What Happened Immediately After the American Revolution Ended

What happened right after the Revolutionary War ended? It's easy to think the United States of America was born immediately after the British surrendered at Yorktown, but in truth it was a long, arduous process to transform the idealistic embryonic state to a fully formed nation. Only after many years of challenging diplomatic talks was a peace treaty with Great Britain established. Not even the most insanely cool Revolutionary War hero could help speed up the process. It also took a long time for the British soldiers to actually leave American soil, taking loyalists and slaves with them back to England.

The real work began after the British left, however. History rarely plays out easily for anyone.

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[lilemose]

You couldn’t pay me to watch these in highschool now I watch it in my free time💀

[XMattingly]

I think the Founders - especially Washington - would be _horrified_ by how every aspect of national government has devolved into absolutist political factions, most aspects of private life are politicized, and that competing ideas are engaged not with conversation but condemnation

The society we have now is a shadow of the Constitutional Republic that has sustained itself for over 200 years, and we're overdue for a major course correction.

[GamingMuchTerry]

Would love to see a whole string of "Immediately After" videos. We tend to focus on learning about what happened and why, but rarely - and then.

[thomasboyd]

americans after the revolutionary war: “he is the messiah”

george washington: “will u please listen, i am not the messiah”

[williampalenik]

The problem now days is that politicians have become career politicians and are more crooked now than 150 years ago, no politician should become a career politician !!!!

[jorgeroque]

I'd like to see immediately after the Civil War, WWI, and WWII.

[orionus]

"Country faced years of economic hardship, state governments were widely disorganised, insurections weren't uncommon and the continental Congress was toothless and ineffective", the more things change the more they stay the same

[George_Washington_]

I was reading Washington's Farewell Address the other day and something that seemed so interesting to me was how much he stressed that we remain neutral in domestic and foreign politics. He detested parties, although he did admit they could be useful in certain times, but my favorite quote was this one: “The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. ... The Nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the Government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The Government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject; at other times, it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.” He was one of the first advocators of American isolationism and neutrality and he believed that our foreign policy should just be trade and commerce-based. We could use our geographical distance from Europe to avoid their pointless wars. How things have changed.

[gokaury]

My 5th great grandfather on my dad's mom's side, Alexander Harrison Sr., was actually a guard in Independence Hall when the Declaration of Independence was read and signed. It's pretty cool to learn I had a direct relative that was witness to that event. Genealogy really is a fantastic way to get in touch with the past.

[charliegarrison]

They forgot to mention the time George Washington led a charge against the redcoats using only a dodge charger and an american flag positioned proudly out the passenger window. 🇺🇸

[pessimisticideas]

Always excited to see a new Weird History vid!

[realityisreal]

America was blessed early on to have 10-12 geniuses to help found our country. A fact that NO other young country in history has repeated.

[joebwannabe]

The voiceover guy has one of the best voices I've ever heard.

[leticiarebeca]

0:46 - Intro
0:56 - Loyalists left America
1:54 - Lord North resigned as British prime minister
2:45 - The British evacuated Savannah, Georgia
3:23 - The Articles of Peace were signed
4:28 - The Treaty of Paris was signed
5:03 - British troops left New York
5:45 - George Washington resigned as commander
6:20 - Shays' Rebellion took place
7:43 - The Constitution was written at the Philadelphia convention
8:42 - The states ratified Constitution
10:12 - The first presidential election took place

Thank you, guys! This video helped me so much!

[DoReMiacb]

American history is AWESOME to learn about. Thank you guys for this channel. Academia and much of entertainment media hardly ever covers this stuff or does so in a disgustingly biased way.

[lukegeer]

John Jay got sick after writing 5. James Madison wrote 29. And Hamilton wrote the other 51!

[JP-vwgv]

Well they must have done something right, if we’re all sitting here on our phones watching this video haha.

[donaldduckmemes]

I want to learn about the California gold rush

[adambrown]

Even being a US soldier now I find it inspiring how the rebels fought back so viciously over taxes and only a glimpse of an idea of independence, putting their lives on the line for an idea

[zach]

What a fascinating insight on America after the war of independence ended, Weird History. I remember seeing Liberty's Kids of how the country was being impacted following the war. The hardship of the Loyalists, Shays Rebellion, etc. Man, this is good.