First Colonies: 1565-1700 | American Colonial History | Jamestown, Plymouth, Puritans, Quakers
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- First American colonies, 1565-1700
This presentation outlines the development of European colonies in the future United States and Canada, from 1565 to 1700.
Before European colonization of North America, many thousands of Algonquian, Iroquoian, Souian, Muskogean, Pueblo, and other Native American speakers lived throughout the continent.
The first successful European foothold above Mexico is the Spanish colony of Saint Augustine founded in modern Florida in 1565.
1585: Sir Walter Raleigh founds the first English colony in North America at Roanoke Island in future North Carolina. The colony dissolves the next year.
1587: A second colony is established at Roanoke island under John White. The first English child born in North America is Virginia dare.
In 1588, the Spanish Armada, dispatched from Spain for the purpose of invading England, is largely destroyed by a combination of the English fleet and harsh weather.
1590: John White finds Roanoke totally abandoned with only the word "Croatoan" scrawled on wood.
In spring of 1607 John Smith and 100 colonists are off the coast Virginia. The ships sail up a river, which the crew names after King James, and they found Jamestown.
Samuel de Champlain of France has a fort erected at Quebec the next year, 1608.
In 1610, the Spanish settle Santa Fe in future New Mexico, among the ancient civilization of the Pueblo.
But Jamestown is in danger in 1610. The colony is starving. Pocahontas provides food assistance to Jamestown's starving colonists.
1613: John Rolfe cultivates West Indian, or Caribbean, tobacco at Jamestown.
1619 is a critical year at Jamestown. One institution is the House of Burgesses, which is the beginnings of representative government in North America. This is contrasted by the first shipment of slaves to Jamestown in that same year.
1620: The Mayflower sets sail with Pilgrim separatists and "strangers". strangers are Mayflower colonists that are not a part of the separatist religious movement.
Plymouth is founded there in the future state of Massachusetts. The Wampanoag are there at Cape Cod.
1626: The Dutch West India Company establishes New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
1630: King Charles I grants John Winthrop a charter for the Massachusetts Bay Company. 1,000 puritans, including women and children, sail for Massachusetts. Boston is founded.
In 1634, Lord Baltimore establishes St. Mary's in Maryland, the first English Catholic community in the Americas. Lord Baltimore argues for the "free exercise" of religion for both Protestants and Catholics.
1635: The Puritans establish the Boston Latin School, the oldest public school still in use in the United States.
Harvard is founded the next year in 1636, just six years after the Massachusetts Bay settlers arrived.
Also in 1636, The scholar Roger Williams founds Providence in Rhode Island.
1637 is a tragic year for the Pequot people. New Englanders attack the Pequot at Fort Mistick in Connecticut.
Concurrently in Boston, Anne Hutchinson gains fame as a reformer who questions the power of clergy in her puritan community.
New Haven, Connecticut is founded the same year.
Also in 1638, Swedish Colonists found Fort Christina near modern-day Wilmington, Delaware.
In 1642, back across the Atlantic, England falls into Civil war between parliament and the crown.
Also in 1642, a French mission is founded at Montreal.
In 1649, King Charles I is executed, and Parliament's victory over the crown will result in an England that has no king for 11 years.
Also in 1649, the General Assembly of Maryland grants an Act Concerning Religion, or the Act of Religious Toleration.
1664: The English capture New Amsterdam from the Dutchman Peter Stuyvesant.
1670: Charles Town is founded in Carolina, the new colony named after King Charles.
1671: The French Jesuits found a mission at St. Ignace in Michigan and another mission in De Pere near Green Bay, Wisconsin.
In 1673, the French further their interior exploration. Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet travel from St. Ignace to Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Also in 1673 the French establish the fur trading station Fort Frontenac just above Lake Ontario.
In 1675, New Englanders are engaged in a full-scale conflict against the region's Algonkian nations. This is King Philip's War.
In 1676 Nathaniel Bacon rises up against Jamestown.
Out west in 1680, the pueblo people revolt against Spanish rule, driving the Spanish from Sante Fe.
1682: William Penn, holding a charter to start a new colony, founds Philadelphia.
Also in 1682 the French explorer La Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River.
1686: The French establish a trading post at Arkansas Post, an early European bastion in the lower Mississippi.
The infamous witch-hunt craze strike Salem, Massachusetts, just north of Boston, in 1692.
1699: Williamsburg is established as the capital of Virginia.
Film by Jeffrey Meyer
Music by Dan Bodan "Mongrel Dance"
Good God, man. This replaces about 500 hours of sheer classroom boredom. The world owes you about 362 years. Great work.
Thanks!
@@JeffreytheLibrarianyou’ve Bryson helpful 🙏😊
Very well done and without a click bait title and no hand talking host. Truly amazing it's actually on You Tube.
Please make a sequel to this. You’ve concisely and accurately explained over a century of history in under 20 minutes. This is the way it should be in schools. Very impressed. You could do the 18th century after this? Golden age of piracy? Maroon rebellion? French and Indian war? Revolution? Lewis and Clark?
I will have the sequel out in a few days. Thanks for watching!
Morgan,
That's ridiculous. As befits a self-proclaimed librarian, this guy has looked in some books and here he reads some of what he found there in his flat voice with his erratic, often quite lunatic, pronunciation.
This guy doesn't even qualify for Amateur Hour. He's a bungler and this is TH-cam.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian Sure thing☺️
@@TheDavidlloydjones you’re complaints all concern the voiceover production and delivery. Do you consider the content when you so deeply and so thoughtfully analyze youtube videos of said bungler?
@@TheDavidlloydjones bungler… jesus christ you’re pretentious
I can’t thank you enough for this series~ I have started to study American History under my own volition and this has been such a clear and concise way for me to be able to dive into so many different topics and be able to see it from a geographical view!! This series has been such a great tool for me, this has been such a great way to learn. Thank you again ~
Thank you for watching! I really appreciate it. Your comment made my day.
Under your own volition is the best way to do it, viewing a lot of different sources helps stay away from biased misinformation.
Just a French addendum:
1534: French explorer Jacques Cartier takes possession of the territory in Gaspé
1545: Second trip of Jacques Cartier. He explores the St. Lawrence River and gets through his first winter in Stadacona (now Québec City). He names the area surrounding Stadacona "Kingdom of Canada".
1541: Jacques Cartier and Sieur Jean-François La Roque de Roberval found the first French settlement at Charlesbourg-Royal, near Québec City. Like Roanoke's colony, it is abandoned in 1542.
1600: Foundation of a trade post in Tadoussac
1604: Pierre Du Gua de Mons founds Port-Royal (now Annapolis-Royal, Nova Scotia). Birth of Acadia.
1608: As stated, Samuel de Champlain founds Québec. The colony is owned by a series of fur trade companies. Alliance with the Montagnais and Algonquins against the Iroquois. Beginning of a war that will stunt the development of the colony for most of the century.
1627: Institution of the seigneurial system.
1634: Foundation of Trois-Rivières by Laviolette.
1642: Paul Chomeday de Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance found Ville-Marie (now Montréal).
1663: King Louis XIV takes direct control of New France. The colony will be managed by a royal government instead of a company. The population starts at last to grow steadily.
The French were early to America, also they settled near FL / GA a year ahead of the Spanish at Fort Caroline, but the fort fell to fighting with the Spanish
St louis and louisville are named after king louis 14. I assume he was friendly to the Americans, thus they named cities after him? Do u know that history?
@@seedsoflove7684 I didn't know. From what I've read, it is true of Louisville (KY), which was founded in 1778 in honor of King Louis XVI who supported the Americans during the Revolutionary War. It is not true of St. Louis (MO). St. Louis was founded in 1764 by the French just after the Seven Years War in honor of King Louis IX (a.k.a Saint Louis) and also probably Louis XV who was reigning at the time. Louisiana was still French. Considering the Americans were still British, I don't believe the King of France was very friendly to them.
@@Xerxes2005 I'm from louisville, KY. How little i know! Thanks. It is amazing that Lou. was settled so early. Right after daniel boone crossed the cumberland gap and made the wilderness road to boonseborough. During the war of Independence. The war certainly woulndt have been won without the help of the French, so i feel proud to be from a city named after Louis IX.
Those pioneers were brave heroes and paved the way for us to have such an easier life (if only the wars and lust for more of a few didn't continue and mess it up for those of us who just want to live in peace).
@@Xerxes2005 Probably not friendly to them, as you say. In the 1760's, Americans (British) lived through the aftermath of victory over the French in Canada.....a huge victory. They won almost entire North America. So i'm convinced King of France was really not friendly to them.
Thanks for this sequel to your first video in this playlist. Another great starting point for further studies. I appreciate your efforts and it is great, that many commenters here deliver additional and valuable input on the topic. I really start to appreciate YT as a learning source more and more. You did a great job, thanks again.
@Jeffrey Many thanks for putting this up. I wholeheartedly appreciate your time, effort and help in compiling the historical events of old day America. I love history a lot. Keep it coming. If you have anything related to Canada. Please let me know. Thank you once again.
Thank you for watching. I have a French and Indian War video that has alot of action in Canada. I am working on a Proclamation of 1763 video, which is also concerned with Canada. I need to get back to Fortress Louisbourg with a camera.
When the Pueblo people captured Santa Fe in 1680, they also gathered about 1600 horses left behind by the Spaniards. Then, slowly, the horses started to spread through commerce between Natives. Also, some of the horses got wild and multiplied in wilderness. The horse dramatically changed the life of the Natives. When Lewis and Clark passed Mississippi and advanced toward West, the horse was already part of Native cultures and their warriors were forming cavalry.
Long before the Pueblos got the horse, the Five Civilized Tribes had gotten horses from De Soto circa 1540. The Sequoia (Cherokee) songs and our tapestries before 1550 show us using horses and having the word for horse in our language. The Chickasaw were the most advanced with using the horse in warfare of ALL Indian tribes. They used "hockey sticks" to knock-off the tops of their enemies heads while riding into battle. In the French-Indian War in the South, the French vowed to NEVER fight the Chickasaw again. Retreating to New Orleans, they left 5 soldiers a kilometer DYING on the trail. This was where "scalping" began as proof to the British the French were causalities. It was over 200 Km to New Orleans...1500 dead and missing
the pigs, don't forget the pigs... lol.. actually horses were in the Americas first.. yup, they left for some reason, continental shifts or a meteor?
@@deandee8082 - - Indeed, they appeared in North America, about 45 million years ago. Back then, they were as small as an average dog.
@@deandee8082 Humans (newly arrived "Native Americans" hunted them to extinction around 8k to 10k years ago, along with Glyptodon and other truly NATIVE species of the New World, but your typical left leaning apologist schools won't teach you that, because "Native Americans" are one with nature and stuff, nothing wrong could be associated with them LOL, "they left for some reason", is that what your mom told you too when your pets "went missing"? That they were sent to a farm far far away?
Horses existed in North America for millions of years, till they were hunted to extinction in that region about 8000 years ago.
Very interesting video. It puts the historical framework in place like nothing I've seen before. Thanks.
This is excellent. Loved it. the Spanish were at Pensacola before St. Augustine in 1559. It’s technically older. They were hit by a hurricane and most of them left for Havana and Mexico and it became a military outpost I think. They didn’t return I’m large number till many years later. St. Augustine was continuously inhabited and got the recognition.
They put Tallahassee right in the middle of them for the Capital so one city didn't have to travel farther than the other to get there.
@@jeremymarsh1377 they sure did. Halfway between the 2. It solved their argument. Lol
Excellent comment. If the first failed iteration of Roanoke is included with date and founder then Pensacola ought to be included, as well.
The same is true of Tarpon Springs, funnily enough.
@@strangetex St. Marys (GA/FL) was overlooked as the second oldest (1566) continuously inhabited settlement as well.
What an amazing overview. Well explained and clearly presented. Thank you.
This is great. I would love for you to get into some of the history of Western NY and the Seneca nation. There's a lot of fascinating history: the Denonville Expedition, the Battle of Devil's Hole, the Treaty of Hartford and the Pre-emption Line, the Phelps & Gorham Purchase, Ebenezer Allen, the Public Universal Friend, etc.
Excellent presentation! As history is always developing in many parallel strands it is very educative to see it presented in that way. Thank you and please keep the content coming!
Your capsule timeline is extremely well done! Thank you for some invaluable context.
Much appreciated!
@@JeffreytheLibrarian Your definition of Charles 1st execution as ""
assassination" was odd to say the least, do you honestly think a man could be above the law on the basis of whom ones parents are ?
Jeffrey, your channel is without match in youtube. Thank you for making this videos I enjoy them immensely.
You just earned a new subscriber. This video was incredibly informative and simple at the same time
This is very informative and well put together video. Thank you for sharing this history in a concise format. Subscribed!
Thank you!
I really enjoyed this presentation. Thank you so much. Seeing the points on the map with the countries and dates was wonderful.
I would love to see you carry this further. I realize that would be daunting. I was able to get a grasp on some of my families’ entrances and it give me some idea regarding those who arrived a little later.
Again, thank you.
I will keep doing more history videos with greater detail. Thanks for watching!
@@JeffreytheLibrarian i loved it. I think a 20 min video with all this info but a bit more detail would be even better, but this us great! Thanks.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian i just learned a whole lot of this in Abeka history.
Love it. The deed and dedication to Penn for 'Penn's Woods' is housed in the New Castle Public Library. I used to take care of it. It said that in 1638 (not the date you said) when Penn landed, he was presented a cup of water and a twig as representative thereof of the land that would become Pennsylvania.
The border between Delaware and Pennsylvania is round because it is exactly 13 miles from the city hall in historic New Castle.
Thanks for this. My first Irish ancestor, Maolmordha (Miles) Riley and his brother, Garrett, arrived in Virginia in 1634. Your video helped me understand the world they lived in and the hardships they faced.
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You betcha and proud of it! My ancestors were pioneers, farmers, business owners and warriors. We have fought and died in every major conflict including the Revolution.@@Stephen-lx9nm
Great video: concise, to the point, educational, so many thanks. I really like how you kept track of the various developments throughout the North American continent, and also your clear explanation of the Separatists vs Puritans. Minor titbit: by 1692, James II had long since left England for France, being forced out during the Glorious Revolution of November 1688.
Nothing concise about it, CJ: all the accurate information in this video is contained in any single screen with the date and words on it.
The tired flat voice simply adds inaccuracies and bias.
This is very interesting to see laid out like this. My ancestors came on some of the early ships to Plymouth, one on the same ship at Cotton Mather. They soon became disgusted with the puritans and left for Long Island, then to Flushing, Queens before finally heading for Fort Christina. They were some of the first Quakers in what would become Pennsylvania and south New Jersey. My favorite ancestor is Elenor Newton, the first single woman to own property in the English colonies.
You go, Elenor 👍🏻
You go colonizer 😃
When did Elenor own property? An ancestor of mine also owned property in Springfield, Massachusetts after her husband passed.
Every race that migrated from Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, was a “colonizer”. Get over it.
@@paxclout3334 Anti White demon
Excellent video, and very comprehensive. Great to see you included the almost never discussed Popham Bay (Sagadahoc) colony. We found out about it by accidentally visiting it on a trip to Maine! Wish you could have included French Fort Caroline as well in Florida.
Not to mention castine, Sur du mont, and a few others...
Wonderful. Growing up in the 60's history was taught piecemeal. So much more enlightening to see the big picture. Thank you.
Santa Fe (1610) in New Mexico was not the first Spanish colony in New Mexico; it was San Juan de los Caballeros, established by Juan de Oñate in 1598. Today, the town is known as Ohkay Owingeh. Later the colony's capital was moved to the area presently known as Santa Fe.
No that is just a fake news account that your tribe fell for
The earliest relative I know of on this continent was in the Taos, New Mexico area in 1632. My family has been there ever since. They speak the same Spanish as those who settled there.
Mine are from Cuba New Mexico and Roy New Mexico (Romero's)
Taos is a pig sty full of wack jobs
Jk but tbh the Sangre de Cristos deserve better than Taos
John Guy established a colony in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland. Sir George Calvert established the colony of Avalon in 1621 on the island as well. Norse settlers established a colony around the year 1000 which lasted for 3 years. While these colonies were ultimately abandoned, they are often overlooked by historians.
No no they are not
Excellent work .. First one of your video's I have watched .. Now do another one from 1700 on to the revolution !! I'm sure it would be awesome !!!
What a great way to teach history! Great presentation!
This is excellent work. Too bad that years ago we did not have this during our required high school and college history classes. Both American and World History might have actually been interesting to us rather than brutally boring. Thanks so much and please do continue to provide additional sessions.
Not that they teach history to kids in school anymore
I was in high school in the late eighties and very early nineties and they taught all of this ... I took AP US History and we went over all of this in depth.
Uh, the 60's and 70's we had it from elementary school through high school 🙄
You obviously weren't paying attention! Colonial history WAS taught from 6th grade onwards plus world history and social studies.
@@bullettube9863 maybe in YOUR school fool. In the schools I went to to they were teaching our history in first grade fool
Excellent work, Jeffrey. Thank you. I also appreciate the lack of youtubey muzak. The short lute piece was charming.
Thank you! I agree, less is better.
Really enjoyed this video. Thank you for putting it together.
This is great! I have been looking for a simple visualization on this era for a while. Thanks for making this! It helps me explain a quick prehistory to my area of focus ( Michigan / Great Lakes 1682 - 1812) to others before I get into detail on my area. Well done. And thanks again.
I've just discovered you channel and am having great fun here. I especially want to pass my appreciation for clearly making the distinction between the Pilgrims and the later Puritans. they're mostly used interchangeably, but for the origin stories of the colonies, the distinction matters, imo.
Thanks. Yes, the distinction is important, and very few explain the difference. I think it's also important that Massachusetts' earliest Pilgrims were advocating a break with the Church of England--sort of a precursor.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian we are a commonwealth of malcontents … that is certain.
Hey big shout out to this dude making the video and yall other smart people who are commenting additional info. Much appreciated! Much love from texas yall and have a great day!
Thank you!
Thank you for a refresher course of the explorers and the first European settlers to North America. I had learned the majority of this in grade school. Back when they actually taught us history & civics. But 55 years later, some items were pushed aside by more current issues, like passwords.
Just found this. Thank you. My mother's first American ancestor arrived at the New Haven colony a few years after it's founding. They fought in most of Americas wars, married into prominent families.Never learned this until later in life. Good, concise history.
Mine too. In 1637.
And mine, 1639.
New Haven is a fucking joke. Long live King Charles !
Cool, me too! The Hand, Wright surnames in the early 1600s
1650s, maternal side...husbands 1654.
The more I learn about early American history, the more I realize how much the French actually accomplished. Growing up I feel like we mainly focus on the American revolution and our history with England
Terrific summary, really enjoyed the video… one more location to consider, the fishing outpost of Monhegan, Maine; European explorers Martin Pring visited and interacted with Native Americans in 1603, Samuel de Champlain in 1604, George Weymouth in 1605 and Captain John Smith in 1614. Not sure if an outpost constitutes a “settlement” in your thesis here, just thought it would be worth mentioning in addition the Sagadahoc. Thanks!
Excellent documentary, nice to see this topic adequately covered in an 18-minute documentary as opposed to one that drags on for over an hour.
Nicely done! I have not really learned about this stuff since I was in school (a long time ago). Very interesting stuff.
Thank you!
Just found your channel. I am researching my family tree, and this is so helpful! I would be very interested on a video dealing with the migration of the Scots and Irish to Appalachia
Hi Linda, I spent 10 years (2004-2014) working 8+ hrs a day on my tree. My father died and my health seriously declined in 2014 so I have laid it aside for the most part. I sure miss calling dad with all my new 'finds'! Much of my time was spent reading local histories, migration patterns, and biographies including 5 biographies of Daniel Boone! LoL My surname is Steward, but some of my GG Uncles spelled it Stewart. I have watched several videos on how the Scots went from N. Ireland to America, starting in Pennsylvania, then through the Cumberland Gap. Oral history handed down to me was that our family "came thru the Cumberland Gap" and was orig. from Scotland. I too, would love to see this covered in a future video! Take care!
@@bonniemoerdyk9809 do u live in KY? Daniel boone was an amazing and brave pioneer.
@Bonnie Moerdyk Did you know there was a Stewart Clan Magazine published in the 1920s? Good information in there if you can find copies. I found some in either the Toledo/Lucas County Public Library (Ohio) or the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Just in case you find someone interested that is in better health.
@@seedsoflove7684 ... No, I only visited there with my parents back in the late 60's. We visited mostly historical sites near Lexington. But, after seeing the famous portrait of Daniel Boone leading the pioneers through the Cumberland Gap, It was that and what my parents would teach me that made me want to read so much about him. I guess I was hoping to find the names of my 3x Great-Grandparents listed among the group...lol. btw....Yes he was!!
@@kalburgy2114 ... Yes!, I was able to go to the Abe Lincoln Presidential Library when it first opened (before I got bad), but I didn't really know what I was doing, I had asked them to bring a couple copies for me to look through. I was brand new to Genealogy back then. We were even going to move to Ft. Wayne!! ~ but my husband's job offer didn't work out. But thank you, maybe I could inspire someone to check for me...luckily, my son-in-law loves History as much as me!
Very interesting and very well presented. Are you planning a follow up video continuing the timeline as the colonization developed in the 18th century?
Hello Jeffrey and all fellow History lovers. Jeffrey, I found you through happenstance, while delving into other History. (Was delving into Dr. Kylie Holberts ‘Untold War at Sea’ The Privateers during the Revolutionary War.). Fascinating subject. Anyway, I ran across your stuff, Jeffrey, and I really enjoy it and have subscribed.! Looking forward to look learning much more!
So nice to see this explained on a continuum. So much more fluid than we were taught in school.
I have to see the history chronologically. I don't like the skipping back and forth due to theme-based approaches. The conflicts, culture, literature, religion, laws, economics, trade are all happening together in a messy stew, not in isolation.
The 1st Spanish colony was in what is now Pensacola, FL, established by Tristán de Luna y Arellano’s in 1559, 6 years before Saint Augustine. Unless of course you think 11 ships and 1,500 people were just stopping by for a couple years to enjoy the sunshine and palm trees.
This…💯
Pensacola is like the old bar bet "Who was the First President of the United States?" Everyone answers "George Washington" but when you whip out "Our American Heritage" High Skrul History book circa 1968 and in black and white it states BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was elected the First President of the Confederation of US States in New York City in 1781. Ooops!
@@Walkercolt1 I have been doing research on this and I have found some sources to say it was John Hanson whom they said was white, black and “oriental”. Not only that but we possibly had as many as 14 presidents before good ol’ George! Whatever the number or who was 1st I am convinced we have been lied to and our collective history is a convoluted tale written by those that won by hook or by crook.
No, San Miguel de Guadalpe founded in 1525 in South Carolina was the first colony
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Hard to claim it was a settlement when neither of 2 locations over the course of two months is known. They are narrowed down to SC/GA.
Add to that, the vast majority of the voyagers died, including their Captain, the remaining group mutinied and left as soon as they could...by all accounts, 2 undocumented locations over the span of 2 months doesn't make a settlement. It constitutes people on deaths door wanting to return home at the first possible chance.
Excellent. Piece,
Many thanks for putting this together
Great video! Such a fascinating topic. I've been reading a lot of current and old books and original source material on New France and specifically the Illinois Country under French colonial rule during the 1600s and 1700s. I live here on the Illinois River by Peoria, and have learned so much local history about the exploration and settlement of the river by LaSalle, things I had no idea about before. It really couldn't be considered a colony by any means, but LaSalle founded Fort Crevecoeur in 1680, the oldest European structure in Illinois I believe and one of the, if not the earliest French fort constructed in the west. The fort didn't last long but became what is modern day Peoria, IL. So many other interesting French settlements all up and down the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. I really never gave it much thought before but now I realize why there are so many towns in this region with French names. I believe there are still some small, somewhat isolated towns in southern Illinois where a portion of the population still speaks French and old French colonial style buildings remain. Prairie du Rocher is the main one.
The French foundations, 1680-1693
by Pease, Theodore Calvin, 1887-1948; Werner, Raymond Clarence, 1894- Trustees of Illinois Historical Society Internet archive.
I was just talking about this in another comment 😂 I grew up near Old Mines, Missouri where all my mother’s maternal family is from, and the phone book is probably more than half French origin names and I never even thought about it. Street names, creeks, etc etc etc and I had no idea the history until more recent years. I’m only 44 and my grandparents’ generation were the first to learn English after being in these parts over 300 years.
I even have one ggfather who was the engineer/architect of Fort de Chartres near Kaskaskia (such an amazing place to visit if you ever get a chance)!!
So much little known history right under our noses it’s been so cool to explore.
There are still a small handful of people in Old Mines who know the “Paw Paw” dialect there, but some linguists have made efforts to teach it and keep it alive… for as long as possible I suppose. I have a recording of my ggrandmother speaking it that my aunt was able to get in the 1970s.
I was going to college in New Orleans and home on break, and my mom was playing it and I said, why does she sound cajun?? 😂 I’ve since learned more how it’s all connected. Even they didn’t know their own history…so it didn’t really get passed down much.
@@sashek8451 That is great to hear, and incredible you have an ancestor who was an engineer for Fort de Chartres! I've been wanting to get down there to see the fort for years now and to check out the old French colonial poteaux-sur-solle houses and churches remaining in Prairie du Rocher, Cahokia, and I think Ste. Genevieve has quite a few left. I agree about totally overlooking the French word origins and names growing up, I just accepted them as normal without ever thinking they were French words, mainly last names, towns and streets. We hear a lot about New England but never about New France. It's just a fascinating topic I think, and interesting to think what modern America would look like today had they invested more in New France instead of giving it up.
@@USAR8888 yes there are still several preserved houses with that architecture in Ste. Gen, I know, not sure about the others you mentioned.
Thanks for including Santa Fe and St. Augustine in the story. Too often these are left out of the American History books and things start with Jamestown, completely ignoring what was going on out west. So much more was happening than taught in schools.
NM has some of the earliest history in the United States
Our eighth grade teacher assigned us to make a map of North America in 1776, showing all the cities, colonies and territorial claims. As for the cities, we had to include New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Santa Fe. He told us almost all of us put Santa Fe in the wrong place- we just put it some random place in the big empty square of New Mexico, and he took off a point for that.
@@TnseWlms The state of New Mexico publishes "New Mexico Magazine" monthly. They have a section titled "One of Our 50 is Missing" that covers various incidents where people think New Mexico is another country and think Arizona is next door to Texas, etc. Some very humorous accounts. You can find the magazine online for free. At UNM we had a large population of students from back east. Before they arrived in the state many had been convinced that we still used stagecoaches to get around. So much for education!
For all you fans of the "Land of Enchantment", I highly recommend a book by Marc Simmons "New Mexico: An Interpretive History" published in 1977 as part of the bicentennial commemoration of American Independence. It is still available and a good summary of N. Mex. history.
@@samconagher8495 I worked in Savannah Ga. and was told I needed an ID from america to get my drug screen. Mind you the ID is in english and has the address. I also got told "you speak good english"
Thank you for this video, Sir. This is SO much more interesting and comprehensible than all my lousy, boring history classes in high school. Excellent job. New subscriber.
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So true. I can't believe how boring our education system is in regard to history!
Well done!!! So many great points I hadn't realized.
Absolutely fantastic history lessons. Love your content!
Thank you!
Excellent abbreviated history. One of my ancestors came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. Most of his descendants had families with 10 or more children. Their family tree has been researched as far back as 1550. Lots of interesting stories.
My family came to Boston in 1637, then set out to found New Haven and Milford in CT. Crazy!
My family came here in 1638 also....Passenger Ship Confidence.
My family came to New England in 1631.
1635 in now Cambridge, MA; originally from Ardleigh and Bromley, England
Our ancestors probably knew each other ❤️
Another excellent video. I cannot say enough about how much I like the way you explain things.
Thank you for watching!
Be careful he's draining off of script the history of our land is the history of our people and I think it is more important than this particular TH-cam channel and I think there is an attempt to rewrite the history of the United States of America there are false narratives that are being pushed
@@generalsavage4103 What kind of false narratives, what is trying to be re-written?
@@Kevin15301 I'm sorry sometimes I post on the wrong comment section I meant to post on the infographics comments section about that slave trade
@@Kevin15301 the reason why
“The most interesting thing about King Charles, the first
Is that he was 5 foot 6 inches tall at the start of his reign
But only 4 foot 8 inches tall at the end of it”
This is awesome great job. One suggestion; the color coding is hard for many to remember. Maybe have in top left or right the list stay visible so people can reference back to it.
Jacques Cartier created the first North American French settlement in 1541 at Fort Charlesbourg-Royal, near present day Quebec. And in 1562 the French attempted their second North American settlement with 28 men at a place named Charlesfort which is on current day Parris Island in Beaufort, South Carolina. The third attempted French colony in North America was Fort Caroline in 1564 at the mouth of the St. Johns River in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. Their fourth attempt was l'Acadie at St. Croix Island in Maine in 1604. In 1605 after a harsh winter, L’Acadie was moved across the bay to Port-Royal in present day Nova Scotia. All five of the French settlements lasted only one or two years, sometimes caused by lack of supplies, harsh weather, and attacks by the Spanish. Finally in 1608 the French established their sixth settlement near the previous Fort Charlesbourg-Royal, located at present day Quebec City. This time it was permanent. It took 67 years before the French could stick their feet to North American soil.
stop making stuff up
Vikings lived in America in 1021.
@@jefferystutsman6419 Check your history.. Wes is right.
@@jefferystutsman6419 it is fact. Check history beyond usa
Space aliens were here way before any of them.
Love the attention to detail you put into your videos. Recently a fan but I’m definitely glad I’ve subscribed. One thing with this video, I’m sure people will this up to legal interpretation, but as an Englishman, I was raised with the understanding that King Charles I was executed by parliament after losing the civil war, or the war of the 3 kingdoms as it is also known. Thanks for your hard work though man
Absolutely correct, he was not assasinated, but executed according to law in a trial in the House of Commons. Whether the Commons had the right to try Charles is a matter for debate, but it certainly does not fit the definition of assasination.
Great job! Very educational. Love the holistic perspective.
Thank you for these very informative videos. I’ve learned a lot more from them.
Much appreciated!
You overlooked San Gabriel settlement on July 11, 1598 just west of Santa Fe, consisting of 200 colonists and thousands of heads of cattle. It was the first cattle drive in the USA. The breed in Spanish is called Corriente but renamed by Americans to Texas Longhorn. My family donated cattle and money to aid the American War of independence from England. The settlement was renamed Yunque and eventually Española.
Thank you, Francis! So interesting and how cool to be related to such an historic family and doubly cool that you care enough to know and care! 😊
He also overlooked your education, because it isn't noteworthy.
I’m from questa
And then they came and took your land😂
You mostly showed the English colonization over the other nations. You missed out completely on French colonization. The oldest city in Michigan is Suilt St Marie, North of St Ignace, in the upper peninsula of Michigan. The French also established Fort St Joseph in Southwestern Michigan, where the present-day city of Niles is located. Fort St Joseph was held by four different nations; France, England, Spain, and the United States. The French established numerous forts and trading posts throughout the colonies of New France and Louisiana, which covered most of the land between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains.
Thanks for this review. In my early college years I took a year long course in colonial history, much of which faded away. This helped me recapture it. 😊🇺🇸❤️🌈
I have enjoyed your lessons on the European exploration and settlements of North America in chronological order. I have never seen or read such a presentation that put ALL of the competing European interests in chronological order and that ALL put various European settlements/trading posts together in their contemporary context.
The videos take us up through 1750. I would like see two more companion videos, one from 1750 to 1800 and a video from 1800 to 1850, or perhaps a single video from 1750 to 1850. That would take us to most of what became the lower 48, what we recognize as the contiguous 48 states.
If those videos are available now or if they are being developed let me know.
Nice work, thanks. May I just add that you forgot to mention that before being called NEW AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK was named NOUVELLE ANGOULEME. The Verrazzano brothers, two french navigators from Italian origin (their father was an Italian Banker who settled in LYON, FRANCE during the reign of François the first), made the first exploration of Hudson bay on behalf of the King of France, and eventually got killed by the native Americans. The Verrazzano bridge, just after the Brooklyn bridge, has been named so in recognition of that story. This name: NOUVELLE ANGOULEME, was given to honor the King of France who was also duke of Angoulème.
Thank you for sharing !
Wow, this was so interesting and well organized. Thank you!! The visual presentation made it so easy to follow. Like someone said before me, too bad you didn't teach us history back in high school.
Plus no unnecessary and often distracting musical background.
Great video. FYI Father Marquette established the town of Sault Sainte Marie in 1668 prior to the mission in St. Ignace in 1671.
This was a great overview of the early days of Europeans in North America with just the right amount of detail. Really well done!
Thank you!
When my mom was 25, in 1938, she travelled to/through Europe with a video camera. I have been piecing together her story of this very short period of time. I've really struggled deciding how much detail I want to include. I love how you've covered the 135 years of our nation. Beautiful connecting of dots... glimpses of some of the important events.
what you just wrote here is amazing...Movie film had to be chemically developoed in 1938...to think she did this and that you have it is phenomenal...No telling what gems of knowledge are there...
@@leewatkins1610 Yup, I've already discovered tons of gems. She was born in 1913 and lived (with her wits) to 104 yo. She kept her letters all her life, so I have her correspondence throughout the trip (her family kept these letters that SHE wrote). I've looked up people that she met. One man received a medal of honor in the white house 60 years later. One young (American) man changed his last name in 1942 because it was German. I haven't been able to find a Jewish family that she met in Berlin in 1938 (the father had fought for Germany in WWI). Google Earth has shown me exactly where she was standing in many of her video shots... I can tell which areas were bombed during the war that hit a few years later. Fascinating discoveries. The Wizard of Oz movie was in production during her trip. Only movie stars wore make up back then. I interviewed my mom when she was 100... she remembered much of her trip, even though our family ended up living all over the world.
How wonderful to have this video history!
@@kimcanadian9781 It really has been fascinating to research. So... by all of my ramblings, you can see why I take my hat off to Jeffrey the Librarian for being able to avoid the pitfall of trying to tell the millions of interesting side stories (which you know he knows), and yet making the history equally fascinating.
And, speaking of old videos... in the 1980s my mom took the film to a local shop that turned the film into VHS tapes. I did much worse... in 2010 I took her film (not the VHS tapes) to Costco to turn them into DVDs... it worked!
Great visual presentation that really helps to visualize all the activity during the early years. No mention of Pensacola as the first settlement in 1559 by the Spanish. Unfortunately a pesky hurricane did them in.
It's hard to imagine what it was like for people from Europe, with almost universally mild weather, suddenly experiencing high energy hurricanes. They must have been in complete terror.
Thank you! This is very helpful in learning my genealogy. I want to be able to slot my family into the history of the areas in which they lived. Considering that I have about 2000 people in just one branch, this is quite an undertaking! Very helpful video.
Excellent presentations! I’d like to point out that the settlement at Pensacola was overlooked. It established, albeit briefly, in 1559.
I will return with more detail. Florida probably deserves its own video.
Sir...my own academic years are "long ago" but culminated in a Masters degree in American history...I still love the subject (interesting times we're living in, eh?) and I find delight in, and applaud, your presentation, in both content and style!...I look forward to watching other videos by you and WILL recommend you to others who are interested.
A degree in American history? Is that a weekend course?
You got a Master’s Degree in the “American History” that whyte people lie about while hiding the truth.
@AT-ytinvasive no, but your mom’s a “weekend course” and cheap too!
Thanks for this informative content. At 5:16 - One addition to the presentation would be that the Spanish came permanently to Nueva Mexica in 1598. Onate expedition came north from Mexico in 1598 and settled in espanuola area north of Santa Fe. In 1610, the settlement moved to present day location which is much better location for water and security.
Thank you. My ancestors were part of that Spanish migration through the American southwest in the early 1600 and established much more than Santa Fe. Not the proudest history but nonetheless an important part of the colonization of the southwest that still exists today.
@@Pablo-wg2qq i read josefina, american girl series, seems like her ancestry was from mexico/ santa fe as well. American girls are for kids, but i learned too!
where in new mexico are you?
@@davidewersphotography1013 Taos
Excellent job. Thank you.
Much appreciated!
I really enjoyed this a lot looking forward to more. Just learning for learning's sake. Thank you!
Wonderful! Thanks for watching!
In 1694, the capitol of the Maryland colony was moved to the newly renamed Annapolis, and St. Maries Citty [sic] faded into obscurity. On the other hand, I'm just so happy to see St. Mary's City mentioned at all!
I moved to the area 26 years ago, bought a large parcel of land and then discovered my ancestors were there for the founding of St Mary's city. And then left there in the late 1700s after the revolution was over (and the King's rights to the territory was revoked) to claim land in what is now known as Kentucky. As far west as you could go without running into French territory and an overabundance of hostile indians.
One detail left out was that the Mayflower was headed for Virginia, not Cape Cod. The only reason they landed so far north was beacause of delays leaving and then bad weather. Future Boston Harbor would turn out to be an ideal location, but they landed there by accident.
Thank you for this. I always wanted a clear overview of how this took place.
Thanks for watching!
Great video !!!! Very accurate and informative!!! Thanks
You missed the French settling in Acadia (Nova Scotia), first in 1604 and seriously in 1610. This later became important in 1755 when the English expelled the French who went on to populate Louisiana,, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and several Caribbean islands.
Also you might have included the native alliances. The Iroquois of New York were mortal enemies with most of the Algonquin tribes. The Iroquois allied with the British while the French found allies in the several Algonquin tribes. Both European nations armed their friends to attack the other
I need to do a separate video on French Canada and another one on the Iroquois and Algonquian.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian If you do that, you might like to consider adding Scotland to the list of colonizing European countries. Scotland was a separate state and country until 1707. Only then did the political union of England and Scotland actually come about. Scotland had a colony in Nova Scotia for a brief period, which was actually defined to be part of mainland Scotland, just as St Pierre and Miquelon off the Newfoundland coast, are politically considered to be part of France - a quirky relic from the colonization period. BTW: Great overview!
Yes, very lively times in Acadia. Some amazing stories of hatred, envy and murder.
My 9th great-grandfather was Captain Doctor Robert Jeffrey. He brought his family to the Mass Bay Colony in 1635, helped found Plymouth and then Newport. He was a judge, treasurer, captain of the militia, and a surgeon. Perhaps we are related, Jeffrey.
He certainly has a great name. I hope I am related to him.
oh no he did not. thats just a rumor.
Thank you, this really helped me put it together.
Thank you for watching!
1673: Marquette & Joliet went from Lake Michigan, up the Chicago River and portaged to eventually the Illinois River and down the Mississippi.
King Charles I was executed after a trial by Parliament. While an argument can be made that the trial was illegitimate because it had no precedent, to call his death an assassination is, in my opinion, inaccurate. Having said this, I enjoy your videos! Carry on. :-)
yea calling it an assassination is being fairly cavalier ...
@@adarkstarz Ha Ha!
I think your "cavalier" comment is the best comment ever made on any of my videos.
I was just going to write this ax well. The creator of this video may well be a Papist sympathizer. Jacobites still exist.
The Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619 were kidnapped, but they were not slaves, as that institution did not yet exist under British law. Instead, they were considered indentured servants. They had to work for seven years to pay off the cost of their passage to North America. After the indenture term expired, they were free to make their own way in life. It is mathematically possible that one of those free Africans became the first slaveholder in Virginia around 1650 after a court case held that his servant was indentured for life. In the meantime, so many Africans had been transported to New World British colonies (primarily to work on sugar plantations in the West Indies) that lifetime slavery had come into being, legally.
Loved the video and subscribed.
My (supposed) ancestor, John Baird, born 28 Jan 1707 in Monmouth, Middlesex County, New Jersey. By 1800, our ancestors moved to Tennessee. By 1930 we ended up in Philadelphia and now, 300 years after we came to the new world, myself and my sister live 10 minutes from John Baird’s graveyard. Had no idea we came from Quakers. Amazing what you find out on the internet. 20 years ago we had only traced back to 1790s marriage and then the move to Tennessee.
Good video, would have been nice if you focused on the wars though, Boston revolt and Leislers rebellion in 1689, king Williams war, etc
A video on boundaries of the states would be interesting also, the claims are not discussed much but are a very fascinating topic imo
It looks like you missed one, and an important one at that. Port Royal and the arrival of the first Acadians in 1605. The Acadians thrived there and were sending surplus back to France by the time the Mayflower dropped anchor in 1620. These people thrived in peaceful cooperation with the Native Americans until their forced removal by the British in 1755. In 1760, some Acadians made their way to the Spanish colony of Louisiana and started a new life where they are now known as Cajuns.
I though cajuns were french. 🤔
@@seedsoflove7684 Acadians and Cajuns are one in the same. Cajun is an English corruption of ‘cadien, which is what the New Orleans French called them. And yes, they are French.
@@sarradet thanks for the lesson. I never heard of acadians, but know that cajuns are their own culture...interesting food, language!
Very interesting. I once wrote a game mod for Sid Meier's Civilization: Colonization and always had a fascination for this period. Regards from Chennai, India. Fun fact connecting the east coast of the US with my hometown: The governor of Ft. St. George in Madras (the old name of Chennai) Elihu Yale also went on to found Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
This is to emphasize and enquire whether large armies from either British or other colonials powers maintained armies across the globe. And how much role church had a role to help, fortify the powers of these colonists in India which maintained a largely different culture and religion not necessarily princely or kingly
That’s one of my all time favourite games
Excellent work. Thank you! 🙂
Thanks for the overview. These years are so often skimmed over in school
Pensacola is the site of the first Spanish settlement within the borders of the continental United States in 1559, predating the establishment of St. Augustine by 6 years, although the settlement was abandoned due to a hurricane and not re-established until 1698. Pensacola is a seaport on Pensacola Bay, which is protected by the barrier island of Santa Rosa and connects to the Gulf of Mexico. A large United States Naval Air Station, the first in the United States, is located southwest of Pensacola near Warrington; it is the base of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the National Naval Aviation Museum. The main campus of the University of West Florida is situated north of the city center.
You make a wonderful PR man for Pensacola. That's great and welcomed. Except the original sight of Pensacola was on Santa Rosa Island and was wiped out by a hurricane pre-dating St. Augustine's founding. More than a few Spanish weapons, helmets and so forth found on the island. BTW, I spent a lot of my teen years on PNAS. Prior to moving the family to New Mexico, my dad was part of the Blue Angel's team and did a great deal of the repairs after they collided with sea gulls etc. The crew and pilots often spent Sunday's at our house when they got tired of the base. Quite a thrill for a teenager to have those guys as friends! Save some red snapper, a plate of blue crabs and maybe a few Apalachicola oysters and hush puppies for me! Cheers!
@@samconagher8495 I barely understood a word of that yet somehow it made me smile.
Juan Pardo had 6 Forts in Western NC ,VA, SC in 1560’s, Fort San Juan in Morganton NC.
Actually, the first was the colony of San Miguel de Guadalupe (in modern South Carolina), founded in 1526 by Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón. But like Pensacola, it didn't last long.
@@gonzalo20000 I’m sure the Scandinavians, Japanese, Chinese were in N America as well way before anyone else. They had superior ocean crossing equipment for their times . It’s still hard to believe Humans have been here this long but have NO idea of how it all started other than guesses by people with fancy letters after their names
Thank you so much for sharing, you ability to teach is wonderful. cheers
Really well done. It's sometimes difficult to find a "big picture" view of history. This puts European settlement of the New World in proper context, making it more understandable.
Thank you for this video. Most Canadians are unaware that Canada began as a province of New France, in contemporary Québec. English culture, and French culture, are integral to Canadian heritage.
Don't forget contemporary Nova Scotia & New Brunswick: known in the 1600's as Acadie, home to the Mi'kmac and the Acadians.
No, archeological evidence suggests Canada was inhabited by First Nations peoples more than 18,000 years before any Europeans 'discovered' it. Sorry to hear that modern Canadian institutional education apparently ignores this.
@@bryceallen9548 Cree, Erie and Iroquois (sp) First Nation/Native in Canada
Don’t the French names of the cities give that away? And Detroit, Louisville etc in the USA are obvious French settlement along water tributary.
BRITISH!!!!
You skipped over Cabrillo's voyage from Barra Navidad into San Diego in 1542, Vizcaino in 1602, and subsequent Spanish mission colonies. There was a lot going on along the west coast you completely ignored.
Very well done. Thank you!!
So easy to follow! Thank you!
Thank you!
As noted in another comment you missed the establishment of the first permanent French colony in North America at Port Royal (Habitation site) in 1605. This colony was establish by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons. And no mention of the French colony of Acadia.
Thank you for mentioning this! I’d imagine this is Canadian history textbooks, and certainly known about in Quebec with their proud French heritage, but damn here in the States, no American knows (or sadly probably cares) about the early French colonies.
I noticed a couple of other instances where pertinent information was omitted. First) there was the mention of the first slaves to be delivered to the America's. It was not Jamestown. Spanish controlled parts had slaves for a long time before Jamestown and this far the Portuguese haven't been mentioned. And they were some major players in the slave trade.
Second) was the signing of the Mayflower compact. He called it an effort to form some kind of government agreement. And it was. What he didn't mention is it was a socialist agreement and it failed miserably.
Ther was a debt to be paid for the cost of the expedition and it didn't get paid until I dividuals were free to pay their own debt and lose the responsibility for others debt.
@Clint Golub Good to hear from you. You may be a little remiss though in your comment regarding ("no American knows”).
I would suggest there are a large number of Americans, at least those with an interest in history and French culture in the USA, plus one well known ethnic group, who have heard about Acadia and the Acadians. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (a not so minor American author who in his day was as famous as Thoreau and Emerson) wrote the wildly successful poem Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie. Millions of Americans read the poem and its popularity continued for decades. The poem became a touchstone for a group of people that I am sure every American is familiar with, the Cajuns. Acadia is the homeland for the progenitors of the Cajuns, the Acadians. Their deportation in the mid-eighteenth century created a diaspora that scattered Acadians across the Thirteen Colonies. The history of many towns along the Atlantic coast would have this as part of their history. If you are in Philadelphia, anytime check out the plaque at the east entrance to Washington Square. It mentions the Acadians.
It is odd that many Quebecois are not overly familiar with the Acadians. It may be Quebecois pride in their history that blinds them to Acadian history. As Acadians are not from Quebec and thus are not Quebecois, they tend to ignore them. Even to the point of ignoring the fact Acadia was established before Quebec.
There have been numerous books written about the Acadians. If you are in the USA one of the easiest to find is likely John Mack Faraghar's 'A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland'.
John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest-known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.
Did you graduate from Wikipedia University?
@@James_the_Builder Is that info wrong?
@@mikespearwood3914 info is correct. There are omissions in this video, but generally excellent for perspective.
My surname is Brunette, we live in Green Bay and are descendants of French voyagers, dating back to 1780, very much associated with the settlers you outlined. There are many French surnames in the area still to this day. Amazing video.