Invasion of Quebec: Battle in the Streets | US History | Extra History | Part 3

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  • Опубликовано: 31 янв 2025

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  • @CMAlongi
    @CMAlongi 6 месяцев назад +531

    Not gonna lie: "On Christmas Day, I will dine in either Quebec or in Hell" is a badass line.

    • @giantWario
      @giantWario 6 месяцев назад +76

      Turned out it was gonna be hell.

    • @yannislaurin-kamouche
      @yannislaurin-kamouche 6 месяцев назад +34

      Québec is worse than hell TABARNAK!!!

    • @olidoyle
      @olidoyle 6 месяцев назад +6

      I recommend La Chope Gobeline!

    • @NoName-hg6cc
      @NoName-hg6cc 6 месяцев назад +2

      "Madness? THIS. IS. AMERICA!"

  • @lariensthe1st191
    @lariensthe1st191 6 месяцев назад +443

    "the snow so high people had to crawl in through upstairs windows"
    Me, a Canadian: "soo... Tuesday?"

  • @thebestteammate6528
    @thebestteammate6528 6 месяцев назад +414

    Morgan: shoots The Royal Navy Officer Named Anderson
    The British: “So you have chosen Death”

    • @brendanrisney2449
      @brendanrisney2449 6 месяцев назад +24

      yeah, bad move

    • @Danthesane
      @Danthesane 6 месяцев назад +18

      Yeah, my sympathy was already low for Morgan, so him doing that just made me think “asshole. That’s not how you ought to engage in warfare.”

    • @brendanrisney2449
      @brendanrisney2449 4 месяца назад

      came back to this video after watching a Fat Electirician video on Morgan and, honestly? I don't blame him anymore. he's a jerk through and through, but the british attempted to lash him to death and he lived. so he's got a bit of a grudge to work through

    • @thebestteammate6528
      @thebestteammate6528 4 месяца назад +1

      At the same time it was because he talked back against an officer which was against the rules and then assaulted the officer resulting in him being knocked unconscious that’s what he was wiped for

    • @brendanrisney2449
      @brendanrisney2449 4 месяца назад

      @@thebestteammate6528 oh, 100%, like I said, he's a jerk through and through. But I understand his position a bit more

  • @nekomancer7026
    @nekomancer7026 6 месяцев назад +1108

    Ah yes, invading during winter. A cunning strategy.

    • @okenwave3119
      @okenwave3119 6 месяцев назад +81

      Wait, no. What's the opposite of cunning?

    • @janetzoll698
      @janetzoll698 6 месяцев назад +122

      It’s a chilling strategy

    • @DragoSonicMile
      @DragoSonicMile 6 месяцев назад +29

      "Wait, no... not cunning. What's the opposite of that?"

    • @AegixDrakan
      @AegixDrakan 6 месяцев назад +50

      It's a BOLD move, let's see how that works for 'em. XD

    • @johnnydarling8021
      @johnnydarling8021 6 месяцев назад +8

      Works every time.

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 6 месяцев назад +355

    US soldiers, "Why are we invading in the winter! This is stupid idea!"
    Heer soldaten, "First time?"

    • @waltertaljaard1488
      @waltertaljaard1488 6 месяцев назад +40

      French solldiers under Napoleon; ''Premiere fois?'

    • @liamcluett6203
      @liamcluett6203 6 месяцев назад +23

      @@waltertaljaard1488Mongolians: Pff, amateurs.

    • @TeutonicEmperor1198
      @TeutonicEmperor1198 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@waltertaljaard1488 If I were speaking Swedish:
      "first time?"

    • @miles_da-tractor_man
      @miles_da-tractor_man 6 месяцев назад +5

      Germans from the future: don’t just don’t

    • @sekh765
      @sekh765 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@waltertaljaard1488 But... but Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, and the Germans Russia in 1941... so really shouldn't the Americans be looking over at both of them like "First time?"

  • @BeardedGorlok
    @BeardedGorlok 6 месяцев назад +106

    This is why i want more Extra History series about Quebec, its history is full of crazy stories and twists and turns.

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 6 месяцев назад +15

      I would too, if the perspective of the locals is prioritized rather than the one of the winners and that they use the modern terms to talk about the people of Québec, "Québécois"

    • @jumperwilli7770
      @jumperwilli7770 6 месяцев назад +10

      I’m a Quebecois and I’m satisfied since a lot of history youtubers ignore to talk about the french the population and motives.
      They always miss a massive amount of details and point. But EH has been pretty accurate.

  • @pavarottiaardvark3431
    @pavarottiaardvark3431 6 месяцев назад +635

    Before the snow spoke Finnish, the snow spoke weirdly accented French....

    • @LordKalte
      @LordKalte 6 месяцев назад +56

      The accent wasn't weird at that time, it was the same

    • @privatefellow6589
      @privatefellow6589 6 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@LordKaltetrue

    • @Kalafinwë
      @Kalafinwë 6 месяцев назад +52

      @@LordKalte Not to be pedant, but it still is normal today. The Parisian french is commonly know as only "French" worldwide. But it is misconception.
      The majority of communities in Picardie, Champagne, and Gasconie as well as Normandie and Bretagne speak exactly like the Quebecers.
      Which is completely normal because most of the settlers of New France were from those specific regions of France.

    • @LordKalte
      @LordKalte 6 месяцев назад +19

      @@Kalafinwë C'est pas faux

    • @etuanno
      @etuanno 6 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@KalafinwëAlso "le Welsch" the Swiss French speak differently.
      As far as my French speaking friend is concerned they speak slower as well as they use more logical numbers like septante (70), huitante (80) and nonante (90).
      I suspect they speak slower because for centuries they had to deal with Swissgermans struggling with French.

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 6 месяцев назад +33

    House to house fighting being fierce, a deadline of "Before Christmas"...somethings never change

  • @abcdef27669
    @abcdef27669 6 месяцев назад +175

    Holy Jesus, this episode was intense! Cannons over sleds and shooting from windows, barricades in every narrow street, A captain escaping a point blank shot towards the face, snow hiding the ground, an officer being shot after ordering the enemy's surrender...
    Stalingrad is the immediate image inside the mind, seeing this.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 6 месяцев назад +20

      The hell of snowy urban warfare does tend to do that. But of course, Stalingrad made this look like a playground spat.

    • @gummilad2
      @gummilad2 6 месяцев назад +9

      @@bthsr7113 Stalingrad was years of siege with brutal attacks by axis forces I’m shocked they survived, they literally had balls of steel

    • @AmericaIsACountry
      @AmericaIsACountry 6 месяцев назад +3

      Just an average day in the Bronx

    • @TeutonicEmperor1198
      @TeutonicEmperor1198 6 месяцев назад +2

      what kind of cannons are light and weak enough so the floor don't get destroyed by the recoil?

    • @shorgoth
      @shorgoth 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@gummilad2 it was about half a year in reality. Also it wasn't so much about having bals of steel and more like having no choice because there were barrier troops shooting at deserters. Same tactic used by Russia now.

  • @PokeDeses
    @PokeDeses 6 месяцев назад +102

    Shooting an officer that was there to parley is what they'd call in military lingo "a dick move".

    • @Kerberlos
      @Kerberlos 4 месяца назад +5

      Yeah, it's usually advised to avoid it and go with the 'NUTS' tactic. Though that tactic wouldn't be invented for another 169 years. :P

  • @AegixDrakan
    @AegixDrakan 6 месяцев назад +105

    That moment when the fog of war clears and you realize you're in range of enemy artillery.. XD Woops!

  • @williamlemay8741
    @williamlemay8741 6 месяцев назад +14

    Love these segments; As a Québécois, it's refreshing to see non partisan mention of this part of our history. I'm a history teacher and it's barely mentioned in official high school material ( I still take time to teach this part to my students ).

  • @loyalpiper
    @loyalpiper 6 месяцев назад +92

    The fact that several highland clansmen exiled from the jacobite rebellion in 1745 fought for the government forces against the contenentals is amazing.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 6 месяцев назад +8

      Standard.
      Your job is warrior and an empire conquers you.
      Serbs did a lot of it.

    • @loyalpiper
      @loyalpiper 6 месяцев назад +17

      @julianshepherd2038 it's way more complex than that, they weren't fighting for independence, they were fighting to over throw the government and replace the king in 1745.
      ironically they fought to keep the same government in control of the colonies for 3 decades later after being exiled to them.

    • @yannislaurin-kamouche
      @yannislaurin-kamouche 6 месяцев назад +1

      Canada is nothing without the francos

    • @loyalpiper
      @loyalpiper 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@yannislaurin-kamouche and?

    • @yannislaurin-kamouche
      @yannislaurin-kamouche 6 месяцев назад

      @@loyalpiper Don't take all the credits

  • @EyalBrown
    @EyalBrown 6 месяцев назад +77

    This was, by far, the most thrilling fight scene in Extra History... uh... history. Hats off to the writing, the animation, the sound effects, and the narration.

    • @extrahistory
      @extrahistory  5 месяцев назад +6

      Thank you!

    • @Im_Iraqi_hello
      @Im_Iraqi_hello 5 месяцев назад

      @@extrahistoryI love history because of you and oversimplified

  • @somerandomguy___
    @somerandomguy___ 6 месяцев назад +16

    This is actually a really interesting battle. Not many assults happen during a blizzard and certainly not so many happen with so few soldiers, so every person in the story becomes more important .

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 6 месяцев назад +97

    The US Attacks on Canada during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 are just so fascinating to study.

    • @hockeyislife2
      @hockeyislife2 6 месяцев назад +20

      especially since they got there asses kicked

    • @brokenbridge6316
      @brokenbridge6316 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@hockeyislife2---Can't argue there

    • @amwoodco3049
      @amwoodco3049 6 месяцев назад +4

      The ones after the american civil war are even more amusing.
      Finians: Let's take that Canadian fort!
      Ottawa: Hey America. Those Irishmen just invaded that fort we gave you. You might want to actually deal with them this time.
      Washington: Fiiiine!

    • @littleferrhis
      @littleferrhis 6 месяцев назад

      Third times a charm

    • @Atharkas
      @Atharkas 6 месяцев назад

      @@littleferrhis They could try and still get their butt kicked.

  • @averongodoffire8098
    @averongodoffire8098 6 месяцев назад +5

    Canadian here, cried out for blood once the parle was violated lmao
    Love this series, grateful for your representation of our history from a southern perspective

  • @DieNibelungenliad
    @DieNibelungenliad 6 месяцев назад +32

    This shows that warfare back then was often chaotic and not just lines of men firing or hitting at one another as has been done since Classical Greece

  • @mariannerichard1321
    @mariannerichard1321 6 месяцев назад +62

    Not only did Carleton witness Montcalm opening the doors and lost in 1759 at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, but he was there too when Murray did the same mistake one year later at the Battle of Sainte-Foy.

  • @philtkaswahl2124
    @philtkaswahl2124 6 месяцев назад +29

    Quebec: "Welcome to Stalingrad!"
    Revolutionaries: "What the devil is a Stalingrad?"

  • @piganagun9069
    @piganagun9069 6 месяцев назад +69

    8:19 Intresting way to hold a musket....

    • @guilhermeSilva-mg8kv
      @guilhermeSilva-mg8kv 6 месяцев назад +24

      Tottaly accurate battle simulator

    • @ItsUpsideDown
      @ItsUpsideDown 6 месяцев назад +22

      The Quebec fighting style, reverse musket

    • @ОлегКозлов-ю9т
      @ОлегКозлов-ю9т 6 месяцев назад +12

      Not only Brits was behind them, they also had muskets behind them!

    • @RozenGermain
      @RozenGermain 6 месяцев назад +1

      Good eye I didn't notice the layering error!

  • @BryceMulcahy
    @BryceMulcahy 6 месяцев назад +8

    As a New Yorker who lives close to these places, I’m so glad you covered this!

  • @cyrus5958
    @cyrus5958 6 месяцев назад +5

    You guys knocked or out of the park with the cinematic story telling and art here! Especially loved the climatic moment with General Montgomery.

  • @AtlasNovack
    @AtlasNovack 6 месяцев назад +15

    For something that was covered for 5 seconds in Oversimplified, this is insane! Good going EH.

  • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
    @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 6 месяцев назад +13

    4:25
    "Until he caught a bullet in Quebec, and well, in sunmary..."

  • @RazSofer-xh3qs
    @RazSofer-xh3qs 6 месяцев назад +14

    Even though fighting in a war in winter is dumb, the soldiers got balls to put themselves into the harsh cold to win the war.

  • @abcdef27669
    @abcdef27669 6 месяцев назад +9

    Is shocking how the way the invaders wanted to use that cannon over the sled sounds exactly like a common concept you see in RTS games:
    New Mission: Protect the Sled Artillery, and use it against the walls.

  • @dz_joystik3450
    @dz_joystik3450 6 месяцев назад +5

    You know it’s gonna be a good day when extra history uploads

  • @motivationaiz
    @motivationaiz 6 месяцев назад +32

    Why do people not get about never messing with general frost😂

    • @VTimmoni
      @VTimmoni 6 месяцев назад +3

      A very successful general indeed.

  • @USB367
    @USB367 6 месяцев назад +9

    Yay another upload! These are the few videos keeping my spirits up lately!

  • @BrunoPremont
    @BrunoPremont 6 месяцев назад +1

    Hi ! I am from Québec City...I once read that when spring came...snow as usual started to melt...and a lot of body buried in the snow were found...

  • @hokkaidorider4296
    @hokkaidorider4296 6 месяцев назад +2

    How has a movie not been made about this epic?

  • @sampeacaml9307
    @sampeacaml9307 6 месяцев назад +1

    I was just about to suggest a few weeks ago that you do some videos about Québec and you did, Extra History! As a Quebecker, I am real happy!

  • @randomcanadianguy9740
    @randomcanadianguy9740 5 месяцев назад +1

    Aaah, Quebec winter's. I had to endure those for like 25 years lol

  • @coygerten6802
    @coygerten6802 6 месяцев назад +3

    Have you considered a short series on the United States Marine Corps? I've found some stuff that goes over major events but rarely ever goes over important people, and usually refers to the Corps as "American forces". It would be nice to get a series that is relatively in depth, and gives proper credit to an organization with such an important part in American history

  • @vwbFILMS
    @vwbFILMS 6 месяцев назад +11

    I like the winter cool but deadly.
    Oh yeah I forgot to mention keep up the good work man. 👍

  • @alexj7440
    @alexj7440 6 месяцев назад +2

    More series on Quebec please! So much interesting history to cover

  • @briannamcdaniel266
    @briannamcdaniel266 6 месяцев назад +3

    Even though I was born in the winter (January 22), I'm not really a fan of how cold it gets during it. But otherwise, another amazing video as always EH!

  • @johnloy3988
    @johnloy3988 6 месяцев назад +7

    While wounded and carried to a makeshift hospital, Benedict Arnold is laying in his cot but brandishing a pistol and sword he shouts to his men to hold fast and fight as quote "we wounded men will fight from our beds!!!! Our dead, fight from hell!!! The rest of you hold your positions!"

  • @Ari.Atland
    @Ari.Atland 5 месяцев назад +1

    7:35 shooting the officer requesting your surrender is kinda metal. Also uncool.

  • @Darkdragon5544
    @Darkdragon5544 6 месяцев назад +6

    Hey guys, one cool topic in the future could be the battle of Châteauguay 😊

  • @TheIrishvolunteer
    @TheIrishvolunteer 6 месяцев назад +1

    You guys set scenes so well in those opening segments, always give me chills!

  • @AndrewGeierMelons
    @AndrewGeierMelons 6 месяцев назад +9

    The one battlefield I have actually visited... Also known as, the most beautiful city in the world

  • @TDsponge
    @TDsponge 6 месяцев назад +1

    When general Montgomery approached those cannons, he should’ve
    Ran
    Away

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 6 месяцев назад +13

    You guys always make My day! Thanks For this ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lizycole8999
    @lizycole8999 6 месяцев назад +2

    Came for Arnold, stayed for Morgan. That was epic!

  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  6 месяцев назад +24

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    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 6 месяцев назад +2

      You guys are the very Best! This series has been SO great! Keep up the good work guys 😊😊❤😊❤😊❤❤

    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 6 месяцев назад

      Bonsoir Plushistoire. Les Quebecois dit: "merde" a Arnold.

    • @also_arles
      @also_arles 6 месяцев назад +1

      You'd think by now a historical event like this would already have a period drama movie of sorts about it. Or maybe it already does! What do I know? 😆

    • @rustern4681
      @rustern4681 6 месяцев назад +1

      the pins are tempting..

  • @Kaiyanwang82
    @Kaiyanwang82 5 месяцев назад +1

    Morgan you absolute madman on those ramparts

  • @harmonyferreira6183
    @harmonyferreira6183 6 месяцев назад +4

    Montgomery biggest mistake was underestimating the Canadians... Never underestimate Canadians

  • @nicholasgignac7065
    @nicholasgignac7065 5 месяцев назад +2

    The snow spoke Quebecois
    “Va chiez osti”

  • @schlirf
    @schlirf 6 месяцев назад +15

    Short form: we got our asses handed to us.

    • @lizycole8999
      @lizycole8999 6 месяцев назад +4

      not before Arnold and Morgan kicked some first

    • @ChrisCrossClash
      @ChrisCrossClash 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@lizycole8999 Both became Tarators, how Arnold came to be under the British ill never know.

    • @lizycole8999
      @lizycole8999 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@ChrisCrossClash morgan never turned traitor

    • @ChrisCrossClash
      @ChrisCrossClash 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@lizycole8999 *Traitors I meant there, spelling mistake😂

  • @BadassSagas-w5j
    @BadassSagas-w5j 6 месяцев назад +1

    super educative :) studying battles around the world for contents i'm working on. it really is helps!

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 6 месяцев назад +4

    This time of week i Always look forward too! Your videos are pure gold😊😊😊😊😊

  • @drcongoorrepublicofcongo9747
    @drcongoorrepublicofcongo9747 6 месяцев назад +2

    Best episode in the series so far

  • @googamp32
    @googamp32 6 месяцев назад +29

    They tried to invade Quebec... During the winter. That's only slightly dumber than taking on the entire Chinese navy with half a dozen canoes.

    • @jumperwilli7770
      @jumperwilli7770 6 месяцев назад +8

      The most fortified NA city and never taken by force (reddition). They were definitely not smart.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 6 месяцев назад +5

    EH! Always love to learn from you guys! You're the Best 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @Sr_Eddie2
    @Sr_Eddie2 6 месяцев назад +2

    I just love filling my brain with more history 😍

  • @KrypticFog
    @KrypticFog 6 месяцев назад

    One of their best episodes yet!

  • @LesHaskell
    @LesHaskell 4 дня назад

    Caleb Haskell, my 4th ggf, had smallpox and missed the attack. When he got back to his company they were all court-martialed since their enlistments had expired at the end of the year, and the new General wished them to stay. Instead of getting whipped they chose to reenlist.

  • @TrafficSkater
    @TrafficSkater 4 месяца назад

    I just love the art style to these videos it’s so cute and simple I love it I love it

  • @remimk
    @remimk 5 месяцев назад

    man the artist really out did themselves here. I love it !😁

  • @Genosho
    @Genosho 6 месяцев назад +1

    Those wax seals were none-too-pleased 😅

  • @OfficialSOUL-Productions
    @OfficialSOUL-Productions 6 месяцев назад +3

    My dose of history is here thanks

  • @MiniJinx1611
    @MiniJinx1611 5 месяцев назад +1

    "And then it got cold, stupid cold"

  • @DieNibelungenliad
    @DieNibelungenliad 6 месяцев назад +3

    They'd probably be better off going in at night during the autumn. After all, snow and ice slows down movement but all their foes have to do is sit nearby their posts

  • @Gidonamor
    @Gidonamor 6 месяцев назад

    I wish the shipping on that calendar wouldn't be so expensive to EU. I'd love that calendar

  • @georgeromo3506
    @georgeromo3506 6 месяцев назад +13

    Captain Morgan's response to the naval officer was so gangster!
    - I demand that you surrender!
    - Uhh, no. (BANG!)
    LMAO

  • @Thatonenightlord40k
    @Thatonenightlord40k 6 месяцев назад +2

    A nice video to watch while on the beach

  • @jameskarg3240
    @jameskarg3240 6 месяцев назад +4

    Always the damn winter...

    • @fantalandia4273
      @fantalandia4273 6 месяцев назад +1

      Joke of rn: Which place has the name winter on it? *Winterswijk* 😅
      Edit: Winterswijk actually means something else rather thna what you’ll think, I’m sorry for the joke. 😐

  • @ceciliasmith946
    @ceciliasmith946 2 месяца назад

    Love the calendar

  • @jays233
    @jays233 6 месяцев назад +1

    You guys should cover the red river rebellion

  • @johnloy3988
    @johnloy3988 6 месяцев назад +1

    Richard is reported to have said that our time on this earth is brief. She lived another fifty years after his death and never remarried

  • @torntokoroa
    @torntokoroa 5 месяцев назад

    No hold on if my father in law sign me up for the military without my knowledge I'd be having some issues. Montgomery is one of a kind bro.

  • @postapocalypticnewsradio
    @postapocalypticnewsradio 6 месяцев назад +1

    PANR has tuned in.

  • @Mrswilliams4112
    @Mrswilliams4112 6 месяцев назад +4

    Nice video

  • @DavidJamesHenry
    @DavidJamesHenry 6 месяцев назад +11

    THE POUTINE WILL BE OURS

    • @lizycole8999
      @lizycole8999 6 месяцев назад +3

      if you don't eat poutine first, the poutine eats you

    • @Jean-PierreGrenier-yl3wp
      @Jean-PierreGrenier-yl3wp 6 месяцев назад +1

      This is how United States got tacos, after invading Mexico…

  • @Leaffer1080
    @Leaffer1080 6 месяцев назад

    Cool video for a Quebecer like me who lives next to quebec . Also , i'd like to know if you did a video about the british conquest of Quebec in 1759 , Almost 20 years ago before this event ?

  • @fantalandia4273
    @fantalandia4273 6 месяцев назад

    Hello, Extra History.
    It has been months since I followed your channel, but I am still subscribed.
    I hope you have good luck continuing your calendar for 2025.
    Thank you, Aldo for reacting to my ex-fan art.

  • @Magmafrost13
    @Magmafrost13 6 месяцев назад +2

    I was not prepared to find out that Quebec has medieval-ass city walls

    • @GiarcraiGO
      @GiarcraiGO 6 месяцев назад

      When I visited Québec city, the walls were intimidating to look at from the lower city. They sit high on natural rock formations that give good sightlines down both directions of the river. Only a few narrow cobblestone roads go up the Citadel from the lower city.
      The plains of Abraham where the British beat the French is at least level ground that can be used to approach the Citadel from the west, but even there, the stone wall is 25+ foot high and lined with cannons and firing ports.

  • @normanfrank1532
    @normanfrank1532 6 месяцев назад

    This was amazing guys!

  • @jrscalemodeling4110
    @jrscalemodeling4110 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great Video loved it!!

  • @maxpower7113
    @maxpower7113 6 месяцев назад

    In an alternate universe Benedict Arnold doesn't have to fix his ships, arrives weeks early to an undefended Quebec, and never betrays the Continental Army.

  • @Rudnaz_127
    @Rudnaz_127 6 месяцев назад +3

    6:43 s m o o t h b o r e moment

  • @missaelcastillo5154
    @missaelcastillo5154 6 месяцев назад +1

    2:23 That was one of the reasons Washington and the Continental Army starved at Valley Forge. If you watched Extra History’s series on the Articles of Confederation, you know that the Continental Congress was printing money because the states didn’t want to give money and as a result, inflation. Washington couldn’t buy anything with his worthless bills.

  • @Boywholikecat
    @Boywholikecat 6 месяцев назад +3

    History & stuff

  • @uriabinenshtok
    @uriabinenshtok 6 месяцев назад

    recommendation: i think you should also do comic/art like books of all of your videos
    say like the Viking or siege of Vienna 1 hour can be a nice book

  • @scandited2763
    @scandited2763 6 месяцев назад

    "You're surrounded! Put your guns d-
    1775 Holster pistol:

  • @ScaerieTale
    @ScaerieTale 6 месяцев назад +1

    Makes me wonder how such an ardently pro revolutionary general like Arnold could, quite literally, become synonymous with the word "traitor" later on, but I admit my knowledge of modern history is a lot patchier than my medieval and classical history

    • @johnloy3988
      @johnloy3988 6 месяцев назад

      Contemptuous of congress, deeply in debt, and with a little inspiration and help from his new bride Peggy shippen arnold, the daughter of a loyalist judge Benedict Arnold decided to turn his coat.
      He had only recently received a letter from George Washington excoriating his behavior while being the military governor of Philadelphia. It was the final straw but in truth he was guilty of everything that he had been accused of including using his position to profiteer

  • @quixote_7
    @quixote_7 6 месяцев назад

    i hope we get a pedro albizu campos series one day.

  • @flavoie
    @flavoie 6 месяцев назад +2

    If you ever visit Quebec city, there is a commemorating plaque in the lower town marking this event.
    "...Near this spot lieutenant-colonel Benedict Arnold was wounded on December 31, 1775, after having taken the first barricade which protected the entrance to Sault au Matelot Street and the lower town of Quebec..."
    History, plus fine dining in the area what more can you wish? Dont answer that... 😂😂😂

  • @PizzaPartify
    @PizzaPartify 5 месяцев назад

    no mention of David Wooster ?

  • @CosmicAggressor
    @CosmicAggressor 6 месяцев назад +2

    I hope this series goes into whatever benidict arnold did to become a traitor. Because I actually don't know.

    • @puppywinkles
      @puppywinkles 6 месяцев назад

      If you just want to know, he became (I think) governor or mayor of a city and then immediately defected to the British side after that.

    • @Strait9730
      @Strait9730 6 месяцев назад +5

      So Arnold's road to treason began when Congress not only denied reimbursement for his expenses but always gave promotion to other men who had more political power. Then when Washington put him in charge as military governor of Philadelphia, he was accused by Pennsylvania governor John Reed for selling off goods and pocketing the money for himself and it did not help that Arnold was married to Peggy Shippen who was a loyalist. When Arnold's charges were dropped, Reed then sent a letter to Washington saying that if Arnold was acquitted then Reed would pull Pennsylvania support from him, so Washington wrote a letter to Arnold saying he will still be charged. Arnold, feeling betrayed by Washington and the country made a deal with General John Andre that in exchange for 20,000 pounds and a military commission and pension he would give Fort Arnold or West Point to the British which would split the colonies in two. Everything was agreed until Andre dressed in civilian clothing was captured and the plans for West Point were discovered in his boot. When Arnold learned of Andre capture and his plans discovered he burned all evidence and left before he was captured and Washington was furious when he learned of Arnold's treason saying "Arnold has betrayed us, whom can we trust now". After that Andre was hanged as a spy and Arnold led a loyalist army against Virginia til 1781

  • @MoonfallEquinox
    @MoonfallEquinox 6 месяцев назад

    I think people keep forgetting that in most parts of Canada, there's snow for more or the year than when there isn't... as in, our soldiers are trained to fight in the snow. It was a terrible idea to begin with

  • @pamelahunt5838
    @pamelahunt5838 6 месяцев назад

    Yesterday I went to Fort Tigrogy

  • @aaronginsberg4993
    @aaronginsberg4993 6 месяцев назад

    Not sure if you're calling the St. Lawrence a sea or saying that the blizzard came in from the east.

  • @squee222
    @squee222 6 месяцев назад

    Moral of the story: Don't go to places where you were not invited!

  • @iansavard4489
    @iansavard4489 6 месяцев назад

    1200 brave and loyal french canadiens served the Crown during this trial. 40 turncloaks were swayed by the Yankees.

  • @skysthelimitvideos
    @skysthelimitvideos 6 месяцев назад +2

    Imagine the world is this has been successful

    • @OdinWannaBe
      @OdinWannaBe 6 месяцев назад

      A french states ? lol

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@OdinWannaBe we're not french, we're Québécois, we might speak french, but we're not french, same as Mexicans might speak spanish but are not spanish

    • @OdinWannaBe
      @OdinWannaBe 6 месяцев назад

      @@Game_Hero I mean, you are right, the original terms used to describe us was Les Canadiens Français, but the British unified lower and upper Canada so.. yeah, for me It's both. locally we call ourselves Québécois, but worldwide peoples knows us as French Canadians. Just look how Céline Dion is presented in her last Olympic appearance.

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 6 месяцев назад

      @@OdinWannaBe that's because we have no backbone and zero self-respect and let outsiders tell our culture instead of ourselves, canadawashed to non-existence, appropriation and exonyms (so self-hating we don't fight to have control of our own name).

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@OdinWannaBe And why do they know us under a condescending culturally inaccurate exonym? Because we have zero self-respect to tell our own story, defend our culture and have us called by our true name.

  • @Msut
    @Msut 6 месяцев назад

    Aaron Burr was there too

  • @FakeBlocks
    @FakeBlocks 6 месяцев назад +2

    Please do the Greek war of independence of 1821 against the ottoman empire next
    I've been asking for this since the first episodes of the sengoku Jidai!!.