When Burr said “I was too young and blind to see”, I was honestly expecting “Aaron Burr was in fact not blind and there were writings stating he had excellent eyesight”
I thought he was going to say something about Burr being 48, which feels more than old enough to know that murdering someone bc you disagree with them and are political rivals is…not wise.
@@infnitvlt618 In the official Hamilton book, written by Lin, He says with those parts its shown with both characters. Like Daveed Diggs “We fought with him” As lafayette was on his side while Jefferson fought against him
@@infnitvlt618but that is likely just a thing of how easy the hair is to do, Peggy also has her hair when mariah reynolds is the one who loved him most during that same song
+@xillcy5980 I was just thinking that. It's bizarre that they assumed she was sad and not merely apathetic and burned the letters to get rid of any notion of him. As well as Lin's assertion that Hamilton was image-obsessed leaking onto his interpretation of Eliza.
TH-camr analysis: "none of this is true" Lyrics of song in question: "♫ BTW none of this is true ♪" Contrarian Commenter: "SEE???? The song is accurate!!!! (because they admitted its a lie)"
I love when Angelica talks about meeting Thomas Jefferson, because there is a hilarious rumor that the real Angelica slapped Jefferson so hard that he avoided parties that he knew she was attending. Although from what I could find, they had a pretty solid friendship and the rumor is unfounded.
Hey, genuine question here, I hear this a lot but then other people say its fake. Can you tell me where this is proven? Like where did she write that/ where can I read it. Thank you so much in advance.
@@imarainbowmushroomyayyy5243 To be honest, I found a post stating it on Pinterest and went to check. It doesn't seem to be true at all but it is a funny story. Or at the very least I can't find any evidence when googling.
+@@genevievehoskins6829 Lol, I love how you just commented a complete rumour you didn't research on a video where a dude spends years of his life researching every bit of Hamilton and finding any present inaccuracies. The irony is silly to me.
I feel like you could put that nitpick in for a different line, the "you haven't met him yet, you haven't had the chance" line since the events we saw in Act 1 were while Jefferson was still in the US
As a fan of historic accuracy AND the musical, I was both rooting for you and loudly sighing at some of the points you marked as inaccurate. Loved the video, thanks a bunch.
I think this video really just made me appreciate Lin-Manuel Miranda's integrity a bit more. Being a big enough man to admit when he does not have something accurate or when he changes something to favor the story, as opposed to some who just say "shut up" or "we weren't there so no one knows how it really happened"
It would be a little redundant for the play’s story to have Hamilton interfere in *two* elections Burr might have won otherwise. I think it’s an acceptable fudging.
Despite all of its inaccuracies, it makes sense as to why they wouldn’t make it completely historically accurate or it would be a lot more boring. I love what Lin-Manuel Miranda did with the historical story, and he likely made a lot more children and teenagers interested in history class.
it definitely made teenagers more interested in history class. When we got to the American revolution unit, I heard my classmates reference the musical more than several times. It clearly made them excited about the unit when they could tie it into a piece of media that they enjoyed.
Okay but this doesn't "make kids interested in history" it distracts from actual history and REDUCES literacy. it doesnt create historians it creates ignorant pop-culture douches
my year 9 history lessons were so fun as my entire class and teacher loved hamilton, so doing the formation of America I looked forward to those lessons the most.
31:24 - _"Maria Reynolds was blonde!"_ This video has largely been pretty great, but some of these inaccuracies are just absurd. You know that Thomas Jefferson wasn't _actually_ black, right?
hahahaha “maria was in fact blonde” 31:25 this is a hilarious point considering the entire cast is poc (when their canon characters were very VERY white)
Agreed, it's not like there's a line remarking on Maria's hair being dark in the musical when it was blonde in real life; in which case that nitpick would be justified
@@RaisedThirdbecause presumably the audience is already aware that the races are diversified for artistic purposes, but something small like hair would be assumed to at least be close to accurate.
@@RaisedThird I could be wrong but from the images I have seen, weren’t the Schuyler sisters all depicted in wigs? Come to think of it, so was George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and even Alexander Hamilton. Granted I do understand why they did not go with that choice.
Hercules mulligan was actually the tailor for the British officers and would overhear conversations about all sorts of plans. He would pass these conversations in code along a series of other agents who would pass it along until Washington got the message. One of the last agents was a housewife who hung out laundry in a certain pattern to send the message which a soldier would spot through a telescope and get the message. The entire American revolution spy network was full of people doing regular everyday things that would never draw attention from anyone yet were coded to never draw attention like the invisible ink trick that only can be seen using certain methods or techniques often on the back of junk pieces of parchment or paper that were from books or newspapers. Hercules was believed a spy for the British after the end of the revolution as a group of people were going to lynch him but Washington and Hamilton went to his shop and took him to dinner about some business that they needed to be done, that crowd actually saw this and backed off and Hercules was left alone as they finally found about his loyalty. Although the spy part was not found out as that wasn’t revealed until many years after mulligan’s death.
I think that in the line "Me, I died for him" in Alexander Hamilton, the actor is playing Philip, Hamilton's son that died in a duel to defend his dad's honor, not John Laurens. He wouldn't be the only one to be playing his Second Act character, as Peggy's actress is playing the woman Hamilton had an affair with
i do actually think it's Laurens, cause he has his hair tied back. we also know that in the beginning song, it's Jefferson not Lafayette cause he has his hair down (I mean also his voice but still). I think the way their hair is styled actually determines who it is
@@infnitvlt618 I'd argue that's the genius of the dual-casting. Jefferson and Madison fought with Hamilton Lafayette and Mulligan fought alongside Hamilton Laurens and Phillip both could seen as dying for him. Peggy loved him as a brother, Maria loved him as an affair.
@infnitvlt618 I see a lot of people bring up the hair thing. However, I think it has more to do with an issue of changing his hair style in time for his next act. I think they have to set the hair up like that as it would be impractical to have him run backstage and change it quickly just because of 1 line.
@@infnitvlt618 that part where they are all in white clothing in the beginning is actually abt all the characters played by those actors (for example, Daveed Diggs singing that he "fought with him" is double meaning for Lafayette fighting alongside him in the war and Thomas Jefferson confronting him, same with Hercules and Madison)
@@infnitvlt618 I'd argue he has his hair tied back because it's the first act and he'll have to play John Laurence just a few minutes later. " I Faught with him" is both Lafayette and Jefferson, and mulligan and Madison. double meaning (Daveed has his hair up too by the way...)
Yeah lol I think the line was between as in vertically and I think he meant oh no it wasn’t right in the middle of the front of his body, but that’s not what right between the ribs means
Manumission Abolitionists means they are people who do manumission and are abolitionists of slavery, rap often tweaks things, but they aren't abolishing manumission.
The actual first meeting between Hamilton and Washington took place in the historic Union Oyster House. It was set up through Benjamin Franklin's newspaper through an Advertisement exclusively calling upon Hamilton to go to the office of Ben in which Alex found out Washington would be Boston so he went there particularly the Union Oyster House. The meeting lasted the entire night with many subjects talked about and it is believed that Washington saw Alex like a surrogate son or something similar yearning to guide Alex to something good in his life. He made Alex his personal secretary, a role of which Alex gained experience for his next role as a lawyer and head of the new treasury.
Technically female suffrage was a topic at the time, Burr was actually a big proponent of it (as he was African American suffragist and advocate of full citizenship for them), it was just not a massive thing back then. But that does lead to a massive inaccuracy of this musical: Burr wasn't willing to give his opinion, but instead, he was sort of a centrist, reaching over for both sides, though had extremely strong opinions of his own.
Great video - I’m confused why you pointed out Mariah’s hair color though because absolutely no one in the musical is cast to match the actual appearance of their character? Is there something special about that one in particular? Also I don’t think the musical claimed Burr was struck down as vice president by jefferson immediately since he’s referred to as “Mr. Vice President” in the next song.
Fr Aaron burr was as white as a cloud, not a dark skin man. Almost everybody historically was a white European person and not the multiple races that we see throughout the show.
Hamilton is referring to Burr as "Mr. Vice President" in a mocking way. In some productions, the actor for hamilton sometimes even uses finger air quotes and a funny tone to exaggerate it
It’s just interesting that they chose to dual-cast two characters who had differing hair colors. If Peggy and Maria (no H) were played by different brunette actresses, it wouldn’t have been notable. Nothing more to it than that. Interesting fact: Aaron Burr helped her obtain a divorce from her scumbag husband.
@@SenshiSunPower Ah that’s the example I was looking for, because the other pairs I could think of like Madison and Mulligan actually looked like really similar. But Phillip and Laurens actually have the exact same problem as Maria and Peggy because phillip had brown hair and laurens seems to have been blond (but of course is always just drawn with white hair lol)
2:10 during the "Me I _____ him" part the actors are doing some clever word play. The actors who play Lafayette and Mulligan say they "fought with him" implying that they fought in the revolution, but those actors also played Jefferson and Madison who "fought with him" in government in the other sense of the phrase (i.e. fought with = fought against). The Laurens one doesn't line up SUPER well, but that actor also played Hamilton's son, who very literarily did "die for him" he died in a duel to protect his father's legacy. I think the word play is good enough to give that a pass on an inaccuracy, as you could just as easily say I'm wrong, but that in that moment that Ramos was playing Philip Hamilton and so it wasn't an inaccuracy at all.
To be fair, Lafayette's monarchist views were at least a little complicated. He was also a pall bearer at the funeral of LeMark, which, as depicted in Les Miserables, was a rallying event for a rebellion. Lafayette didn't support the rebellion publicly, as it was foolish and doomed, but he did try to get leniency for the rebels.
Angelica had a very flirtatious writing style often playing on words to make them sound very loving. It was a joke in the family about it. Peggy also had this fun with writing but it was more formal.
Here's another one you didn't mention: The musical portrays Eliza as having completely cut Alexander out of her life after the Reynolds Pamphlet was published, only taking him back after Phillip's death. Given their second daughter was born on November 20, 1799, while the Reynolds Pamphlet was published on August 25, 1797, and Phillip died on November 24, 1801, it's highly unlikely this was actually the case.
ive never thought of it that way... in my mind the musical shows her relationship with Hamilton becoming closed and guarded after the Reynolds Pamphlet. ("youll sleep in your office instead") from what i gathered, she eventually forgives him but in that time period divorce was simply not a thing that people did really. anyway, i always thought that she forgave him somewhat for the affair because they needed to raise philip and then their duaghter was born, and after philips death, eliza blames hamilton. then later she forgives him. thats how ive always interpreted it but it could be taken many ways!
Something you missed was that John Laurens wasnt present at Alexander and Elizabeths wedding, as he had been captured by British troops in Pennsylvania at the time
I believe the wine and dine with Phillip scene was to show the traditions of asking one into marriage back then. Also Alex was the only person to ask Phillip directly for his daughter’s hand in marriage as Peggy and Angelica married without permission from Phillip as they eloped with their husbands. The Hamilton family line does continue to today but so does the Burr family line just the last names have gone additions over time or has changed but the blood is there.
Finally! Also, the musical makes it out to seem as though secretary of the treasury was the last government office Hamilton held. This is inaccurate; he was a military commander under John adams. This was also after the Reynolds pamphlet, which the musical portrays as the end of his career.
@@charlieneedshelp989 it mentions the prospect of adams being president for roughly a minute when it was an incredibly significant period for the decline of the Federalist Party, and a period in which Hamilton was explicitly employed.
"Maria Reynolds is portayed by the same actress as Peggy, who is tipically an actress with black or brown hair, the problem with this being Maria Reynolds was very much blonde" Dude, I have breaking news about the skin color of most of the cast
O.K. Would only be coined as a term during the lead up to the 1840 election by Charles Gordon Greene as a slogan for candidate Martin Van Buren who was nicknamed “old kinderhook”. The term ok was used as “oll korrect” and this was not coined until 64 years after the events of the song
Fun fact: So, earlier on, you mentioned Mary Wollstonecraft as penning the first feminist manifesto. Burr was a deep admirer of hers. Unfortunately, she died in 1797 after an infection from giving birth to her daughter, Mary (who went in to become known as Mary Shelley…THAT Mary Shelley). When Burr went into exile after the duel in which Hamilton was killed, he frequently visited William Godwin, Wollstonecraft’s widow. Yes, despite being married, she kept her name. And Godwin was a forefather of the anarchist movement. Mary Shelley had amazing parents. She and her older sister, Fanny, used to make up plays to entertain Burr, and he was charmed by them. I don’t know if you were aware of that connection when you mentioned Wollstonecraft or not, but it’s a tidbit I love.
Getting a little nit-picky here, but one inaccuracy I saw you missed was that John Jay did not in fact get sick after writing five, but after four. He then returned and wrote a fifth before being hit in the head with a brick at a street riot in 1788.
All the inaccuracies in ‘All the inaccuracies in Hamilton’ 2:12 here, when Anthony Ramos says ‘I died for him’ he is speaking as not as John Laurens but as Philip Hamilton, who did indeed die in a duel to defend his father’s honour. 3:40 Burr only says that he graduated fast because of his parents’ dying wish in order to try to dismiss Hamilton through shock value, this also serves to show the audience a connection between Burr and Hamilton. 6:50 you can never be in front of too many crowds. 7:34 This depiction of Peggy is meant to show that she is the youngest of them, not that she’s reserved, admittedly not that accurate either as she was only a year younger than Elizabeth. 12:38 This is how Elizabeth sees herself. 12:54 It is not impossible to have a hot night in winter. 14:47 This IS the winter’s ball, not after the wedding. 26:05 This isn’t an inaccuracy? 17:04 That could be simplified into being left behind. 27:11 Jefferson was in France from ‘84 to ‘89. That is basically missing the late 80’s. 29:59 Elizabeth could very well be just repeating the invite of her father to Hamilton here. 31:31 Maria Reynolds also wasn’t black. Neither was Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette, James Madison, Hercules Mulligan, Angelica or George Washington. Why would it matter now? 37:48 This whole point is stupid. The line ‘let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted’ shows the audience that this song might not be entirely accurate. Therefore shouldn’t be considered an inaccuracy. 41:30 see 41:11. This is known. Also, are you judging the libretto or the musical? Stage musicals are visual media. 43:08 The musical never said that Hamilton decided the election. This was for fun, this is a great, informative video!
i think some of these can be attributed to hamilton as a character. a lot of the historical innacuracies (alex's age, his shitting on charles lee, and probably more, i'm only halfway through the video and i'm sure i've missed some) seem to be hamilton making things up in order to look better, or to justify his anger.
One thing I think audiences misinterpret (but is not an inaccuracy) is assuming based on his pink velvet costume and upbeat introduction that Jefferson was flamboyant and extravagant. His insult about Hamilton dressing like fake royalty seems to make no sense when he is the one with the fancy costumes and cane. Jefferson was actually known for being pretty socially awkward and uncaring about appearances, believing that a president should live as simple as possible. His behavior on stage, like many characters, is based on his persona when writing, where he was much more eloquent and forward about his opinions. Both his costume and song are actually old-fashioned compared to the rest who reflect more modern styles, but to most of the audience it just looks fancy and over-the-top.
Also, Purple synthetic dye did not become a “thing” until 1850’s when prior to this, the only way to dye purple fabrics to achieve the “Royal purple” was made out of thousands of a specific snail and was so expensive that hardly anyone could afford it. Granted this was probably an artistic choice to dress Thomas Jefferson in this colour, especially since purple was associated with Royalty and given that Jefferson came from a background where he owned slaves (which was bought up in cabinet battle one and a cut song cabinet battle three) compared to Hamilton, no one could afford purple cloth at the time the musical takes place.
"Why is it a hot night?" Miranda actually answered this- hot night implies to the people there not the weather. "John Laurens didn't die for him" Its a double character line. Philip who was played by the same actor did die for him. "Between the winter's ball- Hamilton already knew Eliza's family." Its supposed to be a flashback to winter ball when Alexander met Angelica before Eliza. "He (Jefferson) left in 1784" So, he did miss the LATE 80s. "Philip being a poet by age 9 is some kind of conjecture." It's supposed to be a joke- obviously. By judging the state of his poem, he clearly isn't a poet. "Maria Reynolds was blonde." Dude, the next thing your gonna tell is Angelica, Jefferson and Gwash were all white. "Except Hamilton wouldn't be voting." No, he wouldn’t have been voting but there are multiple letters of people asking Hamilton his decision. Dude, most things you mentioned were supposed to be musical stuff, like "in need of a shower." All the things, you said about "found out in letters". In the musical, they wouldn't repeat the same thing about- 15 times. It's done to make the musical more visually appealing.
Got sources for all these? Also, did you read my disclaimer at the start of the video? I'm not criticising the musical, I'm just pointing the inaccuracies out.
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattressin terms of Satisfied being a flashback Angelica specifically says “rewind” and “I remember that night”, referring to everything that happened as their supposed initial meeting at the same time he met Eliza, which is at least consistent within the musical if not in real life. This is further supported by the dialogue from Helpless playing within the song as Angelica adds her internal monologue over it.
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattress you asked for sources for all of the things they said, and that was one of the things they said that was directly in the musical itself
Actually King George was in the early stages of a mental illness when the revolution started, he also had liver disease which started to damage his brain. He had insanity moments which was a sign from the Hapsburg legacy. He was especially hard on both America and Britain as he was losing. I’m not sure why he wasn’t replaced.
it's so funny to me how the musical hypes up hamiltons contributions to the federalist papers even though the majority of the important fed papers were written by james madison; hamilton wrote a lot of overly verbose papers on topics madison had already covered concisely (e.g., separation of powers and checks and balances)
I have to say all the moments where things that happened over letter are portrayed as having happened in person arw kinda inevitable. a lot of the information we have would be from letters and in a visual medium you are obviously going to have to make things happen visually
When anthony ramos says 'me I died for him' in the opening song, I think he's acting as phillip, his other character. This makes a type of double entendre, as John Laurens also died for the same cause (though, as you pointed out, not strictly "for [Hamilton]). This double entendre is continued with Daveed Diggs and Okieriete Onaodowan, as they say 'we fought with him'. This is because Lafayette/ Mulligan fought with him (as in they fought in the revolutionary war together), and Jefferson/Madison fought with him (as in they fought against each other politically)
You also forgot the actress who played Peggy who joined in saying “me, I loved him” because in that moment she was saying it as Maria Reynolds although Hamilton also states in “Helpless” that Peggy approves of him.
The day before the Hamilton-Eaker duel, there was a seperate where Phillip's friend and Eaker shot at each other several times, then decided they'd made their point.
When you said there were no female voters, that was only mostly true. In New Jersey and only New Jersey, unmarried/widowed women who met the property requirements were allowed to vote from 1790-1807.
Holy hell, he actually did it. I had thought this channel died quite some time ago, but, nope. Here it is. Congratulations, man. This clearly took a lot of effort to make happen
I think a lot of facts were changed for the sake of the rhyme like "in need of a bath" doesnt rhyme with "a global superpower" and a lot of characters were removed to not have too many names wich would it difficult to follow by people that dont learn about the details of the american independence war (aka all countries except USA).
One thing I remember reading about that the musical gets wrong is that "throwing away your shot" actually involved shooting at the ground by your feet rather than the sky, in particular because raising your pistol at all would be easy to misread as an attempted shot (and also just in general firing a gun at the sky isn't a great idea safety-wise). It's the reason there's a lot of historical speculation about Hamilton in his duel as to whether he meant to "throw away his shot", meant to shoot, or maybe even acted in a way to ensure his own death. Also I think having the election of 1800 cause the duel is blending it with Burr's later gubernatorial campaign that Hamilton also was involved with. Makes narrative sense why they'd condense the two though since the presidential election is more of a climax involving already present characters.
Philip was the model of a revolution era nobleman who had business to do. The entire scene with the wedding proposal was to show how it was done back then. It was very stressful as an entire event had to be done to the father. Peggy was married because of arrangement. Angelica did not marry this way as she eloped. Elizabeth was the only one to have permission directly from Phillip. It was the first time in the family and very rare. Philip was a good father but strict as he was a senator.
2:09 Yes and No. They did remember him enough to put his face and name on the $10 bill, but the only time he is mentioned in U.S. History class (at least the one's I have taken) is once, and very briefly. I learned more about Thomas Jefferson and George Washington than I did about Hamilton. Hell, I never even heard of Eliza or the Schuyler family until I watched the musical.
This may be a generational thing. When I was in school in the '70s and early '80s, early American history was very much taught to us through the lens of "Jeffersonian vs. Hamiltonian" ideals. Like, just about _everything_ was framed that way. It's one of the reasons that when I first heard this show, I jumped up and down in my seat a little with excitement at the Act II opening, because up until then it had been feeling so very _weird_ to be listening to all of these songs about Hamilton without Jefferson being around as well. In high school American history class, they also had us read some of the Federalist Papers, so we got some Hamilton that way too. Mainly, though, it was "Hamiltonian vs. Jeffersonian" that got drilled into our heads over and over again from late elementary or junior high school on.
I expected to find out basically everything was kinda made up or oversimplified but left having found out MORE of the musical was real than i expected! also as a non-American it's wild hearing how much of this sounds like it's everyday knowledge to Americans.
Actually Lafayette fought in the later French Revolution but because of his connections to the US he was left mostly alone. He was expelled from France entirely and taken prisoner in Belgium. He was released via a prisoner exchange but still not allowed into France. Finally he was brought back to France after seven years and was welcomed by Neapolitan. Lafayette actually thought over his imprisonment and he agreed with America with its leadership and believed France could do the same if given the chance. He wrote down his thoughts later.
In 2016 when Hamilton was still pretty new, I was in high school and I forgot to write an essay for US history, and last minute wrote out lines from some of the songs from Hamilton almost verbatim. It was just an essay on a historical US figure so I could choose my topic I ended up getting a B+, so Hamilton is at least 85% accurate
It's amazing how the vast majority of inaccuracies are intentional, and honestly pretty small. Like Democrat-Republicans being called just Republicans at this time. Republican is a modern term, and doesn't represent what a Republican of that time would have believed. Or portraying Hamilton's age as something that fits better for the story, when his exact age is disputed.
4:09 to add onto that, those 3 never knew each other in person. Like Lafayette, Mulligan and Laurens knew Alexander separately, but never knew each other
John Laurence is taking a 'shot' at Sam Adams, the man, who was notoriously short in stature. '2-pints' is therefore a double-entendre, teasing the American audience with their undoubted knowledge of the modern beer brand and its popularity/pervasiveness.
NO HATE TO YOU but like 25% of this video is uneducated he was going to be removed from then ten dollar bill before Hamilton came out cause they thought he didn’t do anything the “me I died for him.” Was speaking on Philip Hamilton. Hamilton referred to Eliza as betsy but not many others around her according to multiple letters from the time. Burr was rejected in Schuyler sisters. Yes he did dismiss bur for a good while but he eventually did hire him. Eliza was not referring to the weather in the “hot night line.” There were complete letters from George washington to betsy ross about the flag. The soldiers singing was somewhat fudged but there are letters of them saying the world turned upside down. Burr was a where the winning side is on the only reason he was anti federalist is because he believed it was the losing side to most people. Madison and hamilton split their friendship, soon after the federalist papers due to their opposition on the bill of rights. How does the hair color matter? They all don’t look they the characters your grasping at straws.. I mean Mariah was also Eliza‘s third cousin do you want to mention that? No he wouldn’t have been voting but there are many letters of people asking Hamilton his decision. In your obedient servant, the original version it does speak on these points but I guess you’re right for what was put in the show. He did aim in to the sky or At least that was his plan according to one of his letters.
I feel like the only 2 "corrections" you made here are Philip and the hair color debacle. Everything else IS backed up by actual evidence, and dear god please learn what a comma is
The French actually covertly supported the American cause through food, money, weapons, and clothing shipments. This was done to go undetected from the watchful eye of the British from 1776 to 1778. France recognized the sovereignty of the states in 1777 and king Louis declared war in 1778. This marked the French entry into the revolution. Not until late 1778 did any real French ships enter into American waters with the French landing at Newport. The French attempted combat at Savannah but were repelled and retreated to open water.
Your point about the inaccuracy of the correspondence between Burr and Hamilton in “Your Obedient Servant” is very interesting knowing there exists another version of the song where Burr brings up the actual reason for the conflict. The lyrics are also much closer to the IRL correspondence between the two from that time.
I love that you were willing to do so much research to do this video and I love you promoting historical accuracy but I do think that the musical wouldn’t be the same if it was super historicaly accurate
"What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot" -- get your point about H. being a Christian, however, quasi-humorous references to Graeco-Roman deities were common amongst educated Anglophone Christians (e.g. the interjection "by Jove!"), especially those who like Hamilton would have been acquainted with Latin and Greek and anxious to show off their knowledge.
8:49 Fun fact Mary Wollstonecraft's daughter Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was the creator of Frankenstein. 9:55 And of course criticizing anything about Jonathan Groff is beyond sacrilege. 15:56 You mispronounced Guerrilla. I may also add that it was probably also the continental army's plan to "provoke outrage, outright, make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight." Because the only other way they could've won was by invading Britain which hadn't been done since 1066 (and that was centuries before the creation of the Royal Navy), so the only way is for Britain to willingly and conditionally surrender. 34:53 Hamilton's reaction to George Washington not running for a third in the play is probably larger than it was in his real-life reaction since Washington had to be convinced to even run for a second term, admittedly it could've been as big as it was in the play because of denial since one thing that the play doesn't cover the fact that Hamilton wanted George Washington to basically be a dictator. 36:10 Also the president can't fire the members of the previous president's cabinet because when the cabinet gets chosen they are only chosen by the administration that picks them (and the administration that takes over if the vice-president or anyone else in the presidential line of succession), and the president can pick someone from a previous administration but that rarely happens and they would need to be approved by The Senate again. 40:44 One can only imagine what would happen if this system was kept, it's possible that it would lead to President Biden and Vice-President Donald Trump. 41:13 There was actually a popular vote in four out of the sixteen states at the time (Rhode Island, Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland), the rest of the electors were appointed by state legislatures, but Aaron Burr still wouldn't be openly campaigning since he was from New York which chooses its electors via state legislatures, and for the same reason, Hamilton still wouldn't have voted as you said. 41:35 And it wasn't a thing throughout the entire world until New Zealand allowed it in 1893, even though Wyoming would actually allow it in 1869 51 years before the passage of the 19th amendment, even though I do know when you said it wasn't a thing in the U.S.A. until 1920 you were referring to the entire U.S.A. Also, don't quote me on this but it seems the election of 1800 was a lot less hopeless for John Adams than it's depicted in the play since he only lost 73-65 electoral votes. 43:23 I may also note that Jefferson saying "We can change that, you know why because I'm president" probably is inaccurate since the president has no input over constitutional amendments (aside from recommending them), that's purely up to Congress, and the state governments in the U.S.
History,as recorded is filled to the brim with inaccuracies. Hamilton is piece of art for the theater and never claimed to be a documentary for the stage. A classic case of the public tearing down the stairs it built. Next
NOT TRYING TO BE THAT GUY but I THINK (I don't know for sure, ur vid is great) that in the beginning, the person you referred to as Laurens was meant to be Phillip when he died in a duel to defend his name.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your Inaccuracies videos! Maybe something based on some of the new Animaniacs songs or some more old-school cartoon songs!
the actor who plays Laurens also plays Phillip Hamilton, I think he may have been speaking as Phillip when saying "I died for him", since Phillip dies in a duel defending his father's reputation (at least in the play)
It was surprising to see this is just one day old! I would've assumed it's like three years old! I'm glad TH-cam showed it to me early. What I was thinking of that went unmentioned in this video both connected to Angelica and the deep love for Hamilton that didn't exist: When the says "my name is Angelica Schuyler" in Satisfied, and the video stopped, my first thought was "I'm pretty sure at that point, her whole name was Angelica Schuyler Church, but that's a nitpick, and I dunno how she introduced herself anyway" and then, during Non-stop, I recalled the line "He is not a lot of fun, but..." said by Angelica about John Barker Church, which made me think "I mean, since she eloped with him some time before the Winter's Ball, I think, I'd guess she didn't find him boring?" but again, I dunno. Also, a third thing I stopped at - in Election of 1800, Jefferson says "I love the guy" about Adams, which, sure, is probably a reference to the fact that they were friends, but I'm pretty sure they fell apart for a while before reconnecting, and I would've thought they were on bad terms in 1800? But I think I can look that one up easy.
My main inaccuracy is that king George the third didn’t sing in his palace going “LA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DE DA DA” And “OCEANS RISE, EMPIRES FALLLLLL”
When you said that Lauren’s do not die for Hamilton in the opening song it’s supposed to be Hamiltons son cause they were played by the same person I see why you thought this. And his son died fro him because he called out the person who said something about Hamilton and dueled him
I study some things about this time period professionally. Most of what I study about Hamilton is either skipped entirely or just briefly alluded to in the play. Mostly, it is in the lines "He was chosen for the Constitutional Convention," the fact that he wrote some of the Federalist Papers, and the fact that he didn't get along with Madison later.
6:15 while the phrasing is unconventional for 18th century America, what hamilton is saying here is that they were put there together by God, saying that it would be very improbable otherwise so it was meant to be. This is quite consistent with a christian worldview. The only thing that gives pause is "Gods", but that could still refer to the trinity
31:24 I’m gonna dispute this one. The entire musical would be off in this case. Washington wasn’t bald, several characters weren’t black, etc. I get the intent of “she was blonde, not dark hair” but still
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattress where does it imply physical similarities? in the beginning, since phillip and laurens were both counted to be speaking in the "i died for him" part, i think mariah and peggy were both speaking in the "i loved him" part. (im getting that from the "peggy confides in me" quote.) while that could be part of the reasoning for the casting, i think, overall, there wasn't that big of a parallel, and it was most likely a double casting out of practicality. peggy didn't have much of a role in the beginning, so they used jasmine for mariah, also. they could have one singer instead of two.
Washington actually switched tactics around the summer of 1776. He chose a running incitement campaign. He would go to various farms and towns but ask to trade for supplies without money. He would run if they said no but he often got lucky as he traded what he had for fresh supplies. Washington knew the British were right on his tail and he would wait just out of town for the British to do exactly what they did best by tearing the place apart for supplies. Sometimes the British would take everything including livestock, other times they would torch the place. Washington would be waiting just in case if the worst happens. The British usually took supplies and livestock. This really got people mad to fight on the side of the Americans. Also loyalists began to throw the paintings of king George into the streets and anything associated with British culture out in anger. They began to think why would Britain abandon them like that. It culminated with the crossing of the Delaware and the victory at Trenton overrunning a British fort and the hessian garrison. Washington retreated after the battle back across the Delaware River as he was wary of counterattack. It really changed the complexion of the war as it showed that Hessian troops could be defeated. It also dropped a stalemate in the war of neither side gaining advantage until valley forge the next year.
after lots of research, I've come to the realization that the characters in the story did not sing while talking to each other
underrated asf comment😭😭
wait….
HOW DID YOU KNOW?
Wait really?
Why you lying we all know the debates were held as rap battles
whaaTT?? next you are gonna tell me they were white???
When Burr said “I was too young and blind to see”, I was honestly expecting “Aaron Burr was in fact not blind and there were writings stating he had excellent eyesight”
I thought he was going to say something about Burr being 48, which feels more than old enough to know that murdering someone bc you disagree with them and are political rivals is…not wise.
LOL! I was expecting a reference to his age.
And he was 48😂
me too 🤜🤛.
Wait, you’re telling me Alexander Hamilton never severed the top fifth of a star and stood upon it while striking a pose?
No he did do that
Yes, what he actually did was he aimed downwards on the star, not upwards
I guarantee 50% of his audience audibly cheered when they saw this video.
I know I am
….you got me
Yes
The rest of us are just in environments where we can’t cheer
I'm in the other 50% percent
2:13 Its a double character line. Philip who was played by the same actor did die for him. Lin was very proud of that
I think the hair is vital, which sounds weird but yea. in the intro song, he has his hair tied back, which Laurens does, not Philip
@@infnitvlt618 In the official Hamilton book, written by Lin, He says with those parts its shown with both characters. Like Daveed Diggs “We fought with him” As lafayette was on his side while Jefferson fought against him
ohhh that's actually really clever
@@infnitvlt618but that is likely just a thing of how easy the hair is to do, Peggy also has her hair when mariah reynolds is the one who loved him most during that same song
@infnitvlt618 changing the hair quickly between scenes is not that simple nor easy.
I really appreciate that Lin-Manuel Miranda admitted that he changed and made stuff up to make the musical work.
I agree. I think that just made me love this musical even more.
“Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted…”
“This is inaccurate because her reaction is unknown”
👁️👄👁️
Well the song tries to indicate that historians know *why* she did that, which is unknown
+@xillcy5980 I was just thinking that. It's bizarre that they assumed she was sad and not merely apathetic and burned the letters to get rid of any notion of him. As well as Lin's assertion that Hamilton was image-obsessed leaking onto his interpretation of Eliza.
😂 that’s exactly what I thought so dumb
TH-camr analysis: "none of this is true"
Lyrics of song in question: "♫ BTW none of this is true ♪"
Contrarian Commenter: "SEE???? The song is accurate!!!! (because they admitted its a lie)"
I love when Angelica talks about meeting Thomas Jefferson, because there is a hilarious rumor that the real Angelica slapped Jefferson so hard that he avoided parties that he knew she was attending. Although from what I could find, they had a pretty solid friendship and the rumor is unfounded.
Hey, genuine question here, I hear this a lot but then other people say its fake. Can you tell me where this is proven? Like where did she write that/ where can I read it. Thank you so much in advance.
@@imarainbowmushroomyayyy5243 To be honest, I found a post stating it on Pinterest and went to check. It doesn't seem to be true at all but it is a funny story. Or at the very least I can't find any evidence when googling.
pretty sure that story is fake
@@miaa5060 It might be, but it's still funny
+@@genevievehoskins6829 Lol, I love how you just commented a complete rumour you didn't research on a video where a dude spends years of his life researching every bit of Hamilton and finding any present inaccuracies. The irony is silly to me.
27:10 the song says "I guess I basically missed the LATE eighties" which means if he left in 17:84 he did infact miss the LATE eighties.
I know so many of these nitpicks are just incorrect. I want to nitpick his nitpicks 😂
I feel like you could put that nitpick in for a different line, the "you haven't met him yet, you haven't had the chance" line since the events we saw in Act 1 were while Jefferson was still in the US
As a fan of historic accuracy AND the musical, I was both rooting for you and loudly sighing at some of the points you marked as inaccurate. Loved the video, thanks a bunch.
I feel the exact same. I’m in awe of Hamilton songs and performances but now slightly uneasy due to the inaccuracies. Always say “based on” I say
I think this video really just made me appreciate Lin-Manuel Miranda's integrity a bit more. Being a big enough man to admit when he does not have something accurate or when he changes something to favor the story, as opposed to some who just say "shut up" or "we weren't there so no one knows how it really happened"
Philip: Dies in *1801*
2 songs later:
"The Election of *1800"*
Did you not know Alexander Hamilton had a time machine? Thought everyone knew that
Rewind
They obviously wrote it all to suit the dramatic flow of: here’s a break to mention all his personal strife, and then back to the politics
they wanted to get back to politics so bad they rewound
It would be a little redundant for the play’s story to have Hamilton interfere in *two* elections Burr might have won otherwise. I think it’s an acceptable fudging.
Honestly, my main takeaway from this is that Hamilton is surprisingly historically accurate.
Despite all of its inaccuracies, it makes sense as to why they wouldn’t make it completely historically accurate or it would be a lot more boring. I love what Lin-Manuel Miranda did with the historical story, and he likely made a lot more children and teenagers interested in history class.
it definitely made teenagers more interested in history class. When we got to the American revolution unit, I heard my classmates reference the musical more than several times. It clearly made them excited about the unit when they could tie it into a piece of media that they enjoyed.
We watched it in my apush class, whether or not it is completely accurate it was definitely effective
Okay but this doesn't "make kids interested in history" it distracts from actual history and REDUCES literacy.
it doesnt create historians it creates ignorant pop-culture douches
my year 9 history lessons were so fun as my entire class and teacher loved hamilton, so doing the formation of America I looked forward to those lessons the most.
Its historically incorrect for propaganda purposes which makes it terrible and shouldnt be near a class room
31:24 - _"Maria Reynolds was blonde!"_
This video has largely been pretty great, but some of these inaccuracies are just absurd. You know that Thomas Jefferson wasn't _actually_ black, right?
He's the only one I checked, myself.
hahahaha “maria was in fact blonde” 31:25
this is a hilarious point considering the entire cast is poc (when their canon characters were very VERY white)
Agreed, it's not like there's a line remarking on Maria's hair being dark in the musical when it was blonde in real life; in which case that nitpick would be justified
I was gonna mention what was the point of that one when so many other hair colors/skin colors don’t match on purpose ! 😭
@@RaisedThirdbecause presumably the audience is already aware that the races are diversified for artistic purposes, but something small like hair would be assumed to at least be close to accurate.
@@ClementinesmWTF but in that cause why not mention anyone else’s hair being wrong because Maria Reynolds isn’t the only one that’s wrong :p
@@RaisedThird I could be wrong but from the images I have seen, weren’t the Schuyler sisters all depicted in wigs? Come to think of it, so was George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and even Alexander Hamilton. Granted I do understand why they did not go with that choice.
Hercules mulligan was actually the tailor for the British officers and would overhear conversations about all sorts of plans. He would pass these conversations in code along a series of other agents who would pass it along until Washington got the message. One of the last agents was a housewife who hung out laundry in a certain pattern to send the message which a soldier would spot through a telescope and get the message. The entire American revolution spy network was full of people doing regular everyday things that would never draw attention from anyone yet were coded to never draw attention like the invisible ink trick that only can be seen using certain methods or techniques often on the back of junk pieces of parchment or paper that were from books or newspapers. Hercules was believed a spy for the British after the end of the revolution as a group of people were going to lynch him but Washington and Hamilton went to his shop and took him to dinner about some business that they needed to be done, that crowd actually saw this and backed off and Hercules was left alone as they finally found about his loyalty. Although the spy part was not found out as that wasn’t revealed until many years after mulligan’s death.
Yeah! Have you watched Turn by any chance?
"social advance, instead of sewing some pants"
I think that in the line "Me, I died for him" in Alexander Hamilton, the actor is playing Philip, Hamilton's son that died in a duel to defend his dad's honor, not John Laurens. He wouldn't be the only one to be playing his Second Act character, as Peggy's actress is playing the woman Hamilton had an affair with
i do actually think it's Laurens, cause he has his hair tied back. we also know that in the beginning song, it's Jefferson not Lafayette cause he has his hair down (I mean also his voice but still). I think the way their hair is styled actually determines who it is
@@infnitvlt618 I'd argue that's the genius of the dual-casting.
Jefferson and Madison fought with Hamilton
Lafayette and Mulligan fought alongside Hamilton
Laurens and Phillip both could seen as dying for him.
Peggy loved him as a brother, Maria loved him as an affair.
@infnitvlt618 I see a lot of people bring up the hair thing. However, I think it has more to do with an issue of changing his hair style in time for his next act. I think they have to set the hair up like that as it would be impractical to have him run backstage and change it quickly just because of 1 line.
@@infnitvlt618 that part where they are all in white clothing in the beginning is actually abt all the characters played by those actors (for example, Daveed Diggs singing that he "fought with him" is double meaning for Lafayette fighting alongside him in the war and Thomas Jefferson confronting him, same with Hercules and Madison)
@@infnitvlt618 I'd argue he has his hair tied back because it's the first act and he'll have to play John Laurence just a few minutes later.
" I Faught with him" is both Lafayette and Jefferson, and mulligan and Madison. double meaning (Daveed has his hair up too by the way...)
“i strike him right between his ribs…” “NO HE DIDNT. THE BULLET ENTERED THROUGH THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS ABDOMEN.” (gold)
ahh yes not RIGHT between his ribs, simply the right side of them😂
Yeah lol I think the line was between as in vertically and I think he meant oh no it wasn’t right in the middle of the front of his body, but that’s not what right between the ribs means
Another thing for Non-Stop is that John Jay got sick after writing only 4 papers, and then wrote the 5th one about a year later.
Just wanna pick apart a few things YOU said! Hope thats okay
"Few"
Brroo I love this
Manumission Abolitionists means they are people who do manumission and are abolitionists of slavery, rap often tweaks things, but they aren't abolishing manumission.
The actual first meeting between Hamilton and Washington took place in the historic Union Oyster House. It was set up through Benjamin Franklin's newspaper through an Advertisement exclusively calling upon Hamilton to go to the office of Ben in which Alex found out Washington would be Boston so he went there particularly the Union Oyster House. The meeting lasted the entire night with many subjects talked about and it is believed that Washington saw Alex like a surrogate son or something similar yearning to guide Alex to something good in his life. He made Alex his personal secretary, a role of which Alex gained experience for his next role as a lawyer and head of the new treasury.
Technically female suffrage was a topic at the time, Burr was actually a big proponent of it (as he was African American suffragist and advocate of full citizenship for them), it was just not a massive thing back then.
But that does lead to a massive inaccuracy of this musical: Burr wasn't willing to give his opinion, but instead, he was sort of a centrist, reaching over for both sides, though had extremely strong opinions of his own.
"Talk less, smile more... Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for..."
Great video - I’m confused why you pointed out Mariah’s hair color though because absolutely no one in the musical is cast to match the actual appearance of their character? Is there something special about that one in particular?
Also I don’t think the musical claimed Burr was struck down as vice president by jefferson immediately since he’s referred to as “Mr. Vice President” in the next song.
Fr Aaron burr was as white as a cloud, not a dark skin man. Almost everybody historically was a white European person and not the multiple races that we see throughout the show.
Hamilton is referring to Burr as "Mr. Vice President" in a mocking way. In some productions, the actor for hamilton sometimes even uses finger air quotes and a funny tone to exaggerate it
It’s just interesting that they chose to dual-cast two characters who had differing hair colors. If Peggy and Maria (no H) were played by different brunette actresses, it wouldn’t have been notable. Nothing more to it than that.
Interesting fact: Aaron Burr helped her obtain a divorce from her scumbag husband.
John Laurens and Philip Hamilton also didn't look similar.
@@SenshiSunPower Ah that’s the example I was looking for, because the other pairs I could think of like Madison and Mulligan actually looked like really similar. But Phillip and Laurens actually have the exact same problem as Maria and Peggy because phillip had brown hair and laurens seems to have been blond (but of course is always just drawn with white hair lol)
2:10 during the "Me I _____ him" part the actors are doing some clever word play. The actors who play Lafayette and Mulligan say they "fought with him" implying that they fought in the revolution, but those actors also played Jefferson and Madison who "fought with him" in government in the other sense of the phrase (i.e. fought with = fought against). The Laurens one doesn't line up SUPER well, but that actor also played Hamilton's son, who very literarily did "die for him" he died in a duel to protect his father's legacy. I think the word play is good enough to give that a pass on an inaccuracy, as you could just as easily say I'm wrong, but that in that moment that Ramos was playing Philip Hamilton and so it wasn't an inaccuracy at all.
It dawned on me a few weeks ago the double meaning of this part. Lol
To be fair, Lafayette's monarchist views were at least a little complicated. He was also a pall bearer at the funeral of LeMark, which, as depicted in Les Miserables, was a rallying event for a rebellion. Lafayette didn't support the rebellion publicly, as it was foolish and doomed, but he did try to get leniency for the rebels.
Angelica had a very flirtatious writing style often playing on words to make them sound very loving. It was a joke in the family about it. Peggy also had this fun with writing but it was more formal.
Here's another one you didn't mention: The musical portrays Eliza as having completely cut Alexander out of her life after the Reynolds Pamphlet was published, only taking him back after Phillip's death. Given their second daughter was born on November 20, 1799, while the Reynolds Pamphlet was published on August 25, 1797, and Phillip died on November 24, 1801, it's highly unlikely this was actually the case.
ive never thought of it that way... in my mind the musical shows her relationship with Hamilton becoming closed and guarded after the Reynolds Pamphlet. ("youll sleep in your office instead")
from what i gathered, she eventually forgives him but in that time period divorce was simply not a thing that people did really. anyway, i always thought that she forgave him somewhat for the affair because they needed to raise philip and then their duaghter was born, and after philips death, eliza blames hamilton. then later she forgives him. thats how ive always interpreted it but it could be taken many ways!
I do not agree that the musical portrays Eliza and Alexander as estranged until after Philip’s death.
Something you missed was that John Laurens wasnt present at Alexander and Elizabeths wedding, as he had been captured by British troops in Pennsylvania at the time
I believe the wine and dine with Phillip scene was to show the traditions of asking one into marriage back then. Also Alex was the only person to ask Phillip directly for his daughter’s hand in marriage as Peggy and Angelica married without permission from Phillip as they eloped with their husbands. The Hamilton family line does continue to today but so does the Burr family line just the last names have gone additions over time or has changed but the blood is there.
Just like they said in Hamilton:
This is the room where it happens.
Finally!
Also, the musical makes it out to seem as though secretary of the treasury was the last government office Hamilton held. This is inaccurate; he was a military commander under John adams. This was also after the Reynolds pamphlet, which the musical portrays as the end of his career.
Yeah. The musical doesn't even mention John Adams' presidency.
@@superwahrriorMaybe because Hamilton dissed Adams so much?
@@ElizabethMcCormick-s2nhe “dissed” Jefferson half to death, so much so that they created political parties, and yet he’s a major character.
@@superwahrriorYes it does theres literally a song called the Adam's Administration
@@charlieneedshelp989 it mentions the prospect of adams being president for roughly a minute when it was an incredibly significant period for the decline of the Federalist Party, and a period in which Hamilton was explicitly employed.
"Maria Reynolds is portayed by the same actress as Peggy, who is tipically an actress with black or brown hair, the problem with this being Maria Reynolds was very much blonde"
Dude, I have breaking news about the skin color of most of the cast
I highlighted that in particular because it implies a physical similarity between Mariah and Peggy
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattressdid Lafayette and Jefferson look like each other? Laurens and Philip? Mulligan and Madison?
@@jeannebouwman1970 Perhaps more so than Penny and Maria Reynolds
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattress Philip was a literal child. They were not meant to play characters that looked like each other
@@jeannebouwman1970 Only temporarily.
At 18:50, Aaron Burr tells Hamilton, "Okay, so we're doing this." but the phrase "O.K." wasn't exactly a commonly used phrase back in the 18th century
“In the place to be” was not a common phrase in the 1770s so John Laurens using this would be inaccurate
O.K. Would only be coined as a term during the lead up to the 1840 election by Charles Gordon Greene as a slogan for candidate Martin Van Buren who was nicknamed “old kinderhook”. The term ok was used as “oll korrect” and this was not coined until 64 years after the events of the song
Fun fact: So, earlier on, you mentioned Mary Wollstonecraft as penning the first feminist manifesto. Burr was a deep admirer of hers. Unfortunately, she died in 1797 after an infection from giving birth to her daughter, Mary (who went in to become known as Mary Shelley…THAT Mary Shelley). When Burr went into exile after the duel in which Hamilton was killed, he frequently visited William Godwin, Wollstonecraft’s widow. Yes, despite being married, she kept her name. And Godwin was a forefather of the anarchist movement. Mary Shelley had amazing parents. She and her older sister, Fanny, used to make up plays to entertain Burr, and he was charmed by them.
I don’t know if you were aware of that connection when you mentioned Wollstonecraft or not, but it’s a tidbit I love.
Getting a little nit-picky here, but one inaccuracy I saw you missed was that John Jay did not in fact get sick after writing five, but after four. He then returned and wrote a fifth before being hit in the head with a brick at a street riot in 1788.
All the inaccuracies in ‘All the inaccuracies in Hamilton’
2:12 here, when Anthony Ramos says ‘I died for him’ he is speaking as not as John Laurens but as Philip Hamilton, who did indeed die in a duel to defend his father’s honour.
3:40 Burr only says that he graduated fast because of his parents’ dying wish in order to try to dismiss Hamilton through shock value, this also serves to show the audience a connection between Burr and Hamilton.
6:50 you can never be in front of too many crowds.
7:34 This depiction of Peggy is meant to show that she is the youngest of them, not that she’s reserved, admittedly not that accurate either as she was only a year younger than Elizabeth.
12:38 This is how Elizabeth sees herself.
12:54 It is not impossible to have a hot night in winter.
14:47 This IS the winter’s ball, not after the wedding.
26:05 This isn’t an inaccuracy?
17:04 That could be simplified into being left behind.
27:11 Jefferson was in France from ‘84 to ‘89. That is basically missing the late 80’s.
29:59 Elizabeth could very well be just repeating the invite of her father to Hamilton here.
31:31 Maria Reynolds also wasn’t black. Neither was Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette, James Madison, Hercules Mulligan, Angelica or George Washington. Why would it matter now?
37:48 This whole point is stupid. The line ‘let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted’ shows the audience that this song might not be entirely accurate. Therefore shouldn’t be considered an inaccuracy.
41:30 see 41:11. This is known. Also, are you judging the libretto or the musical? Stage musicals are visual media.
43:08 The musical never said that Hamilton decided the election.
This was for fun, this is a great, informative video!
The “Me, I died for him” could be in reference to Philip Hamilton, who did actually die for Hamilton.
i think some of these can be attributed to hamilton as a character. a lot of the historical innacuracies (alex's age, his shitting on charles lee, and probably more, i'm only halfway through the video and i'm sure i've missed some) seem to be hamilton making things up in order to look better, or to justify his anger.
27:20 Didn't they claim he "basically missed the late 80's"? If he left in 1784 then he basically did miss the late 80's
literally the whole video: erm ackshually... 🤓☝
One thing I think audiences misinterpret (but is not an inaccuracy) is assuming based on his pink velvet costume and upbeat introduction that Jefferson was flamboyant and extravagant. His insult about Hamilton dressing like fake royalty seems to make no sense when he is the one with the fancy costumes and cane. Jefferson was actually known for being pretty socially awkward and uncaring about appearances, believing that a president should live as simple as possible. His behavior on stage, like many characters, is based on his persona when writing, where he was much more eloquent and forward about his opinions. Both his costume and song are actually old-fashioned compared to the rest who reflect more modern styles, but to most of the audience it just looks fancy and over-the-top.
Also, Purple synthetic dye did not become a “thing” until 1850’s when prior to this, the only way to dye purple fabrics to achieve the “Royal purple” was made out of thousands of a specific snail and was so expensive that hardly anyone could afford it. Granted this was probably an artistic choice to dress Thomas Jefferson in this colour, especially since purple was associated with Royalty and given that Jefferson came from a background where he owned slaves (which was bought up in cabinet battle one and a cut song cabinet battle three) compared to Hamilton, no one could afford purple cloth at the time the musical takes place.
UH Hot night.. meaning the heat in the room maybe.. or that she found the "rebels" attractive
4:56
Actually Burr had perfect vision, he was not visionary impaired.
"Why is it a hot night?"
Miranda actually answered this- hot night implies to the people there not the weather.
"John Laurens didn't die for him"
Its a double character line. Philip who was played by the same actor did die for him.
"Between the winter's ball- Hamilton already knew Eliza's family."
Its supposed to be a flashback to winter ball when Alexander met Angelica before Eliza.
"He (Jefferson) left in 1784"
So, he did miss the LATE 80s.
"Philip being a poet by age 9 is some kind of conjecture."
It's supposed to be a joke- obviously. By judging the state of his poem, he clearly isn't a poet.
"Maria Reynolds was blonde."
Dude, the next thing your gonna tell is Angelica, Jefferson and Gwash were all white.
"Except Hamilton wouldn't be voting."
No, he wouldn’t have been voting but there are multiple letters of people asking Hamilton his decision.
Dude, most things you mentioned were supposed to be musical stuff, like "in need of a shower."
All the things, you said about "found out in letters". In the musical, they wouldn't repeat the same thing about- 15 times. It's done to make the musical more visually appealing.
Got sources for all these? Also, did you read my disclaimer at the start of the video? I'm not criticising the musical, I'm just pointing the inaccuracies out.
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattressin terms of Satisfied being a flashback Angelica specifically says “rewind” and “I remember that night”, referring to everything that happened as their supposed initial meeting at the same time he met Eliza, which is at least consistent within the musical if not in real life. This is further supported by the dialogue from Helpless playing within the song as Angelica adds her internal monologue over it.
@@Jellybeansatdusk...I didn't dispute that?
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattress you asked for sources for all of the things they said, and that was one of the things they said that was directly in the musical itself
@@Jellybeansatdusk that isn't what I meant by "sources". I meant sources outside of the musical.
Actually King George was in the early stages of a mental illness when the revolution started, he also had liver disease which started to damage his brain. He had insanity moments which was a sign from the Hapsburg legacy. He was especially hard on both America and Britain as he was losing. I’m not sure why he wasn’t replaced.
it's so funny to me how the musical hypes up hamiltons contributions to the federalist papers even though the majority of the important fed papers were written by james madison; hamilton wrote a lot of overly verbose papers on topics madison had already covered concisely (e.g., separation of powers and checks and balances)
True, but on the other hand, it fits very well into Non-Stop, and the "Hamilton wrote... the OTHER FIFTY-ONE" line is great
I have to say all the moments where things that happened over letter are portrayed as having happened in person arw kinda inevitable. a lot of the information we have would be from letters and in a visual medium you are obviously going to have to make things happen visually
When anthony ramos says 'me I died for him' in the opening song, I think he's acting as phillip, his other character. This makes a type of double entendre, as John Laurens also died for the same cause (though, as you pointed out, not strictly "for [Hamilton]).
This double entendre is continued with Daveed Diggs and Okieriete Onaodowan, as they say 'we fought with him'. This is because Lafayette/ Mulligan fought with him (as in they fought in the revolutionary war together), and Jefferson/Madison fought with him (as in they fought against each other politically)
You also forgot the actress who played Peggy who joined in saying “me, I loved him” because in that moment she was saying it as Maria Reynolds although Hamilton also states in “Helpless” that Peggy approves of him.
The day before the Hamilton-Eaker duel, there was a seperate where Phillip's friend and Eaker shot at each other several times, then decided they'd made their point.
Bro said "well actually" in a smarter way
😭real
When you said there were no female voters, that was only mostly true.
In New Jersey and only New Jersey, unmarried/widowed women who met the property requirements were allowed to vote from 1790-1807.
"Everything's legal in New Jersey..."
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattress everything except pumping your own gas. I wonder if they had laws about not giving your own horse water?
After *very* careful research, I have found that Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson were not the same person
Holy hell, he actually did it. I had thought this channel died quite some time ago, but, nope. Here it is. Congratulations, man. This clearly took a lot of effort to make happen
I've honestly been waiting for a video like this to be made for years. I love Hamilton, but as a Historian, I feel these things should be talked about
14:39 "Satisfied" is a flashback taking place during the winter's ball, so this is not an inacurracy.
Exactly. He met Angelica before the Winter's Ball.
I think a lot of facts were changed for the sake of the rhyme like "in need of a bath" doesnt rhyme with "a global superpower" and a lot of characters were removed to not have too many names wich would it difficult to follow by people that dont learn about the details of the american independence war (aka all countries except USA).
I had been looking for a video like this for SO LONG, I’m so glad someone finally made one 😭
One thing I remember reading about that the musical gets wrong is that "throwing away your shot" actually involved shooting at the ground by your feet rather than the sky, in particular because raising your pistol at all would be easy to misread as an attempted shot (and also just in general firing a gun at the sky isn't a great idea safety-wise). It's the reason there's a lot of historical speculation about Hamilton in his duel as to whether he meant to "throw away his shot", meant to shoot, or maybe even acted in a way to ensure his own death.
Also I think having the election of 1800 cause the duel is blending it with Burr's later gubernatorial campaign that Hamilton also was involved with. Makes narrative sense why they'd condense the two though since the presidential election is more of a climax involving already present characters.
Philip was the model of a revolution era nobleman who had business to do. The entire scene with the wedding proposal was to show how it was done back then. It was very stressful as an entire event had to be done to the father. Peggy was married because of arrangement. Angelica did not marry this way as she eloped. Elizabeth was the only one to have permission directly from Phillip. It was the first time in the family and very rare. Philip was a good father but strict as he was a senator.
2:09 Yes and No. They did remember him enough to put his face and name on the $10 bill, but the only time he is mentioned in U.S. History class (at least the one's I have taken) is once, and very briefly. I learned more about Thomas Jefferson and George Washington than I did about Hamilton. Hell, I never even heard of Eliza or the Schuyler family until I watched the musical.
This may be a generational thing. When I was in school in the '70s and early '80s, early American history was very much taught to us through the lens of "Jeffersonian vs. Hamiltonian" ideals. Like, just about _everything_ was framed that way. It's one of the reasons that when I first heard this show, I jumped up and down in my seat a little with excitement at the Act II opening, because up until then it had been feeling so very _weird_ to be listening to all of these songs about Hamilton without Jefferson being around as well.
In high school American history class, they also had us read some of the Federalist Papers, so we got some Hamilton that way too. Mainly, though, it was "Hamiltonian vs. Jeffersonian" that got drilled into our heads over and over again from late elementary or junior high school on.
I expected to find out basically everything was kinda made up or oversimplified but left having found out MORE of the musical was real than i expected! also as a non-American it's wild hearing how much of this sounds like it's everyday knowledge to Americans.
As an American, I can confirm that 99% of this video isn't common knowledge to Americans lol. Our schooling system is pretty bad
Actually Lafayette fought in the later French Revolution but because of his connections to the US he was left mostly alone. He was expelled from France entirely and taken prisoner in Belgium. He was released via a prisoner exchange but still not allowed into France. Finally he was brought back to France after seven years and was welcomed by Neapolitan. Lafayette actually thought over his imprisonment and he agreed with America with its leadership and believed France could do the same if given the chance. He wrote down his thoughts later.
Just procrastinated on chores to watch this entire video start to finish...
No regrets, loved it
In 2016 when Hamilton was still pretty new, I was in high school and I forgot to write an essay for US history, and last minute wrote out lines from some of the songs from Hamilton almost verbatim. It was just an essay on a historical US figure so I could choose my topic
I ended up getting a B+, so Hamilton is at least 85% accurate
I think the next episode of "All the Inaccuracies" should be about the song Rasputin by Boney M.
Just found out the events in the play didn't actually take place over the couse of a couple of hours, gonna need a moment
It's amazing how the vast majority of inaccuracies are intentional, and honestly pretty small. Like Democrat-Republicans being called just Republicans at this time. Republican is a modern term, and doesn't represent what a Republican of that time would have believed. Or portraying Hamilton's age as something that fits better for the story, when his exact age is disputed.
4:09 to add onto that, those 3 never knew each other in person. Like Lafayette, Mulligan and Laurens knew Alexander separately, but never knew each other
John Laurence is taking a 'shot' at Sam Adams, the man, who was notoriously short in stature. '2-pints' is therefore a double-entendre, teasing the American audience with their undoubted knowledge of the modern beer brand and its popularity/pervasiveness.
Just wanted to point out- 2:10 wasn't John Laurens speaking , that was Philip Hamilton. So technically that wasn't necessarily incorrect.
NO HATE TO YOU but like 25% of this video is uneducated he was going to be removed from then ten dollar bill before Hamilton came out cause they thought he didn’t do anything the “me I died for him.” Was speaking on Philip Hamilton. Hamilton referred to Eliza as betsy but not many others around her according to multiple letters from the time. Burr was rejected in Schuyler sisters. Yes he did dismiss bur for a good while but he eventually did hire him. Eliza was not referring to the weather in the “hot night line.” There were complete letters from George washington to betsy ross about the flag. The soldiers singing was somewhat fudged but there are letters of them saying the world turned upside down. Burr was a where the winning side is on the only reason he was anti federalist is because he believed it was the losing side to most people. Madison and hamilton split their friendship, soon after the federalist papers due to their opposition on the bill of rights. How does the hair color matter? They all don’t look they the characters your grasping at straws.. I mean Mariah was also Eliza‘s third cousin do you want to mention that? No he wouldn’t have been voting but there are many letters of people asking Hamilton his decision. In your obedient servant, the original version it does speak on these points but I guess you’re right for what was put in the show. He did aim in to the sky or At least that was his plan according to one of his letters.
I feel like the only 2 "corrections" you made here are Philip and the hair color debacle. Everything else IS backed up by actual evidence, and dear god please learn what a comma is
@@achannel467 The OP needed to "take a break"...
Damn, you beat me to this video! I was scriptin this. Great video!
The French actually covertly supported the American cause through food, money, weapons, and clothing shipments. This was done to go undetected from the watchful eye of the British from 1776 to 1778. France recognized the sovereignty of the states in 1777 and king Louis declared war in 1778. This marked the French entry into the revolution. Not until late 1778 did any real French ships enter into American waters with the French landing at Newport. The French attempted combat at Savannah but were repelled and retreated to open water.
Also, John laurens wasent at alex/elisa wedding, he wanted to go but couldn't
Hahah, that's certainly an understatement
Your point about the inaccuracy of the correspondence between Burr and Hamilton in “Your Obedient Servant” is very interesting knowing there exists another version of the song where Burr brings up the actual reason for the conflict. The lyrics are also much closer to the IRL correspondence between the two from that time.
I love that you were willing to do so much research to do this video and I love you promoting historical accuracy but I do think that the musical wouldn’t be the same if it was super historicaly accurate
"What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot" -- get your point about H. being a Christian, however, quasi-humorous references to Graeco-Roman deities were common amongst educated Anglophone Christians (e.g. the interjection "by Jove!"), especially those who like Hamilton would have been acquainted with Latin and Greek and anxious to show off their knowledge.
8:49 Fun fact Mary Wollstonecraft's daughter Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was the creator of Frankenstein.
9:55 And of course criticizing anything about Jonathan Groff is beyond sacrilege.
15:56 You mispronounced Guerrilla. I may also add that it was probably also the continental army's plan to "provoke outrage, outright, make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight." Because the only other way they could've won was by invading Britain which hadn't been done since 1066 (and that was centuries before the creation of the Royal Navy), so the only way is for Britain to willingly and conditionally surrender.
34:53 Hamilton's reaction to George Washington not running for a third in the play is probably larger than it was in his real-life reaction since Washington had to be convinced to even run for a second term, admittedly it could've been as big as it was in the play because of denial since one thing that the play doesn't cover the fact that Hamilton wanted George Washington to basically be a dictator.
36:10 Also the president can't fire the members of the previous president's cabinet because when the cabinet gets chosen they are only chosen by the administration that picks them (and the administration that takes over if the vice-president or anyone else in the presidential line of succession), and the president can pick someone from a previous administration but that rarely happens and they would need to be approved by The Senate again.
40:44 One can only imagine what would happen if this system was kept, it's possible that it would lead to President Biden and Vice-President Donald Trump.
41:13 There was actually a popular vote in four out of the sixteen states at the time (Rhode Island, Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland), the rest of the electors were appointed by state legislatures, but Aaron Burr still wouldn't be openly campaigning since he was from New York which chooses its electors via state legislatures, and for the same reason, Hamilton still wouldn't have voted as you said.
41:35 And it wasn't a thing throughout the entire world until New Zealand allowed it in 1893, even though Wyoming would actually allow it in 1869 51 years before the passage of the 19th amendment, even though I do know when you said it wasn't a thing in the U.S.A. until 1920 you were referring to the entire U.S.A. Also, don't quote me on this but it seems the election of 1800 was a lot less hopeless for John Adams than it's depicted in the play since he only lost 73-65 electoral votes.
43:23 I may also note that Jefferson saying "We can change that, you know why because I'm president" probably is inaccurate since the president has no input over constitutional amendments (aside from recommending them), that's purely up to Congress, and the state governments in the U.S.
History,as recorded is filled to the brim with inaccuracies. Hamilton is piece of art for the theater and never claimed to be a documentary for the stage. A classic case of the public tearing down the stairs it built. Next
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I've waited long for this xD. Phenomenal work. So glad to see it finally out and definitely worth the wait :D. Keep doing what you're doing :).
NOT TRYING TO BE THAT GUY but I THINK (I don't know for sure, ur vid is great) that in the beginning, the person you referred to as Laurens was meant to be Phillip when he died in a duel to defend his name.
Both
2:25 theres a slim chance that Angelica had an affair with Hamilton
The new york mannumision society was an abolition group. So he was a mannumission abolitionist.
But he didn't want to _abolish manumission._
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattressdo you think “New York abolitionists” means they want to abolish New York?
now I wanna rewatch Hamilton with the correct order of the songs and see if it feels any different
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your Inaccuracies videos! Maybe something based on some of the new Animaniacs songs or some more old-school cartoon songs!
the actor who plays Laurens also plays Phillip Hamilton, I think he may have been speaking as Phillip when saying "I died for him", since Phillip dies in a duel defending his father's reputation (at least in the play)
The idea is the lines are meant to overlap - hence the double meaning of Lafayette/Jefferson's "fought with him"
It was surprising to see this is just one day old! I would've assumed it's like three years old! I'm glad TH-cam showed it to me early.
What I was thinking of that went unmentioned in this video both connected to Angelica and the deep love for Hamilton that didn't exist: When the says "my name is Angelica Schuyler" in Satisfied, and the video stopped, my first thought was "I'm pretty sure at that point, her whole name was Angelica Schuyler Church, but that's a nitpick, and I dunno how she introduced herself anyway" and then, during Non-stop, I recalled the line "He is not a lot of fun, but..." said by Angelica about John Barker Church, which made me think "I mean, since she eloped with him some time before the Winter's Ball, I think, I'd guess she didn't find him boring?" but again, I dunno.
Also, a third thing I stopped at - in Election of 1800, Jefferson says "I love the guy" about Adams, which, sure, is probably a reference to the fact that they were friends, but I'm pretty sure they fell apart for a while before reconnecting, and I would've thought they were on bad terms in 1800? But I think I can look that one up easy.
Hot night as in having fun and mingling. It’s a modern slang line.
My main inaccuracy is that king George the third didn’t sing in his palace going
“LA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DE DA DA”
And “OCEANS RISE, EMPIRES FALLLLLL”
When you said that Lauren’s do not die for Hamilton in the opening song it’s supposed to be Hamiltons son cause they were played by the same person I see why you thought this. And his son died fro him because he called out the person who said something about Hamilton and dueled him
You should check the inaccuracies in SIX as well. Its full of historical claims
45:19 NO your telling me that they didn’t directly quote each letter word for word 😭
I always thought the duel between Hamilton and Burr happened because of Burr's loss in the 1804 New York gubernatorial election.
The term corset wasn’t developed yet in the 1770’s.
So are half the words they sing in the play
I study some things about this time period professionally. Most of what I study about Hamilton is either skipped entirely or just briefly alluded to in the play.
Mostly, it is in the lines "He was chosen for the Constitutional Convention," the fact that he wrote some of the Federalist Papers, and the fact that he didn't get along with Madison later.
6:15 while the phrasing is unconventional for 18th century America, what hamilton is saying here is that they were put there together by God, saying that it would be very improbable otherwise so it was meant to be. This is quite consistent with a christian worldview. The only thing that gives pause is "Gods", but that could still refer to the trinity
I think Lin probably just put it because 'gods' rhymed better with 'odds' than 'God'.
@@AnnabethsEdits well yes, I think so too, that doesn't make it an inaccuracy though
@@jeannebouwman1970 That's true
Referring to the Trinity as "Gods" would be the heresy of Tritheism tho
@@shout6892 yeah you're right
31:24 I’m gonna dispute this one. The entire musical would be off in this case. Washington wasn’t bald, several characters weren’t black, etc.
I get the intent of “she was blonde, not dark hair” but still
you mean thomas jefferson didn't wear a bright purple suit and have an afro?😱
@@tlsmith7585 believe it or not
I highlighted that one because it like, implies a physical similarity between Reynolds and Peggy.
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattress like the similarities between Madison and Mulligan?
@@DeuteriumtheSentientMattress where does it imply physical similarities? in the beginning, since phillip and laurens were both counted to be speaking in the "i died for him" part, i think mariah and peggy were both speaking in the "i loved him" part. (im getting that from the "peggy confides in me" quote.) while that could be part of the reasoning for the casting, i think, overall, there wasn't that big of a parallel, and it was most likely a double casting out of practicality. peggy didn't have much of a role in the beginning, so they used jasmine for mariah, also. they could have one singer instead of two.
Washington actually switched tactics around the summer of 1776. He chose a running incitement campaign. He would go to various farms and towns but ask to trade for supplies without money. He would run if they said no but he often got lucky as he traded what he had for fresh supplies. Washington knew the British were right on his tail and he would wait just out of town for the British to do exactly what they did best by tearing the place apart for supplies. Sometimes the British would take everything including livestock, other times they would torch the place. Washington would be waiting just in case if the worst happens. The British usually took supplies and livestock. This really got people mad to fight on the side of the Americans. Also loyalists began to throw the paintings of king George into the streets and anything associated with British culture out in anger. They began to think why would Britain abandon them like that. It culminated with the crossing of the Delaware and the victory at Trenton overrunning a British fort and the hessian garrison. Washington retreated after the battle back across the Delaware River as he was wary of counterattack. It really changed the complexion of the war as it showed that Hessian troops could be defeated. It also dropped a stalemate in the war of neither side gaining advantage until valley forge the next year.