History of the United States of America: Every Month(1607-2023)

This video shows the evolution of the United States of America since the first colony in 1607 up to the present day

Chapters:
00:00 Colonial period
00:53 American Revolutionary War
01:20 Early History
03:03 War of 1812
03:12 Era of Good Feelings
03:25 Westward Expansion
05:08 Mexican-American War
05:15 Road to the Civil War
06:01 American Civil War
06:20 Reconstruction Era
07:03 Gilded Age
08:17 American Empire
09:34 World War One
09:45 Roaring Twenties
10:21 Great Depression
11:09 World War Two
11:25 Cold War
11:41 The 1950s
12:18 The 1960s
12:55 The 1970s
13:32 The 1980s
14:08 The 1990s
14:56 War on Terror
15:52: Contemporary America

Music:
British Grenadiers March
Yankee Doodle, instrumental cover
Kevin MacLeod - Americana
Dixie - Union Version
Battlehymn of the Republic
Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman
American Patrol - Glen Miller
NATO Hymn
Fortunate Son - Creedance Clearwater
Ain't I Right - Marty Robbins
Over There! - American Patriotic Song
National Anthem of the United States
I do not own this music. It is used here for educational purposes only.

Speeches:
"Day of Infamy" speech - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I have a Dream" speech - Martin Luther King Jr.
Berlin Wall speech - Ronald Reagan

Sources:
1. Tribal lands and Cessions of land to the US:
2. Some wars:
2.1. World War 2, for Axis and Soviet troop movements: EmperorTigerstar's World War 2: Every Day
2.5. Independence of colonies and evolution of the communist bloc: EmperorTigerstar's Cold War: Every Month
3. The other stuff(like presidents, date of admission to the union, state and territory borders, troop movements in war, state capitals, cabinets, congress composition, elections, US involvement in regime change, etc. etc.):
3.1 Various Wikipedia pages, while checking the original source. A more centralized site is required to efficiently navigate such a large amount of information.

Some mentions:
1. During the Cold War, the United States was involved in a number of regime changes in other countries, usually through coup d'etats. In most cases, pro-american (or at least anti-communist) dictators were put in place to prevent the spread of communism. In this sense, they served American geopolitical interests. However, they weren't exactly puppet states like Manchuria was to Japan or Mongolia was to the Soviets. As long as they conformed to the US foreign policy goals, they were left completely independent in all other areas. I decided to label these countries(dictatorial regimes supported by the US that is), with a few exceptions, like Brazil, as "Indirect Rule" because sometimes the lines gets blurry. As such, I feel like I need to mention that "Indirect Rule" does not automatically mean "puppet state".
2. In some cases, "US Allies", "Major Non-NATO Ally" and "Indirect Rule" overlap. Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Japan are all "Major Non-NATO Allies". Alternatively, the US had considerable control of the Afghan government until 2021, but Afghanistan was also a Major Non-NATO Ally. In those cases, no to overcomplicate the map, I decided to paint only the color that implied the most closeness with the US.
3. In cases of War on Terror or proxy wars, I showed only those in which the US was directly engaged militarily, such as landing troops. As such, conflicts like the Yemeni Civil War or the Russo-Ukrainian War are not shown, despite the US supporting one faction or another.

[frickology]

This video is CRAZY detailed, having the composition of Congress, members of the Cabinet, and elections is absolutely insane! Bravo!

[faloaba]

Some readers unfairly accuse the video of an Anglophone bias. This is not a fair reproach because Swedes, Dutch and some of the native tribes also appear, who deserve it (who doubts it) more than the Spanish or the French. But the fleeting appearance of Mexico is spectacular. It all happens in 1846. A green country emerges from nowhere in the west, which, in a split second, is reduced to half its size. Only then, with its current borders, does it acquire a name, Mexico. Then it loses its colour and name and disappears, once again, from history.

[thepaintpad]

Viewers: How much detail are you going to include?
This guy: *Yes*

[germansopena]

Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Florida... examples of territories and cities founded by Spain

[chsgrate]

Great video, however in my opinion it could have been much cleaner and better structured.

[taugustusholm]

Holy shit this is probably the best "History of US" mapping video ever.

[alfonso]

In the video there is an absence that is difficult to understand: where are the territories that belonged to Spain?
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, there were Spanish territories in what is now the United States, and specifically between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, the Spanish territories comprised more than half of the current United States. The current U.S. states of California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Alaska were Spanish possessions that were part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The same was true of the southwestern part of British Columbia, within present-day Canada.
Considering the great cultural and social impact of Spain in the history of the current Republic of the United States, it is not understandable that these centuries of Spanish presence do not appear in the video.

[TsarNichoals]

Amazing video I cant believe it only has 5k views it is one of the best history of the USA videos I have watched

[guibif]

You forgot to include the (historically accurate) Portuguese fishing colony in Massachussets/Newfpundland from 1470 to 1510/20/30.

[ricardoplazamartinez]

San Agustín is the first City in the USA in XVI century. You have to start the true history of the USA with the Spanish settlements in Florida and Texas, New México, ...

[micahistory]

Incredible video, this is the best video I have ever seen on the history of the US! Keep up the great work man!

[FinnishKnight]

It's like playing a strategy game. You start with nothing but a few colonies and suddendly you're the leader of the world

[killerb]

1:28 Atlanta wasn't established until 1847, and it didn't become the capital until 1868.

[Methuslah]

To echo the other comments, I’m really happy about the details you included, such as the different Indian tribes

[carlosgatiluna]

English history only. Before 1600, Spanish people were teaching Spanish around...

[andrewbrady]

OMG… a lot of work went into
Thank you!!!!

[guerillaguru]

Very nice video also the detail of the Netherlands taking Swedish land in the early days.

[MMerlyn]

Intotdeauna ai videouri misto, tine-o tot asa si baga mai des daca ai timp.

[pompousegg]

one mistake i noticed, John Jay was president of the continental congress from 1778-1789 but you have it shown as Henry Laurens

[SLPETY]

Good video, from the English-speaking part, of course. During the first hundreds of years the whole east was part of Spain, to hide it can only conceive a historical illiteracy. The video gives the impression that Los Angeles or the Florida area came out of nowhere. When they had been "civilized" for hundreds of years.