like crap by the colonial powers (The US government tried to wipe out and obliterate Indigenous tribes just like the Mexican government did).
The aztecs used to terrorize and do rituals with the local slaves they used to capture, because they didn't have any competition. Then Spain came and local tribes fought together to overthrow the Aztec Empire. Learn your history
this reminds me of how my teachers taught this, they made it seem like Mexico was at guilt for this and how they were 'cowards' for not fighting even though they had knives to their necks. Teachers in texas not teaching this correctly is a crime
@@g_g1241 You act like America was the only nation that had slavery and originated it when that was far from the truth. Even ignoring the influence from the UK, Spain, Africa etc.
I'm a mexican that lives in México and that's the dumbest shit I've ever heard, no one cares that it was our land 160 years ago, it's history man. We're not salty for what happened 500 years ago either. Be greatful for your country as I'm greatful for mine.
@@pranithgeddapu3432 okay, your point is whataboutism. This can be called out as it is without WELL WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER BAD PEOPLE it's a cowardly argument that is trying to run away from the problem here
@@panic9383 But it doesnt change the fact that every country does it. Trying to say that America is the only country that does it is wrong, and the media doesnt accept that. They focus on America, while mexico took their land from thier natives. However, for SOME strange reason, i dont see "How mexico stole their land" videos do i?It's not a cowardly argument lmao, and what is the problem here? Anti illegal alien sentiments shouldnt be unjustfied, they did commit a crime. Anti immigration, however, is much worse.
Americans were afraid of all those brown skin Mexican men coming over and taking away their white american women. Once you go brown, you can't go back.
@Royal Bengal Tiger Mexico is racist, starting with the Spanish/Indian conflicts and caste system. And before that tribe against tribe. Even today, Mexicans boast about their whiteness, others of their Indian blood. There would have been no African slaves if African merchants had not sold their own to other nations. Slavery in Africa was a booming business centuries ago. Racism in the United States is not what it was 150 years ago. Not all were slave owner's, in fact the nation went into the Civil War over freedom for slaves, segregation helped the Black to develop themselves to independence setting their own businesses, etc in their own communities, Civil Rights, and today they have every right under the law as any other American. In the US, any racism that still exists is politically motivated and racism works the other way around. Can't be that bad as immigrants of all colors are pouring into US borders.
There were many other reasons why the US didn't annexed all of Mexico. Racism wasn't the only reason. It wasn't even one of the main reasons. The US wasn't quite ready to control such a big territory. Everybody in Congress knew this and that's why they didn't annexed all Mexico.
You forgot to tell that Mexico had a political crisis at the time and the country was divided by 2, that is why the US won the war so easily. Everything else was pretty much covered, great video. Greetings from México.
These videos about colonization and maps and borders have taught me more in the past few weeks then I ever knew! I'm almost 40 years old and I was so misled! Thank you John, for opening my eyes.. I'm so interested in this stuff now thanks to you and your team..
How the U.S. Stole Alaska. Just getting it started for him. And by trade, you mean trading money for land? Or are you pointing out that just like Russia claiming they owned Alaska which had native peoples, Mexico's claim on most of it's territories weren't really democratically agreed to and kind of a taking by the ones with the biggest army?
@@moracalde No them settlers did not fought the battles it was the US army that initially lost the war at Resaca de la Palma. Then the US sent the entire army to ransack Mexico
As an immigrant who is 43% Native American I’ve heard so many times, “go back to your country.” But I truly belong here, if life was fair I would be the majority not the minority.
@@reecemorton4786 Anglo power - what does that mean? A people more willing to kill other people. Not content with what they have, but always feel the need to take what belongs to others, and to kill them for it.
@@ialien2077 I'm sorry mate, but all countries have conqured each other including native ones. Every border in every continent was created throu war, when countries lose wars they lose teritory that's how it goes Reality is that the Anglo's were more technologicaly advanced and better at war. The natives weren't "more morally correct", they conqured and killed each other, they were simply not as technologically advanced as Europe, Asia and Africa. Get educated before speaking, if the Natives could colonize they would have done it aswell
And btw. Americans never paid any rent for that land. They were welcomed as immigrants under the condition that they speak spanish and become catholic.
Taxation in lieu of rent. The condition that they speak Spanish was pretty much over as soon as the tyrant Santa Anna was elected. which was soon after the colony was founded. You can thank the Aztecians for replacing sensible presidents with psychopaths and why we didn't keep all of Mexico after the Mexican American war..
@@dons123111 You can fell proud for being a thief and i will continue to feel proud for Mexicans taking that land back. Soon white people will be the minority in the US.
Yeah mexico barely controlled it. They only claimed it after a war with spain. The Comanche and other tribes were slaughtering mexicans so the mexican Gov. Wanted a buffer between them and the indians. So they said the Americans could live there if they converted to Catholicism, spoke spanish, and killed as many indians as they could.
Whenever I hear American say I wait for a thief from the territory of Mexico that is a supremacist who practices slavery without a culture who has guns everywhere and a hypocritical fucking drug addict who calls himself our brother
British settler colonies be like: “How the US stole the US” “How Canada stole Canada” “How Australia stole Australia” Except New Zealand. They’re cool. EDIT: Apparently the British Kiwis also did bad things to the natives :(
Ummmm, NZ was stolen too. Look up Raupatu and the confiscations of 1863 and 1864 just for starters. That's literally theft by a Government that wasn't acknowledged by the Indigenous People
NOPE, NZ was stolen from the Maori, by the British. Very similar story. Look up "The Citizen's Handbook", it's a hilarious webseries that (briefly) explains a lot of NZ's history.
An interesting fact about Polk is that after he accomplished his goals he left office. Based on his "successes" I think he could've easily won a second term, but he did just about everything he wanted in his first so he didn't run again.
@@asharyaz yeah but like he had no ambitions to run in the next election him dying isn’t particularly relevant to the fact that he had already retired from politics 3 months earlier
Polk was pretty smart. Using war tactics to gain land from Mexico and negotiating with the British for the Oregon Territory to finalize the ever-expanding United State to a coast-to-coast continental country.
Also, when gold was discovered in California, it was technically still part of Mexico. The Governor Sutter kept it a secret until the deal was done. He knew Mexico wouldn’t sell California if there was gold found.
And to know that with the heavy amounts of lithium found Mexico will be ur next home when USA done fall down wich is about to happen Mexico is the next USA
Great video. I think that you could have insisted that the main issue between the Texan settlers and the government of Mexico was slavery. So, every time they tell you that Texans were fighting for freedom, keep in mind that it was for the _freedom to own slaves_
@@GodEmperorEnjoyer In that case they should have gone back to the U.S. Where having human beings as slaves was perfectly right. You can't deny your kin: The Queen and The Pirate's Empire. That's what they do right? Stealing from weaker nations.
@@GodEmperorEnjoyer the dictatorship was not affecting the American settlers at all, if it was such a terrible dictatorship why did he want to free the slaves then
Not to be insulting but it wasn’t just slaves, the president Santa Anna had been making moves forcing Texans to pay higher taxation and give up their arms cache to defend against native attacks. He also imprisoned a Texan falsely for 2 years. Mexico was not a shining star either, they had constant revolt during the 1820s and 1830s and it was not at all peaceful
This is tough part of Mexican history to teach, and learn, in Mexico at school. As Mexican, I can say this has been a sour episode of our history, but I wanted to highlighted that this was key to create the concept of Mexico as national state beyond the pre-Columbian culture and the Hispanic inheritance. I’d also like to highlight the fact that we Mexicans haven’t held grudges to our neighbours in the north and I think we’re great hosts with them in their multiple vacations and business trips to our country despite losing half of our former territory with USA. I’ve been follower of Vox for years and more recently of this channel and I have to say that this video is incredibly honest and critical coming from a US citizen (note that I avoided to say American).
John Edward Gallagher glad it’s not your concern. I’m not trying to blame you guys for our own mistakes. Maybe you should do the same beginning with being humble. Greeting from America
Sultan Abdulhameed II man, this shouldn’t be a forum for hate. This is what I was trying to explain in my initial comment. First and foremost, US is a great country in its own right, that being said we had our bad moments with them in the past, despite of it we the Mexican people have never been blinded by it.
Reason you don't hold any grudges is that you've been successfully coerced by United States of America and its media. Google about coercion and you'll agree with me.
Simply put everyone is the same fucking species. There were civilizations to the tip of South America THOUSANDS of year before there were any humans in Europe. Fast forward, the US is a young country with a society regulated by selfish politicians who make it a business. So society, people of every culture, are only really taught what will benefit they're management of the country for years ahead. That's why we learn more of the past online. And México has its own shit to deal with. They don't have time or power to make enemies. Mexicans have been impacted so much. Kinda sucks, but it ain't holding us back thats for sure.
Im surprised Polk doesn't get more credit in the US history. Remember that this is what countries used to do, they conquered, waged wars, the fact that Mexico survived as an independent state is pretty good outcome for them.
Who ever made up that quote was historically challenged. It was actually Mexico who crossed the borders on inherent lands of the Navaho, Comanche, Caddo, Kiowa, Piaut , Shasta, Chumash, Pueblo and other northern tribes in today's USA. The Comanche and Kiowa constantly fought the Sonorans and Sinaloans. Fierce warrior tribes who were feared in those villages in today's northern Mexico who's lands were left in shreds by northern tribes.... Truth is Mexico had only been a nation for 25 years before the Mexican War and Mexico claimed its lands under its Estados Unidos Mexicanos constitution of 1824. Spain never acknowledged Mexican independence and Spains King refused to sign the Treaty of Cordova so Spain never treatied any lands over to Mexico. In fact under Mexico's first 1814 Apatzingan constitution, California, New Mexico which included Arizona, Texas were not Mexico. Today Mexico is what is left after the USA returned half of Mexico by the Treaty of GH. So "Mexico" since its beginning had been neither here or there. Until both the USA and Mexico negotiated a border. So that quote you mention is pretty ridiculous...
Out of all the documentaries I’ve ever watched, the one he makes are still my favourite. I have no idea how much general knowledge I’ve gained from his channel like it’s crazy.
@@djunior874 the Jews in the arab countries were by no means driven out. In fact the arab states began to notice the migration of Jews in big numbers around the beginning of the 20th century, and decided to take strict measures to prevent the Jewish migration to Palestine, all of the migrations of Arab Jews took place secretly.
6:06 That's a foto featuring Pancho Villa, a mexican hero of the revolution that occurred 64 years after this altercation. Actually, in 1846, Pancho Villa wasn't even born. Lol
@@4cornernan hahaha and how one thing cancel the other? Most of the times it is this stone cold behavior what aloud a warrior to be a "successful" one, you guys also have so many examples of that
Thank you, Americans should really know their history looked at from another perspective, not to feel ashamed, they didn't do anything, but to feel compassion for the people that just want to be able to feed their families, that just want to live life as they want it (legally ofc). Also, I live in a west pacific city in Mexico and there are entire neighborhoods of Americans living IN Mexico expecting everyone to understand and talk to them in English, but yeah cheers
I live in Milwaukee.. and there’s giant neighborhoods of Mexicans that live here and they mostly speak Spanish in their neighborhoods and expect u to speak it there was well .. also in El Paso they’re hospitals where no one speaks English
Americans aren’t the only people who should understand someone else’s perspective .. Americans are just trying to feed their families as well .. my grandmother came over from Mexico .. so I understand what that was like ..
You didn’t talk at all about New Mexico, one of the few portions of this piece of land that had substantial Spanish settlements (compared to Alta California and Texas). Santa Fe is the oldest state capital in the United States, and New Mexicans descended from Spanish and mestizo settlers and indigenous slaves are still here, and often forgotten about. We’re not immigrants, we’ve been here before America or even Jamestown or Plymouth existed.
Just like we California Mexicans Americans, we have always been here yet white folks call us illegals in our own land lol they think that we don't know the truth.
@@Aeuri It's really difficult to bring out USA SW history because Goggle who owns TH-cam and are cancel culture WOKE radical left wing, keep deleting SW Spanish Colonial history and historical research. They are promoting immigrant Chicano Studies revionist history in SW, indigenous over European.
@@visorij3374 You are right, we don't need to be part of Mexico again, but our MEXICAN culture it's rising stronger and powerful and it's the predominant now here, just myself 10 years ago i used to speak mostly English and listen entirely English music, now 75% of the time i speak SPANISH (the language of our Spaniard ancestors) and now i listen 100% Regional MEXICAN spanish Music.. and im Proud to let you know almost everyone i know here in CALIFORNIA we are returning to our roots, stop listening to "american, black hip hop" and now we listen more MEXICAN Spanish music.. everyone i know 😎
Boxing Training it doesn’t matter, data shows by the 3 to 4 generation every immigrants is fully Americanized regardless of culture. And all public schools require you to learn English so regardless of if you speak Spanish eventually you linage will only speak English.
@@visorij3374 It was that way before when Anglos were the majority the older Generations of Mexican-Americans didn't have choice but assimilated to avoid discrimination by racist people back in the day and many forget their roots, now times are changing and we are different proud Mexican-American new generations that we are stick to our culture and roots, for your information now in 2020 REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC its now the most popular music in us Americans of MEXICAN-HISPANIC descent we even have several hundred groups with U.S. born CALIFORNIANS of Mexican descent making it big in the REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC industry with each video having millions of millions of views and i can give you many examples.... like i told you in the other comment many millions of us Mexicans- Americans we have already stop consuming to "americanize" English influence (including Music) for strong reasons, we are already replacing all that in our cities and you like it or not now HISPANICS young people are more into SPANISH.. that is our language that runs through our veins and from couple years SPANISH it's way more popular in all aspects.. THIS IS THE REALITY NOW ;)
@@Saudyization That’s funny because in that era and any year before WWII he was considered to be one of America’s greatest presidents for giving us our modern border. Modern society just likes to demonize great men.
@「Obese Giorno」 lol The US is the only nation that gets in “trouble” for annexing land fair and square. We conquered unstable regions of a failing former colony. Marched all the way to Mexico City and still left the Mexicans with a large part of there territory. I call that Mercy.
Joseph S most of all country are a product of colonization on the western hemisphere. Almost no native languages are used for national language, or at least spoken by the “settlers” from the colonies. But Paraguay may be the exception here, because they conserve native languages and culture, even hispanic descendants speaks it too. But many Colonies genocide the tribes and assimilate the natives because they think that they are inferior to the colonies.
Rob Dee what’s in the past was already in the past, what matters now is that the U.S. Need to treat immigrants like human beings, whether they got U.S. nationality or not. I kinda sick to see that kind of nationalism actually
@flmvdvsrg I think the word you’re thinking of is, “inhabited,” which is the past participle of the verb, inhabit: (of a person, animal, or group) live in or occupy (a place or environment). "a bird that inhabits North America"
@@ChiefWemak If you refer to the United States His-Tory; you might want to research the law that applies to it. Ipso jure as Moorish Subjects are all U.S. CITIZENS. That’s why all U.S. CITIZENS are residents. Beside the 14th Amendment is unconstitutional, so all U.S. CITIZENS are squatters! Fear not, the United States Inc. is insolvent, bankrupt, and dissolved. The end is near!
Johnny Harris you will be called as a TWO-FACED LIAR BY DINESH D'SOUZA because he knows the fact that after the Spanish-American War between America and Spain, colonial Mexico which is a COLONIAL PROPERTY OF SPAIN was given as a war prize to the United States, the same thing happened to the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico. The U.S Congress accepted only the American Southwest but not all of Mexico because America is already over-extended. GO BACK TO SCHOOL Johnny Harris!
Aaron Joseph man this was a long time ago but it was just romanticized like every history involving a war for independence. The Alamo was portrayed as this valiant battle where the “good” guys will never give up even when faced with death in the face of evil. When Johnny got to that part of the video and put it bluntly that the battle of the Alamo was lost without spinning it into some romanticized version it really hit me.
Aaron Joseph I think I can provide a more complete picture since my Texas history class was only 3 years ago. Everything is kinda put in a Texas tinted lens. The Alamo is highly romanticized and taught with extreme detail. We hardly even make it to World War Two. Since the history isn’t really interesting after the civil war. The natives are taught in a neutral/positive way with the some of the worst things the settlers did not being really talked about, with more emphasis on the few positive things settlers did. With black people some things are talked about, such as lynching and slavery especially with it being illegal in Mexico and the civil war (it’s starting to be fully taught that slavery was a cause for the civil war, but it’s coincided with states rights.) with Juneteenth being talked about in detail since it’s a Texas holiday. the biggest bias I think though would be of Santa Anna, the leader of Mexico at the time you who is depicted as a evil and foolish tyrant that basically caused the Texas revolution to happen. I hope this is at least semi informative
@Rohan Dick, I feel bad for Tibet and they should be freed. As for the US, too bad there's not many natives left living for people to demand California and Texas to be freed.
And that's how its always been in world history. There is no just America. People fought over stuff for the longest. Well before there was an America. Get over it. Softies.
It's incredible how one person is able to create a video with this level of production value. Johnny Harris' Videos are better than most big studio funded documentaries.
@IamRoyalll If you so much as watched the more than 30 seconds video, you'd know that there was a lot more going on than a simple purchasing deal. The US engaged in a whole lot of foul play prior to any agreement as per usual.
@@makisjnx007 primarily Spain though. Spanish colonial policies did NOT prepare Mexico to be an independent nation. In reality, for obvious reasons, they were always intended to do the opposite.
@@makisjnx007 The US had nothing to do with it. After independence Mexico controlled everything from South America to Oregon. If the country was stable it would’ve dominated world history. The problem is the Spanish intentionally divided the people to make them easier to govern.
@@makisjnx007 Mexico was gone to shit since it’s creation as a republic first the problem with family’s that owned more land than almost everyone else, a broken class system, gangs civil war, rebellions. Mexico wasn’t ready to become independent
Tibet was originally peacefully liberated. The Dalai Lama also went to Beijing to meet Mao Zedong. Later, China began to crack down on the rich, communist wealth and land. The rich, headed by the Dalai Lama, resisted this policy, and finally went to India. This policy was a minority of capitalists. It is opposed, but most Tibetans in the middle and lower classes support it
Fue culpa de confiar mucho en Santa Anna. Sí, la regamos, pero siempre ha sido porque queremos ser amigos de todos. En cambio, los estadounidenses buscando su "identidad" roban tierra y matan a quien esté ahí. Solo fíjate en su nombre, literalmente robaron el nombre del continente para su país sin nombre.
@@ianrobles4298 No sería eso para todo el hemisferio occidental? Canadá, Brasil, México, Argentina Haití, Venezuela, Cuba incluida, solo por nombrar algunos.¿Qué país del hemisferio occidental no tiene conquista, colonización, esclavitud y genocidio en algún momento?
In reality it's not that Mexican's are stupid. It's that we are humble, noble, and inviting people and is still reflected today with the vast majority of us. It's a main reason why EVERYONE in the world loves us Mexicans. We just had the misfortune of having such voracious neighbors, that is still visible today with having them promote 'peace' and 'freedom' worldwide.
@@Wayne_Wheeler it's not him deciding that they weren't good enough to be americans, it was the people at the time saying they're not good enough. racist? yes. i'm not saying racism is good but that argument might've saved mexico from full annexation. anyways, it'd be good to just cooperate with each other now instead of reminiscing over old enmities.
@@brunolondinese5857 Well, it is a very old mountain range and therefore isn't as tall as those younger ones -- 480 million years or so of erosion is enough to cause some shrinkage. However their effects on the geography in the region are still huge. In fact, if you were to walk from the east coast to the west coast it is likely that the most challenging part would be the Appalachians (even though the Rockies are much taller.)
Mexico and the US have a complicated history. I love the Mexican people. It would be nice if we would invest more into Mexico and less into countries that we have nothing in common with.
Tax payers money should stay for tax payers ,we voluntarily invest in whoever we want . We have to stop giving politicians power to use our money the way they want .
Please don't invest in us. Please just stop this stupid drug war and forget we exist. Anything the US touches goes to crap. We just want to be left alone. Peace!!
@@turdferguson1603 I'm of mexican descent (but my Spanish is as good as my English and I go visit sometimes). It was a bit of an overreaction on my part in my reply. I have anglo american nieces and nephews and our countries are neighbors, but it sort of sucks to see the US violate the sovereignty of other countries over and over again and to still present itself as a morally superior nation. Just my point of view though. No ill will towards you
The fact that 'How the U.S Stole....' can be made into a series is a problem.... EDIT (4/08/20) This comment section has been filled with great discussion, and it’s been a week since the original comment was made and so I felt it may be good to answer some questions or thoughts you may have when reading the original comment. What about all the other countries that have “stolen” land? - Yes, nearly (I say nearly because I do not know everything about the world since the beginning of time) every current nation has “stolen” land throughout history. I know and completely acknowledge that the US is not the only country to be”stealing” or had “stolen” land, many nations especially the Superpower nations have “stolen” land. This is a video focusing on the U.S. Had it been that Johnny Harris created numerous videos with the title beginning for example “How Spain stole....” or “How Britain stole...” the the same comment would again have been made. For example “The fact that “how Spain stole...” can be made into a series is a problem...” It’s not a problem, it is history, you can’t change it, move on. - I do think that it is still a problem. I made a comment below reasoning why I think it’s still a problem, but in summary, it is still a problem because the US (as many other nations) are still “stealing” and exploiting sacred land and resources. It is still a problem as many education systems fail to make this part of history known. It is still a problem as because of this so much culture has been lost whether for choice or by force due to the US “stealing” land, leaving many indigenous people of today with little knowledge of their heritage. You clearly haven’t studied history - I would like to say that I know a bit about history, but I do not claim to know every single thing since the beginning of time and am still learning. Which is what I aim to do, to learn, understand and grow from what I learn. If you say it’s a problem, what’s the solution? - I made a comment answering this below but again in summary. I do not claim there is a definite solution. And I do not speak on behalf of people such as the Native Americans. But I do not think (again I could be wrong) there is a sum of material gain or money to compensate their loss. I encourage people to keep learning, act accordingly whether that be raising awareness or signing petitions etc. The land is not “stolen” - I used the verb “steal” in relation to the video title. Whether you would rather prefer to define this as conquered, colonised, invaded, etc etc is up to you. Although, some people may argue that land was rightfully conquered and some people may argue that the land was stolen. Stop making the US seem like a big bad country - I do not claim that I think the US is a “bad” country. My intent is not to hate on these countries but to share points for discussion. You may not agree with what I say and that is perfectly okay, I do not expect anyone to agree with me, you are entitled to your thoughts and opinions as am I.
@@TRC804 Mexico stole it from Spain, Spain stole it from the native tribes, and those tribes even probably stole it from someone else thousands of years before.
@@dragondrew2000 "it's fucking history" BS, the US is currently doing it. But now disguised as a fight against "dictatorship". It's just a great and convenient coincidence that those countries happen to have a lot of oil and other strategic resources. In Mexico we've had dictators such as Calderon who committed fraud to win the election and the US said nothing about it. Peña Nieto was the last US puppet who sold the national resources. that's why they didn't react to Ayotzinapa the same way they would if that happened in Bolivia or Venezuela. And just to be clear.. the US should stay away from any country period. They have a lot of issues internally to take care of anyway
This is the first time I've seen a gringo tell the truth about what happened. It angers me that the US always acts all high and mighty regarding the actions of Russia and other countries when they have behaved like this since the birth of their nation. How they acted towards Spain (who helped them gain independence) in Cuba, to get Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The atrocities they commited against catholic, spanish speaking Filipinos in order to "civilize" them. The genocide of native Americans, of which they always accuse Spain, but never give an explanation to why there are only 1% of indians left in the US, but there are MILLIONS south of the border. The coups in Hispanic America, the racism, slavery of black people, the arrogance of calling themselves "Americans" as if the whole continent belonged only to them. I could go on, but you get the idea. I accept that the US is the most powerful country in the world, but I don't accept their fantasy of being a "shining city upon a hill" when they have such a violent and common (for empires) history. So, I congratulate you. Great video and thanks for telling the truth.
@refriaire you are wrong, the US did not take Philippines, they are an independent country. The US people are fighting for their rights too so don't blame the people here but the Evil Government Leaders.
Great comments. Looking back, the people who have faired worst are the native peoples. They have been completely run over, land stolen, whole tribes disappeared. Looking forward, are we as a human race getting better? We are but a spec in time. Great empires have risen and fallen. What will happen to the US, Russia, China? I don't know, but i am proud of my Mexican heritage and happy we are still here.
Filipinos never spoke Spanish, only the elite did, not sure why that myth is stated over and over. If they did speak Spanish, it was a second or third language and not fluently spoken.
Loser mentality. "Other people are more successful than me, therefore they're evil." The number of Mexicans living in Texas at the time of Mexican independence was a meager 2,000 individuals. Texas was NOTHING before the Anglos showed up and actually started developing it. And the vast majority of America's wealth was created after abolition (GDP of less than $100B at emancipation vs 20T today). So it was WHITE immigrants who transformed the American southwest from a wasteland into an economic giant. Meanwhile, Mexico remains corrupt and underdeveloped as always.
@@vergil8257 It's an incredibly stupid framing of history, to say the least. The reality is that many empires fought wars over what is now the American southwest and drove out earlier inhabitants in the process. Both the Spanish (and later Mexican) empire and the Comanche empire drove out Native tribes like the Apaches in wars of violent conquests. So they stole the land first, then the whites "stole" it from them in turn.
“The settlers completely ignored it” That is so American 😂 Edit: all of the soft people in the comments crying because they can’t tell my comment is a joke 🤡
They were given the land one wanted mexico didn't either when they found out that they were successful they tried to take it back which started the war 🤔 we purchased the rest this video is just lies and properganda
@@jeremysanchez8329 No mexico wanted the land it was new and undeveloped land so they rented it out to Americans hoping to help the economy but the Americans brought slaves Which was illigal and acted indipendant to the Mexican government
They didn't rent it out they gave it out to settlers to build there economy they thought it was forthless and when it was successful they tried to take it back and they fought back hence the undisputed land
@@jeremysanchez8329 Wow. And I guess Hitler never invaded Poland, it was loaned to him and then the greedy bastards wanted it back later only after Adolf invested a shit ton of cash into developing it, so poor old Hitler had no choice but send the tanks in. Edit: Things you learn on TH-cam!
And this conflict is taught in American schools as the “Mexican-American War”, while it is the “American Intervention” in Mexican schools' National History classes. Edit: There's a lot of misinformation and plenty of toxicity in these responses. Proceed with caution.
The Joker it was because you guys stole Texas if we are talking about the original people then the us with Mexico shouldn't exist you idiot But we are talking after that don't do the crap of ( they have taken the land too and we were competing) for you to sound innocent yourself both of you shouldn't exist if we are talking that but here is a secret (we are not talking about that) we are talking in the middle of the 19th century every thing he said was a fact after every one had their own country you guys stole Texas end of story you are not justified in any case and Mexico are the victim in this .
The Joker all the land you have is from the people you took from too 🤦♂️ we all know that so he didn't mention you nor Mexico in that matter . And we are talking about after it don't do this crap to justify yourself
@@ahmeddhia8019 😂 “you guys” I am a RUSSIAN I didn’t steal anything from you or did any of my parents grandparents etc. but even tho they did steal the land that’s how it works why are you giving hate to this guy who had nothing to do with it it and just trying to educate people if you should hate on someone go back in time and hate on the people who actually did it
@@ahmeddhia8019 in the title he literally says “how the US STOLE Mexico” he isn’t trying to justify nothing he is telling us history and giving him shoit for it won’t do you or anyone who was hurt or killed in the wars justice
All of the Mexican photographs are from the mexican "revolution" (1910), long after the Mexico-United States war. The cliché uniform didn't exist back then, the mexican army used the usual kind of uniform used in europe and america by that time.
@@Movieclips-hj7dc Yes. But we still have that clothing in Museums. As a matter of fact, it's quite similar to Spanish military uniforms used back in the day. (Big surprise, right).
@@chainmail5886 not really..the Mexican Army was stylized after the FRENCH and using Napoelonic tactics, the Spanish were using Guerilla tactics. Do you mean the Mexican uniforms look similar to the Spanish? That still wouldn't be true because the Mexican uniforms were based on the French First legion, French Dragoons ( view the Franco Vietnamese War of 1830) , the Spanish used White uniforms , and in the carlist war they did look similar to the French Army. Santa Ana and Porifirio Diaz and 90% of influental Mexicans in that time were known Francophobes . The Mexican army was still using Grand Barrage 24 artilleries, which is why they loved the Saint Patricks batallion, Spain didn't use artillery that much, they were more cav based. People forget that FRANCE was the biggest investor and was culturally dominant in Mexico at this time. Spain had already lost it's influence in Mexico by early 1800s and from 1830-1900 French writters/businesses etc were dominant culture of Mexico. It ended after Porfirio left and the Zapatistas kicked them out.. Then the Iberian culture came back under Cardenas but this was because of FRANCO and millions of Spanish immigrants who flooded Mexico in 1940.. I wish the French were never kicked out because of them we have Bellas Artes, Chapultepec and Mexicos architecture resemble Baroque France (Europe) more than the US.
It seems like the US is really good at playing dirty and bloody and then making inspiring films about how amazing it all was becoming so amazing.
It really be like that and in the end the lies come to truth but we still make things worst and yet call it a great success!
Welcome to AMERICA 🇺🇸 a "free proud nation"
It’s not just the US tho every country makes movies like that
Lol the formation of almost all countries which have ever existed usually had some sort of war or foul play involved. You cannot be petty about what happened hundreds of years ago to create the country you’re sitting in right now. Bad things happen in the world, not everything can be rainbows and bunny rabbits.
I mean, Russia is kinda doing this in eastern ukraine right now. They’re moving troops towards the border which is usually a sign a war will ensue. However, Russia experts believe that Russia is trying to get Ukraine to fire the first shot so that Russia would have a “just”
cause for war. This would also make it more difficult for NATO countries to then back Ukraine via military involvement, since it’d be viewed as joining the side which started the war. Even though you could argue Russia is trying to start a war without firing a shot.
Point being every major superpower or regional power has done this at one time or another. Countries are run by either borderline narcissists or narcissists who want to make an impact on their society. And they’re willing to do a lot to succeed. Even so called “just leaders” are a bunch of narcissists. If you think you can lead over a million people/people should listen to you and trust you to do the right thing, then you’re not someone I’d trust. But, sadly, humans and primates are kinda messed up, it’s just we’re a lot smarter than chimps.
@@tornadochaser7226 It's important to learn about this and take it to heart because it is STILL HAPPENING.
Im European and they don't teach us much about Mexico or talk about it on the news without mentioning drug cartels. This video is like a breath of fresh air! Thank you!
if you are european you dont call yourself european. thats weird, also you dont get teached about mexico the same way you dont get teached about the us. if your country is not involved with it its usually not worth to teach. Unless is something big enough like the industrial revolution or the world wars.
@@CoronelRadec But you'd usually get those kind of info from the news right ?
Im half mexican half european and i do hear mexico a few times in the news
@@a_yan6581 Harder for me to speak about that. Since im spanish and we have a bigger connection to latin america than the rest of europe. I guess i hear about it more often than in the other countries
@@CoronelRadec Mate back when i used to live in Indonesia my hometown even when bloke does possess drugs in any quantity they'd get put up in the TV, because there are plenty of men and woman in their 10s till 20s consuming drugs left, right and center. So in conclusion when someone or some drug cartel is smuggling drugs possessing drugs or whatever they'd be shown on the tele as well but it has to be in a massive scale.
But I don't if they still do that in Indo, I've left the country for quite a while.
5:30 as a Mexican, I can confirm the government didn't say 'no,' they said 'ni madres.'
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Knowing the mexican goverment, their leader said "Quiero mas!!!"
“The native Americans lived in for years” he forgot to add the words “thousands of years”.
Not all Native Americans in Texas have origins from Texas. There are some that migrated to Texas from other lands within the last 2 centuries.
You do realize that the Comanche were causing problems for the Mexican Empire and that’s why they invited the American settlers to act as a buffer between them and the Comanche
@@IslenoGutierrez and the native american probably conquered it from the native before them
@@Urekakwkwueh Actually they did. You see, the liberal narrative is that whites came and conquered peaceful Native Americans before that. But that’s not true at all. Before Europeans or Africans arrived, indigenous people of the continent and its islands were engaged in warring with each other and migration, whether taken land by force or by other means and migration often followed these campaigns. In fact, some Native Americans fought on the side of the whites because they were relieved a strong force could come into the region and fight against their enemies that had oppressed them, terrorized them or taken their land previously. This happened in the Caribbean between Caribs, Tainos and Guanahatabeys and in South America, Central America and even México. In México, the Aztecs oppressed other Native Americans badly, took land from them, terrorized them so much that the Amerindians in the area were excited the Spanish had arrived to challenge the Aztecs and fought on the side of the Spaniards.
Until you sold their land.
This is one of my favourite videos you’ve ever made. Such a clear concise look at a complicated story
Your videos are awesome
Julie! Glad to see you here and to know you are a fan of this guy's work.
Josh Oduwole agreed!
Omg hi JULIE
Lol hi
Imagine being the group of 80 soldiers being sacrificed to provoke war.
one of them was Ulysses Grant (he obviously survived), he even wrote in his memoirs that he was ashamed to be an American every time he remembered the mexican-american war.
@@carloscarlin114 Jesus christ, I didn't know Grant was a part of that!
Got to love them dems.
imagine sacrificing 3k+ civilians at the world trader center
By any means necessary was Polk's thinking.
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The video was made to be inflammatory and to try to make white Americans hate themselves, so I'd say the comments will be interesting for sure, lol. I'm Chinese from Hong Kong, and honestly when I look at you chaps I just think that you guys can't seem to let go of the past because you want to use it to justify the hate you have against groups you are opposed to. Like, slavery was in the past, US land grabbing is in the past, Native American slaughtering was in the past, etc etc. No one alive now took part in any of that, and you guys need to move on, seriously...I could justify hate against the UK because of the Opium War, but I don't because it's just so stupid to put blame on current generations when their ancestors that took part in that war are long dead. All I see in reviving such things is what the Chinese Communist Party is doing, using history to keep an everlasting grudge on all foreigners, especially the UK, the US, and Japan, and stoking hatred among us Chinese in order to use us for their purposes of control and power. As long as you hold on to hate, who you are will fade away and turn into a twisted form of what your potential could have been, and you will be easily used to further the purposes of more powerful, hateful people to push their own agendas.
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The creator of this vid is an SJW commie. I dont feel bad about anything. If it makes anyone feel bad, then they are weak minded. Every people on this Earth has stolen land at some point. Im not ashamed of anything the US did.
I love that this man never leaves out details. Even if its a whole side journey as a whole, he will still make sure the impact is known
If only history was like this in school
I would of never skip classes
Well, U.S. education teaches us with American Exceptionalism, or, only our point of view of history. These videos get rid of that and show everything. Shows how shitty and back-staby America is.
@The Joker how is Mexico a bully? In this war... Mexico was a new nation...it was barely getting its people a nationality....the US started witj 13 original colonies..... Yes the US was thr bully
@@PrattlingPate_ America may be shitty and back-staby, but we are exceptional. May I please point to nearly all of the 100s of thousands of American pioneered technologies that made this convo possible. Hell, our tax payer funded work into agriculture-- alone-- is credited with 2 billion foreign humans not starving to death in the past 120 years.
America not perfect, but still far better than the rest combined.
@@jakehix8132 those technologies were also either stolen (Germans, Soviet, etc) or by immigrants. The people doing amazing things in the US are almost at not from there originally. America just provides the environment for innovation. But now someone is jealous of another nation taking over.
@Patty 7373 Calling Americans who call out the atrocities committed by America things like 'libtard' or sellout is just victim mentality
As a Mexican I like to think I don't care about these land grabs, but I'd lie if I said this video didn't hurt a bit. As Porfirio Diaz said "Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the US".
Mexico only had like 20 years of existing when the independence of Texas happened, so the people of the northen Mexico didn’t feel so mexican. Also the Mexican government only allows white people to live in northen Mexico.
El gobierno mexicano enseña mucho esta historia para generar un patriotismo barato y poner como excusa que no avanzamos por culpa de USA y asi los políticos limpiarse las culpas de sus errores y corrupción.
If they had competent leaders back then they would have never lost the war.🤦♂️
@@EnriqueHernandez-cw3vf wut?
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MrNobodycares100 the Americans have better weapons and that was an advantage in the Mexican-American war.
The Americans cannons where lighter, so this give the Americans a great advantage in mobility. This was a great factor in the victory of the Americans.
magtovi In the museum of Palo Alto in brownsville, Texas and in the museum of historia norestense of Monterrey is this info.
*And....he’s back with another map video*
who doesn’t like these videos? they’re so unique and actually teach us interesting topics
I prefer breakfast video
And it was very informative and well made
@@klauserji no
more like the US stealing territories
We are slowly taking it back
Do you pay back the 30 million USA paid for it when they could have given nothing that equals 3 Trillion today, and thank US for stoping Russia and others that were taking it anyway, and everything else.
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What should the price be for Americans that were deported as a “ repatriate act”. Just because they were of Mexican decent they were still deported even though they were 100% American born here.
How about the Hidalgo Act that the USA never honoreda ?
@@noegamboa9924 Thanks, Ya I was talking about defining borders from a primitive time. Even if some are given money from US for the past, or live in US now that doesn't mean you live in hate wanting to " taking it Back ", and redefine the border not contributing making US better, but an enemy within destroying not living in peace when we can.
@@noegamboa9924 Some points to help you interpret facts, you can't judge the past by todays context, The big picture for all is often more important even if some wrong or a few are wronged, you can't say a few are hurt so all are hurt, there is the heart of the law and the letter of the law, all are subject to the county's law and non-citizens may have different laws, Bias would expect foreigners subject to their counties laws, but not when in other, two wrongs don't make a right.
@@noegamboa9924 We can talk about the Mexican Repatriation and the Hidalgo Act and debate, but tube blocks big posts. No one is saying US is perfect, but if US didn't take control the land would have been taken by others, and US taking it saved Mexico and US by making them safe protected by the ocean that has helped Mexico also.
In Mexico we learn this in school. Our school history books are encyclopedic and cover info from the first settlers in the continent, pre columbian cultures, the spanish invasion, “the birth of Mexico” as the mixture of both conquerors and conquered cultures, independence, revolution and contemporary history. Thank you for creating and sharing this video, you’re always welcome to come to México for this is also your home, Peace ✌️🇲🇽
Your country has a fascinated history, and your history books have covered it well! Wish I can take a look at it one day.
@@joerogaine3093 lmao 😂 you obviously hate Mexico and saying lies
I clicked on your profile and it showed me all the other comments you left on the video and let’s say their not friendly 😂
Just say you hate Mexicans and go it’s not that deep
@@joerogaine3093 good so stop claiming that you’ve been their
when you know you just lying out yo ass 😂😂😂
@@worldhubtv6496 How would you know if ive ever been to Mexico? I live less than 100 miles from it.
@@joerogaine3093 idk just a wild guess you know considering you hate Mexico and all
Spain: Look how they massacred my boy
Philippines: we are next
@El-Khalifa El-Hamdi Sure Uk en Francés did haha Irony...
Haha funny, Spain colonized and racialized mexico into castas (meaning you're more deserving of rights depending on how white you are) and blew the natural resources for years until Mexico kinda won a war just to have half our country stolen, yeah, that's laughable
@El-Khalifa El-Hamdi u're wrong, they have" leyes.of india's" and the culture was mixing with them.
@@gabrielteddy2588 nah, you you Just typing bullshit
Mexican history can be summarized in five words:
*”And then it got worse”*
And it’s still getting worse
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@@Nonamelol. Your argument to not bring up cartels is that they don’t kill random people but just target people. Great that they don’t kill random people but how is it not still terrible? Is that the standards you’re setting?
@@Nonamelol. You are looking at a result of Trump's Presidency, but Biden's Presidency is bringing them right back. California became majority Hispanic in 2015.
I visited San Diego recently. I took the bus where they tell you the "history of the city" and I was shocked that they didn't mention anything about the land being part of Mexico once. They focused on the business men who invested to build the city. Something like "before them, this was empty". It's really sad how they don't even acknowledge the fact that it was taken from Mexico. I felt like they just wanted to erase that part of history. Great video! Thanks for the hard work on this research.
Wow, exactly like zionist
California was claimed and founded by Spain, Spaniards approx 1540. Colonized by Spain in 1770 and belonged to Spain for almost 275 years. Mexico claimed California for only 25 years, California not ancestrally Mexico. In fact Americans settled in California 1821 just about the same time Mexican government officials took over California from Spain. Many Americans migrated to California after the Mexican War with the US westward movement. Mexican and Chinese were also immigrating at this time. But it was the 1910 Mexican Revolution that attracted Mexicans to the north escaping Mexico's government instabilities. While Spain founded the first Spanish Colonial settlements to guard California against Russian claims in an isolated wilderness desert in northern New Spain, with a few years of Mexican intervention 1821-1846 during which Mexico quasi controlled California which was not part of Mexico's main; it was the United States who made modern California what it today.
@@Kat-fq4ei LOL. That's a good example of what the people on the tour said. California belonged to Spain, as the rest of the Mexican territory did. When MX got its independence, it included California. You said "Mexico claimed California for only 25 years" That's the kind of rhetoric that I find quite shocking.
@@damarindo Spain did not recognize Mexican independence and Spains King refused to sign the Treaty of Cordova. Spain did not Treaty any lands over to Mexico. Mexico claimed its lands on paper, under its 1824 Estados Unidos Mexicanos constitution. One may consider stolen as Mexico Treaty'd lands over to the USA describing a border, lands and water's. There was no such description of lands under any agreement when Mexico took Spains lands. Under Mexico's first Apatzingan constitution, California, New Mexico/Arizona and Texas were not Mexico. So Mexico's borders changed 4 times within fourty years; from no border as there was no Mexico, then the lands under Apatzingan constitution, then the 1824 constitutional border, and the 1848 border. All in all from later 1800s California had its share of immigrants; Americans, Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese and Philippines up to earlier 1900s. And California had been settled by Americans early on during the SW Mexican Period which started in 1821. Mexican soldiers were given Mexican land grants during this Period to encourage settlers, they were few as California was very distant, isolated wilderness and conditions were as uninhabitable as during the Spanish Period, very difficult to settle with dangerous unconquered raiding Indians. Americans were the most population and built Californias infrastructure. Bottom line is Mexicans were not ancestrally rooted in California, they were late arrivals in the 1800s as were Anglo Americans. European Spain was the claimant, settler and founder of early California. It was the USA government who subjugated the Indians..
@@Kat-fq4eiin those 25 yrs there were almost no Mexicans all were still novohispanos for the Viceroy of new Spain. But as always the Anglos didnt keep their promises to the novohispanos and kicked them out or sent them to reservations. As always Anglo supremacy reigns supreme where ever they go
Dear American friends: Is this being taught in the schools? If not what’s the “official” version?
No, and I graduated highschool from NC in 2019
Yes it is being taught as it is, we conquered Mexico.
Went to school in Massachusetts. Was taught all of this. Public education varies wildly by state.
i was in the texas public school system for a couple of years after immigrating from mexico. in 5th grade they “teach” you the history of texas, and if you’re lucky you get to go to the museum in austin in a big school field trip. the history in plain sight is wrong: the fight at the alamo is drawn out so students think that the settlers were brave and contagious, they never explained why they were there in the first place or how many native americans were murdered. quite frankly, it’s very bias and i was fortunate enough to have also been through the mexican school system to know what actually happened in the battle of the alamo and after.
Samantha Bajonero The Mexicans did the same to the native Americans? What are you talking about? Mexico is a rump state founded by Spanish settlers. Saying that the Mexicans were any better than the american settlers is just flat out wrong. The tejanos would regularly steal land from the natives (who in turn had stolen land from other natives centuries before)
Meanwhile, there is a Karen in Texas shouting at Mexican people for not speaking "American"
America has no official language lol
And the worst is that there's not a official language on the US
And that they should "go back to Mexico".
As a Native Texan, i can confirm this lol
@@snyr but karen doesn't know that because she is karen
The Mexican army showed at 6:08 is not the Santa Ana's army but the mexican civil war revels under Villa and Zapata 70 years later
Are there any actual photos of Santa Ana?
Yeah there is one but of old man Santa Anna
@@kissingthings2265 there are paintings and movies
@Joe Bland the story facts are quite accurate just some details missing. But to be an american he's quite informed of what he's supposed to ignore.
@@comphysync9084 I'll never understand why lefties project as much as they do. Yes, we patriots are quite familiar with our nation's bad points. We don't ignore them at all.
Easily one of my favorite TH-camrs across all categories. Thanks for existing.
NO! That land rightfully belongs to USA. Not Mexico. Mexico dont deserve it.
Me almost fell asleep at 4:40 am in the morning.*
Me seeing a new notification that says there is a new video of you.*
me forgetting the time*
I'm mexican and every time I hear about this topic I get pissed. But I understand it because the history of Mexico is based on that, the bad desitions from the authorities, they prefered to solve their individualist problems, and this happened. But we have learned from those mistakes, I'm part of the new generation and I see a lot of potential from us, we are going to change our bad situation, and I'm not talking about the territory I'm talking about the corruption, economy, and the insecurity. Any way I don't hate the US, they were more intelligent in this situation. Is good that you are discovering the real history of country. We have more in common than you think, so stop the racism.
"Every time I hear about this topic I get pissed". Why though? I'm basically half Mexican, but don't get pissed, and don't get why people would be pissed, as this happened almost two centuries ago..
@@sabr3T your land ...your people ..... America's dirty move .. colonisation of your land
You could have been in their place if you had all those land
I’m first generation of Mexican immigrants and I feel you.
It’s hard not to be somewhat angry when you hear about the people of your birth land warring with and swindling the people of your ancestral homeland. It makes me cynical about humanity in general because we should be working together not fucking each other over.
Nuestros países son hermanos y debemos cuidar nuestro tierra como hermanos.
@@Solidsnaikbut the point is you wouldn't have gone to US , if all this never happened !
Cuando desitions :v
Lets take a moment to appreciate the efforts he puts into his video ...................
I mean they are quality content 🙏🖤
Thank you! I'm glad that matters. it take a LOT of hours to make these videos. Especially the animations. But my hope is that the effort pays off by making it easier to understand for everyone.
Johnny Harris Yes, it does.
@@johnnyharris ANIMATION!!!!!!! that exactly what makes these videos lively .
ANIMATION!!!!! it makes the video talking to us as a person .............I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK JOHNNY
KEEP IT UP
Ain"t it great...
Yaa for sure. I agree this guy makes gooood videos
I love how oversimplified this video is. Like broooo.
He's not telling any lie though
This is a new topic to me. Can you please elaborate on points that were oversimplified or misappropriated.
@@tavencio879he left a lot out
@@nope6908 well its a 13 minute video ... with an ad. Can you be more specific about what truths you think have been distorted from the stuff he left out? Or give some examples of what you think he left out?
@@tavencio879He’s not necessarily telling the whole truth either tho. I hate to be that guy but Mexico also stole Mexico. When The United States stole from Mexico it was basically one colonial power stealing from another after the Indigenous people of both places were screwed over and treated like crap by the colonial powers (The US government tried to wipe out and obliterate Indigenous tribes just like the Mexican government did).
Mexico: I really hate Americans because they take our lands!
Aztec Empire: thats rough buddy
The aztecs used to terrorize and do rituals with the local slaves they used to capture, because they didn't have any competition. Then Spain came and local tribes fought together to overthrow the Aztec Empire. Learn your history
@@Rodrilechan lol like I did not know that
@@Rodrilechan im just saying that "historical lands" is bs because we all know that the lands they called "theirs" came from other poeple before them
As a mexican i dont hate anyone.
The mayority of the mexican let this history in the past
Most Mexicans are descendants of the Aztecs. So your comment makes no sense.
It's like saying that Italians stole Italy from the Romans.
this reminds me of how my teachers taught this, they made it seem like Mexico was at guilt for this and how they were 'cowards' for not fighting even though they had knives to their necks. Teachers in texas not teaching this correctly is a crime
Or they were teaching the truth and the others (including this guy ) are telling lies.
@@HarrisonJBounel that’s pretty stupid logic.
@@friendlyfriday3445 Coming from someone as ignorant as you, that's a compliment.
@@HarrisonJBounel So bringing slaves to a country that prohibits slaves and didn´t need a civil war to stop slavery is good?
@@g_g1241 You act like America was the only nation that had slavery and originated it when that was far from the truth. Even ignoring the influence from the UK, Spain, Africa etc.
These After Effects works by him are just
*Phenomenal
Forgot the other Astrid lol
@@ididntcreatethischannel. lmao correct, My autocorrect is very stupid
99% of "American" citizens don't even know this...
Americans be like: We’ll steal your land and shout at you to “go back to your own land” okay?
thats legit every country in history lmao. Even native americans invaded eachother and conquered many other lands...
I'm a mexican that lives in México and that's the dumbest shit I've ever heard, no one cares that it was our land 160 years ago, it's history man. We're not salty for what happened 500 years ago either. Be greatful for your country as I'm greatful for mine.
@@pranithgeddapu3432 okay, your point is whataboutism. This can be called out as it is without WELL WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER BAD PEOPLE it's a cowardly argument that is trying to run away from the problem here
@@panic9383 But it doesnt change the fact that every country does it. Trying to say that America is the only country that does it is wrong, and the media doesnt accept that. They focus on America, while mexico took their land from thier natives. However, for SOME strange reason, i dont see "How mexico stole their land" videos do i?It's not a cowardly argument lmao, and what is the problem here? Anti illegal alien sentiments shouldnt be unjustfied, they did commit a crime. Anti immigration, however, is much worse.
I don't know why people are so pressed in their responses to your comments
Irony, racism saved Mexico form being completely annexed by US.
Americans were afraid of all those brown skin Mexican men coming over and taking away their white american women.
Once you go brown, you can't go back.
@Royal Bengal Tiger you act as if Mexico is any better. Mexico was also built on the murder and exploitation of other people
Usa is shite
@Royal Bengal Tiger Mexico is racist, starting with the Spanish/Indian conflicts and caste system. And before that tribe against tribe. Even today, Mexicans boast about their whiteness, others of their Indian blood. There would have been no African slaves if African merchants had not sold their own to other nations. Slavery in Africa was a booming business centuries ago. Racism in the United States is not what it was 150 years ago. Not all were slave owner's, in fact the nation went into the Civil War over freedom for slaves, segregation helped the Black to develop themselves to independence setting their own businesses, etc in their own communities, Civil Rights, and today they have every right under the law as any other American. In the US, any racism that still exists is politically motivated and racism works the other way around. Can't be that bad as immigrants of all colors are pouring into US borders.
There were many other reasons why the US didn't annexed all of Mexico. Racism wasn't the only reason. It wasn't even one of the main reasons. The US wasn't quite ready to control such a big territory. Everybody in Congress knew this and that's why they didn't annexed all Mexico.
You forgot to tell that Mexico had a political crisis at the time and the country was divided by 2, that is why the US won the war so easily. Everything else was pretty much covered, great video.
Greetings from México.
That's the thing about whites, they always leave out and replace the truth whenever it isn't convenient for them to let it be known.
The truth is made up by the winners
WHAT POLITICAL CRISIS?
@@JoRgEChavez-to2xd whites?have u ever heard about china?
@@luisd157 And who do you think the Chinese learned it from?
These videos about colonization and maps and borders have taught me more in the past few weeks then I ever knew! I'm almost 40 years old and I was so misled! Thank you John, for opening my eyes.. I'm so interested in this stuff now thanks to you and your team..
The trade of alaska is actually interesting too. Make a vid on it
How the U.S. Stole Alaska. Just getting it started for him. And by trade, you mean trading money for land? Or are you pointing out that just like Russia claiming they owned Alaska which had native peoples, Mexico's claim on most of it's territories weren't really democratically agreed to and kind of a taking by the ones with the biggest army?
2nd best real estate deal ever made right after the Louisiana purchase.
I think Alaska was given to the US for defensive purposes, its next to Russia.
@@nolanmartin6601 Look up Seward's Folly. Alaska wasn't given.
@@johnvtran and what was the first? I'm curious
“Remember the Alamo”. I learned this in school. Texas wanted to leave because Mexico outlawed slavery. Wow.
let me put it in these terms ... our first president Vicete Guerrero was a Black man ... that was about 10 years before the Alamo
@@phantasm8180 gross
@@JM-fo1te gross is the Americans who never come out of the bubble 😒
@@gabydoncella4032 too rich to care, Americans.
@@JM-fo1te too ignorant to spare the time when 'reality tv', mental illness, and drugs are the perfect storm for ignorance.
Growing up in Texas schools, I can confirm: this is not the same story that our Texas History classes taught us 😂🤦🏻♀️
@@aidanphillips6760 🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@shadowslayer9988 what's wrong with texas?
@@aidanphillips6760 lying is not dignity, america for real Americans and German and English in Texas belong in Northern Europe.
@@rafg891 They’re not lying - how are they lying?
The U.s got its land fairly you lose a war you lose land the u,s should have annxed all of mexico
On the United States schools, they teach history saying that Mexico sold those territories.
In the meantime Karens are still fighting this WAR....
😂
And the Karens are from Europe.
😆
Oh. To go back in time and tell the Mexicans that “the Americans aren’t sending in their best” lol
If those settlers were able to whoop the Mexican Army.... They were the best.
moracalde did you not watch the video? How is a recently formed country supposed to fight a developed country?
Good enough to take their land. Lol
HAHAHAHA..Only this time, it would be true.
@@moracalde No them settlers did not fought the battles it was the US army that initially lost the war at Resaca de la Palma. Then the US sent the entire army to ransack Mexico
تحيه من البلاد العربية الى المكسيك 🇮🇶❤🇲🇽
Saludos de los países árabes a México🇲🇽❤🇮🇶
Listo pa la guerra hermanos arabes abajo el imperio yankee
@@NBWARRIORS777 hal taqsud 'iinakum turidun aistirjae taksas min al'amrikan
Un Arabe con foto de perfil de Pablo Escobar, simplemente increible
Gracias :,), enviando amor de regreso ❤️🧡💛
Mucho amor para مصر
Johnny casually rewriting history once again
Not the colonizer getting mad that the video is true😂
He looks like he cried between takes😂
Pls explain lol
As an immigrant who is 43% Native American I’ve heard so many times, “go back to your country.” But I truly belong here, if life was fair I would be the majority not the minority.
anglo power, sorry not sorry 😎
@A Man Of Truth then in that case no one is native to any part of the world except Africa
@@reecemorton4786 Anglo power - what does that mean? A people more willing to kill other people. Not content with what they have, but always feel the need to take what belongs to others, and to kill them for it.
@@ialien2077 I'm sorry mate, but all countries have conqured each other including native ones.
Every border in every continent was created throu war, when countries lose wars they lose teritory that's how it goes
Reality is that the Anglo's were more technologicaly advanced and better at war.
The natives weren't "more morally correct", they conqured and killed each other, they were simply not as technologically advanced as Europe, Asia and Africa.
Get educated before speaking, if the Natives could colonize they would have done it aswell
@A Man Of Truth You're leveled up your ignorance. You're now a boss-level ignoramus.
And btw. Americans never paid any rent for that land. They were welcomed as immigrants under the condition that they speak spanish and become catholic.
@z That too
Taxation in lieu of rent. The condition that they speak Spanish was pretty much over as soon as the tyrant Santa Anna was elected. which was soon after the colony was founded. You can thank the Aztecians for replacing sensible presidents with psychopaths and why we didn't keep all of Mexico after the Mexican American war..
@@dons123111 You can fell proud for being a thief and i will continue to feel proud for Mexicans taking that land back. Soon white people will be the minority in the US.
Yeah mexico barely controlled it. They only claimed it after a war with spain. The Comanche and other tribes were slaughtering mexicans so the mexican Gov. Wanted a buffer between them and the indians. So they said the Americans could live there if they converted to Catholicism, spoke spanish, and killed as many indians as they could.
@@donut_seed9813 Bruh Indians defeated the Spaniards. There was no killing Indians part of that deal.
Lol, lesson learned: never just invite people to settle your land for you.
To late a lot american live in Baja
Europe right now👁👄👁
Lot of middle eastern in europe
@@stormbliksem3439 Palestine now
South Asians letting the Brits do it: Well, our future's going to be worst than it was in the past with them.
I am SO stoked I found your channel
The last time I was this early the Vikings were still living in Nova Scotia.
Wasn't it Newfoundland?
Those were the Scots lmao
@@HydraMannHistory of Canada, others were there before the Scots. th-cam.com/video/zz440EuFK8Q/w-d-xo.html
I think you mean Newfoundland and the year was 1000AD (or CE)
It’s Vinland, Vinland.
Whenever I listen to an American saying Mexico I wait for the worst, but I love how objective you are. Thanks for your videos.
Mehico
Mehico
Whenever I hear American say I wait for a thief from the territory of Mexico that is a supremacist who practices slavery without a culture who has guns everywhere and a hypocritical fucking drug addict who calls himself our brother
@@aldrik8300 Most of modern cultures are influenced by USA
@@prometheus5405 not mexico usa are influenced by mexico usa dont have any culture
British settler colonies be like:
“How the US stole the US”
“How Canada stole Canada”
“How Australia stole Australia”
Except New Zealand. They’re cool.
EDIT: Apparently the British Kiwis also did bad things to the natives :(
Yeah I love how well the Maori and white kiwis are integrated
Nah we still totally stole Aotearoa - against the rule of the crown. We even had wars that were against the instructions of the British Royals.
Aotearoa/NZ has it's own dark history because of colonisation
Ummmm, NZ was stolen too. Look up Raupatu and the confiscations of 1863 and 1864 just for starters. That's literally theft by a Government that wasn't acknowledged by the Indigenous People
NOPE, NZ was stolen from the Maori, by the British. Very similar story. Look up "The Citizen's Handbook", it's a hilarious webseries that (briefly) explains a lot of NZ's history.
Thank you for doing what you do Johnny! ♥️👏🏼
Lol. He is straight up leaving out facts and building a fake narrative
An interesting fact about Polk is that after he accomplished his goals he left office. Based on his "successes" I think he could've easily won a second term, but he did just about everything he wanted in his first so he didn't run again.
He died bro
@@asharyaz yeah but like he had no ambitions to run in the next election him dying isn’t particularly relevant to the fact that he had already retired from politics 3 months earlier
Basically Emperor Diocletian
Polk was pretty smart. Using war tactics to gain land from Mexico and negotiating with the British for the Oregon Territory to finalize the ever-expanding United State to a coast-to-coast continental country.
Polk die as any king or tyranny dictator early death. Santan takes them directly to hell, to get tormented for eternity..
Mexico: Wait, it's all United States?
United States: Always has been.
Yes! I was looking for this comment 🤣
Lmaoooo
Q. u. e.
Being born and raised in california, I feel closer in culture to mexico than New York or the South
probably because of all the mexicans from mexico living there???
You do realize there are a lot of Mexicans living in Texas and getting along fine right? Most immigrants live better in Texas than they do in Mexico
that’s what happens when you get invaded
@@bemotivated8443 i can confirm that
cmon, ffs, every time the replies turn into a war zone...
Also, when gold was discovered in California, it was technically still part of Mexico. The Governor Sutter kept it a secret until the deal was done. He knew Mexico wouldn’t sell California if there was gold found.
"Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the US": Porfirio Diaz
wtf
Right
Yeah
And to know that with the heavy amounts of lithium found Mexico will be ur next home when USA done fall down wich is about to happen Mexico is the next USA
It was Spain, it's actually conquered American territory
Welp, American's habit of "going to war for freedom and defense" is actually old James Polk's strat. History really is repeated once in a while.
podster12II let’s not pretend Mexico was a free society at the time, Santa Anna, general of French Invasion and Alamo fame, was the dictator of Mexico
@@wtripley Yes so?? much better than state that used Black people for free labour
What is "welps" is it an expression, are you responding to a person named welps??
@@tobiasmercader8091 welp = excited well
beautiful strategy
Great video. I think that you could have insisted that the main issue between the Texan settlers and the government of Mexico was slavery. So, every time they tell you that Texans were fighting for freedom, keep in mind that it was for the _freedom to own slaves_
@Hector Lomeli
And also the fact that Mexico became a dictatorship, but let's leave that part out.
@@GodEmperorEnjoyer In that case they should have gone back to the U.S. Where having human beings as slaves was perfectly right. You can't deny your kin: The Queen and The Pirate's Empire. That's what they do right? Stealing from weaker nations.
@@GodEmperorEnjoyer the dictatorship was not affecting the American settlers at all, if it was such a terrible dictatorship why did he want to free the slaves then
Not to be insulting but it wasn’t just slaves, the president Santa Anna had been making moves forcing Texans to pay higher taxation and give up their arms cache to defend against native attacks. He also imprisoned a Texan falsely for 2 years. Mexico was not a shining star either, they had constant revolt during the 1820s and 1830s and it was not at all peaceful
@@australium7374 yeah “defending”
Waltuh, dont invade mexico, waltuh, they dont want meth.
"I am the one who goes to war."
We need a series on "How British Stole" too.
How Britain stole Hong Kong, then made it a political landmine.
Americans are British.
@@hassangraham9784 America is one of the most diverse countrys’ most white Americans have Irish or German decent not British
that would span 10 seasons
how British stole Ireland...
This is tough part of Mexican history to teach, and learn, in Mexico at school. As Mexican, I can say this has been a sour episode of our history, but I wanted to highlighted that this was key to create the concept of Mexico as national state beyond the pre-Columbian culture and the Hispanic inheritance.
I’d also like to highlight the fact that we Mexicans haven’t held grudges to our neighbours in the north and I think we’re great hosts with them in their multiple vacations and business trips to our country despite losing half of our former territory with USA.
I’ve been follower of Vox for years and more recently of this channel and I have to say that this video is incredibly honest and critical coming from a US citizen (note that I avoided to say American).
John Edward Gallagher glad it’s not your concern. I’m not trying to blame you guys for our own mistakes. Maybe you should do the same beginning with being humble. Greeting from America
Sultan Abdulhameed II man, this shouldn’t be a forum for hate. This is what I was trying to explain in my initial comment. First and foremost, US is a great country in its own right, that being said we had our bad moments with them in the past, despite of it we the Mexican people have never been blinded by it.
Reason you don't hold any grudges is that you've been successfully coerced by United States of America and its media.
Google about coercion and you'll agree with me.
@@arminius6506 Reason they dont hold grudges is because of due diplomacy, no successful nation holds grudges and stays successful.
Simply put everyone is the same fucking species. There were civilizations to the tip of South America THOUSANDS of year before there were any humans in Europe. Fast forward, the US is a young country with a society regulated by selfish politicians who make it a business. So society, people of every culture, are only really taught what will benefit they're management of the country for years ahead. That's why we learn more of the past online. And México has its own shit to deal with. They don't have time or power to make enemies. Mexicans have been impacted so much. Kinda sucks, but it ain't holding us back thats for sure.
Oh look..., *He's back*. Now try the Philippines.
oooohhhh boy, the effects of colonialism still lingers there for sure
Roland From which power? The Muslims? The Spanish? The Americans? Why not discuss the future Chinese hegemony over the Philippines while at it?
I would be very interested in that. The Philippines has had a tragic colonial past.
its on my list! :)
@@johnnyharris Thank you!
Im surprised Polk doesn't get more credit in the US history. Remember that this is what countries used to do, they conquered, waged wars, the fact that Mexico survived as an independent state is pretty good outcome for them.
The best quote I heard was “we didn’t cross the boarder , the boarder crossed us”
The quote doesn’t even make sense, considering most Mexicans came to the US after the war.
Who ever made up that quote was historically challenged. It was actually Mexico who crossed the borders on inherent lands of the Navaho, Comanche, Caddo, Kiowa, Piaut , Shasta, Chumash, Pueblo and other northern tribes in today's USA. The Comanche and Kiowa constantly fought the Sonorans and Sinaloans. Fierce warrior tribes who were feared in those villages in today's northern Mexico who's lands were left in shreds by northern tribes.... Truth is Mexico had only been a nation for 25 years before the Mexican War and Mexico claimed its lands under its Estados Unidos Mexicanos constitution of 1824. Spain never acknowledged Mexican independence and Spains King refused to sign the Treaty of Cordova so Spain never treatied any lands over to Mexico. In fact under Mexico's first 1814 Apatzingan constitution, California, New Mexico which included Arizona, Texas were not Mexico. Today Mexico is what is left after the USA returned half of Mexico by the Treaty of GH. So "Mexico" since its beginning had been neither here or there. Until both the USA and Mexico negotiated a border. So that quote you mention is pretty ridiculous...
@@GodEmperorEnjoyer the same with Americans still coming to Mexico don't you think?
@@Kat-fq4ei”Texas were not Mexico” are u sure ?
Maybe next time don’t try to use the Americans as a buffer zone to deal with the Comanche
Out of all the documentaries I’ve ever watched, the one he makes are still my favourite. I have no idea how much general knowledge I’ve gained from his channel like it’s crazy.
Like --not !! This is not knowledge. It is propaganda.
As long as you take into account all the propaganda and factual errors.
It MUST be true, I saw it in a TH-cam video!
Moral of the story don't let American come to your country and settle
Israel : *Ok I can copy that, I guess*
This is true for every people bro.
Indians can say the same about the British
And what about all the jews in the Arab countries? What happened to them? Oh that's right they were driven out.
@@djunior874 the Jews in the arab countries were by no means driven out.
In fact the arab states began to notice the migration of Jews in big numbers around the beginning of the 20th century, and decided to take strict measures to prevent the Jewish migration to Palestine, all of the migrations of Arab Jews took place secretly.
AKA borders.
Love this channel
6:06 That's a foto featuring Pancho Villa, a mexican hero of the revolution that occurred 64 years after this altercation. Actually, in 1846, Pancho Villa wasn't even born. Lol
we can forget that as the image was just trying to illustrate "some mexican warriors from back around 1900" haha
@@gonzalonoriega8644 Entre más sombrerudos y bigotones, mejor
@@gonzalonoriega8644 Pancho Villa was no warrior. He was a stone cold butcher .
@@4cornernan hahaha and how one thing cancel the other? Most of the times it is this stone cold behavior what aloud a warrior to be a "successful" one, you guys also have so many examples of that
@@4cornernan yeah thats pretty much every famous warrior in history
Thank you, Americans should really know their history looked at from another perspective, not to feel ashamed, they didn't do anything, but to feel compassion for the people that just want to be able to feed their families, that just want to live life as they want it (legally ofc).
Also, I live in a west pacific city in Mexico and there are entire neighborhoods of Americans living IN Mexico expecting everyone to understand and talk to them in English, but yeah cheers
I live in Milwaukee.. and there’s giant neighborhoods of Mexicans that live here and they mostly speak Spanish in their neighborhoods and expect u to speak it there was well .. also in El Paso they’re hospitals where no one speaks English
"another" perspective? There are as many perspectives as there are people. There are hundreds of millions of perspectives. .
Americans aren’t the only people who should understand someone else’s perspective .. Americans are just trying to feed their families as well .. my grandmother came over from Mexico .. so I understand what that was like ..
@@CadillacCush So, Americans should act differently than all others. Talk about American exceptionalism.
3506Dodge what do you mean
You didn’t talk at all about New Mexico, one of the few portions of this piece of land that had substantial Spanish settlements (compared to Alta California and Texas). Santa Fe is the oldest state capital in the United States, and New Mexicans descended from Spanish and mestizo settlers and indigenous slaves are still here, and often forgotten about. We’re not immigrants, we’ve been here before America or even Jamestown or Plymouth existed.
Just like we California Mexicans Americans, we have always been here yet white folks call us illegals in our own land lol they think that we don't know the truth.
@@Aeuri It's really difficult to bring out USA SW history because Goggle who owns TH-cam and are cancel culture WOKE radical left wing, keep deleting SW Spanish Colonial history and historical research. They are promoting immigrant Chicano Studies revionist history in SW, indigenous over European.
Thank you I wanna see more of this
Don’t worry La raza already took those territories again 😂😂
They don’t want to be part of Mexico either lol.
@@visorij3374 You are right, we don't need to be part of Mexico again, but our MEXICAN culture it's rising stronger and powerful and it's the predominant now here, just myself 10 years ago i used to speak mostly English and listen entirely English music, now 75% of the time i speak SPANISH (the language of our Spaniard ancestors) and now i listen 100% Regional MEXICAN spanish Music.. and im Proud to let you know almost everyone i know here in CALIFORNIA we are returning to our roots, stop listening to "american, black hip hop" and now we listen more MEXICAN Spanish music.. everyone i know 😎
Boxing Training it doesn’t matter, data shows by the 3 to 4 generation every immigrants is fully Americanized regardless of culture. And all public schools require you to learn English so regardless of if you speak Spanish eventually you linage will only speak English.
@@visorij3374 It was that way before when Anglos were the majority the older Generations of Mexican-Americans didn't have choice but assimilated to avoid discrimination by racist people back in the day and many forget their roots, now times are changing and we are different proud Mexican-American new generations that we are stick to our culture and roots, for your information now in 2020 REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC its now the most popular music in us Americans of MEXICAN-HISPANIC descent we even have several hundred groups with U.S. born CALIFORNIANS of Mexican descent making it big in the REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC industry with each video having millions of millions of views and i can give you many examples.... like i told you in the other comment many millions of us Mexicans- Americans we have already stop consuming to "americanize" English influence (including Music) for strong reasons, we are already replacing all that in our cities and you like it or not now HISPANICS young people are more into SPANISH.. that is our language that runs through our veins and from couple years SPANISH it's way more popular in all aspects.. THIS IS THE REALITY NOW ;)
Nah not even! I’m Mexican and that’s not true at all
This why the Mexican American War was also call, "Mr. Polk's War".
Is it? I've never heard it called that. Always just Mexican-American war.
Mmmmmmm 🤔
Polks was bad president he cause the war he lied on Mexicans to take the lands.
@@Saudyization That’s funny because in that era and any year before WWII he was considered to be one of America’s greatest presidents for giving us our modern border. Modern society just likes to demonize great men.
@「Obese Giorno」 lol The US is the only nation that gets in “trouble” for annexing land fair and square. We conquered unstable regions of a failing former colony. Marched all the way to Mexico City and still left the Mexicans with a large part of there territory. I call that Mercy.
“Go back to the country you came....” Said the settlers...
Settler colonizers
Joseph S most of all country are a product of colonization on the western hemisphere. Almost no native languages are used for national language, or at least spoken by the “settlers” from the colonies. But Paraguay may be the exception here, because they conserve native languages and culture, even hispanic descendants speaks it too.
But many Colonies genocide the tribes and assimilate the natives because they think that they are inferior to the colonies.
Rob Dee what’s in the past was already in the past, what matters now is that the U.S. Need to treat immigrants like human beings, whether they got U.S. nationality or not. I kinda sick to see that kind of nationalism actually
@flmvdvsrg I think the word you’re thinking of is, “inhabited,” which is the past participle of the verb, inhabit:
(of a person, animal, or group) live in or occupy (a place or environment).
"a bird that inhabits North America"
@Alfredo Pineda
Kinda like South Africa eh?
I was waiting for Johnny to mention the Treaty of Hildalgo. That was the treaty that gave so much of Mexico’s land to the USA.
It makes me feel good to hear this coming from an American telling the truth 👍👍👍👍
Europeans are not Americans.
Let’s not forget about the Declaration of Independence!
Birthright thief at its finest!
If the mexicans didnt want to lose their territory, maybe they should've fought better instead of surrendering
@@ChiefWemak
If you refer to the United States His-Tory; you might want to research the law that applies to it.
Ipso jure as Moorish Subjects are all U.S. CITIZENS.
That’s why all U.S. CITIZENS are residents.
Beside the 14th Amendment is unconstitutional, so all U.S. CITIZENS are squatters!
Fear not, the United States Inc. is insolvent, bankrupt, and dissolved.
The end is near!
@@ChiefWemakwhat?
@@Jeffthetrueboss My comment is very clear, if you dont understand then read it to yourself a second time
The music was so good for this video, keep it up Johnny
Johnny Harris you will be called as a TWO-FACED LIAR BY DINESH D'SOUZA because he knows the fact that after the Spanish-American War between America and Spain, colonial Mexico which is a COLONIAL PROPERTY OF SPAIN was given as a war prize to the United States, the same thing happened to the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico. The U.S Congress accepted only the American Southwest but not all of Mexico because America is already over-extended. GO BACK TO SCHOOL Johnny Harris!
Everything that I learned in Texas History class back in 7th grade fell apart as soon as I watched this video.
Just curious, what was the narrative you were taught? You can keep it short and gist-y :)
Aaron Joseph man this was a long time ago but it was just romanticized like every history involving a war for independence. The Alamo was portrayed as this valiant battle where the “good” guys will never give up even when faced with death in the face of evil.
When Johnny got to that part of the video and put it bluntly that the battle of the Alamo was lost without spinning it into some romanticized version it really hit me.
Those Who win get to decide how the story is written, USA won the war, So they can portray all the "BAD" things they have done in a "GOOD" way
Aaron Joseph I think I can provide a more complete picture since my Texas history class was only 3 years ago. Everything is kinda put in a Texas tinted lens. The Alamo is highly romanticized and taught with extreme detail. We hardly even make it to World War Two. Since the history isn’t really interesting after the civil war. The natives are taught in a neutral/positive way with the some of the worst things the settlers did not being really talked about, with more emphasis on the few positive things settlers did. With black people some things are talked about, such as lynching and slavery especially with it being illegal in Mexico and the civil war (it’s starting to be fully taught that slavery was a cause for the civil war, but it’s coincided with states rights.) with Juneteenth being talked about in detail since it’s a Texas holiday. the biggest bias I think though would be of Santa Anna, the leader of Mexico at the time you who is depicted as a evil and foolish tyrant that basically caused the Texas revolution to happen. I hope this is at least semi informative
@Rohan Dick, I feel bad for Tibet and they should be freed.
As for the US, too bad there's not many natives left living for people to demand California and Texas to be freed.
This is a very entertaining constructive, informative video I've seen in months 👏
Land Exists*
America: We can do this the easy way or the hard way, choice is yours
We can do this the hard way or you can just give up
xd
I want to dislike this, but it is truuuue.
And that's how its always been in world history. There is no just America. People fought over stuff for the longest. Well before there was an America. Get over it. Softies.
@@seanbrummfield448 If other people do it too was a person 🤡
It's incredible how one person is able to create a video with this level of production value. Johnny Harris' Videos are better than most big studio funded documentaries.
IamRoyalll you try it
IamRoyalll also Jason ki talking about the editing
@IamRoyalll "Fake history" lmfao. I wonder what lies you've been sold. None of this is a lie. A different perspective? Yes. A lie? No.
@IamRoyalll If you so much as watched the more than 30 seconds video, you'd know that there was a lot more going on than a simple purchasing deal. The US engaged in a whole lot of foul play prior to any agreement as per usual.
_“[•••] now what happens next in the Mexico story gets kind of nuts”_
That line pretty much sums up Mexico’s history
Thanks to the US though
@@makisjnx007 primarily Spain though. Spanish colonial policies did NOT prepare Mexico to be an independent nation. In reality, for obvious reasons, they were always intended to do the opposite.
@@makisjnx007 The US had nothing to do with it. After independence Mexico controlled everything from South America to Oregon. If the country was stable it would’ve dominated world history. The problem is the Spanish intentionally divided the people to make them easier to govern.
@@makisjnx007 Mexico had so many civil wars. It's still one of the least stable countries in the world. The cartels are military level in Mexico.
@@makisjnx007 Mexico was gone to shit since it’s creation as a republic first the problem with family’s that owned more land than almost everyone else, a broken class system, gangs civil war, rebellions. Mexico wasn’t ready to become independent
Imagine 200 years from now some Chinese national making a video about how they took Tibet.
@@leejianne5342 ya...in CCP Cinematic Universe....in reality Dalai Lama chose India
Tibet was originally peacefully liberated. The Dalai Lama also went to Beijing to meet Mao Zedong. Later, China began to crack down on the rich, communist wealth and land. The rich, headed by the Dalai Lama, resisted this policy, and finally went to India. This policy was a minority of capitalists. It is opposed, but most Tibetans in the middle and lower classes support it
@@xiangzhang1127 lol, that’s what they teach in China AKA CCP cinematic universe 😂
@@mikedouglas1582 I’m Tibetan, I’ve gone through all this, I don’t care about politics, I just want to tell the truth
@@xiangzhang1127 ya any Chinese who is allowed to use free internet behind the firewall is a Chinese bot
Me, a Mexican: "so our government was stupid from the beginning?"
Siempre lo ha sido. Antonio López de Santa Anna se la pasaba de fiesta y sólo estaba en el cargo de vez en cuando
Fue culpa de confiar mucho en Santa Anna. Sí, la regamos, pero siempre ha sido porque queremos ser amigos de todos. En cambio, los estadounidenses buscando su "identidad" roban tierra y matan a quien esté ahí. Solo fíjate en su nombre, literalmente robaron el nombre del continente para su país sin nombre.
@@ianrobles4298 No sería eso para todo el hemisferio occidental? Canadá, Brasil, México, Argentina Haití, Venezuela, Cuba incluida, solo por nombrar algunos.¿Qué país del hemisferio occidental no tiene conquista, colonización, esclavitud y genocidio en algún momento?
why would you even come to that conclusion?
In reality it's not that Mexican's are stupid. It's that we are humble, noble, and inviting people and is still reflected today with the vast majority of us. It's a main reason why EVERYONE in the world loves us Mexicans. We just had the misfortune of having such voracious neighbors, that is still visible today with having them promote 'peace' and 'freedom' worldwide.
Fact: As a result of the Republic of Texas independence, Mexican Cession and Gadsden Purchase, Mexico lost about 55% of its territory.
@Albert Moore Well, at least you didn't peddle the lie of Mexicans facing genocide.
The United States also paid off the Mexican National Debt.
@@Wayne_Wheeler it's not him deciding that they weren't good enough to be americans, it was the people at the time saying they're not good enough. racist? yes. i'm not saying racism is good but that argument might've saved mexico from full annexation. anyways, it'd be good to just cooperate with each other now instead of reminiscing over old enmities.
lost 55% of the territory that they could barley control or protect. the only reason it was theirs was because they claimed it after a war with Spain.
Albert Moore and* they didn’t because they knew that endless war would ingulf the area
You’re doing gods work by educating people.
I really love these Map Videos, it has inspired me to be interested in geography and international affairs. Thank you for the video!
Make a separate playlist " How US stole _____ ? " 😂😂😂
Oil, lithium, etc...
South Africa
South Africa
Should we have just stayed a few small states?
@Ali Just like the UK and its Commonwealth...
"This little mountain range" shows iterally the entire appilachian range
@L MIt is a little mountain range. The Andes or Himalayas are big mountain ranges. Its relative, I don't think it's a joke
@@brunolondinese5857 Well, it is a very old mountain range and therefore isn't as tall as those younger ones -- 480 million years or so of erosion is enough to cause some shrinkage. However their effects on the geography in the region are still huge. In fact, if you were to walk from the east coast to the west coast it is likely that the most challenging part would be the Appalachians (even though the Rockies are much taller.)
Basically.
@@matthewbanta3240 shrinkage? Are you trying to say the Appalachians were... In the pool?
@@matthewbanta3240 The Appalachians were as once big as the Himalayas.
Now give this to the president so he could know about history.
Imagine if you did a series on "How the British stole _."
The earth
It never ends
There wouldn't be enough time.
Wake up, the sun set already
Sun never sets
They still own land in South America or close to it
Damn imagine getting kicked out of your own land.
I feel ya Mexican.
Only yours if you can defend it
@@yesyes4542 I’m coming to take your land then, but I doubt you have any
Don't worry . We're slowly reoccupying all our former territories
@@yesyes4542 I don't think you would say that if someone took your house by force.
I feel ya Native Americans*
Mexico and the US have a complicated history. I love the Mexican people. It would be nice if we would invest more into Mexico and less into countries that we have nothing in common with.
Tax payers money should stay for tax payers ,we voluntarily invest in whoever we want . We have to stop giving politicians power to use our money the way they want .
Please don't invest in us. Please just stop this stupid drug war and forget we exist. Anything the US touches goes to crap. We just want to be left alone. Peace!!
@@scrawnyserf9298 You Mexican?
@@turdferguson1603 I'm of mexican descent (but my Spanish is as good as my English and I go visit sometimes). It was a bit of an overreaction on my part in my reply. I have anglo american nieces and nephews and our countries are neighbors, but it sort of sucks to see the US violate the sovereignty of other countries over and over again and to still present itself as a morally superior nation. Just my point of view though. No ill will towards you
@@scrawnyserf9298 Maybe you should learn to look at the big picture and appreciate what you have.
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The fact that 'How the U.S Stole....' can be made into a series is a problem....
EDIT (4/08/20)
This comment section has been filled with great discussion, and it’s been a week since the original comment was made and so I felt it may be good to answer some questions or thoughts you may have when reading the original comment.
What about all the other countries that have “stolen” land?
- Yes, nearly (I say nearly because I do not know everything about the world since the beginning of time) every current nation has “stolen” land throughout history. I know and completely acknowledge that the US is not the only country to be”stealing” or had “stolen” land, many nations especially the Superpower nations have “stolen” land. This is a video focusing on the U.S. Had it been that Johnny Harris created numerous videos with the title beginning for example “How Spain stole....” or “How Britain stole...” the the same comment would again have been made. For example “The fact that “how Spain stole...” can be made into a series is a problem...”
It’s not a problem, it is history, you can’t change it, move on.
- I do think that it is still a problem. I made a comment below reasoning why I think it’s still a problem, but in summary, it is still a problem because the US (as many other nations) are still “stealing” and exploiting sacred land and resources. It is still a problem as many education systems fail to make this part of history known. It is still a problem as because of this so much culture has been lost whether for choice or by force due to the US “stealing” land, leaving many indigenous people of today with little knowledge of their heritage.
You clearly haven’t studied history
- I would like to say that I know a bit about history, but I do not claim to know every single thing since the beginning of time and am still learning. Which is what I aim to do, to learn, understand and grow from what I learn.
If you say it’s a problem, what’s the solution?
- I made a comment answering this below but again in summary. I do not claim there is a definite solution. And I do not speak on behalf of people such as the Native Americans. But I do not think (again I could be wrong) there is a sum of material gain or money to compensate their loss. I encourage people to keep learning, act accordingly whether that be raising awareness or signing petitions etc.
The land is not “stolen”
- I used the verb “steal” in relation to the video title. Whether you would rather prefer to define this as conquered, colonised, invaded, etc etc is up to you. Although, some people may argue that land was rightfully conquered and some people may argue that the land was stolen.
Stop making the US seem like a big bad country
- I do not claim that I think the US is a “bad” country. My intent is not to hate on these countries but to share points for discussion. You may not agree with what I say and that is perfectly okay, I do not expect anyone to agree with me, you are entitled to your thoughts and opinions as am I.
Lol you can do with about any country that’s been a great power.
You can't change the past Eva, so no it's not a problem. It's fucking history.
Technically Mexico "stole" their land from Spain... and on and on it goes.
@@TRC804 Mexico stole it from Spain, Spain stole it from the native tribes, and those tribes even probably stole it from someone else thousands of years before.
@@dragondrew2000 "it's fucking history"
BS, the US is currently doing it. But now disguised as a fight against "dictatorship". It's just a great and convenient coincidence that those countries happen to have a lot of oil and other strategic resources. In Mexico we've had dictators such as Calderon who committed fraud to win the election and the US said nothing about it. Peña Nieto was the last US puppet who sold the national resources. that's why they didn't react to Ayotzinapa the same way they would if that happened in Bolivia or Venezuela. And just to be clear.. the US should stay away from any country period. They have a lot of issues internally to take care of anyway
This is the first time I've seen a gringo tell the truth about what happened. It angers me that the US always acts all high and mighty regarding the actions of Russia and other countries when they have behaved like this since the birth of their nation. How they acted towards Spain (who helped them gain independence) in Cuba, to get Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The atrocities they commited against catholic, spanish speaking Filipinos in order to "civilize" them. The genocide of native Americans, of which they always accuse Spain, but never give an explanation to why there are only 1% of indians left in the US, but there are MILLIONS south of the border. The coups in Hispanic America, the racism, slavery of black people, the arrogance of calling themselves "Americans" as if the whole continent belonged only to them. I could go on, but you get the idea. I accept that the US is the most powerful country in the world, but I don't accept their fantasy of being a "shining city upon a hill" when they have such a violent and common (for empires) history.
So, I congratulate you. Great video and thanks for telling the truth.
@refriaire you are wrong, the US did not take Philippines, they are an independent country. The US people are fighting for their rights too so don't blame the people here but the Evil Government Leaders.
Great comments. Looking back, the people who have faired worst are the native peoples. They have been completely run over, land stolen, whole tribes disappeared. Looking forward, are we as a human race getting better? We are but a spec in time. Great empires have risen and fallen. What will happen to the US, Russia, China? I don't know, but i am proud of my Mexican heritage and happy we are still here.
@@FonzyBikeslet guess ,you're proud of Mexico, but hate US for doing awful things against natives ,when Mexico did the same thing?
Filipinos never spoke Spanish, only the elite did, not sure why that myth is stated over and over. If they did speak Spanish, it was a second or third language and not fluently spoken.
@@gostodemaisdaroca4052
Mexicans ARE NATIVES 🥴
It’s sad,there’s a reason why they say behind every great wealth there’s a great crime
Thanks for the video very well explained
Loser mentality. "Other people are more successful than me, therefore they're evil." The number of Mexicans living in Texas at the time of Mexican independence was a meager 2,000 individuals. Texas was NOTHING before the Anglos showed up and actually started developing it. And the vast majority of America's wealth was created after abolition (GDP of less than $100B at emancipation vs 20T today). So it was WHITE immigrants who transformed the American southwest from a wasteland into an economic giant. Meanwhile, Mexico remains corrupt and underdeveloped as always.
@@gymnopedie4445 so does that mean they didn’t steal the land?
@@vergil8257 It's an incredibly stupid framing of history, to say the least. The reality is that many empires fought wars over what is now the American southwest and drove out earlier inhabitants in the process. Both the Spanish (and later Mexican) empire and the Comanche empire drove out Native tribes like the Apaches in wars of violent conquests. So they stole the land first, then the whites "stole" it from them in turn.
@@gymnopedie4445 so it’s not stealing?
Thank you for educating me on topics I should have been taught in school. I also love they are short for my a.d.d. brain.
“The settlers completely ignored it”
That is so American 😂
Edit: all of the soft people in the comments crying because they can’t tell my comment is a joke 🤡
They were given the land one wanted mexico didn't either when they found out that they were successful they tried to take it back which started the war 🤔 we purchased the rest this video is just lies and properganda
@@jeremysanchez8329 No mexico wanted the land it was new and undeveloped land so they rented it out to Americans hoping to help the economy but the Americans brought slaves Which was illigal and acted indipendant to the Mexican government
They didn't rent it out they gave it out to settlers to build there economy they thought it was forthless and when it was successful they tried to take it back and they fought back hence the undisputed land
@@jeremysanchez8329 Wow. And I guess Hitler never invaded Poland, it was loaned to him and then the greedy bastards wanted it back later only after Adolf invested a shit ton of cash into developing it, so poor old Hitler had no choice but send the tanks in. Edit: Things you learn on TH-cam!
Huh? What r u talking about u okay 👌were talking about mexico 😆😁🤣😂🤔
And this conflict is taught in American schools as the “Mexican-American War”, while it is the “American Intervention” in Mexican schools' National History classes.
Edit: There's a lot of misinformation and plenty of toxicity in these responses. Proceed with caution.
If you see that as a good thing, you are a monster
They took a huge L
@Mark Peacock Mexico nearly drove the Americans back but the Mexican Government had some internal problems their Military had to respond to.
@Mark Peacock hey champion, I don't like to say it but in 25 years Hispanics and Asians will be the majority in us.
Mexico started the war when we annexed the state of Texas after it left Mexico
Why are people disliking he is literally teaching us history he didn’t do anything 😂
The Joker it was because you guys stole Texas if we are talking about the original people then the us with Mexico shouldn't exist you idiot But we are talking after that don't do the crap of ( they have taken the land too and we were competing) for you to sound innocent yourself both of you shouldn't exist if we are talking that but here is a secret (we are not talking about that) we are talking in the middle of the 19th century every thing he said was a fact after every one had their own country you guys stole Texas end of story you are not justified in any case and Mexico are the victim in this .
The Joker all the land you have is from the people you took from too 🤦♂️ we all know that so he didn't mention you nor Mexico in that matter . And we are talking about after it don't do this crap to justify yourself
@@ahmeddhia8019 😂 “you guys” I am a RUSSIAN I didn’t steal anything from you or did any of my parents grandparents etc. but even tho they did steal the land that’s how it works why are you giving hate to this guy who had nothing to do with it it and just trying to educate people if you should hate on someone go back in time and hate on the people who actually did it
@@ahmeddhia8019 in the title he literally says “how the US STOLE Mexico” he isn’t trying to justify nothing he is telling us history and giving him shoit for it won’t do you or anyone who was hurt or killed in the wars justice
@The Joker literally all land is stolen from someone at the end of the day
Thank you so much for the video
All of the Mexican photographs are from the mexican "revolution" (1910), long after the Mexico-United States war. The cliché uniform didn't exist back then, the mexican army used the usual kind of uniform used in europe and america by that time.
There was no cameras back then
No shit sure locks! What did you expect!? Pictorials...
@@Movieclips-hj7dc Yes. But we still have that clothing in Museums. As a matter of fact, it's quite similar to Spanish military uniforms used back in the day. (Big surprise, right).
@@MACQJR Sherlock, as in Sherlock Holmes.
@@chainmail5886 not really..the Mexican Army was stylized after the FRENCH and using Napoelonic tactics, the Spanish were using Guerilla tactics. Do you mean the Mexican uniforms look similar to the Spanish? That still wouldn't be true because the Mexican uniforms were based on the French First legion, French Dragoons ( view the Franco Vietnamese War of 1830) , the Spanish used White uniforms , and in the carlist war they did look similar to the French Army.
Santa Ana and Porifirio Diaz and 90% of influental Mexicans in that time were known Francophobes . The Mexican army was still using Grand Barrage 24 artilleries, which is why they loved the Saint Patricks batallion, Spain didn't use artillery that much, they were more cav based.
People forget that FRANCE was the biggest investor and was culturally dominant in Mexico at this time. Spain had already lost it's influence in Mexico by early 1800s and from 1830-1900 French writters/businesses etc were dominant culture of Mexico. It ended after Porfirio left and the Zapatistas kicked them out.. Then the Iberian culture came back under Cardenas but this was because of FRANCO and millions of Spanish immigrants who flooded Mexico in 1940..
I wish the French were never kicked out because of them we have Bellas Artes, Chapultepec and Mexicos architecture resemble Baroque France (Europe) more than the US.