The American Revolution ENDGAME | Irish Girl Reacts First Time Reaction
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- It's time for THE FINAL BATTLE! I need to know who won... and why we started using the word "President".
The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), gaining independence from the British Crown, establishing the constitution that created the United States of America, the first modern constitutional liberal democracy.
Among the significant results of the war were American independence and the end of British mercantilism in America, opening up worldwide trade for the United States-including with Britain. Around 60,000 Loyalists migrated to other British territories, particularly to Canada, but the great majority remained in the United States. The Americans soon adopted the United States Constitution, replacing the weak wartime Confederation and establishing a comparatively strong national government structured as a federal republic, which included an elected executive, a national judiciary, and an elected bicameral Congress representing states in the Senate and the population in the House of Representatives. It is the world's first federal democratic republic founded on the consent of the governed. Shortly after a Bill of Rights was ratified as the first ten amendments, guaranteeing a number of fundamental rights used as justification for the revolution.
Be sure to check out the Oversimplified Channel's video in full here at: The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 2)
• The American Revolutio...
Special thanks to
Jason Moir
Join Diane's inner circle of lovely humans & get behind the scenes videos, bonus videos and influence the channel. Other tier rewards include personal video shoutouts, the monthly Skype hangout & a personal video from Diane & Chewie
/ dianejennings
Get merch!
www.teespring....
Buy Editor Diane a coffee to keep her mellow while editing
paypal.me/Dian...
Follow me on social media (DM's are filtered so I don't receive them):
/ dianodrama
/ dianodrama
/ dianodrama
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use. Plus I have licences for ALL my choons bizatch!
Dianodrama-ID
irish girl,diane jennings,irish people try,irish girls,reaction,irish girl reacts,american revolutionary war,george washington,american revolution,the american revoltion,what is independence day?,Indepence day america,4th of july,american revolution reaction,oversimplified,oversimplified american revolution,USA,Independence,Independence Day,George Washington,Washington,Founding Fathers,John Adams,Flags,Revolutionary,Congress,Thirteen Colonies,13 Colonies
#georgewashington #americanrevolution #,americanrevolutionarywar #independenceday
Americans: What's a biro?
(That's European for 'ball point pen'... or possibly specific to mean a Bic)
Yup
Good to know
I've only ever heard the Irish use it
Biro is a brand, like BIC.
Named after László József Bíró
John Paul Jones is an American icon, considered the godfather of our Navy. During a famous battle the captain of a British ship asked if he wanted to surrender he replied "Sir I have not begun to fight. "
He proceeded to capture that ship while his sunk.
I served along side the JPJ
And a really great bass player!
@@thayerjohnson5654 I expect that joke to go over like a lead balloon. ;)
Doncha think we should start? Ship's about sunk.
The name Benedict Arnold is synonymous with "traitor" in America. So when you hear someone call someone else a "Benedict Arnold" that means the latter did some backstabbing on the former.
Which is unfortunate because he was a great general. It was our own government that turned their back on him.
Benedict was so arrogant. Which is likely the main reason he wasn't promoted.
@@BlessedVeteranAdventures He was vainglorious, greedy, and arrogant. He was a great battlefield commander, but he pressed advantages in personal disagreements or arguments and pushed every point too far, trying to make anyone who disagreed with him look bad and in a few situations actually becoming physically abusive. He made A LOT of enemies. The rest of Washington's general staff despised him not because they were jealous but because he had at one point or another been a complete ass to all of them. Unfortunately, was not as smart as he thought he was which is why he was so easily manipulated by the British in end. He had many great talents, but his flaws were equally great. Not someone to admire.
The man’s ego got in his way. I once worked along side a person like that, who could’ve gone far, but seemed like he couldn’t help but go out of his way to alienate everyone around him.
@@BlessedVeteranAdventures well, yes and no. Arnold was a pharmacist before the war. His business went under and he was broke, injured, and without a favorable reputation. When Washington put him in charge of Philadelphia, he abused his position to corruptly take bribes and promote his cronies. But he did get a sweet wife out of the deal. And she and her family were definitely loyalists and her ex-boyfriend was the spy who was the go-between for Arnold and the British in the West Point incident. I wonder if Benedict Arnold would have stayed true if even one of his brave and reckless attempts at glory were successful. If Ethan Allen had shared the glory at Ticonderoga, if Arnold had taken Canada. Maybe he wouldn't have been such an a-hole.
Benedict Arnold's name is used as an insult in the US to this day. If someone calls you a Benedict Arnold they're calling you a traitor.
Diane, watching the light bulb go on and then get brighter as you realize what "thirsty" meant was priceless.
😂🙈
This is and the fact that, as president, he had the chance to be a king in an age of absolute monarchs and declined are why Washington is such a beloved figure in this country. He was known as the American Cincinnatus(a reference to the ideal of the ancient Roman position of dictator) in his time. He was a middle of the road tactical commander but a great strategic general and a great leader.
The best example of his leadership skill is what's known as the Newburgh Conspiracy in March of 1783, not long before the official end of the war. A lot of the soldiers had not been getting paid because of the many problems with our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, and some of Washington's officers were threatening mutiny. This gets to Washington and he goes into a meeting with his officers and gives a speech basically telling them that he sympathizes but to not give up now when independence was finally almost won. The climax of the address is when he's about to read a letter from Congress. Before he does, he takes a pair of glasses from his coat pocket, telling his men "Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles for I have not only gone gray but almost blind in the service of my country." The conspiracy dissolved after that.
Some believe that event was the true victory of independence for the colonies. The army refused to mutiny and take control, as the English Army did during their civil war.
No one including Washington said thats stupid
I'm impressed kudos good sir. You saved me time
@@Caseytify I'm Canadian you didn't win the naval battles and it's considered a draw. Just remember we burnt down your salmon house in retaliation for burning down our parliament
Definitely the most intelligent out of all of us
Fun fact!: The bassist for Led Zeppellin (maybe the greatest rock band of all time) took the pseudonym of "John Paul Jones" because he thought the dude was wicked cool. Also, the plot twist is that after two wars and a lot of frustration, we (America) still became friends with and bailed the Brits out of two World Wars. So, YOU CAN become friends with the mean girl from high school!!!!
🤣
For those unfamiliar with Jones, he did become an infamous privateer as stated in the video. They didn't include the event that made him famous.
His ship was literally locked in combat with a British warship, when the mast carrying his flag was shot down. The British captain called out "Have you struck, sir?" (lowered your flag; surrencered)
Jones replied "Struck? I have not yet begun to fight!"
As ironic as it is. My favorite band is Pink Floyd
You my friend are funny and correct .
@@stinkbug4321 If you mean by that did America take and send ridiculous amounts of resources to the rest of the world we did. is in fact we rebuilt Germany and Japan with modern equipment . Yet we did not do that in our own country so I'd have to say yeah we did. Also we built ridiculous amounts of Liberty ships that kept the UK from starving to death and freezing to death as well when America was not even involved in the war yet no declaration that is.
One of the interesting things about George Washington is how he dealt with the issue of how to address the President. During that time colonial Governors were referred to as 'Your Excellency' and this was carried over to our State Governors (though I believe recently many are referred to as 'Honorable'). The prevailing idea was that the President would be referred as 'Your Most Excellency'. George Washington instead preferred to be called 'Mr. President'. And that is how the President has been referred to since.
Back then, addressing a leader as "President" was actually an insult. The title was used to humble the person taking office and remind them that they worked for the people. Now, it's a title everyone wants but doesn't want to be humble.
John Adams and Alexander Hamilton favored slightly more royal titles.
It's altogether proper to address POTUS as Your Excellency, but it is rarely done. On 09/23/01, Kofi Annan introduced Bush to the UN as, "His Excellency, President Bush."
Yes, all state governors but three are technically supposed to be referred to as “The Honorable” in formal introductions or when addressing a letter.
The three outliers are Massachusetts, South Carolina, and New Hampshire. For the governors of those states the proper address is “Your Excellency” or “His/Her Excellency”.
I haven’t heard either of these addresses used often, though. I think these days it’s mostly used in formal writing.
(Or perhaps it’s because I live in a state where the governor does not deserve the title of ‘honorable’ in any way.)
I went to Valley Forge with family as a kid. Looking at a map of the camp we saw that Gen. Washington had a general on staff with the exact same name as me. My dad did some research, and found that we were related. General William Woodford was captured by the Brits in Virginia, and died in captivity.
Your ancestor was a great man.
Got some Rev. War Ancestors also.
_"You changed your name TO Latrine?!"_
I had three ancestors on my Fathers side of my family and two from the other who0 fought in the Revolution. The Last of my branches to arrive landed off the Coast of Jamestown Va. on the 4th of July in 1635. The first in 1627 . One of my great grandfathers was an office in the English Army prior to the Revolution. His son was a lieutenant in the Colonial Army.
Hey Bill!
On January 1, 1801, one year after George Washington's death, Martha Washington signed an order to free his slaves. Many of them, having never strayed far from Mount Vernon, were naturally reluctant to try their luck elsewhere; others refused to abandon spouses or children still held as dower slaves (the Custis estate) and also stayed with or near Martha. Following George Washington's instructions in his will, funds were used to feed and clothe the young, aged, and infirm slaves until the early 1830s.
I recall there being some speculation that Martha Washington didn't free her slaves out of an act of charity, but of fear; George Washington's will said they would be freed upon Martha's death, and there's consideration that Martha was afraid her slaves might "help her along" to speed up that process, so freed them to forstall that happening.
@@heretic-668 I don't recall any letters in her collected archives that supports the supposition. So i would classify that as spurious historical rumor, or complete imaginative speculation based on estimates of "what would I do" more than what she did.
However there were certain loans and liens that had to be cleared before all of the people could be liberated. Also Virginia required by statute that liberation could bot just be, You're Free....however the now freedman must have finances and support to get going or be transported out of the commonwealth.
BTW that's a similar law affecting land tenant peasants in Ireland and Scotland at the time, which is why so many were transported (dumped) on America. Couldn't set em free from the land, and then have them roam the countryside as thieves and beggars.
So there were a few hurdles she had to surmount and Washington's will had no control on the Dowager Custis slaves that reverted back to the senior Custis control as Washington died without natural children.
John Paul Jones is another one to look up and do a review on. He was one crazed guy that was a captain for the ages. He is also the father of the US Navy.
Possibly the coolest start to a navy ever.
Commodore John Barry would like to have a word
When you look up "badass" in Webster's dictionary, you will see his picture.
As an American, I want to say that I hear the jokes we make about bailing out France in WWI and WWII. What this video shows is that we were repaying a debt. We need to remember that, if not for France, we wouldn't be a sovereign nation. They were the first to recognize us as a nation, helped us win the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, plus gave us the Statue of Liberty as a gift for our attempt at independence. A lot of info here that I didn't know. Great video Diane! Keep up the great work! ❤
"Lafayette, we are here."
France won ww1 and France was more powerful than US . US got powerful after ww1
America does indeed owe a great debt of gratitude to France for helping us win the Revolution. However, France was not the first nation to officially recognize American independence. That distinction goes to Morocco, which formally recognized American independence in 1777. France wouldn't get around to it for another year or so.
@@cervanntes Good Sir, I stand corrected You're absolutely right!
yeah you 'won' the war of 1812 so hard that the British burned down the white house lol
My dad got fired front his job working highway construction, for stealing. I didn’t want to believe it, but when I went to his house, I saw the signs
🤦♀️ I got worried
Your dad was a conqueror too, Alexander. Why are you trying to smear Phillip II's legacy?
Me too. I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign
Life is demanding without understanding
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong...
But where do you belong?
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@@tkeating3 life? Or love?
As someone who grew up in Trenton, the story if the Delaware Crossing and the ensuing battles was a STAPLE of discussions of the war growing up. Hell, i used to help out the reenactors who, well, reenacted said battles on location every year. Always cool to see that bit of the war come up in conversation because its frankly fascinsting.
Yes, every year a group of reenactors get together on Christmas day (it is free to watch them) and cross the Delaware , on a Durham boat, near New Hope (McConkey's Ferry) Pennsylvania. Then they march to Trenton New Jersey for the battle there. Durham boats were used back in the day to transport freight. When I was little we went to see this and it was fantastic.
13:24 I can't help but feel a little bit peeved when people bring this up. Like yeah, we're involved. After almost a two hundred years of staying the fuck out of it, WWII proved to everyone that the rest of the Great Powers couldn't be trusted to play nice. As much as people _claim_ they don't want us involved, the first thing everyone asks when shit goes down is: Where is the US? What is the US going to do?
I mean, just look at this situation in Ukraine. I very conveniently haven't heard any Europeans complaining about American intervention or imperialism when it comes to Ukraine. If anything, I hear more about how we aren't involved _enough_
Its NATO, why aren't NATO more involved is what people say. Only Russia and its allies want to single out the USA as if they are manipulating NATO in its decisions. When USA decides to do something unilaterally, they tend to make it obvious enough in advance that they have decided something must be done.
@@stewartkingsley First of all, I should have made it clear I was specifically referring to common parlance. In my experience, politicians and the news (in NATO-aligned countries excluding the US) commonly do refer to NATO when they talk about needing to intervene. The _people_ however, usually look to the US directly. Why? Well, because most NATO countries don't commit their fair share, knowing that the US will pick up the slack. This, combined with the fact that the US already 'owes' more forces to NATO operations, means that proportionally speaking, NATO is basically the US and friends, and people see that.
However... those politicians/the news change their rhetoric quickly when things go screwy. Oh sure, when people are in favor of an operation, or the operation goes well, it's a "NATO" operation, but when shit goes down or somebody drops the ball- suddenly it's a "US-led intervention".
Consider the Kosovo war. While the US Congress bickered about whether to get involved, the rest of NATO already had- and failed miserably at it. Not because they were incapable of succeeding mind you, but because they refused to. The US had been taking care of the dirty work for years and no one wanted to see headlines condemning their decisions if things didn't go so well. But once the US did get involved, suddenly they were conducting bombing runs on Albanians same as the US.
But then when the war was over, the KLA didn't take to the streets to celebrate "NATO Liberation" they celebrated "US liberation". Yet NATO members still claim it as a "NATO victory".
Now consider the Gulf War, in which NATO countries committed far more forces in far more operations than Kosovo. Yet _that one_ was a "US-led coalition". Doesn't matter that NATO European Command was actively involved and coordinated many of the operations. Doesn't matter that almost every single member of NATO and NATO-allied countries participated. It was unpopular, it was _imperialism_ , it was "Unilateral US action".
I guarantee if Ukraine turns into a debacle for NATO somehow, NATO members will be calling out the US. If Zelenskyy decides to use NATO-provided weaponry to attack Russian civilians, NATO members will be focusing _really hard_ on US provided equipment. If WW3 breaks out, it'll be "US action" or "US failures" that caused it.
The truth is, NATO is only an equal partnership when it benefits NATO members, otherwise it's a "US led Coalition".
@@stewartkingsley Which directly translates to why is the US not more involved. We foot the bill for most of NATO even when most countries can't even bother to give 2% of their GDP to it.
Heck add WW1 to that mix, too, though that entry was later in the war.
You have to understand that we do actively destabilize other nations. There is no nation or alliance that can actively threaten the US, we like that and will fight to keep it that way.
This high school history teacher began showing these videos to my students two years ago and they are great! I love them myself and my students like the fact that they watch them on their laptops, at their own pace (while answering questions).
I have two ancestors who served under Washington at Yorktown, VA. They were both lieutenants. Those two lines didn't merge until over 120 years later. The Scottish ancestor was from Virginia and the German ancestor was from Philadelphia.
Something that Oversimplified left out was that Washington's attack on Trenton wasn't just in the winter. It was on Christmas morning. That's why it was completely unexpected.
Diane was reacting to one point and she missed that fact. I was viewing this again and I finally noticed it. I knew about the Christmas time battle before this reaction.
“No president could know everything no matter how much of a stable genius they claim to be.”
Savage.
😂
America has a history of savaging sitting presidents. Even Washington was slagged.
sounds like someone we may know now.
The Germans laughed at the stable genius when he warned them what would happen, they aren't laughing now.
The people who still laugh are unable to learn.
@@churblefurbles seems the joke went over your head
I love that there is a monument at Saratoga for Benedict Arnold, but it doesn't mention him by name and the monument is of a boot since Arnold was wounded in the foot and leg during the war.
Think about this, Bendict Arnold is thought of as a TRAITOR, but the AMERICANS WERE COMMITTING TREASON AGAINST THE CROWN. Benedict Arnold was actually a LOYALIST TO THE CROWN.
Hahaha! I almost went to school to be a history teacher, glad I didn’t and kept history as a hobby/personal interest. It was refreshing to see your honest reaction to the video. ( extremely well done by the way, maybe not entirely accurate, but got the high points across)! I particularly loved the fact that your initial reaction when presented new information was excitement to hear new information rather than picking a side and being either for or against said side. It’s been hundreds of years but there’s still that bias on a subconscious level. Love the attitude and accent, please continue doing these reactions.
I actually use these videos in my history class because they allow me to giveaway brief overview that I can expand on.
Being a "history nut," I'm pleasantly surprised how accurate that video you used was, Diane! It's usually the "brotherhood of the sword" (seriously invested in medieval history) folks on TH-cam that are this close to accurate (and I'm not including the white supremacist neo-Norse pseudo pagan ones that have 19th century Icelandic Christian mystic tattoos that are supposed to be "Viking.")
A good source of day to day early American life is the Townsend's channel. Would love to see what you think about it.
Love going to the Nutmeg Tavern Every Friday (If I'm not working)
@@SirFrederick I can't always catch it live, myself, but it's a truly good community that congregates there. (When I can catch it live, I'm more of a lurker. I tend to let others do the talking. 😁 It's rare for me to post here, even. But, history does that to me. I know a lot about it, but I truly enjoy and appreciate the tidbits I can glean.)
I agree with you. If they showed something that fun in school, I would have been interested enough to want to know more, instead of waiting until later in college to dig deeper. They're still fun, even if they seem simplistic. I love them.
Oversimplified definitely helps us homeschooling parents with teaching history. DJ really enjoys their videos.
That’s very cool!
videos like oversimplified give better history lessons than the actual school
@@nope6908 If I could like your comment twice I would.
@@nope6908 That is because they tell stories. When you focus on the story of what happened, rather than the minutiae that is usually taught, people remember it better and generally enjoy history more.
I'll wager the kids remember the funny non-factual bits more than the facts though.
Washington was a genius. He knew the odds and what was at stake. He had learned from previous losses, and fought standard battles and guerilla warfare. He knew during his great retreat that a standing army was worth more than a brave defeat, he knew before an open battle he'd face prepared positions and cannon, so his army bundled huge piles of sticks many layers deep to catch the cannon balls. When volunteers were leaving during the winter he knew he couldn't just punish them, so he gave motivating speeches and convinced them to return. He insisted that his troops load their rifles with buckshot and ball, to increase the likelihood of a hit. His men marched barefoot in the snow for him.
John Paul Jones is a huge hero to people who know history. There also have been 2 destroyer ships named after him
For sure it was an oversimplification of the Revolutionary war, but like you said it's a cartoon and it hit the major key facts.
I know this is Oversimplified, but the Battle of Yorktown is my favorite. The brilliance of the teamwork between the Marquis de Lafayette and Alexander Hamilton is phenomenal.
Thank you so much for reacting to it Diane! 🙆♀️
Thank you for the video Diane! Really enjoyed it. :)
That last bit made me feel really happy as well, thank you. :)
I’ve walked a lot of American Civil War battlefields but have only visited 2 American Revolutionary battlefields, Cowpens and Moore’s Creek Bridge. I actually learn by watching these videos myself.
Oversimplified is just a blessing for us history students or many students who have to read history in school and that .. honestly this makes sense of those past facts and makes it interesting. Love the humour refrences . Btw enjoyed your reaction. Would love you reacting to more of them .
Oversimplified is the reason I started learning history voluntarily lol he got me into history absolutely amazing
To answer your Clinton question. No. Bill Clinton was born Blythe, but his dad died in a car accident before he was born. He assumed the name Clinton when his mom remarried when he was 4, he made the change legal when he was 15.
Oh wow!!
@@DianeJennings When you were talking about nepotism while I don't think this is by design 22 US presidents are decended from William the Couquorer and much later in the British Royal families. According to some genologists George Washington's closest living relitive is Quenn Elizabeth. Also John Kennedy is the decendent of the brother of Brian Boru High King of Ireland.
So happy you did part deux! Thank you!!!! 💜💜💜
Nice to see they mentioned the Waxhaws Massacre in the video... that's a few miles from where I grew up and where my family has lived for generations. The resulting backlash caused the entire area to be known as a "Hornet's Nest" of opposition. A year or so back we stopped in as a family to visit the site of the Buford Massacre as it is known locally (historical markers and some graves there). I try to stop in when I can, just to pay my respects to the American Patriots who were killed on the site. Glad you followed through on covering Part 2, good stuff!!!
The history you learn in school is fubar. You learn the actual history as adult.
King George called George Washington the great person to ever live. He stepped away from power. Twice.
Have a great weekend Diane!! 😊
lol no. The history u learn in school is BS. But the history you learn as an adult is also BS. Histories are written by the winners and also from the point of view of the people where that history is being taught. For instance WWII history is largely written by the Allies, mainly the US and Britain. For the most part, they main a huge deal out of German and Japanese war crimes, while at the same time erasing war crimes committed by the Allies. You never hear about the massive and incredible amounts of rape and killings that both the USSR and the US soldiers did to the German women as they converged upon the German nation. The carpet bombings and fire bombings of Japanese and German cities.
On the other hand if you read the history of WWI you will get a VERY different perspective of it from reading US or British history of the war, whereas I can PROMISE you that you will see things from a VERY different perspective when reading German acounts lol.
Washington is the reason U.S. presidents have a two-term limit. If it was good enough for old George...
All of this and more is taught in school. Its just taught through lecture, and so everyone pretty much slept through it, and are now like "OMG I wish we learned this in school!!" lmao. Most people that Ive met, arent really interested in the history of their own country growing up. I hated having to take American History from Middle School throughout High School. I was much more interested in world history and classical history. I was surprised to find that through my travels to other countries, many of those peoples have also shown more interest in another countries's history than their own as well.
@@johnsensebe3153 Technically speaking, FDR is the reason U.S. Presidents have a legal two-term limit. Because he was the first (and only) President to actually violate Washington's precedent. After FDR's death during his *fourth* term, people figured out Washington was right and the 22nd Amendment was passed to enshrine his precedent into Constitutional law. Prior to FDR, Wilson had also intended to run for a third term, but his health ultimately precluded him from doing so.
Wilson and FDR were responsible for a lot of the major departures from norms that limited the powers of both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government that had mostly held from Washington until their time, as well as erosions of personal freedoms some of which persist to today and others of which took decades to reverse. The Espionage Act and Sedition Act pushed for - and ultimately signed by - Wilson were particularly egregious examples, literally criminalizing the mere act of dissenting against the U.S. involvement in the war. Wilson also pushed for including language authorizing his government to directly censor the media in that same bill, but it was defeated in Congress by a single vote. Of course, all of this was just a blatantly unconstitutional then as it is now, but was upheld in a series of horrendous Supreme Court decisions which were finally overturned in the late 1960s.
Jefferson did NOT remove the condemnation of slavery from the Declaration of Independence to avoid offending southern states. In truth, they voted on that line and only 2 states said no, and it had to be unanimous! This is well documented.
This is correct.
So, you are saying - two states openly refused to agree on that point, therefore, to allow for the 13 colonies to be united for strength, the line was dropped?
YES! Oversimplified reactions are ALWAYS awesome!
Diane watching a video about the American revolution is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Yes Diane, you're cool.
A note about "Colonel" von Steuben, he most likely WASN'T an aristocrat, and, had no right to use the "von" title. Also, he was never higher in rank than captain in the Prussian Army, and, was available to train our troops in America, because, he was actually a wanted criminal in Prussia, and, was on the run.
Interesting. I only know of him from this video. Would you say he at least did a good job with the training, despite his, um, problematic background?
@@russb24 He gave the American troops the ability and confidence to standup to the Red Coats. In the battle of Monmouth the Americans stood up and showed that they were no longer a rag tag army. They won the field that day.
You need to watch the HBO series John Adams. It was really well done.
always fun Diane. Yes, these vids do make history more accessible. Hopefully some take a deep dive into their topics
So glad you completed this! Thank you!
You gotta love someone who does "This you?" to herself. XD
And yes, this was way more detailed than any history class I've ever taken, including university. So much so that it's probably worth watching for any student who's going to study US history.
the 2000 movie "The Patriot" loosely told the story of the revolution in the south. Mel Gibson plays a composite of several revolutionary leaders, Jason Isaacs plays a version of Tarleton. Also has a very young Heath Ledger.
Very loosely. Mel Gibson never lets something as inconsequential as historical fact get in the way of his storytelling.
@@markhamstra1083 Honestly I feel movies like the patriot are a hell of a lot more accurate than what's taught in our American schools these days.
Even back 45 years ago the amount of history We weren't taught was sad ( considering our founding was a measly 200 years at the time ). It's really disgraceful. I'm getting my stuff ready so in a couple more years I'll teach my granddaughters the truth about the Revelolution and other historic event of the USA.
@@stinkbug4321 He’s right up against the limit between entertainment and propaganda. He doesn’t just manipulate history for entertainment purposes, but also to serve his religious and political agenda. Despite this, a lot of people point to Gibson’s movies for their supposed historical or educational value while failing to mention how heavily he manipulates facts.
Tarleton committed numerous atrocities by his direct command and allowed his men to commit numerous atrocities. He never set fire to a church with people Inside (but he burned many non-anglican houses of worship) but he did order the wife and children of an American officer locked in their home and ordered the house to be burned. She and her children escaped through a secret tunnel. Tarleton was a vicious war criminal! His name is still cursed by Americans in North and South Carolina.
@@doncarlton4858 th-cam.com/video/yUjwJqNooyU/w-d-xo.html
Your editing just keeps getting better and better.
Those yawns were imperceptible! I also learned way more watching this along with you for the first time than I did in school, it’s so clever and easy to digest.
I love your videos.
I was curious also as to whether our 42nd United States President Bill Clinton was related to George Clinton in the revolutionary war. He is not.
Your video was interesting and informative. Thank you.
The history of George Washington and slavery reflects Washington's changing attitude toward enslavement. The preeminent Founding Father of the United States and a slaveowner, Washington became increasingly uneasy with slavery which was then a longstanding institution. He provided for the immediate emancipation of one of his slaves in his will, with the remaining 123 forced to work for his wife, but to be freed no later than her death.
If I'm not mistaken he didn't buy those slaves, they were given to him and his wife by his father-in-law. Also he kept those slaves so they would not be mistreated by other 'owners'...
@@thelokiway4478 You are both correct. Basically, in the end, we have at least TWO founding fathers who did indeed own slaves, but weren't overly fond of the fact, and the greatest of the two did what he could to ensure his slaves got fair treatment. If I'm not mistaken he even had them educated, which was not an accepted practice among slaveowners.
His will also states that former slaves could stay at Mount Vernon and those of old age would be cared for.
There was a law in Pennsylvania, that if slaves were in the state for a certain length of time, they were automatically free, so he had to ever so often take a trip to Virginia with them. When his Presidency was over, he left the slaves, and they were quietly given their freedom.
Are you aware that every time you speak into the mic that the sound from the simplified cartoon we are watching mutes it's sound so that us the viewers miss what is said.
Just thought you should know because these simplified versions are cool and we here in the USA haven't seen these and they are interesting
I really agree, Children will learn better from this. You can fill in the blanks later! Love this Diane!❤
This was great! I agree it should be used in schools-ever hear of Schoolhouse Rock? Kinda similar, but a wonderful educational tool. How about world history or European history- we were never taught that in my schools.
But to be real, the kids will only remember the funny, non-historic, non-factual bits if these were shown as "history" in school.
American neutrality in foreign conflicts held out until the World Wars. The reluctance to get involved in other countries wars was one of the main reasons why the U.S. didn't get involved in WW1 and WW2 until later on. There is still strong isolationist sentiment in the U.S. today
Eh, I wouldn't say it really held out until the World Wars. More like it held out until the late 19th century, but then America took a decidedly interventionist and even colonial direction for a couple of decades or so around the turn of the century. For example, see the annexation of Hawaii, the Spanish-American War and subsequent annexation of the Philippines (as well as acquisition of Guam, Puerto Rico, etc. from the Spanish.) But it then took a more isolationist turn again in the early 1900s until WWI (and, even then, most Americans weren't in favor of joining... which is largely why Wilson didn't join it until after his reelection in late 1916.) Then became mostly isolationist yet again following WWI, especially given that that war was largely caused by the exact sort of "entangling alliances" that Washington warned against becoming a part of more than a century earlier. After WWII, on the other hand, needless to say, the U.S. hasn't taken much of an isolationist track, though it did at least follow through with its commitment to and timeline for Philippine independence that had been made a decade earlier well before WWII started. And then ultimately also agreed to independence for Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
But, yeah, in general, a lot of the norms established by Washington, including, for example, staying out of European alliances and wars and limiting the Presidency to two terms, continued to be honored for more than a century. Wilson and FDR, however, had other plans with respect to both of those examples. (Wilson had intended to run for a 3rd term, but his health ultimately prevented it. FDR was the only President to ever actually run for a third [and fourth] term. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed after FDR's death and the 22nd Amendment enshrined Washington's 2-term limit precedent into Constitutional law.)
Noninterventionism=/=Isolationism
The American Revolution video .Really did a good job talking about The America Revolution.
Another fun fact not well known even by a lot of Americans is that Benjamin Franklin was not just a Founding Father of America
and a diplomat par excellence and a randy dude, especially with French ladies, but was also a renowned scientist of the time in his own right. Using a drop of oil on a still pond and measuring the area spread of the oil he was able to estimate the size of the oil molecules and thereby give an estimate of the size of the postulated particles making up everything to an order of magnitude.
This was sheer genius on his part and was published in Europe and he was known in European scientific circles before the
American Revolutionary war. This doesn't even include his famous experiment with lightning in which he proved lightning was electricity. And he also is the one responsible for identifying two electric signs of positive and negative.
Woo hoo!!! I really enjoyed the first part 😁 what a hateful curse!!!! x
My favorite Oversimplified video is the one on the Pig War. Fairly minor incident, but sheds some light on America’s expansionist period and is also hilarious due to how stupid the whole incident was
In the US to this day, the term “Benedict Arnold” means “traitor”. Usually used when referring to someone rather than an insult you throw out.
Prussian General Von Steuben is the first Inspector General of the Army. His trainings and drills were incorporated in an Army field manual that was used for many decades.
Two TV shows do a good/great job at showing this dramatically: Middlebrow / okayish "Turn: Washington's Spies" and highbrow, explosively brilliant "John Adams." There's a genius film called "The Last of The Mohicans" that takes place a few years before the Revolutionary War but sets the stage pretty well. Avoid the Mel Gibson movie people are mentioning...absolute trash.
I haven't seen John Adams, but I did enjoy Turn.
I did also enjoy "the Mel Gibson movie" as a movie, but with the understanding that it was just that - historically-set fiction, not anything remotely resembling an accurate representation of history. I saw a TH-cam video that was evaluating various movies for historical accuracy a while back and that was one of the ones it did. One of the few things it judged as "accurate" from that movie was the quote, "Gates is a d**n fool." - haha
My 6th great grandfather did a lot of fighting in the early years of the war (at Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth Courthouse, and Saratoga, as well as enduring Valley Forge), but not much after that, even though he stayed in the army until the end of hostilities. When he left, he married the daughter of a Loyalist who only learned to keep his opinions on the rebellion to himself after he had been thrown onto a prison ship for three weeks. I would love to know what the Loyalist thought of his new son-in-law!
The conditions on prison ships were hellish.
I forget if this video talks about it (or if oversimplified does at all) but there’s a Revolutionary War battle that took place between Americans (patriots and loyalists) called The Battle of Kings Mountain.
The Loyalist forces (that is, loyalist to The Crown) were militias that had been recruiting and doing raids into “outlaw territories” (some colonists had actually left the jurisdiction of British colonies by breaking the boarders of the Appalachian mountains)
The Mountain men did not take kindly to their friends and families being killed.
The loyalists were pulling back to Cornwallis’ forces for better security and were atop Kings Mountain, right near the North Carolina/South Carolina boarder.
He claimed “I am the king of this mountain and God Almighty cannot draw me from it”
He’s still buried there.
It’s a rough place to have to fight, and he didn’t expect them to come at him how they did.
It was remarkable in that it was a straight “American vs American” affair with both groups being comprised of militia forces and was one of if not the biggest in the war.
Fun Fact for you Diane: The Revolutionary War was mainly British English subjects fighting against the British Crown and
the American Civil War had a huge number of Immigrant Irish fighting on both sides of the conflict but mainly for the North.
It was a C change as Irish Immigrants fled their homeland to come to America and they got pulled in either by their own
volition or by being drafted. Some political cartoons of the time in America actually had Irish coming off immigrant ships and
being given military uniforms as they stepped ashore.
I love history , as a story it so entertaining , just don't confuse history with fact . Have you heard the contemporary phrase ,
Re writing history . . . hmmm ? Very popular amongst evil despots !
P.S. definition EVIL DESPOT . . . Mr. Faul***r .
Good choice of video and a great reaction. I wouldn't take John Addams' evaluation of Benjamin Franklin very seriously. What Franklin understood and Adams didn't was that his only tool to get French aid was to be liked personally. So when he went to parties, he might or might not have had fun, but he was working.
Speaking with nothing but good wishes, the little video clips you insert aren't funny.
Fun fact: just before the battle of Trenton, there was one British sympathizer who saw the American troops setting up and tried to get a warning message to the Hessians' leader, who was at a Christmas party. But when he got the message, he just put it in his pocket without reading it. And by the time he remembered the message, he was already mortally wounded in the following battle, so he didn't even bother taking it out because he realized what it was.
Also, the whole story about Paul Revere's ride has been told pretty inaccurately. Paul actually rode with two other men - William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. And rather than shout, "The British are coming!", they knocked on people's doors and told them quietly, "The Regulars are coming." Sam also did most of the work, because Paul was found and captured, and Will went off in another direction to throw off their pursuers, while Sam continued to Concord.
The picture at 8:23 is Marquis de Lafayette and James Armistead Lafayette. James was a slave who's owner sent him to fight. He was put under the command of Lafayette who didn't believe in slavery. Lafayette had James do spy work. James went to the British troops saying he escaped his owner and he wanted to join the British troops. The British had him doing camp work and he would be serving food and drink to the officers while spying on what they were saying. He would then go back to Lafayette and tell Lafayette everything. In 1787 Lafayette helped James with writing his recommendation for freedom and it was granted. Therefore, James added Lafayette to his last name.
So I grew up right next door to where Washington crossed the Delaware for the battle of Trenton. Despite learning just about everything in the video in elementary school and being to Washington Crossing SO MANY TIMES I still find it interesting to watch. Sometimes just to see if anything will be screwed up or to watch Europeans learn about the war. My daughter's fathers family lives on Federal City Road in NJ where one of the original plans for putting the capital was. I was inundated with revolutionary history growing up. The town I grew up in was named Queenstown until the war and they changed the name to Pennington. The county in NJ where Trenton and Princeton are is named Mercer county after General Mercer who died in the Battle of Princeton. The tree he died under didn't fall until about 20 years ago when it was struck by lightening. Princeton University had been cultivating saplings from that tree and planted one of it saplings in the same place.
Your videos are a bit addictive… informative, funny, very well put together. Keep up all that good work!
I grew up in Steuben County in New York State, so I knew all about Baron Frederick von Steuben coming to Washington’s aid in training and disciplining his army. What I didn’t know, until I looked it up as an adult, was that he was basically fleeing Europe because he was gay, and the Americans needed his help so badly that they just didn’t care. As I said, there’s a county in NY named after him, and there are statues of Steuben and Lafayette facing each other in the park behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Another European who showed up even earlier in the Revolution (he offered his services directly to Ben Franklin not long after the Declaration) was the Polish military engineer Kosciuszko. His designs were crucial in the battles against Burgoyne in the battles of Fort Ticonderoga and Saratoga. There are many statues of him here in the U.S., as well as…a popular brown mustard…? Don’t ask me.
Washington was called “the old fox” by the British army - in a derogatory way, because they saw themselves as fox hunters chasing a fox who always ran away. But the American Revolution was classic asymmetrical warfare - hit-and-run tactics, skirmishes, ambushes, etc. There’s a scene in the musical play/movie “1776” where Benjamin Franklin says that while he and other Congressmen were inspecting the army, they saw the men were completely disorganized, but when a flock of ducks went by - the only food they’d seen in days - they could certainly shoot.
Random fun fact that will probably get buried in here but I thought I should mention. That guy Nathaniel Greene pretty much single handedly drove the British out of North Carolina, where I am from. Many North Carolina cities, including two of our biggest ones (Greenville and Greensboro) were named after that Nathaniel Greene.
Almost at double silver! These little videos are awesome. Hope life is good!
Fun fact about horatio gates: he didnt just run away like a few miles. He routed and ran his horse nealry to death 200 miles away. He never showed up again to report pr anything. He went home after that and left politics and military forever
It was to the Pacific not the Mississippi River. The U.S. were given the lands in the charters which extended to the Pacific Ocean.
9:56 omg it's The Patriot. i thought the only historically accurate event in that movie was the war itself!
AWESOME!!! I always love to see reactors cover videos like these, especially if they are from outside the US. Are you planning on covering their video about the French Revolution or the American Civil War?
John Paul Jones is considered the Father of the US Navy... *AND* the Russian Navy (after the Revolution, left without a command, JPJ took a job building the Russian Navy and served as a Russian admiral).
John Paul Jones is best remembered for the battle of USS Bonhomme Richard versus HMS Serapis, where Paul ended up capturing Serapis while Bonhomme Richard was sinking. Thus is the battle where he is credited with the words, "I have not yet begun to fight!" when asked if he was surrendering his burning, sinking, ship (because the mast holding the colors had been shot down).
I have an Ancestor who was from the Ulster Plantations of Ireland that came to the “Colonies”. He had a Son who fought at the Battle of King’s Mountain against the British. The British under Major Patrick Ferguson threatened their settlements in the Appalachian Mountains. They were the “Over Mountain Men”. Also, I have two other Ancestors that were part of the Pennsylvania Militia served in the rebel Army. They were at Valley Forge with General George Washington. The American Revolution has been said to be a reaction by Scottish Presbyterians (Church of Scotland) to increased British rule and Church of England’s increasing corruption. The Church became the single largest landowner within the colony, developing commercial agriculture to support many of its activities. The Church of England would try to control more of the lives of the citizens. The “Great Awakening” was an anti-establishment sentiment that turned into a movement to break from British rule. Many former Scots and Scots-Irish had ancestors that were killed during the various Religious conflicts in Ireland, Scotland, and England.
Diane. Thank you for your work! I have learned a lot from you.
You should do a video about the ten things you do not feed to dogs please.
The one thing that makes me laugh. The Indians, did not need to be "coerced" into fighting each other. They had been warring for about 10,000 years, before the settlers arrived. In fact, the Indians coerced the settlers to help them fight other tribes. FYI: Indian tribes are as different as European nations.
I always love to hear about The America Revolution.
To get a sense of the importance of Washington's surprise raid on Dec 25, 1776, I suggest "Washington's Crossing" (David Hackett Fischer). America didn't fight "a war of independence" (singular). It fought three distinct wars: 1) a brief conflict to evict the British; 2) a disastrous campaign of conventional warfare when the British returned; 3) a protracted war of attrition after Washington brought the revolution back from death's door.
It is "oversimplified" but ususally quite accurate. And quite fair and unbiased.
But quite often when you dive deeper into a topic you realise, that he even covered some deeper details in little jokes and half sentences you didn't notice at the time. And you realise that Oversimplified covered (or summed up)a lot more details than you initially realised. Of course a short funny video for a general audience can't replace a history book.
My favourite is in the Pig Wars video, where he descibes James Buchannan in a few seconds absolutely brilliantly and accuratly. That is perfectly enough to understand that president completely.
Im from Saratoga Springs NY....We have a National Park for the battle but we are known now for horse racing and the mid-summer derby also known as the Travers Stake
Well, let me clarify few things.
There is an article from The Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR ) called ‘Spain and the Independence of The United States.’ After reading the article cannot be a surprise to know than Spanish Commander Bernardo de Galvez has the same honour of be Honorary Citizeship of the United States like Laffayete…
I feel like a great use for vids like this in classrooms would be to show them and then have student pick an aspect of it to research, kind of as a way to expand on bits that interest them but also to kind of learn to fact check what they were watching and if it was a good way to summarize bits of it.
I live just up the road from Yorktown, Diane. Come see us. It's "touristy" but still quaint and very informative.
If you ever watch the TV series "The Last Ship" the ship was called the John Paul Jones, which was named after him.
It's interesting to note that about a third of the soldiers in the American Continental Army were Irish (including some of my own ancestors). Their resentment towards the British monarchy undoubtedly contributed to their sizeable enlistment... especially since the reason there were so many Irish in the American colonies was because it was as far as they could get from the rule of the king.
According to a study entitled "The ethnic origin of the continental army,' by John Kelly, it comprised 62% English, 29% Ulster Scots (Scotch-Irish), and 5% Germanic. There were a few Irish in the remainder. Most Irish immigration came much later.
There is an easy gateway for Irish to enter American history ... So many Irish experienced it. Irish immigrants played a major role in US history at every point after Columbus, and possibly before. The Irish are one of the cultures that helped shape America.
As an Irishwoman, you should _really_ enjoy a story about the Brits getting kicked out!
The American Colonies where Brtish they where fighting against there own people
@@TheAaronChand
Technically, yes. But it over time became an “us and them” thing. So the subjects that were not staying loyal to the crown sort of gave themselves their own identity. Even came up with their own flag and different sort of government. It was pretty awesome. Actually, it’s still around! The battles would have been terribly confusing if both sides had the same flags and uniforms!! The colonists kind of “kicked out” the king’s soldiers.
@@foley15136 the American Colonies where white Englishman Brits and other white people such as Dutch Irish Germans Scottish Welsh etc same race white People from Europe same cvilization etc there great grandparents came from England and kicked out the Native Americans or Red Indians. Under a system known as settler clonialsim. And bulit there own cvilization America on top of the Native lands they conquered. America and the 13 Colonies was a replica of England in North America. Compare that to India my ansctors country during the Same time period. Unlike America the people of India where not replaced using settlers. Or was not a settlement colony. The population to big and India was part of the Old world continents Asia. And the 2 cvilizations being old world continents knew of each other and traded with each other for centuries. Plus the Brtish East India Company and other Westerners Dutch Swedish Danish France Portugal came to India to trade because Asian countries had spices silks textiles tea porcelain fabrics. So there intention was different. It was a different circumstance. There was no rights of Englishmen or cry for Taxation without representation in India or other non white western Colonies. Since there where no Westerners that settled the land and made it there new home. My point is that the circumstances was completely different. America Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa etc where inhabited by Native populations who where displaced by white people who came as settler colonizers. To take the land and establish a replica or a extention of home and another place where you could bulid a new life etc. These colonists in America where the conquers fighting against the mother County. It was the same race same same culture technology same cvilization western cvilization. White people.
@@foley15136 Geroge Washington great grandfather came from England born in Trig Hertfordshire his name Washington sound like a while English name. Ben Franklin his dad Josiah Franklin born in England in Ecton Northamptonshire John Adams Great great grandfather also was born in England in Braintree Essex. Thomas Jefferson mom Jane Randolph Jefferson was born in England Shadwell East London his dad's father father was also born in England most likely. Daniel Morgan a American Revolutionary War Solider all 4 of his grandparents where from Wales. Etc they where Ethnicity white English people or came from the Brtish Isles such as Wales Scotland. Or even Ireland.
About a third of the American army consisted of what at the time were known as Protestant Irish, what today we would call Scots-Irish, who are descendants of the Borderers who lived between England and Scotland but who lived in northern Ireland for a couple centuries before coming to America in the 1700s.
But of course there were regular Irish (also mostly Protestant) in America before that. Some of my ancestors were Irish immigrants who came to Virginia and North Carolina in the 1600s.
Mark 2:07. DJ, congratulations! You are the first person that I've seen recognize, Tarring & Feathering, in cartoon form! Especially in this animator's style! 🎉🎊
From what I've heard, the Vikings were fond of picking on Scotland way back when, what with the raids and all, so it's entirely possible that John Paul Jones had a Viking ancestor or two.
When Ben Franklin first went to Britain as a commissioner for the colonies he first visited Ireland and foresaw how the colonies would be treated by the "mother country" and determined that that wouldn't happen to the colonies! Thus he determined that the colonies must be freed from the British and started to work toward that goal!
Dang, I gotta go to Ireland and see how they view history. Interesting to see different perspectives
Absolutely agreed about mental health. Great cause.
Was familiar with much of this but ai'm a huge nerd. Thank you for sharing your perspectivw.
They really skimmed over the southern campaign. They mentioned Tarleton's general brutality but made no mention of either the Waxhaw Massacre or the response of the over mountain men at Kings Mountain (a most remarkable battle), and barely touched on Morgan's decimation of Tarleton's legion at Cowpens. One point that Diane might appreciate is that most of the colonists in the back country of the Carolinas were what were known then as Protestant Irish, or today called Scots-Irish. I think it was at Ninety-Six (more or less today's Spartanburg) that the British brought in a fresh army direct from Ireland, and many of the soldiers were personal acquaintances of some of the colonists - so the British commander decided he wasn't entirely sure of the trustworthiness of his troops so he soon decamped and moved elsewhere.
Kosciusko was the drill instructor at Valley Forge.
I believe Benedict Arnold is the only person to have commanded forces as a General for both sides of the same war.
Your video makes hearing about history fun.