In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two different things. John goes over the issues and events that precipitated rebellion in Britain’s American colonies, and he also explores the ideas that laid the groundwork for the new American democracy. Find out how the tax bill from the Seven Years’ War fomented an uprising, how the Enlightenment influenced the Founding Fathers, and who were the winners and losers in this conflict. (hint: many of the people living in the Colonies ended up losers) The Revolution purportedly brought freedom and equality to the Thirteen Colonies, but they weren’t equally distributed. Also, you’ll learn about America’s love affair with commemorative ceramics and what happens when rich white guys take the reins from rich white guys and put together a society of, by, and for rich white guys.
Chapters:
Introduction: The American Revolution 00:00
Tensions Rising: The Stamp Act, Townsend Act, and Boston Massacre 0:52
An Open Letter to Tea 2:25
How Colonists Protested Unfair Taxation 3:10
British Loyalists & Sympathizers 5:02
Revolutionary Ideas: No Taxation 5:54
All Men are Created Equal? 7:07
The Enlightenment 7:58
Changes After the American Revolution 9:16
Credits 10:52
Learn more about the American Revolution in these other Crash Course videos:
Taxes & Smuggling – Prelude to Revolution: Crash Course US History #6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eytc9ZaNWyc
Who Won the American Revolution?: Crash Course US History #7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EiSymRrKI4
The American Revolution: Crash Course Black American History #8: https://youtu.be/y75yPx9WKHY
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a lot of cute -a little content
Play at speed 0.75. Thank me later.
There's a tax for that.
I’m still hurt about the tea ;(
Wow "we might have been better off and more free if Britain had won". Have you been keeping up with things over in europe?
american history is so fraudulent. americans stole the land of the natives and enslaved them and shat on them when it was their land gtfo out of here this is the worst type of history ive ever seen. the dark ages werent for the arabs the dark ages were meant for the spanish and christopher columbus
american history is so fraudulent. americans stole the land of the natives and enslaved them and shat on them when it was their land gtfo out of here this is the worst type of history ive ever seen. the dark ages werent for the arabs the dark ages were meant for the spanish and christopher columbus
After the american revolution the new government did not have a what ?? Help me
No taxation without representation!
right US territories?
Nice but very fast understanding teacher
Everything he said, I already knew because I played Assassin's Creed 3.
This is what I’m learning right now.
The American Revolution was won with only 5% of Americans' support.They did
not wait until the majority of colonists supported their secession from
England. The Founding Fathers did not wait until they were democratically elected before they authored the US Constitution.
The point I am trying to make is there are times you have to "fight fire with fire". To significant curtail and purge dictatorial traits and
tendencies, dictatorial means will have to be employed if and when needed.
America is not supposed to be a Democracy or democracy. It is supposed to be a dictatorship in which the dictates of the US
Constitution and not the Will of the People via majority take precedence. Of course the unlawfully ratified 14th Amendment changed
that in 1868.
To re-establish basic and genuine Representative Democracy with a constitutional republic form of government, dictatorial
means are often necessary. One cannot wait for consensus from the people, their elected representatives, or even rely on all the dictates
of the US Constitution before one tries to establish genuine Representative Democracy with a constitutional republic form of
government.
Why does this guy think he’s funny
The ending got me. As it always does.
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Douche
He said that he speaks French like an idiot, I concur.
Minor mistake there: At minute 9:10 you are using a painting depicting the German Philosopher Immanuel Kant, sitting at a table with his friends in Königsberg, then Germany, whilst talking about French enlightenment thinkers. Forgiven. 😉
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It is so annoying to me when people judge history and people of the past by the current ideas and knowledge. Even now in our culture we have thing happening that are appalling to humanity. We have no right to judge the people of the past too unkindly. And besides all of the principle founders, even those who inherited slaves and therefore were slave owners, were opposed to slavery, Thomas Jefferson purposed an antislavery plan that would have eliminated slavery within one generation. Our founding fathers were very wise in not pushing the slavery issue at the time. You have to learn to pick the most important battle at the moment. If you read their words you will see they wished slavery did not exist in America but they believed that in time it would be eradicated. Slavery was not an American problem. It was a world problem. It did not exist here because the American colonist were particularly evil. It came here with those coming from other places in the world. The American revolution was a revolution indeed and the ideas of liberty and quality were believed by the men who wrote those words.
Tea: Naw
Drake meme format: Yeeeeeaaaah.
I always roll my eyes when 4th of July comes around. Why? Only one third of colonialists supported the revolution. Most Americans today would be sing God Save the King if this was 1776.
I have been forced to watch this by my history teacher, and its kinda just an annoying american man bashing the English for 11 minutes straight.. ;.;
I doubt trump knows how to bowl, at least not well
The US declaration of independence along with the French revolution were the first time since the fall of the Roman Republic that relevant nations followed democracy. You might argue that the Dutch and the Swiss did that too but they weren't super powers of their day.
Who else is watching this for their online history class?
Thanks
Thx for making everything fun
The jabs are subtle, but noted. Apple products are also produced in a fascist country so that sticker is misplaced at best.
Its funny how the social justice stuff seems to dated in 2020..
all im able to think of is hamilton refs
lol je suis kont sam pou lol ahhahahahahahaaaaaaa
New blues clues
Stamping on the ground
HOT TEA
Nope. Mistaken slavery was rebranded. London did that. Debt. Stockmarket. We weren't better off still aren't but, good try thinking that way. Update your thought bubble, John.
Just a suggestion. Remember old you from the past? He is still not there….
America is no doubt a hot mess. England ended the version of slavery the American South still had for propaganda to make us look worse. Wasn't hard to do but, they didn't end profiting off that economic structure. Simply hide the slavery a new way- ask India they remember. We weren't better off with a monarchy. Still aren't.
These vids are really useful, thx
oof the liberal spin is thick in this video
Why are all of u so interested in this I just have this for homework
2:29 repeat until satisfaction
John Green my favourite authooooooooor
also ANIMAL FARM REFERENCE YAYYYYY MY LITERATURE NERDINESS IS SO HAPPY 10:33