Decolonization in America - Summary on a Map

Let's retrace on a map the various wars that conducted to the independences of all actual countries in America.
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Portuguese version (Brazil): Coming soon
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Music: Violet Vape - Cheel (Youtube Library)
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Software: Adobe After Effects
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Chapters
00:00 The Unites States of America
01:27 Haitian Revolution
02:46 Napoleonic Spain
04:37 Independences
06:43 The Failure of Unity
08:13 Divisions
10:22 Borders Wars
11:31 The United States
12:44 Canada
13:58 Independences
15:09 Current situation
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#geohistory #history #america #decolonization #independence

[matesu]

The portuguese Prince declared independence from his own father

[mapleshade]

Everyone: Decolonises and owns only some small territories or islands
Denmark : *no*

[miniaturejayhawk]

Germany: *Looses to a triple alliance and gets large parts of its territory amputatet.

Paraguay: "First time ?"

[reality]

"Annoyed, the US sends warships"
Britain: That's my boy!

[connorphilipp]

So basically Brazil and Portugal is a family business

[MrCubFan]

Plata = silver in Spanish
Argentum = silver in Latin (hence the name Argentina)

[mikesands]

Disappoint you didn’t mention Labrador and New Foundland leaving UK and joining Canada, but glad you had it on the map.

[hernanmartinez]

10:39 *Paraguay:* :(
13:39 *Paraguay:* :)

[braziliangator]

Brazil had four annexed territories, in its edges, that became a state in the 80s/90s… Rondônia, Amapá, Roraima, and Acre. No one talks about it but would be interesting to cover it.

[TheGrimHHH]

Paraguay: hey guys I'm kind of small here, mind me taking over some more territories?
Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay: *so you have chosen death.*

[javierpelaezbernabe]

The most objective anglo video I've seen in relation to the independence of the Americas. The mention of the british masonic lodges was great.

[luis_zuniga]

Mexico: *abolishes slavery*
Texas: "we don't do that here"

[rfij]

For those who are interested in knowing more about the subject, the independence of the Spanish-American colonies differs greatly from the independence of the United States, on our side it all began as a consequence of a power vacuum generated by the intervention of Napoleon Bonaparte in Spain. Due to this, neither the Spanish nor the colonists accepted the authority of Joseph Bonaparte as the new king of Spain and began to organize on their own, in the case of Spain the Court of Cadiz was formed as the main opponent of the French occupation, but his authority was not recognized by the Colonies either, this was because the colonies appealed to the "Siete Partidas del Rey Alfonso X" which were the body of laws that had prevailed in Spain since the Middle Ages during the times of The Reconquista, and according to these partidas, the king's power came from the people and without the king the power returned to the people once more, added to this, it was understood that the American colonies were not part of the Spanish state as is normally thought,
on the contrary they were literally the personal lands of the kings of Spain since 1492, united to peninsular Spain only by their figure and authority, without the king at the head, the colonies saw themselves with the right to govern themselves until the monarch returned. So at first, the colonies did not want independence, but while the Napoleonic wars continued and tyrannical actions were taken by the colonial authorities in order to maintain control, radical factions and groups of patriots influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment, Freemasonry and the rejection of the absolutist reforms of the House of Bourbon, began to take activities to convert the colonies in independent democratic republics, this is how the independence of Hispano-America was largely gestured

[universalparadoxes]

All that room, and it still wasn't enough. can you imagine the vast areas involved and the time it takes to even figure out where your boarder is, where the enemy is and how to get your army into position to meet the enemy. It amazes me that anyone knew what was going on prior to the invention of telegrams and powered transport.

[jeje]

Yes, every time there is a new video may day just got 10 times better

[micahistory]

post colonial Americas have a very interesting history that is usually underrated

[maximipe]

3:25 To this day we remember the british invasions of Buenos Aires in Argentina. I'm pretty sure for the english crown they were just a couple skirmishes in the grand scheme of things but they lit the fire of what later became the independence movement for the united provinces

[charger]

As much as I like this person, I can’t stop thinking of Arnold when I hear this persons tone, it still feels like he’s going to say something silly or joking

[monrax]

You didn't mention that Guyana was claimed by both Venezuela and the UK, remaining disputed territory until very recently (after the discovery of oil on its coast). This was the last major disagreement between the US and the UK, where the US intervened in favor of Venezuela as a result of the Monroe doctrine.

[markmh]

Great video. But you completely left out Danish North America. Denmark too had New World colonies. It sold the Danish West Indies to the USA in 1917 (now the US Virgin Islands), but Denmark still possesses/governs the island of Greenland.