Wait, That's sounds so American. Take Italian Breadsticks and American size it to a yard long piece of bread and Yard long, not that stupid metric measurement, because we are Americans.
Members of Congress: Wait a minute shouldn’t we be the ones with the authority to make this purchase? Where in the Constitution that you hold so dearly Jefferson did it give the president the authority to purchase that much land without our permission? Jefferson: Yeah but it was a lot of land and pretty strategically and economically important land at that. Members of Congeress:...... Eh fair enough, we’ll just say we approved it later.
@@Brobobobobobobo Yo, its about the fact, that germany wasnt even invented yet. In 1803 the idea of a united germany sparked, so i think, it should show the first sketch of a german flag.
@@Brobobobobobobo He would have to draw the HRE's Imperial Eagle in whatever software he uses, which would be a pain in the arse. So yeah, it's not "people being sensitive", RUclips is fine with that eagle, it's just a brilliant way of both saving time and making a joke. People really do need jokes to be explained.
Fun Fact: The French sold louisiana because they wanted some money to fund a possible invasion of UK and US purchased the land with Lons mostly from UK. So UK literally funded their own invasion
The territory was seen as dead weight to Napoleon, after losing control of Hati there most profitable colony they didn’t have much economic use for the land and would’ve cost them money to keep control and keep order over it, so might as well sell it. Weirdly enough it was the same mindset the Russian Tsar had over Alaska.
Thomas Jefferson: I'll give you a Million for New Orlands. Napoleon: How about make it 15 million and I'll give the whole Territory. Thomas Jefferson: Deal!
My family was "Acadian", they lived along Bayou Black in Gibson. Their attitudes were simple. Leave us alone we leave you alone. Since there were practically no roads, bridges or any other form of transportation this pretty much happened. Side note: when the civil war broke out and the Confederate Government sent recruiters into Cajun lands, they were told politely to go away, they had no interest in "that English" war as they saw it. They did not own any slaves either. Any who chose to ignore the polite warning disappeared into the swamps to never be heard of again. In my entire family exactly ONE young man of 16 volunteered, probably to get out of some bad personal situation. He was never heard from again. This did not change much until Governor Huey Long built roads, bridges and schools in Acadiana. This pretty much ended the isolation. My grandmother was a social worker for Terrebonne Perish and she would go by bateau from little town to Sabine villages (Cajuns and Sabines were pretty much intermarried thus the same by this time) teaching grade school and arranging adoptions. She was bi-lingual as she had graduated college. IN the early 1940's she moved to Lafayette so her kids could grow up speaking English. My Mother still yelled at me in French growing up, and taught me all the Cajun nursery rhymes and songs.
Wow you also had exaclty 1 family member who fought for the confederacy? My great great great maby Great grandfather fought for the confederacy but he was stationed at new Orleans and once the union broke threw the forts he just sorta took of the his uniform threw down his gun and went home. He wasn't even taken as a POW beacuse the confederate gerrision at new Orleans just sorta surrendered thanks to men like him new Orleans was not burned to the ground like the rest of the south was so I am greatfull for what he did tbh.
Pierre Gustave Touant-Beauregard was a famous creole general for the South, he was the dean of Westpoint until he decided to join the Confederacy and bomb Fort Sumter. The Confederates called him little Napoleon. Not all Cajuns hid in the swamp cowering.
I recall reading that one Japanese-run POW camp announced it over the loudspeakers to the Allied prisoners, and basically they called the Germans stuff like quitters and said that Japan will not lose like them.
wokest comment, I bet you forget white people went on world wide crusade to end slavery, like in the middle east. Southern half of Africa, black on black slavery never ended.
America: Come on, it's not like Napoleon gave you the vote. Wait, did French colonies even get representation in the First Republic? My understanding was that for the entirely of the First Republic there was only one election anyway- which was cancelled :D.
Louisiana (at the southern end) became a state in 1812, Missouri 1821, Arkansas 1836, Iowa 1845, Kansas 1861, Nebraska 1867, North and South Dakota and Montana not till 1888!
Which makes even more sense why countries would sell off such territories. The land is too weakly protected to resist being conquered if another nation wanted to.
@@leeanderson8773 So all the nations of Europe had their own legal systems which formed from the systems of government from the medieval period into the early modern era. America, being founded by former English colonies, adopted Britain's basis for a legal system called British Common Law. However the French Revolution, wanting to overturn old medieval laws set out to make a new legal system. One that Napoleon would shape. Thus it was called the Napoleonic Code and it became the basis of law in much of Europe, and former colonies of France (Including Louisiana). Even after Napoleon was ousted.
Quebec also uses the Napoleonic Code despite having been under British rule during the Napoleonic era. Some variation or derivative of it quickly replaced the previous system in most civil law jurisdictions (and Louisiana and Quebec had well enough established legal systems, including existing contracts, property and such that it wasn't worth changing it locally when they got absorbed by a common law state - civil law was the baseline European legal core since the Romans so it wasn't particularly alien or weird). Napoleon's reforms of the Roman derived civil law tradition were the most important modernization and recodification of the civil law tradition since the Code of Justinian in the 6th century. It was highly influential or flat out adopted in many places that use the Roman legal tradition (most of Europe, many of their former colonies and Japan oddly enough). The reason it's still the heart of modern civil law today isn't because Napoleon stayed the master of Europe. It's because it was a much needed and pretty well done reform at a time the reform was needed, much like Justinian's were. The common law tradition (the other big European legal tradition) is pretty much limited to the England and places it colonized (so it's mostly just an Anglosphere thing, minus Scotland). I do believe that Quebec and Louisiana are both considered hybrid systems since they use civil law for some matters and common law for others. I know that criminal law, constitutional law and federal laws are common law in Quebec while provincial laws, property, tort and contract are civil law. I had heard that Louisiana had a similar split.
„Adler geht hier“ in the german flag? 🤣 Ok, the literal translation back to English would be “Eagle walks here”. Correct would’ve been “Adler hier”, or “Adler hier einfügen“. But still funny anyway. 😂
I find that quite unintentionally hilarious! I am interested in Germany, but I did not know that about "geht"! You would have to wonder why a _Reichsadler_ would walk instead of fly! Thanks for the humor!
The USA just gained some serious core territories. Also, the US seems to have a habit of just buying large pieces of land from Empires that don't need them.
Coming from a still native French area of there. This is true. Yet if I had to add anything I'd say that it didn't help that the American government tried to "Americanize" creole children in the same way as the Native Americans. The US still had to honor old laws preexisting the purchase (which is why LA laws are wacky). My favorite bit of history is how they had to honor old grants (they couldn't seize and pay like everywhere else) and a dude had actually been granted rights to land and water on both sides of a very important waterway in the North part of the state. He charged a fair toll for residents and LA creole businesses but would charge thousands of dollars to Americans and the government, offering a discount later when they offered to not tax him in exchange of usage right. The Government eventually bought that grant off his family for millions.
Can you speak le french? If you do, is it the same as the French spoken in France. I'd imagine 250 years of separation would change the language quite a bit
well if they didnt that territory would have ended up like Quebec and the US of A would have become like Canada where everyone would be forced to read French everywhere and on everything😅
Napoleon saw the writing on the Wall. Haiti rebelled against him, and he was planning for war in Europe. He didn't have the Money, and America did. It was mutually beneficial for both sides. France's American Empire ends, and Napoleon get money for his warchest. America get's land that is fertile land, which expands our farms, and food supply, and we get Cities like New Orlands, and St. Louis that are vital to our trade. Again beneficial for both.
@@cirroc213 Yeah, dont you remember the nearly perfectly straight border to the Pacific? It goes over that. They didn't bat an eye when it was given to the British in an Oregon related treaty though
@@cirroc213 The Louisiana Purchase included some territory north of the 49th parallel. So when the US and UK agreed on the US/Canada border at the 49th Parallel the US gave up some territory in present day Alberta and Saskatchewan
Love your videos. Everyone should know *some* history but it's always been "know names, dates, places or know nothing and be an idiot." This is such an engaging, entertaining way to get a large number of people the simple historical awareness we should all have, short of those that are in fact history majors. Keep making videos, keep educating, keep giving us the context we need.
Creole being used to mean mixed race is very rare from my experience in the US, I've only ever heard it used to describe creole people that are French heritage or added onto French when describing different versions of the language.
Dude I am this guys definition of “creole” because My people have been here from well before it was America and I would never call myself creole. That is primarily for mixed race people and they’re often sensitive over it
@@voiceofreason2674keksimus maximus, they cry over accurate terminology. Ironically for me, in my lang creole turned racial but for our side while still being used to describe a certain culture which varies from region to region. Actually, I was quite strange with the translation given it modernly did not meant what for us means LOL
The fact the French so quickly sold it off to the Americans after being returned resulted in a funny occurrence in St Louis known as Three Flags Day- where due to news not reaching the city until after winter had passed, the Spanish Lieutenant Governor of the City met with the American Lieutenant Governor at the Spanish city hall and switched the flag from the Spanish to the French, and then to the American over a 24 hour period.
Short, easily watchable videos with just the right amount of context to understand the content. Clear, entertaining (even funny) and enlightening, they leave you wanting more. Among the best history channels in English, for sure! Keep up the good work 👍
My French ancestors were in New Orleans and around Baton Rouge as well when this happened. Trying to understand Louisiana history can be a bit confusing because of the numerous changing of "owners" that took place in a relatively short period of time. Thanks for the video HM.
"After the purchase, President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to check it out and they discovered that it not only contained Louisiana, but a a bunch of other states." David Barry
When he said ( 1:51 ) "Saint Louis, and New Orleans were Angry". The Sign said "You Can't Sell Us" I was Like Really Dude, and then I saw the two Brothers giving Side Eye and I was Like "RIGHT" LOL
I guess you have to take a few liberties to keep things brief, but the "potential future maybe" at 1:43 is kinda slanted. As noted, the Louisiana purchase was in 1803. Louisiana became a state in 1812. That's only 25 years after Delaware (being the first state to do it) ratified the constituion in Dec 1787. I'd say that's fairly quick for a brand new country lacking any type of fast communications. There were 12 other states formed in whole or part from this purchase of territory. The last state to be admitted to the union from it was Oklahoma (1907). As for taxation without representation at 1:40 these were tariffs and excise taxes (taxes on business and imported goods), the individual income tax didn't come for another 100 years with the passage of the 16th Amendment in 1913.
Would love to hear you talk about when Spain got the Louisiana Territory after the war, the openly rebellious outrage of the Creoles, and the reaction of Spain sending the ruthless Alejandro O'Reily to "straighten things out" for them. Another neat story is how Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle founded the territory, promised he'd be back to the natives but got lost in the Gulf of Mexico on his second trip, and was mutinied in Texas when he ordered they should just walk back to Canada and figure it out from there.
You might find it interesting that as a person from Louisiana, I'd say we use the word Creole on an everyday basis in the non-racial sense that you mention. Creole is the culture based around French tradition, especially the traditional cuisines that are starkly different from the Cajun tradition. For us if anything it's about class and wealth, not about race.
I don’t agree I’m descended from French colonists and none of us call ourselves creole. We cook a lot of meals we call creole like shrimp creole but for people that’s mixed race people from New Orleans or around natchitoches
@@voiceofreason2674 That's exactly what I'm saying. On an everyday basis we use the word in the non-racial sense, to refer to cultural things like food. That's aside from people themselves.
@@voiceofreason2674 sure but I wouldn't call any person Creole. In common usage, we just don't use that term to apply to a person. Sure, technically and historically there might be grounds to use the term that way, but just as a matter of daily life it doesn't come up like that.
@@voiceofreason2674 There's many older Cajun people who refer to themselves as Creole. There's many other places in Louisiana where people identify themselves as Creole and its not just the mixed race populations.
I never thought about this topic before but when I read the title I suddenly realized I desperately had to know the answer before I could move on to anything else. Thank you for that
Many French-speaking black people in Louisiana were often able to own land (and slaves) under French rule. US purchase of the territory stripped them of many of their rights.
Ik ur using conquest to validate ur point, but it makes it extremely opiniated looking and invalidates it even though it’s true so I would change it to purchased but ur choice
Yes the "gens de couleurs" were the black class that owned property, slaves, etc due to their unique status as mostly being children of slave mistress and Frenchman (sometimes spanish). Like most Latin cultures in the America's, they had their own social caste based on their status of what they can and couldn't do.
I'm assuming they were still able to own slaves, considering there were thousands of Black slave owners living in the South by the time of the American Civil War.
America: buys Louisiana and it's people The Creoles: "WHAT!! you can't buy us, rule over us, and not give us all our rights. this is outrageous" Their slaves: "First time? :| "
Yes in the sense of referencing those born in the colonies (and solely in the historical context) but there could be some degree of nuance there perhaps as well. A simple rule of thumb would be the lower social class would have a more and more of a local culture kinda vibe going, as the higher classes would emulate more and more the metropol/Europe. Also in Louisiana, Creole is like a distinct culture (and cuisine) alongside Cajun and they’re not exactly interchangeable. If I recall Cajuns were at the least specific definition “rural creoles” but to be particularly specific, if I remember correctly, a Cajun is a rural descendant of those who came from Arcadia up in Maine after the French ceded that territory.
@@jonathanlagace7974 I’m saying this as a Louisiana creole myself,it’s also an ethnic group as well and not just a culture and food. Also even within Louisiana there are different creole subcultures like with that of Saint Martin Parish vs. that of New Orleans,hell the people have completely different accents and they prepare the same foods in different ways
The U.S. was, much like during the early years of both WW1 and WW2, neutral. Despite the Louisiana Purchase, both Britain and France started seizing American merchant ships, leading to the Americans passing the Embargo Act of 1807, allowing the U.S. to cease shipments to/from both countries. While Britain was able to get around such, via Canada, the Embargo Act had a great effect on the economies of all three nations, and as such, was later repealed. (Although Britain's continuation of seizing American merchant ships and forcing their crews to serve in the Royal Navy against their will lead to the War of 1812.)
Fun fact: Canal st. in New Orleans (as well as other medians) we’re called neutral ground as it separated the American settlers from the creoles in the French quarter. The influx of wealthy Protestants buying rural land also upset the catholic creoles as it shifted power dynamics in the area.
@@Anis-zc9rw Tell me more about this, please. I know some things about Huey Long, but I don't no anything about his relations with his Cajun constituents.
I love how things went from land being sold to the US and the people being at least somewhat upset, to these days when there's movements in Quebec, Alberta, and literally the entirety of Northern Mexico to join the US
I've never heard of Quebecers wanting to join the US. I think you misunderstood what Quebec wanting to leave Canada means. They want to be their own country, not part of a 3rd world country.
Last time US tried to annex Canada in 1812-1814, they made lenghty fights in English Canada, and one final attempt against French Canada. The Frenchmen neatly defeated them, they preferred to be French subjects of the King than to be drown in an US english-speaking republic. And most probabky the entire south west of USA is about to join Mexico, due to demography.
"You can't sell us." Brilliant. Also, thank you for not including what was West Florida in your "Louisiana Purchase" map. It's one of those details that means you adhere to the local story of it being Spanish occupied at the time and not the "official" US history of it being part of the Purchase.
Against that, the northern-most part of the Louisiana Territory ended up being part of France, so the statement that it would forever more be part of the US is... wrong.
That was a failed attempt, not an actual separation. They were doomed by everything from being that addicted to abusing Black people for money to a weak federal government to make Queen Elizabeth II look large and in charge.
Just as a note for your information: in the US Creole is not typically assumed to be a racial term but a cultural term typically differentiating between Cajun or the the Rural French population of Louisiana and the Creole or Urban French population of New Orleans and Baton Rouge for example. Sometimes it might be in reference to Haitian and other French Caribbean immigrants but those are context sensitive.
Indiana was populated by southerners that were more easily able to migrate up the river system from the deep south. It explains the cultural difference I noted as I drove through Ohio and Indiana to visit with my cousin just over the border in Illinois. A marked difference in civil planning, road maintenance etc., were clearly visible in crossing the boarder into Illinois.
Can you please make a video on how the Mapuches of South America managed to resist colonization for so long? (three centuries) They were absolutely fierce fighters, and the Spanish never reached the southern point of South America.
And then the government enforced English and banned French, forcefully assimilating the francophone population. Sucks how French has died in Louisiana due to imperialism. My family is Louisiana creole.
@@macdaddychene That’s great, a lot of people are relearning nowadays. I recommend getting a french frequency dictionary, and a free audio lesson I use on languagetransfer you can can find online or on the app store. A lot of people are relearning nowadays, I hope people stick with it. I also listen to a lot of french music from Louisiana and elsewhere and watch some french tv to get some practice, gonna get sling tv soon mostly for the french language stuff to get some practice. Bon chance, brotha, hopefully more people in your family start learning too after you, I know it got my family learning again.
@@vishalnarayanasamy8767 Louisiana would be much more similar to Quebec these days, most likely, and the west coast would likely still be hispanic and native
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"Baguettes are now breadsticks" --- every Frenchman's worst nightmare.
Especially since they're loafs, not breadsticks
Sounds less tasty too.
no, its the brits tellin em that
Even though breadsticks are different things than baguettes in the US
Wait, That's sounds so American. Take Italian Breadsticks and American size it to a yard long piece of bread and Yard long, not that stupid metric measurement, because we are Americans.
France: that’ll be $15,000,000
Thomas Jefferson: thanks to my patrons on patreon…
your pfp looking sus on low res display 😳
Skychapelle.
@@arath8893 let’s not forget Kelly Moneymaker
Members of Congress: Wait a minute shouldn’t we be the ones with the authority to make this purchase? Where in the Constitution that you hold so dearly Jefferson did it give the president the authority to purchase that much land without our permission?
Jefferson: Yeah but it was a lot of land and pretty strategically and economically important land at that.
Members of Congeress:...... Eh fair enough, we’ll just say we approved it later.
@@andknuckles101 bro, when you click it, you’ll finally realize it’s not sus 😒
"Eagle goes here" on the German flag. Brilliant.
More like "eagle walks here" i'm afraid
@@Brobobobobobobo i think its just because they dont want to draw it. on the un flag some videos ago it said "insert earth here"
@@Brobobobobobobo It‘s not even supposed to be the flag of Prussia but that of the Holy Roman Empire/Habsburgs.
@@Brobobobobobobo Yo, its about the fact, that germany wasnt even invented yet. In 1803 the idea of a united germany sparked, so i think, it should show the first sketch of a german flag.
@@Brobobobobobobo He would have to draw the HRE's Imperial Eagle in whatever software he uses, which would be a pain in the arse.
So yeah, it's not "people being sensitive", RUclips is fine with that eagle,
it's just a brilliant way of both saving time and making a joke.
People really do need jokes to be explained.
Best clearance sale in world history.
dam you still alive?
When is TF2 air 3 coming out
@@goon5757 Yes I am
A close 2nd will be the Purchase of Alaska
Technically an unconstitutional one since President Jefferson made that purchase deal without the approval or permission of Congress.
Fun Fact: The French sold louisiana because they wanted some money to fund a possible invasion of UK and US purchased the land with Lons mostly from UK. So UK literally funded their own invasion
He kinda said that in a precedent video
Interesting way to make a profit.
The territory was seen as dead weight to Napoleon, after losing control of Hati there most profitable colony they didn’t have much economic use for the land and would’ve cost them money to keep control and keep order over it, so might as well sell it. Weirdly enough it was the same mindset the Russian Tsar had over Alaska.
@@brandonlyon730 and if the English decided to take Louisiana or Alaska both wouldn't be able to do anything about it
don't tell me beating the French at Trafalgar wasn't worth it
"Congratulations, you are being liberated. Please do not resist."
Don’t make me liberate you
US to Iraq:
US to Philippines in 1899:
US to Afghanistan:
US to (insert worryingly long list here):
Thomas Jefferson: We don't need the entire territory, just New Orleans.
Also Thomas Jefferson: Treat yo self.
To be fair, Louisiana is useless without New Orleans. It would have just been huge inland with no ports.
@@-haclong2366 And lots of swamp.
You right, I ain't trippin
Thomas Jefferson: I'll give you a Million for New Orlands.
Napoleon: How about make it 15 million and I'll give the whole Territory.
Thomas Jefferson: Deal!
It's the equivalent of going to the store for a few items and coming out with a cart load. You didn't plan on it, but now you have it
My family was "Acadian", they lived along Bayou Black in Gibson. Their attitudes were simple. Leave us alone we leave you alone. Since there were practically no roads, bridges or any other form of transportation this pretty much happened. Side note: when the civil war broke out and the Confederate Government sent recruiters into Cajun lands, they were told politely to go away, they had no interest in "that English" war as they saw it. They did not own any slaves either. Any who chose to ignore the polite warning disappeared into the swamps to never be heard of again. In my entire family exactly ONE young man of 16 volunteered, probably to get out of some bad personal situation. He was never heard from again. This did not change much until Governor Huey Long built roads, bridges and schools in Acadiana. This pretty much ended the isolation. My grandmother was a social worker for Terrebonne Perish and she would go by bateau from little town to Sabine villages (Cajuns and Sabines were pretty much intermarried thus the same by this time) teaching grade school and arranging adoptions. She was bi-lingual as she had graduated college. IN the early 1940's she moved to Lafayette so her kids could grow up speaking English. My Mother still yelled at me in French growing up, and taught me all the Cajun nursery rhymes and songs.
Wow you also had exaclty 1 family member who fought for the confederacy? My great great great maby Great grandfather fought for the confederacy but he was stationed at new Orleans and once the union broke threw the forts he just sorta took of the his uniform threw down his gun and went home. He wasn't even taken as a POW beacuse the confederate gerrision at new Orleans just sorta surrendered thanks to men like him new Orleans was not burned to the ground like the rest of the south was so I am greatfull for what he did tbh.
That's pretty cool
Disparu dans le marais , on sent que c'estle bastion des cajuns les endroits marécageux , salutations de France
PS: j'aimerais récupérer la Louisiane
Where at in Gibson! I'm a French Creole, in terms how the video used it, from Gibson!
Pierre Gustave Touant-Beauregard was a famous creole general for the South, he was the dean of Westpoint until he decided to join the Confederacy and bomb Fort Sumter. The Confederates called him little Napoleon. Not all Cajuns hid in the swamp cowering.
“Baguettes are now breadsticks” Made me genuinely lose my marbles laughing
Have u found them yet?
The man reaction reaction had me
Baguettes are actually Harry Potter wands too.
@@kristianjohnson217 I mean, he was right :D
It's a generic joke. It's not really funny but ok.
French people in the Louisiana Territory: "You can't just buy and sell us like that!"
Their enslaved people: 😐
Hypocrisy
America was found on it
@@aceclover758 Imagine believing the USA was founded on the core prospect of Slavery.
@@woojoo6382 They're saying America was founded on hypocrisy
@@aceclover758 uh oh America Bad redditor detected
@@royale7620 The joke was made directly in the video. Are you daft?
1:50 I lol'd at the slaves reacting to the "You can't sell us" sign
Didn't see that first time around.
@@thesquaremonger Neither did I.
I think they were pretty indignant at something _other_ than what the Creoles were indignant at...
@@frut_jooos that's the slaves though
@@thesquaremonger Me neither.
Creoles: “we fell asleep and woke up in a completely different country!”
Denmark in 1940: “first time?”
Normie
Haha
This comment makes no sense because it happened to Denmark more than a century after the creoles
Danemark was occupied, not annexed.
naah that is occupation
What was Imperial Japan's reaction to the fall of Nazi Germany?
Nice idea!
Japan:WE SHALL FIGHT TO THE LAST MAN!
Little Boy and Fat Man: You sure about that?
I recall reading that one Japanese-run POW camp announced it over the loudspeakers to the Allied prisoners, and basically they called the Germans stuff like quitters and said that Japan will not lose like them.
"I'm a little too busy to care at the moment."
Do this one pretty please
At this point I’m surprised Napoleon didn’t sell the territory to James Bisonette.
Honestly, though. With all the money James Bisonette seems to have for Patreon, one would think he would be able to buy it all.
With additional funding by Sky Chapelle
He has so much money because the US hunted all the Bisons and now there are many Bisonettes to go around...
Well if mr Spinning3plates had spun more plates maybe he could have purchased Alaska from the Russians
Kelly Moneymaker is always up for a sound financial idea.
Creols: ,,You can't just sell us like this!"
Napoleon: ,,Au revoir, nouveaux américains"
perhaps even adieu
Baka matai lol
@Carl Le Pauvre then we need Quebec too
"You can't sell us!"
The Slave population: "First time?"
I guess where slavery exists people are more prickly about their freedom.
That image was golden.
Pause at 1:53
Lmao
wokest comment, I bet you forget white people went on world wide crusade to end slavery, like in the middle east. Southern half of Africa, black on black slavery never ended.
@@Holypikemanz
>whataboutism
I’m from /pol/ and I still think that’s a terrible argument.
LOL. The eyerolls of the black characters during the "You can't sell me!" protests is friggin EVERYTHING.
Yeah as if that only happened to black people.
@@robertisham5279 happened to my country too when we were sold to the Yanks by the Spanish or the Castilles as we call them here.
Population of Louisiana: We want citizenship
America: Best I can do is maybe in the future
That’s a possibility.
America: Come on, it's not like Napoleon gave you the vote.
Wait, did French colonies even get representation in the First Republic? My understanding was that for the entirely of the First Republic there was only one election anyway- which was cancelled :D.
Fun fact: they all (the white ones, at least) became citizens.
iirc they were provided some form of citizenship by the deal.
Louisiana (at the southern end) became a state in 1812, Missouri 1821, Arkansas 1836, Iowa 1845, Kansas 1861, Nebraska 1867, North and South Dakota and Montana not till 1888!
It's like some guy on the internet said: "Napoleon's story is so crazy, that him selling half of the US territory is only a footnote
Napoleon: I'm going to take over the world!
Also Napoleon: I'm going pay for it by selling the other half!
I love how so often in history a place is “ruled” but in reality the power just say they rule it with very little actual ruling
Which makes even more sense why countries would sell off such territories. The land is too weakly protected to resist being conquered if another nation wanted to.
They held up a sign expressing their opinions in 1-3 words.
And immediately Dollar General stores began appearing across the frontier.
5c General
@@tallthinkev Whoa whoa! Let's not get crazy here! This is the frontier, people aren't rich here you know.
@@tallthinkev more like Penny General, and before the Purchase, Centime Général.
It was actually Dollar Liutenant back then.
"Baguettes are now Breadsticks"
Teaching History 101
Noooooon pourquoi
1:51 "Many took to the streets to protest their sale" ... ... the slaves' reaction, priceless.
Fun Fact: Louisiana is the only state in the US that uses Napoleonic Code. Those two years of control made a whole lot difference. Thanks Napoleon.
whats napoleonic code?
@@leeanderson8773 it's a different legal system from the rest of the country it's based on French civil law instead of English common law
@@leeanderson8773 So all the nations of Europe had their own legal systems which formed from the systems of government from the medieval period into the early modern era. America, being founded by former English colonies, adopted Britain's basis for a legal system called British Common Law.
However the French Revolution, wanting to overturn old medieval laws set out to make a new legal system. One that Napoleon would shape. Thus it was called the Napoleonic Code and it became the basis of law in much of Europe, and former colonies of France (Including Louisiana). Even after Napoleon was ousted.
As well as the only state to have Parrishes (instead of counties-note that Alaska has Boroughs instead of Counties)
Quebec also uses the Napoleonic Code despite having been under British rule during the Napoleonic era. Some variation or derivative of it quickly replaced the previous system in most civil law jurisdictions (and Louisiana and Quebec had well enough established legal systems, including existing contracts, property and such that it wasn't worth changing it locally when they got absorbed by a common law state - civil law was the baseline European legal core since the Romans so it wasn't particularly alien or weird).
Napoleon's reforms of the Roman derived civil law tradition were the most important modernization and recodification of the civil law tradition since the Code of Justinian in the 6th century. It was highly influential or flat out adopted in many places that use the Roman legal tradition (most of Europe, many of their former colonies and Japan oddly enough). The reason it's still the heart of modern civil law today isn't because Napoleon stayed the master of Europe. It's because it was a much needed and pretty well done reform at a time the reform was needed, much like Justinian's were.
The common law tradition (the other big European legal tradition) is pretty much limited to the England and places it colonized (so it's mostly just an Anglosphere thing, minus Scotland).
I do believe that Quebec and Louisiana are both considered hybrid systems since they use civil law for some matters and common law for others. I know that criminal law, constitutional law and federal laws are common law in Quebec while provincial laws, property, tort and contract are civil law. I had heard that Louisiana had a similar split.
2:32 Uncle Sam looks like he's being a bit careless with that sparkler
@@flynn659 it's just so subtle, there's a lot of those kinds of jokes just in this video!
2:09 American here. I've never heard of the Pirates of The Mississppi but I am suddenly intrigued
„Adler geht hier“ in the german flag? 🤣
Ok, the literal translation back to English would be “Eagle walks here”. Correct would’ve been “Adler hier”, or “Adler hier einfügen“.
But still funny anyway. 😂
I find that quite unintentionally hilarious! I am interested in Germany, but I did not know that about "geht"! You would have to wonder why a _Reichsadler_ would walk instead of fly! Thanks for the humor!
Tbf he probably used Google translate and the "eagle goes here" became "Adler geht hier"
Das heißt ja schließlich auch: "Praktiker. Gibt's nicht, geht nicht." Mit der Anwendung dieser Logik macht "Adler geht hier" wieder Sinn. 😄
"People called Romanes they go the house?"
The USA just gained some serious core territories.
Also, the US seems to have a habit of just buying large pieces of land from Empires that don't need them.
But they didn't have enough admin to state it
Explains why it remained a territory for so long
Over-extension is no joke.
The united states came into existence right when the European powers left the new world so it was easy for the united states to expand
@@barnapetriko1913 Vicky 2 reference, right?
Like a Baguette reacting to being put on the same plate with an English breakfast
Coming from a still native French area of there. This is true. Yet if I had to add anything I'd say that it didn't help that the American government tried to "Americanize" creole children in the same way as the Native Americans. The US still had to honor old laws preexisting the purchase (which is why LA laws are wacky). My favorite bit of history is how they had to honor old grants (they couldn't seize and pay like everywhere else) and a dude had actually been granted rights to land and water on both sides of a very important waterway in the North part of the state. He charged a fair toll for residents and LA creole businesses but would charge thousands of dollars to Americans and the government, offering a discount later when they offered to not tax him in exchange of usage right. The Government eventually bought that grant off his family for millions.
Can you speak le french? If you do, is it the same as the French spoken in France. I'd imagine 250 years of separation would change the language quite a bit
They also attempted too irradicate louisiana french and discourage parents from teaching it, which is why it's a dying language.
well if they didnt that territory would have ended up like Quebec and the US of A would have become like Canada where everyone would be forced to read French everywhere and on everything😅
@@justanamericandoggo6725 good! I'm from Europe and I know most non-French ppl here dont like them
@@Hobbes4ever much preferred to Spanish everywhere….
Taxation without representation.
Britain: Oh so it’s okay if YOU do it?
Only if it’s temporary
They would still be french if the US didn’t have the financial backing of James Bisonette.
ong, that guy is a hero and it would be weird to not hear his name at the end
Damn, you beat me to it.
I was snacking when I read this, you twat ^^
They are still there, they just speak english. 😉
Napoleon saw the writing on the Wall. Haiti rebelled against him, and he was planning for war in Europe. He didn't have the Money, and America did.
It was mutually beneficial for both sides. France's American Empire ends, and Napoleon get money for his warchest. America get's land that is fertile land, which expands our farms, and food supply, and we get Cities like New Orlands, and St. Louis that are vital to our trade.
Again beneficial for both.
2:48 except for the small section given to Canada 😉
WAIT WHAT
@@cirroc213 Yeah, dont you remember the nearly perfectly straight border to the Pacific? It goes over that. They didn't bat an eye when it was given to the British in an Oregon related treaty though
We had that section, it was just traded away in a future treaty.
@@Snoflakes_1 so some farm land out west is traded for some territory in Oregon huh I don’t know who had the better deal what was the deal called
@@cirroc213 The Louisiana Purchase included some territory north of the 49th parallel. So when the US and UK agreed on the US/Canada border at the 49th Parallel the US gave up some territory in present day Alberta and Saskatchewan
Love your videos. Everyone should know *some* history but it's always been "know names, dates, places or know nothing and be an idiot." This is such an engaging, entertaining way to get a large number of people the simple historical awareness we should all have, short of those that are in fact history majors. Keep making videos, keep educating, keep giving us the context we need.
"I'm back from school mother, viva la Francé"
"Howdy son! Did ya get yer learning done at school today?"
"M- mom?"
They would've been happier if James Bissonette purchased it
What about boggly voogly
The amount he must have donated to this channel mean he could probably afford it
The James Bissonette territory.
Creole being used to mean mixed race is very rare from my experience in the US, I've only ever heard it used to describe creole people that are French heritage or added onto French when describing different versions of the language.
Dude I am this guys definition of “creole” because My people have been here from well before it was America and I would never call myself creole. That is primarily for mixed race people and they’re often sensitive over it
@@voiceofreason2674keksimus maximus, they cry over accurate terminology.
Ironically for me, in my lang creole turned racial but for our side while still being used to describe a certain culture which varies from region to region.
Actually, I was quite strange with the translation given it modernly did not meant what for us means LOL
The fact the French so quickly sold it off to the Americans after being returned resulted in a funny occurrence in St Louis known as Three Flags Day- where due to news not reaching the city until after winter had passed, the Spanish Lieutenant Governor of the City met with the American Lieutenant Governor at the Spanish city hall and switched the flag from the Spanish to the French, and then to the American over a 24 hour period.
It would be hard to accumulate enough administrative powers to core such a huge swath of land.
But the event gives you free cores if you buy the land.
It was mostly 1/1/1 provinces tho
I bet they used the console to get those admin points.
The british administered large lands like canada and australia.
@@jmgonzales7701 they had cheat codes
Once again, he answers a question no one asked. We need more.
2:31 Nice detail there with Uncle Sam accidentally burning the Creole's wheat.
Didn't notice that before! Nice Easter egg!
Baguettes are know breadsticks
*Screams in horrified French*
Short, easily watchable videos with just the right amount of context to understand the content. Clear, entertaining (even funny) and enlightening, they leave you wanting more.
Among the best history channels in English, for sure! Keep up the good work 👍
1:52 "You can't sell us!" the guys on the right, "yeah, whatever."
"baguettes are now breadsticks"
I almost spit out my coffee when I saw that. You kill me with these signs. I love it.
1:39: TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
Creoles: *America, you became the very thing you swore to destroy*
I'm quite sure nobody said nothing like that but it had to take time to administrate the territories into individual states
Another masterfully produced video. This channel's a treasure
My French ancestors were in New Orleans and around Baton Rouge as well when this happened. Trying to understand Louisiana history can be a bit confusing because of the numerous changing of "owners" that took place in a relatively short period of time. Thanks for the video HM.
These are great videos that really well describe events in history that most people don’t think of. Very cool!
Every time one of your videos shows up in my feed it makes my day!
"After the purchase, President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to check it out and they discovered that it not only contained Louisiana, but a a bunch of other states."
David Barry
These videos are the highlight of my week.
When he said ( 1:51 ) "Saint Louis, and New Orleans were Angry". The Sign said "You Can't Sell Us" I was Like Really Dude, and then I saw the two Brothers giving Side Eye and I was Like "RIGHT" LOL
Thanks for this one! Love learning about things I've never thought about!
I guess you have to take a few liberties to keep things brief, but the "potential future maybe" at 1:43 is kinda slanted. As noted, the Louisiana purchase was in 1803. Louisiana became a state in 1812. That's only 25 years after Delaware (being the first state to do it) ratified the constituion in Dec 1787. I'd say that's fairly quick for a brand new country lacking any type of fast communications. There were 12 other states formed in whole or part from this purchase of territory. The last state to be admitted to the union from it was Oklahoma (1907). As for taxation without representation at 1:40 these were tariffs and excise taxes (taxes on business and imported goods), the individual income tax didn't come for another 100 years with the passage of the 16th Amendment in 1913.
Yeah, nice video but all of that rhetoric wasn't grounded in history at all.
All American shows up dressed like uncle Sam saying "sup nerds?"
Classic
0:49 "Adler geht hier" - this is why I love this channel (If you don't know it literally means "Eagle goes here")
Not quite. As a German I read “Eagle walks here”. But still funny though. ^^
@@PascalHorn
Dachte ich mir auch.
🤣
@@PascalHorn Is it motion towards?
I love your dives into the bureaucratic drama of small historical moments like this so much.
You guys have the best history channel on the web.
Would love to hear you talk about when Spain got the Louisiana Territory after the war, the openly rebellious outrage of the Creoles, and the reaction of Spain sending the ruthless Alejandro O'Reily to "straighten things out" for them.
Another neat story is how Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle founded the territory, promised he'd be back to the natives but got lost in the Gulf of Mexico on his second trip, and was mutinied in Texas when he ordered they should just walk back to Canada and figure it out from there.
I would have mutinied too if someone told me 'oh yeah lets just walk back to Canada' in fucking Texas.
Like the German coast (Cotê des allemands) rebellions for instance
You might find it interesting that as a person from Louisiana, I'd say we use the word Creole on an everyday basis in the non-racial sense that you mention.
Creole is the culture based around French tradition, especially the traditional cuisines that are starkly different from the Cajun tradition.
For us if anything it's about class and wealth, not about race.
I don’t agree I’m descended from French colonists and none of us call ourselves creole. We cook a lot of meals we call creole like shrimp creole but for people that’s mixed race people from New Orleans or around natchitoches
@@voiceofreason2674 That's exactly what I'm saying.
On an everyday basis we use the word in the non-racial sense, to refer to cultural things like food. That's aside from people themselves.
@@volkris ok so you’d agree that you’d never call a white person creole right ?
@@voiceofreason2674 sure but I wouldn't call any person Creole. In common usage, we just don't use that term to apply to a person.
Sure, technically and historically there might be grounds to use the term that way, but just as a matter of daily life it doesn't come up like that.
@@voiceofreason2674
There's many older Cajun people who refer to themselves as Creole.
There's many other places in Louisiana where people identify themselves as Creole and its not just the mixed race populations.
Yet again, an answer to a question that never even occurred to me. Thats why I love this channel
I never thought about this topic before but when I read the title I suddenly realized I desperately had to know the answer before I could move on to anything else. Thank you for that
“What was Vietnam like after the Vietnam War?” For a future video?
It was very communist.
China invaded not to long after.
Communist and deadly
Very vietnamese
Same thing all communists do mass rapes, killings and indoctrination. Watch an interview of Tu Lam talk about it.
Many French-speaking black people in Louisiana were often able to own land (and slaves) under French rule. US purchase of the territory stripped them of many of their rights.
Ik ur using conquest to validate ur point, but it makes it extremely opiniated looking and invalidates it even though it’s true so I would change it to purchased but ur choice
@@bigchungus1920 that was not intentional I changed it to purchase
Yes the "gens de couleurs" were the black class that owned property, slaves, etc due to their unique status as mostly being children of slave mistress and Frenchman (sometimes spanish). Like most Latin cultures in the America's, they had their own social caste based on their status of what they can and couldn't do.
I'm assuming they were still able to own slaves, considering there were thousands of Black slave owners living in the South by the time of the American Civil War.
@@nileshkumaraswamy2711 ok nice sorry if I came off pretentious that was not my intention
America: buys Louisiana and it's people
The Creoles: "WHAT!! you can't buy us, rule over us, and not give us all our rights. this is outrageous"
Their slaves: "First time? :| "
USA to the Creoles: 'Taxation without Representation'
UK: *You Bleeding hypocrites.*
I've been desperate to know this since 4 seconds ago when I read the video's title
is creole the french equivalent of the Spanish "criollo"?
Not really... its originally Portuguese but the Spanish and French used the word in various spellings.
Yes in the sense of referencing those born in the colonies (and solely in the historical context) but there could be some degree of nuance there perhaps as well. A simple rule of thumb would be the lower social class would have a more and more of a local culture kinda vibe going, as the higher classes would emulate more and more the metropol/Europe.
Also in Louisiana, Creole is like a distinct culture (and cuisine) alongside Cajun and they’re not exactly interchangeable. If I recall Cajuns were at the least specific definition “rural creoles” but to be particularly specific, if I remember correctly, a Cajun is a rural descendant of those who came from Arcadia up in Maine after the French ceded that territory.
@@jonathanlagace7974 Wasn't Acadia in what is now Nova Scottia?
@@jeffbenton6183 Acadia includes a part of Maine, a part of New Brunswick, a part of the Maritimes, and a part of Nova Scotia.
@@jonathanlagace7974 I’m saying this as a Louisiana creole myself,it’s also an ethnic group as well and not just a culture and food. Also even within Louisiana there are different creole subcultures like with that of Saint Martin Parish vs. that of New Orleans,hell the people have completely different accents and they prepare the same foods in different ways
What I like about this channel the most is your dry sense of humor.
"we don't make deals with terrorists"
Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte: 😆😆
I don't get it.
More like rebels.
Napoleon was not a terrorist to the Americans tbh
@@LordJaric Thomas Jefferson technically WAS a terrorist due to the whole 'American Revolution' thing. From the British perspective at any rate.
The U.S. was, much like during the early years of both WW1 and WW2, neutral. Despite the Louisiana Purchase, both Britain and France started seizing American merchant ships, leading to the Americans passing the Embargo Act of 1807, allowing the U.S. to cease shipments to/from both countries. While Britain was able to get around such, via Canada, the Embargo Act had a great effect on the economies of all three nations, and as such, was later repealed. (Although Britain's continuation of seizing American merchant ships and forcing their crews to serve in the Royal Navy against their will lead to the War of 1812.)
I'm really missing the sarcastic/ironic/dark humor joke at the end, after all the names...
Fun fact: Canal st. in New Orleans (as well as other medians) we’re called neutral ground as it separated the American settlers from the creoles in the French quarter. The influx of wealthy Protestants buying rural land also upset the catholic creoles as it shifted power dynamics in the area.
The little fire starting in the field at @2:32
How did the Mexicans living in the former Mexican States (California New Mexico, etc.) react to the Mexican Cession?
There were not many Mexicans in that regions.
@@user-xb9yv2ci4c exactly. There wasn’t much colonization other than “we own that” while pointing to a vast land
@@user-xb9yv2ci4c There were more Mexicans than the number of European settlers in Louisiana Territory which was the subject of this video.
Its was almost empty lands with mostly natives
@@davidjoelsson4929 more people than the Louisiana Purchase.
Creoles: "You can't just sell us to another country!"
Napoleon: 🎶 "How 'bout I do anyway?" 🎶
Napoleon.
Not a very nice person.
@@alanpennie8013 but atleast he’s average height for the time. Right?
@@realm0dev515
Well, for a man from Corsica.
Who surrounded himself with big guards.
@@realm0dev515
Definitely not a runt.
Baguettes are now breadsticks 😂
How about the Cajuns leaving Acadia to settle in Louisiana as sequel?
And then the Cultural Genocide of the Cajuns from 1921 to 1970 by Huey Long as a part 3
@@Anis-zc9rw Sponsered by Standard Oil. ;)
@@Anis-zc9rw Tell me more about this, please. I know some things about Huey Long, but I don't no anything about his relations with his Cajun constituents.
@@Anis-zc9rw c'est quoi l'histoire ?
Louisiana 1768 revolution for me
Once again great little history piece. Keep up the good works.
I love how things went from land being sold to the US and the people being at least somewhat upset, to these days when there's movements in Quebec, Alberta, and literally the entirety of Northern Mexico to join the US
Well, it’s never too late to expand those borders, doesn’t matter how weird they look.
Nah we've got too many internal issues. This salty comment section is proof of it.
I've never heard of Quebecers wanting to join the US. I think you misunderstood what Quebec wanting to leave Canada means. They want to be their own country, not part of a 3rd world country.
Last time US tried to annex Canada in 1812-1814, they made lenghty fights in English Canada, and one final attempt against French Canada. The Frenchmen neatly defeated them, they preferred to be French subjects of the King than to be drown in an US english-speaking republic.
And most probabky the entire south west of USA is about to join Mexico, due to demography.
@@WildBluntHickok "3rd world country" lmfao how privileged and ignorant can you sound
0:13 Nice James Brown reference
Another great history lesson, well done guys
"You can't sell us." Brilliant.
Also, thank you for not including what was West Florida in your "Louisiana Purchase" map. It's one of those details that means you adhere to the local story of it being Spanish occupied at the time and not the "official" US history of it being part of the Purchase.
Against that, the northern-most part of the Louisiana Territory ended up being part of France, so the statement that it would forever more be part of the US is... wrong.
Never a factor of history I've considered, but glad that I now know.
"And the Louisiana territory would be forever incorporated into the United States." ya know other than that one itsy bitsy tiny rebellion.
That was a failed attempt, not an actual separation. They were doomed by everything from being that addicted to abusing Black people for money to a weak federal government to make Queen Elizabeth II look large and in charge.
Nicely explained.
Just as a note for your information: in the US Creole is not typically assumed to be a racial term but a cultural term typically differentiating between Cajun or the the Rural French population of Louisiana and the Creole or Urban French population of New Orleans and Baton Rouge for example. Sometimes it might be in reference to Haitian and other French Caribbean immigrants but those are context sensitive.
Just to put the 60K population into perspective, 1 hour after this video being uploaded it has nearly this many views
That number is inaccurate it was closer to 500,000
Indiana was populated by southerners that were more easily able to migrate up the river system from the deep south. It explains the cultural difference I noted as I drove through Ohio and Indiana to visit with my cousin just over the border in Illinois. A marked difference in civil planning, road maintenance etc., were clearly visible in crossing the boarder into Illinois.
Was literally watching another one of his videos when this one got posted.
"which raises the question.." I was ready to say "why?" but that "how" has caught me off guard
Holy shit I never knew I wanted this question answered
Can you please make a video on how the Mapuches of South America managed to resist colonization for so long? (three centuries) They were absolutely fierce fighters, and the Spanish never reached the southern point of South America.
The fire starting in the field for a brief second was an excellent touch.
this channel’s history videos are so entertaining
2:48 Wide Florida isn't real it can't hurt you
Wide Florida :
And then the government enforced English and banned French, forcefully assimilating the francophone population. Sucks how French has died in Louisiana due to imperialism. My family is Louisiana creole.
I remember some of my older relatives speaking Cajun French when I was younger. We still use some words and I am also learning more French.
@@macdaddychene That’s great, a lot of people are relearning nowadays. I recommend getting a french frequency dictionary, and a free audio lesson I use on languagetransfer you can can find online or on the app store. A lot of people are relearning nowadays, I hope people stick with it. I also listen to a lot of french music from Louisiana and elsewhere and watch some french tv to get some practice, gonna get sling tv soon mostly for the french language stuff to get some practice. Bon chance, brotha, hopefully more people in your family start learning too after you, I know it got my family learning again.
What if Louisiana Purchase did not happen
@@vishalnarayanasamy8767 Louisiana would be much more similar to Quebec these days, most likely, and the west coast would likely still be hispanic and native
Never saw history made so smart and funny. Thanks.
1:52 this image is golden