The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies: Crash Course US History #4

In which John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachusetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can say; ENGLISH people just liked it better that way, and when the English took New Amsterdam in 1643, that's just what they did. Before the English got there though, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated women pretty fairly and allowed free Black people to hold jobs. John also discusses Penn's Woods, also known as Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was (briefly) a haven of religious freedom, and William Penn dealt relatively fairly with the natives his colony displaced. Of course, as soon as Penn died, the colonist started abusing the natives immediately. We venture as far south as the Carolina colonies, where the slave labor economy was taking shape. John also takes on the idea of the classless society in America, and the beginning of the idea of the American dream. It turns out that in spite of the lofty dream that everyone had an equal shot in the new world, there were elites in the colonies. And these elites tended to be in charge. And then their kids tended to take over when they died. So yeah, not quite an egalitarian paradise. In addition to all this, we get into the Salem Witch Trials, the treatment of women in the colonies, and colonial economics. Oh yeah, one more thing, before you comment about how he says we're talking about the American Revolution next week, but the end screen says Seven Years War, consider that perhaps the Seven Years War laid the groundwork for the revolution to happen.

Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
New Amsterdam Becomes New York 0:55
Pennsylvania and the Quakers 2:05
South Carolina 3:37
Mystery Document 4:08
Bacon's Rebellion 5:14
The Dominion of New England and The Tolerance Act 6:17
The Salem Witch Trials 7:31
Colonial American Economics 8:05
Colonial American Society 9:11
Women's Roles in Colonial America 9:51
Credits 11:05

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[TaroFrog]

Fun fact: the Quaker Oats company wasn't actually founded by or associated with the Quakers, but used their image to seem trustworthy and wholesome. Unfortunately, the logo causes a lot of people to confuse them with the Amish.

[ringsofmars]

Alright people. It’s AP season again. Let’s enjoy our marathons together.

[dancinwolf]

He can't say "You guessed it..." anymore without me naturally finishing the sentence with "...the Mongols." 

[carsonlambaiso]

John! I'll never forget the first time I took a flight from east to west coast with a window seat on a cloudless day, the whole experience of continental volume comprehension deeply changed me for good! You're beginning to give me that same sensation with your fun vast cloudless comprehension of our national history to peer through! Thank You!

[danieldunne]

I have my AP U.S. History test in 3 weeks. I've mastered everything past the mid 1700s and I'm even tutoring the students in regular and honors classes. These videos are helping me remember so many things, it's amazing. I love you CrashCourse!

[AlejandroRamirez-lhmr]

Who else is Marathoning all these videos for APUSH rn?

[brij]

APUSH test this Friday, whose ready to watch this half a million times before then?

[RubixCubist]

I live in Manhattan and can verify Raoul Meyers is the last person on Manhattan to not work for an investment bank.

[karajones]

A-PUSH me off a cliff. Please. The test is tomorrow.

[avigaillaing]

Here to prepare for the 2023 AP US History exam 🙌

[strwrsluvur]

The moment you realize this guy wrote "The Fault in Our Stars" and "Paper Towns"... lol

[jessicahurst]

I absolutely love when my online classes use Crash Course for a resource. It makes me all giddy.

[Floormat]

it's 2022 and these are still great to binge. Glad all this content is still up! ❤

[abbylane]

Some may think this is weird, but I sing along to the CrashCourse theme song every. Single. Time. It's really catchy just like the Doctor Who theme song.

[TheJesskaProductions]

john green's excitement and nerdy humor about the subject make this so fun to watch!

[dominicbottini]

My teacher assigned these videos to me for homework...

I freaking love my teacher.

[VeniVidiAjax]

And Albany New York was formerly called Beverwyck.
Beverwijk is actually a small city in the Netherlands, Harlem is named after the Dutch City Haarlem.... and Brooklyn is named after the dutch town Breukelen.

We have a lot in common my american friends.

[danieleaken]

"most AP tests don't really cover the colonial period"
*switches to next video*

[KeyLimeAllaTime]

I'm still so glad you talked about Quakers! I don't hear much about our history outside of my meeting. What I "learned" in school was brief and unbelievably inaccurate, and I often had to correct my teachers that Quakers are still around, and we are not now nor have we ever been puritans... not even close.

[yohantello]

Hello to everyone taking the ap test online this year