The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 2) - Reaction

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[jessetorres]

Historical trivia note: In the famous painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River, the young soldier holding the American flag behind him is James Monroe, who would later go on to be the 5th President of the United States from 1817 to 1825, he led a project of sending former slaves back to Africa to what would become the country Liberia which named its capital Monrovia after him, & he is considered by many to be the last Founding Father Era President.

[FurikoMaru]

I love that you decided the Gates situation required additional dragging of his conduct. Like "No, you don't understand, he didn't retreat, he _abandoned his troops."_

[demariuscoleman]

You are by far my favorite reaction channel. You don't overly pause the video, and when you do, you always have something meaningful to add. Keep up the good work

[spirosgreek]

John Paul Jones is really growing on me as my favorite character of the American revolution. A total mad lad! During the greek war of independence we had a similar figure. His name was Konstantinos Kanaris. A daring sailsman with a love for using fireships. Among other achievements, his most impressive with an unfortunate conclusion was his raid at Alexandria, Egypt, were he attempted to use a small force of fireships to destroy the Egyptian fleet at port. He sailed all the way to the port, managed to get in by using french and Russian flags and in the end... was stopped by the wind as it started blowing In the opposite direction. So he ended up going back and forth in the port until the garrison took notice and opened fire, forcing him to retreat. John Paul Jones and Kanaris would make some fine company I'm sure!

[MrWWIIBuff]

One of the things I found when doing my Senior Seminar Paper on the Historiography of the American Revolution, was how much Arnold got vilified beyond what can be reasonably given.
In his 2 volume history, published in the 1880's-1890's Author John Fiske paints Arnold's Story as a Tragedy. Fiske even says that later on in life, Arnold regretted deeply what he had done. According to Fiske, When he was near death, he donned his Continental Uniform, with all his honors and ranks, and said, “Let me die in this old uniform in which I fought my battles. May God forgive me for ever putting on another!"

[bullreeves]

The fact that you use your reactions to better educate people on the video’s subject is why you will always be my favorite reaction channel.

Keep up the good work!

[stephanos]

Jason Isaacs portrayal of gen Zhukhov in the death of stalin was the best thing I’ve ever seen my life

[jamessapp]

We don't talk about the Battle of Cowpens nearly enough. It easily ranks alongside the Battles of Trenton and Saratoga. One of the main reasons Cornwallis's army was never able to catch up to Greene, was he lost all his light infantry at Cowpens. Which is why Cornwallis ended up burning his supplies in order to catch up to Greene, which eventually forced him to abandon the campaign and move towards Yorktown. Also, Greene's whole battleplan for Guildford Courthouse was based off the tactics at Cowpens. A good book on the southern campaign is "Road to Guildford Courthouse", another book I need to reed one of these day is "A Devil of a Whipping", which is what a British officer described the Battle of Cowpens

[tommcdonald]

Poking fun time: I love how oversimplified actually points out the Battle of Bennington. You do not get Saratoga if there was no Hubbardton and Bennington where Burgoyne's Army is not allowed to resupply through the farmers in Vermont. Bennington is where New Hampshire gets it's motto "Live Free or Die."

[vaudevillian]

One thing that this sadly perpetuates is the widespread notion in the US that Britain was an absolute monarchy, when it was not, in fact the continental European powers would refer to Britain as a ‘Republic in all but name’

[glorychristcmj]

Inspired by your channel, I began to research my family history; many of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution, and more of my recent ancestors were legitimate Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. One of my ancestors from this time period was a man named Thomas Woodward, known as The Regulator, a captain from South Carolina, he fought in the French & Indian War/American theater of the Seven Years' War, and was killed by Tories fighting in the American Revolution in 1779. I am thankful for your channel as I love history and your stream about family tree and history research inspired me to research mine as well! GOD bless 👍🏻

[megazowler]

Believe sir as a Canadian your commentary has made me an American Civil War and history enthusiast. As your commentary is compelling and often related to what you know. So your reactions absolutely add insight and are well worth the watch

[nickcalmes]

My ancestor settled Versailles, Kentucky after the revolution. He was a major I believe at the battle of bunker hill who was in charge of one of the wings after his commander was killed and he organized an orderly retreat.

[statikriki]

vth is the only person that can make a 15 minute video into an almost 40 minute video and I love it

[loukenstein]

I can’t get enough of your content Chris. Keep up the awesome work 🔥

[kathyastrom]

I love the podcast Revolutions—Mike Duncan does a great job covering the American Revolution. Some of my favorite episodes are the ones on Saratoga (Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne’s Party Train) and Valley Forge. His discussion of how the soldiers thought that Steuben’s eruptions of angry German swearing when his training wasn’t going well were just hilarious, and Steuben’s understanding of the difference between European and American solders (he learned that the latter will follow orders if they are explained first) really make that episode great.

[robertisimmons]

Finished part 1 literally 60 seconds after part 2 is posted. Today is gonna be a good day

[coldsoldier]

Enlisted blacks also fought side by side with whites in the Union Navy during the Civil War. The book Slaves, Sailors, Citizens by Steven Ramold does a great job highlighting lots of very little known history of African Americans contributions during the war effort

[kathyastrom]

I had one 6th great grandfather George Pepperrell Frost who served in Nathan Hale’s regiment out of New Hampshire. He enlisted just a few days after Bunker Hill and stayed for the duration of the war. He was at the siege of Boston (where his second cousin Sir William Pepperrell was a Loyalist who was inside the city and then left for London after the siege lifted), then Quebec, then Trenton and Princeton, Saratoga, endured the winter at Valley Forge, then finally fought at Monmouth Courthouse before having a quiet rest of the war when the fight went south. After being demobilized in 1782, he settled on his land grant in Ulster County, NY, and married the daughter of a Loyalist who had stayed in the US after the war (he had kept up with his talk against the war into 1776 even after being banished to New Hampshire, then finally signed the oath of support after being tossed onto a prison ship for three weeks). Luckily for my research, Frost had detailed his service record in a letter to get his pension in the 18-teens.

I’m still researching to find other soldiers who fought on either side elsewhere on my family tree.

[drfreshey]

In South Carolina, we learn state history in 7th grade and it feels like the Revolution takes up like an entire month of the school year. Growing up in Greenville, though, it was all very fascinating to me. Especially, Kings Mountain, Tarleton's Quarter, and the use of palmetto logs at Fort Moultrie