The gentleman quoted as saying "An Englishman's home is his castle" was Jason Russell. He was killed on his doorstep along with 11 other militia members and two Grenadiers. The house with several musket ball holes still stands and can be visited here in Arlington.
This is the first time I've seen such a detailed breakdown of the battle of Lexington & Concord. I did not realize that the Colonists had such an organized defense that early in the conflict.
I’ve read a few books on this day. The minute men and militias were so ready! I didn’t realize before either about how much they drilled each week and were prepared for conflict! Before, I imagined it just being a skirmish that broke out, but now I learned how much the locals prepared and organized for such an event
@@michaelscherer6416and our current government HATES us citizen militia. The citizen militia prominently recognized in the U.S. Constitution. Government refuses to recognize they are under the people. Government HATES a people who are above them, control the government and every government employee and every property being owned by the people. Current government has multiple Bills they want to pass against The People and The People’s Militia. Government has unfairly demonized the citizens militia because it represents the ultimate authority over the government. The people have natural rights government can not ‘take away’ and government HATES that.
@@michaelscherer6416 And remember, members of the current Congress want to try and outlaw that same kind of training and preparation. That should scare anyone with half a brain.
Most of the local officers were either local notables or veterans of various wars and conflicts of the preceding years, the commander on Lexington green for example war a 7 year’s war veteran
This is an incredible narration! Even as an American, my heart goes out to the British mindset of WTF just happened!?! (After the first shot) and the terror of knowing the militia are rushing through the woods ahead of you before getting ambushed on the road. My emotions rose with the patriot mindset of (it’s on now, no turning back). Real people with real lives.
:D "Who wants to Volenteer to go north! We must fell trees and make Our own Roads so the Boats we bring can be carried through the wilderness!?!" [Non-Verbatum]
My 4 times great grandfather Captain James Neal fought in the Revolutionary War on the side of the Colonies. He also helped settle Charleston, Virginia, which is now West Virginia. The settlement was called Fort Neal, or Neal’s Corner.
HistoryMarche is worth checking out. if you are into WWII then World War 2 with Indy Nidel is excellent. he does a weekly overview of the events of every week of the war. He is in September 1944 right now. He and his team did WWI prior to that and other historical events as well.
It's nice to find a channel covering the American Revolution/War of Independence in such detail and quality. As a Pole, I'll be keeping an especially keen eye for the posible appearances of Kazimierz Pułaski and Tadeusz Kościuszko in the future videos. 😉
Best video i have seen on the topic. Amazing presentation of facts and details in a relatively short span of time with no annoying pro USA or post modern bias. I usually give pessimistic criticism on videos like this but not this one. Bravo!
Interesting to see the British perspective on this. Left out that the British were marching to disarm the militia of a cannon. That's why the militia knew where the British were headed. Also interesting to hear your take on the Boston Tea Party. They weren't protesting the increased price of smuggled tea, they were protesting the tax on tea. One other observation: I question your depiction of the British striking into the woods to address militia that was "hiding behind walls". The road and the walls are still there in some places. The walls the militia were hiding behind were no more than 20 feet (3 meters) from the British column. Not much chasing into the woods to be done. However, if you stop to engage, more will get shot as fighting against this kind of uprising is like trying to push the ocean back. The farther and longer you push, the wetter you get.
Subbed and looking forward to the growth of this channel. I really appreciate your introduction and the way you even depict the brewing arguments *within* Great Britain and its parliament instead of just glossing over the buildup to the war.
It would be cool to see a map with constant names, because as a foreign I get lost on were is "Yorktown" was or "Lexington" and so on. Anyway, great video, thank you for sharing it.
"Concorde" is a French supersonic jet airliner. "CONkerd" is the town where the battle took place. Source: I'm a local, it's as grating as calling the city of Worcester "war-chester" or the steak sauce "war-chester-shire"
Local names are always interesting, Lima, OH (Lime-a) vs Lima, Peru (Lee-ma). Newark (New-Urk) vs Newark (New-Ark), etc. I still have no idea when to say Louis (Lew-Iss) vs (Lew-ee), like Louisville.
@@HistoryRebels I was expecting to come to your channel and find a 10 part series but it's still coming out lol. I subscribed, and managed to get things done today after all.
The very first foreign weapons for the American Revolution or before the American Revolution began at Lexington and Concord arrived from Spain to Marblehead Massachusetts in February 1775 by Spaniard Diego de Gardoqui! Spain also sent muskets to Saratoga in coordination with the French in 1777! Unbeknownst to many, Spain also sent weapons and cannons and supplies to the American Colonies inside French ships sailing from France! So when the ships arrived everyone assumed the entire cargo was only French lol! Huge mistake but understandable! Spain also paid and funded the Yorktown campaign paying both the French and Continental soldiers who hadn't been paid for several months and years causing several mutinees and also paid and refurbished Degrasse's French fleet allowing Degrasse to travel to both the Chesapeake and later Yorktown which Spain also had a huge role in the military planning of Yorktown which is why the Spanish Ambassador was invited to the Yorktown victory celebration in October of last year 2023! Spain protected French possessions allowing Degrasse to travel to his destination freely without worry and it was Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez who was kind and generous enough to release his own French troops under Spanish command and ALLOWED Degrasse to take them to go reinforce Rochambeau at Yorktown! Bernie didn't have to do that but he was very generous! Spain was just as significant as France if not more so and I would argue more so! Spain also provided the American soldiers with uniforms, colored cloth to make uniforms, medicines, shoes, boots, shirts, cannons and tents! Also thousands of muskets with bayonets and a considerable amount of money! On August 9 1780 Luis de Cordova captured 55 British ships and over 3,000 British prisoners, many of which were about 2,000 British soldier reinforcements, 80,000 muskets, 300 cannons and equipment enough for about 40,000 British troops that could have been used against American forces! Two months later the Great Hurricane of 1780 destroyed several British ships and demasted several others! In 1781 Bernardo de Gálvez conquered Pensacola capturing over 1,000 British prisoners! These three Spanish elements; Cordova's victory, Great Hurricane of 1780 & Bernie's victory at Pensacola greatly weakened and demoralized the British! By the time Yorktown arrived the British in general were already tired and even sick as there was malaria present in the marshes of Virginia or Yorktown that infected a good portion of British and Hessian regulars or soldiers preventing them from fighting! Weak, demoralized, tired and also sick or ill! The path was set! All the Americans and French had to do was win and they did. An easy victory for the combined French and Continental army!
Thank you for posting this!!!!---It's always interesting to hear about the American Revolution from an Englishmen. I am reading a book called "THE LAST KING OF AMERICA: THE MISUNDERSTOOD REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE III", by Andrew Roberts. The same man who wrote the famous "Napoleon" biography and I have just reached Chapter 11, "The Battles of Lexington and Concord". I love to do my homework and research to back up the book and fact check everything and your video helped me immensely. To be fair, most Americans are stupid and don't know their history and cant even name the king we had the revolution against, so thank you for educating the people!!! I am studying English history and European politics and want to major as a professor. I look froward to your more videos. SUBSCRIBED!!!
I am still wondering. If the French were helping the rebels, why Spain and England didn’t join together to crush the 13 states? All North America would have been great.
Remember in Black Hawk Down when the soldiers ran alongside the rescue convoy to safety while getting shot at the whole way? L&C was its 18th equivalent
Thanks to this video, I did a quick read on William Pitt. I like him. Seemed sensible. I'm also American. I wonder what his reaction of American Independence would've been had he lived long enough to see it.
HUZZAH, well done, your video was an excellent account of the events of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The animations really did well to illustrate what occurred. I subscribed and eagerly look forward to seeing your next video.
Warmonger industry of firearms today, 2023, should be reversed. Do you see anybody terrorizing your village, town, city ? No ? “ The Second Amendment, ( or Bill of Rights ) ratified in 1791 “ A well regulated militia, being necessary to the Security of a free state……” need against fellow citizen ? Obvious hunters have rifles they hunt with. Seems handguns are products of mounting cowardness, racial misunderstanding, and lack of 10 Commandments of July 4, year 300 BC taught to younger, middle aged, and older folks. “scientific material madness,” as Jim McGuinn sang in a Byrds song, or, “Saturday night gun special,” sang by Ronnie Van Zant .
Considering your channel has just started, the quality of production & narration here is just incredible! I'm eagerly awaiting how this series will continue and have subscribed! One thing that I was wondering, what were your inspirations in the youtube community to create your own youtube channel and to make historical animations?
Also some things that I noticed with the map in the video around 6:18: - Delaware's northern border extends a bit too far north, including the city of Philadelphia - Vermont is just shown as split between NH & NY. While this may at least in part fit the claims of the NH & NY colonies, the situation on the ground was much different by the 1770s, with VT being effectively independent from that point onwards. While it fought with the other colonies, it wouldn't end up joining them in a union until the 1790s.
Awesome job. The only thing is that I heard the people there today consider the shots at Concord and the shot heard around the world because it was the first time Americans were ordered to fire on the British. Amazing job and I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us next!
That's an ongoing argument, whether Lexington or Concord fired the first shots of the war. To me, it's Lexington that earned the credit. That's where the "mysterious" shot was fired that started an exchange of bullets. Many believe it was Sam Adam's who fired that shot; he always was a trouble-maker, and a member of The Sons of Liberty. Glad that we're all friends now and enjoy a "special relationship".
Very good, as always. That said, some things that are often overlooked: Massachusetts was probably the most highly militarized society in the world, and certainly in the English speaking world, at the time. Moreover, it wasn't fraudulent militia parading around half drunk in overly fancy uniforms but men with a good deal of training and experience and vast social cohesion. Looking at Tommy Gage's training guidance to the garrison of Boston, it becomes pretty clear that the British force was seriously undertrained at the time, not all that much above raw recruits. Thus, we not only had the numbers, we had the quality, too. Thus, from earl Percy: "During the whole affair the Rebels attacked us in a very scattered, irregular manner, but with perseverance & resolution, nor did they ever dare to form into any regular body. Indeed, they knew too well what was proper, to do so. Whoever looks upon them as an irregular mob, will find himself much mistaken. They have men amongst them who know very well what they are about, having been employed as Rangers against the Indians & Canadians, & this country being much covered with wood, and hilly, is very advantageous for their method of fighting."
First video and the quality is already right up there with the best history channels on youtube. I didn't know much about the revolution and you made everything clear and easy to understand. The graphics and animations are top notch too. Thank you for all your hard work.
Awesome presentation. Writing, editing, music and graphics all give the story of April 19th a thrilling treatment. Perfect choice of the announcer, too. Thank you!
Hi I just subscribed and just saying but I can’t wait to see the battle of Monmouth and I can’t wait to see it because I grew up and still live in Monmouth county and when I was growing up I never knew anything about the battle but I also can’t wait to see the episodes with the 42nd regiment of foot and I can’t wait to see those episodes because you see I play the tenor drum in a bagpipe and drum band that is named after the 42nd regiment of foot aka the BLACK WATCH and if you don’t mind me asking but can you do a video on what life was like in a pow camp during the revolutionary war and I am asking because during the revolutionary war my 6th and 5th great grandpa’s John Andrew and George Weikert were guards at a place called camp security outside of York pa.
My wife's ancestor was a Minute Man and was killed by the first volley of British shots at Concord Bridge. One of my ancestors, fought in the Southern Theater and was a Lt. Colonel in the North Carolina Militia at Kings Mountain and Cowpens. A little known fact of the Amrican Revolution is Britain's need for cash after the virtual bancruptcy of the British Eash India Company,
No, it was the virtual bankruptcy of the seven years war, which they had fought for the colonies and the British governments hesitation to advance Westerly to take lands which belonged to France.
As a former member of the Sudbury Companies of Militia and Minute (1970s),who marched to re-enact Sudbury's effort to support Concord in 1975, I rejoice in viewing these videos. They are extremely well done. Live Free or Die!
And then there was Samuel Whittemore, who, at 80 years of age and while tending his fields spied the British relief force marching towards Lexington.. Arming himself and taking cover behind a stone wall, he ambushed the column. He killed one w his musket, another w his dueling pistol and mortally wounded a third w his sword…Beaten, bayoneted and shot, he was left for dead…He lived another 18 years…The Brits didn’t much like him ‘Murica🇺🇸💪
Perpetuating the American Marksman myth. I hate that. Most of these peoples were farmers who would Hunt animals, not shoot at people. And if you think about how many musket balls were flying around fired by the colonists, they were terrible shots. If you figured each one of them shot 5 musket balls, and they numbered about a minimum of one thousand colonists, that's 5,000 musket balls and how many hit their Mark? Not many. And that figure just gets worse with more colonists and more musket shots.
at 17:48 that is the battle at Jason Russell's house. 25 of the 49 americans lost in Menotomy died on that farm. still stands today. great museum. everyone should go if theyre in town
Well told. In high school, I often rode my bike to Lexington. It was a place of significant history. The power of the historical significance was often palpable.
What an amazing underrated channel you guys are! I hope your channel takes off soon and you guys become really successful! Best videos I have seen on the American Revolutionary War on TH-cam that I have seen that covers the war in detail. First goal is to get you guys to take off with your coverage of the American Revolutionary War which is insanely under covered on TH-cam. But from there you really could cover so much more the way you guys are doing this. 18th century warfare is so under covered on TH-cam and you guys do it amazingly well! From I'd like to see you guys do this for the US Civil War, Napoleonic Wars, the war of 1812, 7 years/French and Indian war, the *British Civil War*, British and East India Company wars with the Indian Kingdoms/Princedoms and more! You guys are filling such a massive whole in the YT history industry! Great job guys, keep up the great work! You guys will take off soon if you keep up coverage like this!
Sooooo confused at 1:25 because you said male european population... but you meant in the 13 colonies not in europe. Had to listen to that a few times before the aha!🤪
Gave you a sub as encouragement to continue your series and create more videos. As a Son of the Revolution, I'm interested in everything American Revolution! Well done videos. Keep it up!
Daughters or Sons of American Revolution be proud ! Yet are you a ‘conceal and carry ‘ Barlow knife, switchblade, Baseball bat, knuckle duster, violin case, firearm fad termed a handgun ?
Should cartoon we saw on Saturday morning TV, ‘Quick draw McGraw’ or Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, - be allowed to open a gun store ? Have to think animals don’t need or require modern ‘NRA’ - 200,000,000nd amended words to James Madison original Second Amendment . How can an Animal have his/her Say if she/he is no longer here ?
You may want someone to check the spelling in your graphics before uploading. I thought maybe you were using a British spelling of Governors (Govenors in the graphic at 1:58) but after checking I don't think that's the case.
In the Battle of Bunker Hill the American Colonial militias try to stop the three British advance killed 700 of them at point blank range and still they took the ground this is the resolve they have, said by the Colonel of the American Revolutionary Army! K
Well done! I am over-thrilled! This is a great 20min over-all that included a lot of finer detail! Such as: the Militia reaction of "They are burning and plundering Concord! We must Save the People!" [Non-Verbatum] - but a detail that is crucial, and often never mentioned. Look forward to the Rest of the Series! - and for Equal Scales- I learned of Your channel through a comment of Epic History - and i Am so thankful, because this was wonderfully done!
This is an excellent video and well balanced with views of the conflict from both sides. One important detail shown here that I never fully realized: The Colonial Militia in Lexington did not block the road. Both sides were being drawn to war while holding back in small ways.
The gentleman quoted as saying "An Englishman's home is his castle" was Jason Russell. He was killed on his doorstep along with 11 other militia members and two Grenadiers. The house with several musket ball holes still stands and can be visited here in Arlington.
And a Reenactment is going to occur in 3 days
Those Jehovah Witnesses back then were hardcore!
@@cambs0181 Probably not fond of people knocking on their own doors... 😂
@@cambs0181 Jehovah's witnesses ? Why, what has he done ?
This is amazing! As an American, I really appreciate this, keep going brother 🇺🇸
Thanks, really appreciated! More to come soon!
@@HistoryRebels no problem, and happy 4th of July to all Americans here and to everyone who loves the country 🇺🇸❤️
Actually, Happy Independence Day is more appropriate...
@@curlyfries2956
"Citizens Militia Ambushes Kings Army. 72 Troops Killed, Nearly 200 Wounded In Botched Lexington Gun Confiscation Operation"
-Boston Herald
April 20th, 1775
-Boston
"Colonel Barret, we've successfully taken the bridge. What do we do next?" "I don't know. I didn't think I'd get this far..." 😂
Good one!😂
This is the first time I've seen such a detailed breakdown of the battle of Lexington & Concord. I did not realize that the Colonists had such an organized defense that early in the conflict.
I’ve read a few books on this day. The minute men and militias were so ready! I didn’t realize before either about how much they drilled each week and were prepared for conflict! Before, I imagined it just being a skirmish that broke out, but now I learned how much the locals prepared and organized for such an event
@@michaelscherer6416and our current government HATES us citizen militia. The citizen militia prominently recognized in the U.S. Constitution. Government refuses to recognize they are under the people. Government HATES a people who are above them, control the government and every government employee and every property being owned by the people. Current government has multiple Bills they want to pass against The People and The People’s Militia. Government has unfairly demonized the citizens militia because it represents the ultimate authority over the government. The people have natural rights government can not ‘take away’ and government HATES that.
@@michaelscherer6416 And remember, members of the current Congress want to try and outlaw that same kind of training and preparation. That should scare anyone with half a brain.
Most of the local officers were either local notables or veterans of various wars and conflicts of the preceding years, the commander on Lexington green for example war a 7 year’s war veteran
A well regulzted Malitia.
This is an incredible narration! Even as an American, my heart goes out to the British mindset of WTF just happened!?! (After the first shot) and the terror of knowing the militia are rushing through the woods ahead of you before getting ambushed on the road. My emotions rose with the patriot mindset of (it’s on now, no turning back). Real people with real lives.
Thank you! And absolutely - someone commented that they could make a Black Hawk Down style film of it which I thought was spot on :D
If they did: I hope the Reserve a scene for Samual Wittman!
Glad I found this channel. Really good animation hope to see more!
Thanks! Next episode on the Invasion of Canada
:D
"Who wants to Volenteer to go north! We must fell trees and make Our own Roads so the Boats we bring can be carried through the wilderness!?!" [Non-Verbatum]
have you seen Warhawk channel? amazing and much more content an even better animation
My 4 times great grandfather Captain James Neal fought in the Revolutionary War on the side of the Colonies. He also helped settle Charleston, Virginia, which is now West Virginia.
The settlement was called Fort Neal, or Neal’s Corner.
That’s super cool.
So glad to see another channel in the same style as Bazbattles, Kings and Generals, Epic History TV etc. Love your stuff so far!
HistoryMarche is worth checking out. if you are into WWII then World War 2 with Indy Nidel is excellent. he does a weekly overview of the events of every week of the war. He is in September 1944 right now. He and his team did WWI prior to that and other historical events as well.
I agree, only Warhawk is doing similar videos on America's history (the Civil war), really glad i just discovered this amazing channel !
This is a surprisingly good quality video Can't wait to see more.
Good job keep it up😊
Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it, and more on the way
If this is the quality of video that can be expected from this channel, I look forward to seeing more show up in my Subscription feed.
Thank you! Next video should be out in about a week :)
This is a really high quality especially for a first video
It's nice to find a channel covering the American Revolution/War of Independence in such detail and quality.
As a Pole, I'll be keeping an especially keen eye for the posible appearances of Kazimierz Pułaski and Tadeusz Kościuszko in the future videos. 😉
Thank you! I’ll make sure to cover Kazimierz saving Washington, at least!
Props to Poland for turning into a European Texas. Poland is doing great at being a speed bump with sharp teeth. Never again. ❤
Redirected here by another history channel I watch and damn you guys did awesome work. Keep it up, we need more channels focusing on history
Ditto
What channel sent you here?
Likewise #VTH
Best video i have seen on the topic. Amazing presentation of facts and details in a relatively short span of time with no annoying pro USA or post modern bias.
I usually give pessimistic criticism on videos like this but not this one. Bravo!
Amazing video! Love the information and transitions, good work!
Interesting to see the British perspective on this. Left out that the British were marching to disarm the militia of a cannon. That's why the militia knew where the British were headed. Also interesting to hear your take on the Boston Tea Party. They weren't protesting the increased price of smuggled tea, they were protesting the tax on tea. One other observation: I question your depiction of the British striking into the woods to address militia that was "hiding behind walls". The road and the walls are still there in some places. The walls the militia were hiding behind were no more than 20 feet (3 meters) from the British column. Not much chasing into the woods to be done. However, if you stop to engage, more will get shot as fighting against this kind of uprising is like trying to push the ocean back. The farther and longer you push, the wetter you get.
Hot start guys, subbed
Great stuff. Very reminiscent of HistoryMarche and Warhawk. Keep up the good work.
Subbed and looking forward to the growth of this channel. I really appreciate your introduction and the way you even depict the brewing arguments *within* Great Britain and its parliament instead of just glossing over the buildup to the war.
Amazing narration, and thank you for educating us!!
It would be cool to see a map with constant names, because as a foreign I get lost on were is "Yorktown" was or "Lexington" and so on. Anyway, great video, thank you for sharing it.
Thanks very much for the feed and glad you enjoyed it :) I’ll make sure to have clearer labels in future videos
You know Yorktown and Lexington still exist, right?
@@anzaca1 You know they're not from the US and don't know where two random towns are, right?
I dig this channel. Some good history here.
"Concorde" is a French supersonic jet airliner.
"CONkerd" is the town where the battle took place.
Source: I'm a local, it's as grating as calling the city of Worcester "war-chester" or the steak sauce "war-chester-shire"
I will never roll my eyes at "war-chester-shire" again, thanks for pointing it out!
Local names are always interesting, Lima, OH (Lime-a) vs Lima, Peru (Lee-ma). Newark (New-Urk) vs Newark (New-Ark), etc. I still have no idea when to say Louis (Lew-Iss) vs (Lew-ee), like Louisville.
I feel this as someone from Concord, NH.
Have read several versions of this battle. This is well-told.
Thank you
For the algorithm
Thanks for your videos! They're awesome! :)
Great video! I´m from Argentina so I don´t know many details of the military campaigns of the US Revolution.
Well. I did have plans today, but now I'm going to have to watch this whole series. Er, thanks?
Hope you enjoyed it! Next episode will release in about 4 weeks
@@HistoryRebels I was expecting to come to your channel and find a 10 part series but it's still coming out lol. I subscribed, and managed to get things done today after all.
The very first foreign weapons for the American Revolution or before the American Revolution began at Lexington and Concord arrived from Spain to Marblehead Massachusetts in February 1775 by Spaniard Diego de Gardoqui!
Spain also sent muskets to Saratoga in coordination with the French in 1777!
Unbeknownst to many, Spain also sent weapons and cannons and supplies to the American Colonies inside French ships sailing from France! So when the ships arrived everyone assumed the entire cargo was only French lol!
Huge mistake but understandable!
Spain also paid and funded the Yorktown campaign paying both the French and Continental soldiers who hadn't been paid for several months and years causing several mutinees and also paid and refurbished Degrasse's French fleet allowing Degrasse to travel to both the Chesapeake and later Yorktown which Spain also had a huge role in the military planning of Yorktown which is why the Spanish Ambassador was invited to the Yorktown victory celebration in October of last year 2023!
Spain protected French possessions allowing Degrasse to travel to his destination freely without worry and it was Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez who was kind and generous enough to release his own French troops under Spanish command and ALLOWED Degrasse to take them to go reinforce Rochambeau at Yorktown!
Bernie didn't have to do that but he was very generous!
Spain was just as significant as France if not more so and I would argue more so!
Spain also provided the American soldiers with uniforms, colored cloth to make uniforms, medicines, shoes, boots, shirts, cannons and tents! Also thousands of muskets with bayonets and a considerable amount of money!
On August 9 1780 Luis de Cordova captured 55 British ships and over 3,000 British prisoners, many of which were about 2,000 British soldier reinforcements,
80,000 muskets, 300 cannons and equipment enough for about 40,000 British troops that could have been used against American forces!
Two months later the Great Hurricane of 1780 destroyed several British ships and demasted several others! In 1781 Bernardo de Gálvez conquered Pensacola capturing over 1,000 British prisoners!
These three Spanish elements;
Cordova's victory, Great Hurricane of 1780 & Bernie's victory at Pensacola greatly weakened and demoralized the British! By the time Yorktown arrived the British in general were already tired and even sick as there was malaria present in the marshes of Virginia or Yorktown that infected a good portion of British and Hessian regulars or soldiers preventing them from fighting!
Weak, demoralized, tired and also sick or ill!
The path was set! All the Americans and French had to do was win and they did. An easy victory for the combined French and Continental army!
RIP
To the 49 American militiamen and 73 British troops who were killed in the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Found you through Vlogging Through History, you got mu sub.
This is so underrated keep it up
Thank you for posting this!!!!---It's always interesting to hear about the American Revolution from an Englishmen. I am reading a book called "THE LAST KING OF AMERICA: THE MISUNDERSTOOD REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE III", by Andrew Roberts. The same man who wrote the famous "Napoleon" biography and I have just reached Chapter 11, "The Battles of Lexington and Concord". I love to do my homework and research to back up the book and fact check everything and your video helped me immensely. To be fair, most Americans are stupid and don't know their history and cant even name the king we had the revolution against, so thank you for educating the people!!! I am studying English history and European politics and want to major as a professor. I look froward to your more videos. SUBSCRIBED!!!
Great job sir, i hope to see alot of great content in the future! And the quality is like… really really good.
It is great job i wish you will continue until cover the American war of independence and other historical issues
Best wishes!
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I am still wondering. If the French were helping the rebels, why Spain and England didn’t join together to crush the 13 states? All North America would have been great.
Spain helped the American colonists but they were mainly training and giving supplies to them instead of using troops
Time for the Spartacuses, Washingtons and the L'Ouvertures of this world to rise here
Man, great job. I wish you the best. Instant sub.✌️🇺🇲
Thank you, really appreciated!
Instant subscription
Nicely done. Great details. You got yourself a new sub.
Remember in Black Hawk Down when the soldiers ran alongside the rescue convoy to safety while getting shot at the whole way?
L&C was its 18th equivalent
Haha! I really want to see the Ridley Scott version of this battle now. With the same style and music as Black Hawk Down
Good luck on your Chanel.
Appreciated!
Thanks to this video, I did a quick read on William Pitt. I like him. Seemed sensible.
I'm also American.
I wonder what his reaction of American Independence would've been had he lived long enough to see it.
HUZZAH, well done, your video was an excellent account of the events of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The animations really did well to illustrate what occurred. I subscribed and eagerly look forward to seeing your next video.
Warmonger industry of firearms today, 2023, should be reversed. Do you see
anybody terrorizing your village, town, city ? No ? “ The Second Amendment, ( or
Bill of Rights ) ratified in 1791 “ A well regulated militia, being necessary to the Security of a free state……” need against fellow citizen ? Obvious hunters have rifles they hunt with. Seems handguns are products of mounting cowardness,
racial misunderstanding, and lack of 10 Commandments of July 4, year 300 BC taught to younger, middle aged, and older folks. “scientific material madness,” as
Jim McGuinn sang in a Byrds song, or, “Saturday night gun special,” sang by Ronnie Van Zant .
This is exactly why there is a 2nd Amendment.
The lesson has become lost on newer generations. We who know, know. It doesn't happen overnight. It's slow, incremental and methodical.
Considering your channel has just started, the quality of production & narration here is just incredible! I'm eagerly awaiting how this series will continue and have subscribed!
One thing that I was wondering, what were your inspirations in the youtube community to create your own youtube channel and to make historical animations?
Also some things that I noticed with the map in the video around 6:18:
- Delaware's northern border extends a bit too far north, including the city of Philadelphia
- Vermont is just shown as split between NH & NY. While this may at least in part fit the claims of the NH & NY colonies, the situation on the ground was much different by the 1770s, with VT being effectively independent from that point onwards. While it fought with the other colonies, it wouldn't end up joining them in a union until the 1790s.
great job!
Thanks!
Great channel sir,
The words of John Parker bring a tear to my eye every single time I hear them quoted.
this is a high quality channel history! Wish you put more videos and get the recognition for your work done!
'The Plains of North America' seemed a strange opening statement, but a clear, balanced narrative; succinct and dynamic.
Awesome job. The only thing is that I heard the people there today consider the shots at Concord and the shot heard around the world because it was the first time Americans were ordered to fire on the British. Amazing job and I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us next!
That's an ongoing argument, whether Lexington or Concord fired the first shots of the war. To me, it's Lexington that earned the credit. That's where the "mysterious" shot was fired that started an exchange of bullets. Many believe it was Sam Adam's who fired that shot; he always was a trouble-maker, and a member of The Sons of Liberty. Glad that we're all friends now and enjoy a "special relationship".
This is an excellent and informative video. Well thought out, great production.
Very good, as always. That said, some things that are often overlooked:
Massachusetts was probably the most highly militarized society in the world, and certainly in the English speaking world, at the time. Moreover, it wasn't fraudulent militia parading around half drunk in overly fancy uniforms but men with a good deal of training and experience and vast social cohesion.
Looking at Tommy Gage's training guidance to the garrison of Boston, it becomes pretty clear that the British force was seriously undertrained at the time, not all that much above raw recruits.
Thus, we not only had the numbers, we had the quality, too.
Thus, from earl Percy: "During the whole affair the Rebels attacked us in a very scattered, irregular manner, but with perseverance & resolution, nor did they ever dare to form into any regular body. Indeed, they knew too well what was proper, to do so. Whoever looks upon them as an irregular mob, will find himself much mistaken. They have men amongst them who know very well what they are about, having been employed as Rangers against the Indians & Canadians, & this country being much covered with wood, and hilly, is very advantageous for their method of fighting."
First video and the quality is already right up there with the best history channels on youtube. I didn't know much about the revolution and you made everything clear and easy to understand. The graphics and animations are top notch too. Thank you for all your hard work.
killer intro! get right into it!
Awesome presentation. Writing, editing, music and graphics all give the story of April 19th a thrilling treatment. Perfect choice of the announcer, too. Thank you!
Hi I just subscribed and just saying but I can’t wait to see the battle of Monmouth and I can’t wait to see it because I grew up and still live in Monmouth county and when I was growing up I never knew anything about the battle but I also can’t wait to see the episodes with the 42nd regiment of foot and I can’t wait to see those episodes because you see I play the tenor drum in a bagpipe and drum band that is named after the 42nd regiment of foot aka the BLACK WATCH and if you don’t mind me asking but can you do a video on what life was like in a pow camp during the revolutionary war and I am asking because during the revolutionary war my 6th and 5th great grandpa’s John Andrew and George Weikert were guards at a place called camp security outside of York pa.
My wife's ancestor was a Minute Man and was killed by the first volley of British shots at Concord Bridge. One of my ancestors, fought in the Southern Theater and was a Lt. Colonel in the North Carolina Militia at Kings Mountain and Cowpens.
A little known fact of the Amrican Revolution is Britain's need for cash after the virtual bancruptcy of the British Eash India Company,
No, it was the virtual bankruptcy of the seven years war, which they had fought for the colonies and the British governments hesitation to advance Westerly to take lands which belonged to France.
It’s amazing how both sides’ leaders blundered and misstepped their way into war, and I say that as lifelong Massachusetts resident.
Watching from Pennsylvania one of the original thirteen, great video and channel.
Vlogging Through History sent me here. Great video, liked, subscribed.
Came to you through Vlogging Through History. Excellent content
Great job top tier
Here from Vlogging through History great video.
Same here! Subbed
Found this channel via Vlogging Through History. Really like what I'm seeing. You've got a new subscriber here. Keep up the good work!
As a former member of the Sudbury Companies of Militia and Minute (1970s),who marched to re-enact Sudbury's effort to support Concord in 1975, I rejoice in viewing these videos. They are extremely well done. Live Free or Die!
History Marche sent me here and I’m glad 😊
As a minor correction: it’s massaCHUsetts( I lived there for about 8 years.)
Thanks for pointing it out, I got Concord wrong as well! By the end of the series I'll have all the names right I'm sure :D
And then there was Samuel Whittemore, who, at 80 years of age and while tending his fields spied the British relief force marching towards Lexington..
Arming himself and taking cover behind a stone wall, he ambushed the column.
He killed one w his musket, another w his dueling pistol and mortally wounded a third w his sword…Beaten, bayoneted and shot, he was left for dead…He lived another 18 years…The Brits didn’t much like him
‘Murica🇺🇸💪
Perpetuating the American Marksman myth. I hate that. Most of these peoples were farmers who would Hunt animals, not shoot at people. And if you think about how many musket balls were flying around fired by the colonists, they were terrible shots. If you figured each one of them shot 5 musket balls, and they numbered about a minimum of one thousand colonists, that's 5,000 musket balls and how many hit their Mark? Not many. And that figure just gets worse with more colonists and more musket shots.
4:59 -- Blame Private Hugh White for originally leaving his post and hitting Edward Garrick, which resulted in a crowd forming.
Reminds me of Heth at Gettysburg, "It started out as a minor scrap with a few militia--next thing i know Im tangled with half the Union Army."😮
Im really going to enjoy this series!! Thank you! 🇺🇸
As an American I must say this was brilliantly put together!! I’ve always loved history and this was great and should be taught in schools
at 17:48 that is the battle at Jason Russell's house. 25 of the 49 americans lost in Menotomy died on that farm. still stands today. great museum. everyone should go if theyre in town
Well told. In high school, I often rode my bike to Lexington. It was a place of significant history. The power of the historical significance was often palpable.
What an amazing underrated channel you guys are! I hope your channel takes off soon and you guys become really successful! Best videos I have seen on the American Revolutionary War on TH-cam that I have seen that covers the war in detail.
First goal is to get you guys to take off with your coverage of the American Revolutionary War which is insanely under covered on TH-cam. But from there you really could cover so much more the way you guys are doing this. 18th century warfare is so under covered on TH-cam and you guys do it amazingly well! From I'd like to see you guys do this for the US Civil War, Napoleonic Wars, the war of 1812, 7 years/French and Indian war, the *British Civil War*, British and East India Company wars with the Indian Kingdoms/Princedoms and more!
You guys are filling such a massive whole in the YT history industry! Great job guys, keep up the great work! You guys will take off soon if you keep up coverage like this!
Happy I found this channel
Sooooo confused at 1:25 because you said male european population... but you meant in the 13 colonies not in europe. Had to listen to that a few times before the aha!🤪
never knew that about Pitt honestly
This is fantastic work, keep it up!
Hi from VTH. I loved this vid! Can’t wait to watch this channel grow
Seriously good stuff!
Liked and subbed
Looking forward to this series and the many series to come 😀
2:08 The Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession were pretty global too...
Gave you a sub as encouragement to continue your series and create more videos. As a Son of the Revolution, I'm interested in everything American Revolution! Well done videos. Keep it up!
Daughters or Sons of American Revolution be proud ! Yet are you a ‘conceal and carry ‘ Barlow knife, switchblade, Baseball bat, knuckle duster, violin case, firearm fad termed a handgun ?
Fantastic Animations. Keep up the good work, this is fantastic!
Should cartoon we saw on Saturday morning TV, ‘Quick draw McGraw’ or Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, - be allowed to open a gun store ? Have to think animals don’t need or require modern ‘NRA’ - 200,000,000nd amended words to James Madison original Second Amendment . How can an Animal have his/her Say if she/he is no longer here ?
In my eyes these are the first Americans, willing to die for their values.
Please make more of these on the revolution your so good at it
Great channel, great documentaries, really well done thank you!
You may want someone to check the spelling in your graphics before uploading. I thought maybe you were using a British spelling of Governors (Govenors in the graphic at 1:58) but after checking I don't think that's the case.
Thanks for pointing that out! Frustrating that I missed it
In the Battle of Bunker Hill the American Colonial militias try to stop the three British advance killed 700 of them at point blank range and still they took the ground this is the resolve they have, said by the Colonel of the American Revolutionary Army! K
No, that's a line from The Patriot. Also there was more than one Colonel.
Just watched this masterpiece and I can’t wait for your next upload!!!
This is amazing thank you!
Well done!
I am over-thrilled! This is a great 20min over-all that included a lot of finer detail! Such as: the Militia reaction of "They are burning and plundering Concord! We must Save the People!" [Non-Verbatum] - but a detail that is crucial, and often never mentioned.
Look forward to the Rest of the Series! - and for Equal Scales- I learned of Your channel through a comment of Epic History - and i Am so thankful, because this was wonderfully done!
This is an excellent video and well balanced with views of the conflict from both sides. One important detail shown here that I never fully realized: The Colonial Militia in Lexington did not block the road. Both sides were being drawn to war while holding back in small ways.
Best video and info on these actions Ive ever seen! MORE MORE MORE!!! (please....when you get a chance). Thanks!