"Unrest in the French colonies in the Caribbean." They mean the Haitian Revolution. The French conducted the most brutal of slave economies to extract wealth from Haiti, "The pearl of the Antilles." The Haitian slaves overthrew the French partially inspired by the American ideals of freedom and self determination. However, with an active and substantial slave economy in the US, President Jefferson could not recognize the new black administration in Haiti. The French demanded reparations from the fledgling government of Haiti. US banks loaned money to Haiti to stave off the French. Meanwhile, the loss of their "pearl" and wars in Europe caused the French to reconsider their holdings in North America. Thus, the Louisiana Purchase. This video would be more complete with a recognition of the role of the Haitian revolution leading towards the Louisiana Purchase.
The United States bought the "preemptive" right to obtain "Indian" lands by treaty or by conquest, to the exclusion of other colonial powers. We had ourselves the Imperial Rights to Louisiana. We had to scatter and remove the people who already lived there, foisting American imperialism to gain control of the area. Good bargain? Sure? The right thing to do? I'd say no. At the least we should teach the whole story of the "purchase" rather than "look at this as a great fire sale we took advantage of". We should be able to look back on our founding fathers with more than the great deals they got.
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"Unrest in the French colonies in the Caribbean." They mean the Haitian Revolution. The French conducted the most brutal of slave economies to extract wealth from Haiti, "The pearl of the Antilles." The Haitian slaves overthrew the French partially inspired by the American ideals of freedom and self determination. However, with an active and substantial slave economy in the US, President Jefferson could not recognize the new black administration in Haiti. The French demanded reparations from the fledgling government of Haiti. US banks loaned money to Haiti to stave off the French. Meanwhile, the loss of their "pearl" and wars in Europe caused the French to reconsider their holdings in North America. Thus, the Louisiana Purchase. This video would be more complete with a recognition of the role of the Haitian revolution leading towards the Louisiana Purchase.
great video!
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It says “pog” isn’t English and pog in English is “ch”
HAÏTI is the HERRO
How did he come to own it?
Great video
The United States bought the "preemptive" right to obtain "Indian" lands by treaty or by conquest, to the exclusion of other colonial powers.
We had ourselves the Imperial Rights to Louisiana. We had to scatter and remove the people who already lived there, foisting American imperialism to gain control of the area.
Good bargain? Sure? The right thing to do? I'd say no. At the least we should teach the whole story of the "purchase" rather than "look at this as a great fire sale we took advantage of".
We should be able to look back on our founding fathers with more than the great deals they got.