I was thinking the entire video that if I saw him talking history to a camera on the street, I'd probably stop to listen--cool to see I wasn't alone in that!
I'm still binging your stuff. Your energy is always infectious. Really appreciate learning about the odd political maneuverings that produced the current scope of the USA's territory. As a Filipino, the stories of how New Orleans changed hands felt surprisingly familiar: powers that be buying and selling lands wholesale and the people living on those lands never really aware or in control of what was happening. Man, the historical tendency of powerful states to haggle over maps really is astounding and disturbing in equal measure.
this was a genuine video and i loved it, had to make a presentation about new orleans history which is tomorrow, and i was so nervous but this helped me a lot on covering and understanding some things and i enjoyed every second of this thank you so much for being you
The equestrian statue behind him is of Andrew Jackson, the hero of the Battle of New Orleans . It was created as part of Baroness Michaela Almonester Pontalba. Daughter of the richest landowner in Nouvelle Orleans, she was married at 15 to Celestin Pontalba and taken back to France where her father-in-law tried to kill her for her dowry She survived, he shot himself, and after her return she began the work which completes the heart of the Quarter.
In "A Short History of New Orleans," Mel Leavitt wrote about 500 filles à la cassette came to New Orleans along with about 3,000 girls taken from prison. The filles à la cassette were girls from good families, who had fallen on hard times and had no dowery, so they were given a small dowery to come to America to make wives for the many men already here. The girls from the streets and prison served a similar if less formal purpose, many listed on the manifests as being "Accomplished in every vice." All the old families in the city claim descent from the filles à la cassette girls, whereas non claim descent from the other ladies. He noted "From this we may conclude that the filles à la cassette were extremely fertile, whereas the other women were remarkably barren."
Hello! Third grade English teacher here. I’ve been teaching opinion paragraphs with the Louisiana Purchase, Haitian Revolution, and Lewis and Clark’s expedition as the text material. It requires a lot of research into a lot of fascinating minutiae that can be hard to keep track of. As the timeline expands, I am so grateful to have this video as a concise touchstone for the whole period of the history. I can fit in what I know to what you’re saying (the sale of the Louisiana purchase back and forth, Metairie Road, the French Revolution background) and focus on the unfamiliar as my next steps in research (colonial New Orleans, Don Alejandro O’Reilly, the War of 1812). This video is just perfect.
Love your videos man. Could you possibly do a video in the future about the French language in Louisiana and how it's disappearing? I was a little surprised how you didn't bring up how French language instruction in schools was done away with after the civil war. (Might be wrong though and regardless a good video!!)
You are quite knowledgeable with New Orleans history I've always wondered what happened to the Creole elite after the civil war, what happened to them in general if you can please do a video covering that. Fantastic work⚜
I second this. I’m from Mississippi but my grandad was a fan of Huey long who died when he was a fairly young man. Personally I think the kingfish is fascinating. Things would be a lot different if he’d lived
I love the idea of crowds gathering to watch and listen to stories about history, I come from a country with a strong bardic tradition, in fact the word bard comes from my country, so I love seeing this tradition revived. I always give money to people performing music on the streets, but I'd probably give double if story telling became a busking type profession.
6:30 chuckle, a similar but not as violent a thing happened in dc this year. the army didn't show up and kill everyone (a good thing) but at least we are starting to collect the perpetrators and file charges (also a good thing).
Another really great video. I think you have a good presentation style overall, and this video really demonstrates your improvisational speaking abilities, but I will admit that I felt like you spoke a little too rapidly this time. I think it would have helped me for comprehension of the factoids themselves, but also absorption of the subject matter, which has quite a bit of gravity to it. It's a real service to remind us all of our nation's history this way.
Awesome that I found your video on this, I already love your channel but I was searching for history of New Orleans for an upcoming trip and was like" oh yeah, cool."
I will always find fascinating that in Louisiana, O’Reilly is regarded as an ruthless person while here in Puerto Rico he is a hero. He is known here as the Father of the Puertorrican Militia because in 1765, he came to reorganize the militia on the island to the most modern army tactics of the time and created a well trained and payed regiment called the Fixed Regiment of Puerto Rico. They fought in the American War of Independence, the Haitian Revolution and the Latin American wars of Independence. They’ve been reorganized time and time again even under the US and today it’s the 1/296 regiment of the National Guard.
On your point about the Louisiana purchase, it must also be mentioned the loss of Haiti, the most profitable island in the Caribbean, was a huge blow to France and they needed to quickly find cash to fund Napoleon’s wars in mainland Europe.
Man, only been to NO once but I fell in love. It helped me to understand that acknowledging a complex past doesn't rob a thing of what is beautiful about it. As goes NO, so goes the USA.
What are the chances we get a video about Old Biloxi and early French Mississippi? It’s a criminally underrated part of French American history, and there’s tons of really interesting stories well preserved, such as the scandalous mutiny at cat island which led to men (one of them my tenth great grandfather) to be executed in Jackson square using overly brutal and inhumane methods scarcely seen since the Middle Ages.
I like how the street lamps along Canal Street list the times the city was "dominated" by another country, especially the four-year gap under "American Domination."
I love your work and love the City of New Orleans, but I have to take exception to your statement that "the only great American victory in the War of 1812" was The Battle of New Orleans. Though it was the largest battle won by the fledgling country, it wasn't the only victory. The Battle of Lake Erie was another American victory. It was also the first unqualified defeat of the British navy (www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-lake-erie). At least it was fought before the peace treaty was signed. I also wanted to ask to reflect on your discussion of the Battle of Liberty Place and its aftermath, in light of the events of January 6, 2021.
War of 1812: Americans concealed deserting British sailors. British navy hauled up American merchantmen and not only took deserters back, but many many more. Other things too. Note: We declared war when British were having trouble with Napoleon.
Dang TH-cam showing me a video that's 4 years old. We showed the Canadian British that we could build ships really well on the Great lakes in the war of 1812. The Canadian colonies showed us one more time that they did not want to be part of the United States . I grew up near New Orleans and never realize that the French quarter was mostly built by the Spanish. Even Jean Lafitte's Black Smitty?
The failed Napoleon plan was to take control of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) first in 1803-1804 during the lull in fighting with the English resulting from the peace Treaty of Amiens. Except his enormous expeditionary army was decimated by fighting and yellow fever, causing an estimated 20,000 deaths. Part of this army, after regaining control of Haiti, should have been sent to New-Orleans to reestablish a French military presence in Louisiana. With the ending of the treaty of Amiens, the reactivation of the British naval threat on the high seas and the military disaster on the island, Napoleon took the only sensible action and sold Louisiana to the Americans rather than lose it through conquest.
Im sure im not the first to suggest this, but if you play video games at all, i would love to see a video of yours about Red Dead Redemption 2. It is set in 1899, and has a city in it called Saint Denis which is supposed to be like New Orleans. As an outsider it nails it, but i would be interested to see what similarities you could find in the game.
As a native Chalmation, it always tickles me to hear my dump little hometown mentioned in any context. Fun fact about Chalmette, it was the first US home of legendary auteur Tommy Wisseau. He used to bag groceries at the Schwegmann’s in I believe the late 80s or early 90s. So the same sacred land that Andrew Jackson collaborated with pirates in order to win a pointless battle for New Orleans was also walked upon by TW. Hey AJ, how is your sex life?
While the Treaty of Ghent was signed about a month before the Battle of New Orleans it had yet to be ratified by the British Government. So if the British had been successful at New Orleans they would have NEVER given it back. They would have definitely renegotiate the terms of the treaty. So your point about a pointless battle is pointless.
"I know him. That can't be. That's that...little guy who spoke to me all those years ago. What was it? 85? That poor man they're going to eat him alive."
Didn't mention the early 1800s refugee migration of whites, creoles and blacks from Haiti that effectively doubled the size of New Orleans and solidified its still underlying french/creole cultural base.
Love you, darlin', but you left out the key facts of how NOLA really came into her golden age in the antebellum era, after the flood of the American entrepreneurs after came here after the Louisiana Purchase seeking--and finding--their fortunes! The inventions of sugar granulation for this climate, the cotton gin from Georgia, and the steamship from Pittsburgh all combined to make trading here very lucrative, especially since it was all done on the backs of enslaved peoples, alas. It caused New Orleans to become the wealthiest and the third most populous city in the country, no less! At least they had good taste in architecture, and left us the legacy of the Garden District and all its fabulous mansions!
YASSS SISTER PREACH not many people know new Orleans was the wealthiest city in America I'm glad you pointed that out *IT STILL IS MOST DEFINITELY THE QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH* screw Houston and Atlanta😂 ⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜
Wow a bison founded New Orleans! Really shows how we went wrong electing humans when a proper bison beauty could be leading the city's climate change mitigation projects much more efficiently.
What? You couldn't be more incorrect about the war of 1812, what battles we won, and its lasting effect on our history. First off, the battle of New Orleans wasn't the only victory, it was preceded by a resounding victory at Plattsburgh (the Brits refer to it as the "Reverse Nile", and they wouldn't lose another fleet action for 100 years. And the British land action was canceled since there would be no British navy to support it), control of Lake Erie ("We have met the enemy, and they are ours"), Baltimore, and the battle of Horseshoe Bend. The land action in Baltimore held the British off, and they chose to leave the battlefield rather than fight (but they did lose their commanding general to a sharpshooter). That's what happens to you when you get sidetracked in Washington D.C and go all Detroit on it. Most of them ended up in New Orleans, and we know how that ended. As for our navy, it was more than a match for the British Navy who chose to send just a squadron over at the beginning of the war. And thanks to the French (the Quasi war), and the Tripoli wars (Stephen Decatur was such a badass) we were just barely prepared. So maybe we weren't all that ready, what was Britain's excuse? Roosevelt in his book maintains that the training of Americans was superior to that of the British. The notable exception to this was the HMS Shannon who was *more* than prepared when it took out the USS Chesapeake in about 15 minutes. But they were (thankfully) the exception. Whatever the case may be, we won more than we lost, including some actions in the English Channel. Did Britain have better ships and commanders available? Yes. Did they send them? No. Relying on reputation alone didn't serve us well in Vietnam either. Bruno Pappalardo, naval expert at the National Archives, said: "Not only was the fleet very cosmopolitan, it also wasn’t as highly skilled as is perceived. That has been part of the Nelson myth, that this was a crack fleet." We noticed. One of the things that I found amusing was that on British ships the impressed Americans were allowed to sit it out in the hold during battles with American ships. Which sort of blows a hole in the whole "You're just a wayward Brit, and you have to fight for us" argument. Although having a bunch of disgruntled employees within arms reach of cutlasses, guns, and large amounts of gunpowder, while in easy swimming distance of freedom, might have influenced this policy somewhat. For a great read on this, check out Teddy Roosevelt's "The Naval war of 1812". Which by the way, has an excellent chapter on the battle of New Orleans. Because, no self-respecting book on the U.S. Navy's actions in the war of 1812 would be complete without it. It's free over at Project Gutenberg Fun fact, 361 American born sailors fought in the battle of Trafalgar. And I believe that there is a plaque to that effect in Trafalgar square. At the treaty of Ghent, Wellington's assessment of the British demands of territory is hilarious and right on the mark: "I think you have no right, from the state of war, to demand any concession of territory from America.... You have not been able to carry it into the enemy's territory, notwithstanding your military success, and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You cannot on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cession of territory except in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power... Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory: indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any." Basically breaks down to: "Before you demand any land as part of a peace treaty, try taking some first." So the war started over the impressment of our sailors, and the seizing of our ships. It ended with both side officially going back to the status quo. Except Britain no longer seized either our ships or our sailors. I don't know about you, but I'll call this a win. As for the wars lasting effect, it put an end to any British ambitions of retaking the colonies, opened up the west, put Native Americans on the back foot (at least in the east), and got England (and Spain) out of our hair once and for all. You can argue that not all of these things were great, (the treatment of Native Americans comes to mind, and it also led to the invasion of Mexico) but the point stands that we didn't do so bad in the war of 1812. Don't believe me? Just ask the Duke of Wellington.
My social studies class is just starting to discuss about the war of 1812, starting with the events leading up to it. I have never studied that war IN MY LIFE, and even I agree that we should have built up our army EXPENENTIALLY!!! everyone else disagrees.......for now at least
3:22 The return of Lousiana had nothing to do with the peninsular camapign. Napoleon agreed to restore a Bourbon in northern Italy in exchange for Lousiana.
Hey, I feel like it's a little misleading to not mention the impact that Vietnamese immigration has had on new Orleans. They've influenced the city just as much as the Irish, Italians, or anyone else.
Do you happen to know how many French colonists lived in Louisiana in 1750? All the records I've been able to find only talk about New France as a whole, and I believe it was about 60,000. I also saw numbers saying there were about 3,000 settlers living in the Illinois Country, so I can assume many more than that lived in Louisiana, but I would love to know the actual numbers.
Let me know if you're still interested in this info. I am sitting in front of three books about Louisiana and can find this out real quick if you want.
Can you do one on the heroes in New Orleans law enforcement who opposed the White league? It would be interesting to explain the black cops of New Orleans.
I’d love to be in a few of your tours or if you’re a professor, I’d like to audit your classes. How do we get in touch with you? You may google my name (I’m a New Orleans artist) & text me your tour co or university. I say that because I don’t have a clue as to how you message from TH-cam
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"Take your money back sir."
Hahaha - Drawing crowds I see!
I was thinking the entire video that if I saw him talking history to a camera on the street, I'd probably stop to listen--cool to see I wasn't alone in that!
I would also throw money at this man if he was telling stories on the street.
Great video explaining America's most unique city's complex history in under 10 minutes
It's not really that complicated. It's only 300 years of history.
@@marceloorellana5726 there isn't only 300 years of history there though.
@@austinpierce6053Mfer doesn't know about Native Americans
Unfortunately, most Americans don't.
6:27 "If this happened today [...] the army would show up and murder everybody!" Well this aged like milk lmfao
Yeah the police showed up and everyone involved was put in prison so no.
@Jonas Åström 1 was too many
@@klenzgaming 1 was too few. No quarter to traitors.
@Jonas Åström There should have been nearly 1000 dead.
@@pre-debutera6941 they let them into the capital with only shooting one of them lol
6:10 hmmmmmm would that ever happen in the modern day? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I mean, it's not like the brother of one of the insurrectionists would assist in delaying the deployment of the national guard or anything.
6:40 "it's a very different world now"
you'd think that but...
this...
6:25
OH YES, THAT WOULD BE CRAZY...
that bit hits different these days
ya.....
Yeah because 100 people were murdered definitely and nobody has been arrested... yeah makes sense
Yep.
I'm still binging your stuff. Your energy is always infectious.
Really appreciate learning about the odd political maneuverings that produced the current scope of the USA's territory. As a Filipino, the stories of how New Orleans changed hands felt surprisingly familiar: powers that be buying and selling lands wholesale and the people living on those lands never really aware or in control of what was happening.
Man, the historical tendency of powerful states to haggle over maps really is astounding and disturbing in equal measure.
He should do an episode of “Drunk History” on Comedy Central.
I want to like this comment but I cannot bring myself to disturb the greatness that is the "69" likes you have. Forgive me.
@@adams4222 indeed
this was a genuine video and i loved it, had to make a presentation about new orleans history which is tomorrow, and i was so nervous but this helped me a lot on covering and understanding some things and i enjoyed every second of this thank you so much for being you
The equestrian statue behind him is of Andrew Jackson, the hero of the Battle of New Orleans . It was created as part of Baroness Michaela Almonester Pontalba. Daughter of the richest landowner in Nouvelle Orleans, she was married at 15 to Celestin Pontalba and taken back to France where her father-in-law tried to kill her for her dowry She survived, he shot himself, and after her return she began the work which completes the heart of the Quarter.
6:28 Little did he know...
6:24 Yes, that is indeed very crazy.
6:30 Something similar did happen in the post-9/11 world.
6:38 Apparently not.
6:45 Same as today, pretty much.
you're hooked on Ebonics, my friend.
Super fun video about an incredible city.
That said, yeah that "isn't that crazy" aged like milk.
In "A Short History of New Orleans," Mel Leavitt wrote about 500 filles à la cassette came to New Orleans along with about 3,000 girls taken from prison. The filles à la cassette were girls from good families, who had fallen on hard times and had no dowery, so they were given a small dowery to come to America to make wives for the many men already here. The girls from the streets and prison served a similar if less formal purpose, many listed on the manifests as being "Accomplished in every vice." All the old families in the city claim descent from the filles à la cassette girls, whereas non claim descent from the other ladies. He noted "From this we may conclude that the filles à la cassette were extremely fertile, whereas the other women were remarkably barren."
This was awesome! Great video man!
Ohhhhh “Lemoyne”. Neat.
Saint Dennis yup!
RDR 😁♥️
Good ole saint Denis!
I was doubtful at first... But then I saw the horsehead poles on the sidewalks where you can hitch your mounts.
You are really good at explaining history without being condisending...you know your subjects well
i like the way you talk about this. your being open about a lot of bad things that are often left out of history talks. i appreciate it,.
This was great so informative. I love the enthusiasm. Laughed out loud a few times! ❤️
Hello! Third grade English teacher here. I’ve been teaching opinion paragraphs with the Louisiana Purchase, Haitian Revolution, and Lewis and Clark’s expedition as the text material. It requires a lot of research into a lot of fascinating minutiae that can be hard to keep track of. As the timeline expands, I am so grateful to have this video as a concise touchstone for the whole period of the history. I can fit in what I know to what you’re saying (the sale of the Louisiana purchase back and forth, Metairie Road, the French Revolution background) and focus on the unfamiliar as my next steps in research (colonial New Orleans, Don Alejandro O’Reilly, the War of 1812). This video is just perfect.
Love your videos man. Could you possibly do a video in the future about the French language in Louisiana and how it's disappearing? I was a little surprised how you didn't bring up how French language instruction in schools was done away with after the civil war. (Might be wrong though and regardless a good video!!)
My great-great grandfather was born in Germany and immigrated to New Orleans about 1850. He then went up river to Saint Louis.
This helped me so much in placing my ancestors' lifetimes into context. Thank you - excellent!!
Great 10,000 ft overview! The flags were a great visual enhancement to a nuanced, narrative survey!
This take on citizens storming capitols aged like a fine wine.
Aged like the jug of milk you left on the counter the morning before going on 4 months vacation to Cancun
Should happen mlre often tbh
I’m from New Orleans and we learned a vast amount of our history in only 1 year but man he explained this in 8mins 😂
Hearing what you said after the Jan 6th capital riot gives everything a different taste...
not only is this informative, easy to digest, but also pure comedy
Very well put and spoken Thank you for your knowledge
You are quite knowledgeable with New Orleans history
I've always wondered what happened to the Creole elite after the civil war, what happened to them in general if you can please do a video covering that. Fantastic work⚜
I have heard really creepy stuff about new orelans.
@@MustafaAli-lb8dq ah, ever heard of the rougoroo
You must have heard about Marie laveau, Madame lalaurie and voodoo I assume
@@orleanslouisian3886 I have heard many stories about vampires, ghosts but yeah la laurine and vodoo queen are popular.
Hey Andrew spiffing job as always but when are you going to cover Huey Long in depth. The Kingfish demands his due!
I second this. I’m from Mississippi but my grandad was a fan of Huey long who died when he was a fairly young man. Personally I think the kingfish is fascinating. Things would be a lot different if he’d lived
I love the idea of crowds gathering to watch and listen to stories about history, I come from a country with a strong bardic tradition, in fact the word bard comes from my country, so I love seeing this tradition revived. I always give money to people performing music on the streets, but I'd probably give double if story telling became a busking type profession.
street performers (bards?) are literally one of my absolute favorite things
Boy that "White League" part hits differently in 2021...
6:30 chuckle, a similar but not as violent a thing happened in dc this year. the army didn't show up and kill everyone (a good thing) but at least we are starting to collect the perpetrators and file charges (also a good thing).
Another really great video. I think you have a good presentation style overall, and this video really demonstrates your improvisational speaking abilities, but I will admit that I felt like you spoke a little too rapidly this time. I think it would have helped me for comprehension of the factoids themselves, but also absorption of the subject matter, which has quite a bit of gravity to it. It's a real service to remind us all of our nation's history this way.
Awesome that I found your video on this, I already love your channel but I was searching for history of New Orleans for an upcoming trip and was like" oh yeah, cool."
I will always find fascinating that in Louisiana, O’Reilly is regarded as an ruthless person while here in Puerto Rico he is a hero. He is known here as the Father of the Puertorrican Militia because in 1765, he came to reorganize the militia on the island to the most modern army tactics of the time and created a well trained and payed regiment called the Fixed Regiment of Puerto Rico. They fought in the American War of Independence, the Haitian Revolution and the Latin American wars of Independence. They’ve been reorganized time and time again even under the US and today it’s the 1/296 regiment of the National Guard.
As a Louisianian myself, yeah... we don't exactly care for him... lol
If you are a high school history teacher I pray your students don’t take for granted your talent for explaining history in such a fun way!
I love this video. Thank you so much!
The chronological flag in the corner is a nice touch, my brain thanks you
like your stuff thank you for sharing history sending love
LMAO the Gatorade ad before this matched the thumbnail/first shot
On your point about the Louisiana purchase, it must also be mentioned the loss of Haiti, the most profitable island in the Caribbean, was a huge blow to France and they needed to quickly find cash to fund Napoleon’s wars in mainland Europe.
I want to visit so bad! There's so many beautiful cultures all in one city!
6th of January 2021 would like to update you on the response to armed insurrections to US capitol buildings.
6:11 *watches after 1/6/2021 and laughs ironically*
Fabulous video!
If memory serves me right, Louisiana was called briefly the Orleans Territory. While the rest ironically was called the Louisiana Territory.
Man, only been to NO once but I fell in love. It helped me to understand that acknowledging a complex past doesn't rob a thing of what is beautiful about it. As goes NO, so goes the USA.
Thanks, man. That was good.
I missed that sign when I went to the Mint last time.
The Army reaction to the White League putsch sounds familiar in 2021.
6:37 are you sure about that?
Hahaha good one!
Dope history man
6:25 this sounds eerily familiar 🤔
That was very good !!!!!!
What are the chances we get a video about Old Biloxi and early French Mississippi? It’s a criminally underrated part of French American history, and there’s tons of really interesting stories well preserved, such as the scandalous mutiny at cat island which led to men (one of them my tenth great grandfather) to be executed in Jackson square using overly brutal and inhumane methods scarcely seen since the Middle Ages.
I like how the street lamps along Canal Street list the times the city was "dominated" by another country, especially the four-year gap under "American Domination."
6:30 ... oh that did not age well now did it
Personally, I find New Orleans to be one of the most fascinating American cities
I love your work and love the City of New Orleans, but I have to take exception to your statement that "the only great American victory in the War of 1812" was The Battle of New Orleans. Though it was the largest battle won by the fledgling country, it wasn't the only victory. The Battle of Lake Erie was another American victory. It was also the first unqualified defeat of the British navy (www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-lake-erie). At least it was fought before the peace treaty was signed. I also wanted to ask to reflect on your discussion of the Battle of Liberty Place and its aftermath, in light of the events of January 6, 2021.
6:20 Sounds vaguely familiar...
I wish I was there to see that live!
That photo of a tatted up Bienville is quite possibly the hardest shit I’ve ever seen.
War of 1812: Americans concealed deserting British sailors. British navy hauled up American merchantmen and not only took deserters back, but many many more. Other things too. Note: We declared war when British were having trouble with Napoleon.
Dang TH-cam showing me a video that's 4 years old. We showed the Canadian British that we could build ships really well on the Great lakes in the war of 1812. The Canadian colonies showed us one more time that they did not want to be part of the United States .
I grew up near New Orleans and never realize that the French quarter was mostly built by the Spanish. Even Jean Lafitte's Black Smitty?
The failed Napoleon plan was to take control of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) first in 1803-1804 during the lull in fighting with the English resulting from the peace Treaty of Amiens. Except his enormous expeditionary army was decimated by fighting and yellow fever, causing an estimated 20,000 deaths. Part of this army, after regaining control of Haiti, should have been sent to New-Orleans to reestablish a French military presence in Louisiana. With the ending of the treaty of Amiens, the reactivation of the British naval threat on the high seas and the military disaster on the island, Napoleon took the only sensible action and sold Louisiana to the Americans rather than lose it through conquest.
Im sure im not the first to suggest this, but if you play video games at all, i would love to see a video of yours about Red Dead Redemption 2. It is set in 1899, and has a city in it called Saint Denis which is supposed to be like New Orleans. As an outsider it nails it, but i would be interested to see what similarities you could find in the game.
As a native Chalmation, it always tickles me to hear my dump little hometown mentioned in any context.
Fun fact about Chalmette, it was the first US home of legendary auteur Tommy Wisseau. He used to bag groceries at the Schwegmann’s in I believe the late 80s or early 90s.
So the same sacred land that Andrew Jackson collaborated with pirates in order to win a pointless battle for New Orleans was also walked upon by TW.
Hey AJ, how is your sex life?
While the Treaty of Ghent was signed about a month before the Battle of New Orleans it had yet to be ratified by the British Government. So if the British had been successful at New Orleans they would have NEVER given it back. They would have definitely renegotiate the terms of the treaty. So your point about a pointless battle is pointless.
@@rayg3354 Touche’.
Technically had the battle not happened the outcome would have been the same. So, in a way, it was still pointless. Lol
Gosh dang it now I feel I NEED to go to new orleans at some point
Thomas Jefferson, not my favorite founding father. I am firmly in the John Addams camp.
"I know him. That can't be. That's that...little guy who spoke to me all those years ago. What was it? 85? That poor man they're going to eat him alive."
100% less slave rape
The Alien and Sedition Act though.
Isn’t Jean Lafiette’s tavern a French building in the French Quarter? You said only two left and didn’t include it
The white league argument aged like fine wine. Like, it's chefs kiss beautiful.
Where do Yats come from?
Didn't mention the early 1800s refugee migration of whites, creoles and blacks from Haiti that effectively doubled the size of New Orleans and solidified its still underlying french/creole cultural base.
Love you, darlin', but you left out the key facts of how NOLA really came into her golden age in the antebellum era, after the flood of the American entrepreneurs after came here after the Louisiana Purchase seeking--and finding--their fortunes! The inventions of sugar granulation for this climate, the cotton gin from Georgia, and the steamship from Pittsburgh all combined to make trading here very lucrative, especially since it was all done on the backs of enslaved peoples, alas. It caused New Orleans to become the wealthiest and the third most populous city in the country, no less! At least they had good taste in architecture, and left us the legacy of the Garden District and all its fabulous mansions!
YASSS SISTER PREACH
not many people know new Orleans was the wealthiest city in America
I'm glad you pointed that out
*IT STILL IS MOST DEFINITELY THE QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH*
screw Houston and Atlanta😂
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"The world was different back in 1874"... not so different as you'd think... or like
Wow a bison founded New Orleans! Really shows how we went wrong electing humans when a proper bison beauty could be leading the city's climate change mitigation projects much more efficiently.
It would be interesting to see you do a Lousiana Purchase video where you "argue" with yourself like Checkmate, Lincolnites!
And people call Jan 6th the greatest insurrection since the civil war lol. That liberty place segment was wild.
You should make a video about the history of the New Orleans mint
Uhhh....THAT WAS REALLY GOOD!
What? You couldn't be more incorrect about the war of 1812, what battles we won, and its lasting effect on our history.
First off, the battle of New Orleans wasn't the only victory, it was preceded by a resounding victory at Plattsburgh (the Brits refer to it as the "Reverse Nile", and they wouldn't lose another fleet action for 100 years. And the British land action was canceled since there would be no British navy to support it), control of Lake Erie ("We have met the enemy, and they are ours"), Baltimore, and the battle of Horseshoe Bend.
The land action in Baltimore held the British off, and they chose to leave the battlefield rather than fight (but they did lose their commanding general to a sharpshooter).
That's what happens to you when you get sidetracked in Washington D.C and go all Detroit on it. Most of them ended up in New Orleans, and we know how that ended.
As for our navy, it was more than a match for the British Navy who chose to send just a squadron over at the beginning of the war. And thanks to the French (the Quasi war), and the Tripoli wars (Stephen Decatur was such a badass) we were just barely prepared. So maybe we weren't all that ready, what was Britain's excuse?
Roosevelt in his book maintains that the training of Americans was superior to that of the British. The notable exception to this was the HMS Shannon who was *more* than prepared when it took out the USS Chesapeake in about 15 minutes. But they were (thankfully) the exception. Whatever the case may be, we won more than we lost, including some actions in the English Channel.
Did Britain have better ships and commanders available? Yes. Did they send them? No. Relying on reputation alone didn't serve us well in Vietnam either.
Bruno Pappalardo, naval expert at the National Archives, said: "Not only was the fleet very cosmopolitan, it also wasn’t as highly skilled as is perceived. That has been part of the Nelson myth, that this was a crack fleet."
We noticed.
One of the things that I found amusing was that on British ships the impressed Americans were allowed to sit it out in the hold during battles with American ships. Which sort of blows a hole in the whole "You're just a wayward Brit, and you have to fight for us" argument. Although having a bunch of disgruntled employees within arms reach of cutlasses, guns, and large amounts of gunpowder, while in easy swimming distance of freedom, might have influenced this policy somewhat.
For a great read on this, check out Teddy Roosevelt's "The Naval war of 1812". Which by the way, has an excellent chapter on the battle of New Orleans. Because, no self-respecting book on the U.S. Navy's actions in the war of 1812 would be complete without it. It's free over at Project Gutenberg
Fun fact, 361 American born sailors fought in the battle of Trafalgar. And I believe that there is a plaque to that effect in Trafalgar square.
At the treaty of Ghent, Wellington's assessment of the British demands of territory is hilarious and right on the mark:
"I think you have no right, from the state of war, to demand any concession of territory from America.... You have not been able to carry it into the enemy's territory, notwithstanding your military success, and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You cannot on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cession of territory except in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power... Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory: indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any."
Basically breaks down to: "Before you demand any land as part of a peace treaty, try taking some first."
So the war started over the impressment of our sailors, and the seizing of our ships. It ended with both side officially going back to the status quo. Except Britain no longer seized either our ships or our sailors. I don't know about you, but I'll call this a win.
As for the wars lasting effect, it put an end to any British ambitions of retaking the colonies, opened up the west, put Native Americans on the back foot (at least in the east), and got England (and Spain) out of our hair once and for all. You can argue that not all of these things were great, (the treatment of Native Americans comes to mind, and it also led to the invasion of Mexico) but the point stands that we didn't do so bad in the war of 1812. Don't believe me? Just ask the Duke of Wellington.
6:30 haha... yea
Could you do the historic significance & filming of the homes they used in 'The Vampire Diaries' & 'The Originals'?
My social studies class is just starting to discuss about the war of 1812, starting with the events leading up to it. I have never studied that war IN MY LIFE, and even I agree that we should have built up our army EXPENENTIALLY!!! everyone else disagrees.......for now at least
You! are a bad ass sir.
3:22 The return of Lousiana had nothing to do with the peninsular camapign. Napoleon agreed to restore a Bourbon in northern Italy in exchange for Lousiana.
From Florida to Oklahoma, if you said you were going to "The City", it meant New Orleans
Hey, I feel like it's a little misleading to not mention the impact that Vietnamese immigration has had on new Orleans. They've influenced the city just as much as the Irish, Italians, or anyone else.
How can you do a video on the history of new orleans and not mention the migration of the acadians from french speaking canada to become the cajuns?
Do you happen to know how many French colonists lived in Louisiana in 1750? All the records I've been able to find only talk about New France as a whole, and I believe it was about 60,000. I also saw numbers saying there were about 3,000 settlers living in the Illinois Country, so I can assume many more than that lived in Louisiana, but I would love to know the actual numbers.
Let me know if you're still interested in this info. I am sitting in front of three books about Louisiana and can find this out real quick if you want.
@@fancyfeast84 Yeah, that would be awesome, thanks so much!
Wasn't bienville the same fella who started mobile and Mississippi Gulf coast
3:34 Homeboy was getting checked out by the chick in the red
This is a very good video. Well put, well informed, and somehow he is versed enough to do it all in a singular take??/ That is impressive!
Could forgiveness for White League attack be compared to forgiveness for 2021 Capitol Coup? Just a thought
This is fucking amazing. Can you do the slavery revolt next if you havent?
He already dif
Don't underestimate under equipped farmers...*cough* Vietnam *cough* Afghanistan.
The French quarter is definitely not the beginning of the rich history of this geologically unique area
Can you do one on the heroes in New Orleans law enforcement who opposed the White league?
It would be interesting to explain the black cops of New Orleans.
I’d love to be in a few of your tours or if you’re a professor, I’d like to audit your classes. How do we get in touch with you? You may google my name (I’m a New Orleans artist) & text me your tour co or university. I say that because I don’t have a clue as to how you message from TH-cam