The Articles of Confederation - Constitutional Convention - Extra History - Part 4

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  • 📜 The Articles of Confederation and the History of the United States, Part 1
    The war finally ended and the United States secured their independence from Great Britain, but immediately their Confederation seemed to be on the verge of falling apart. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison teamed up to organize a new convention where all the states would not just reform the Articles of Confederation, but replace them entirely.
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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  7 лет назад +808

    The Revolutionary War has ended... but the Articles of Confederation appear to be falling apart with it. This needs to stop.
    PLUS! Join our friend Cody from the Alternate History Hub for a look at what might have happened if the Articles of Confederation remained the law of the land! ruclips.net/video/x1NTboCDbtk/видео.html
    Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: goo.gl/HkzwQh

    • @oddish2253
      @oddish2253 7 лет назад

      On the next episode of Extra Credit: Cincinnatus

    • @d0ntfeedphil447
      @d0ntfeedphil447 7 лет назад +1

      Long Live the Republic

    • @tisFrancesfault
      @tisFrancesfault 7 лет назад +1

      Pat because it was the French that won the war, thus you are inconvenienced to travel them.

    • @darvish2012
      @darvish2012 7 лет назад

      You forgot to mention that when the Consitutional Convention started only eight delegates (individuals) were present.

    • @shiron222
      @shiron222 7 лет назад +3

      ...Did you just get the illustrious Cody to cameo??? HOLY SHIT!1!11???

  • @AlternateHistoryHub
    @AlternateHistoryHub 7 лет назад +4209

    I like barging into videos. They never see it coming. Great video guys!

  • @quintiax
    @quintiax 7 лет назад +3160

    When you forget to lock the door and an alternate history takes place.

    • @Tytoalba777
      @Tytoalba777 7 лет назад +235

      Happens to me every saturday. I forgot to lock the door this morning, and then Soviets barge into my house looking for wolverines.

    • @TheRex290
      @TheRex290 7 лет назад +121

      James A Clouder I had the opposite problem. I locked my door Saturday night, and woke up the next morning to hear my door breaking. Next thing I knew there were crusader in my house claiming it for Christendom.

    • @Gilman93
      @Gilman93 7 лет назад +98

      it happens a lot, i once forgot to lock the door of one of the walls of constantinople, next thing i knew is that now the city is called Istanbul

    • @CoffeeSuccubus
      @CoffeeSuccubus 7 лет назад +2

      Gilman93 So you came out in 1923?

    • @jeannebouwman1970
      @jeannebouwman1970 7 лет назад +10

      But what if you did lock the door?

  • @gnyrinn
    @gnyrinn 7 лет назад +1904

    So, Madison knew exactly how nice it was to have Washington on his side.

    • @gbird.
      @gbird. 7 лет назад +92

      gnyrinn
      SOUTHERN MOTHERFUCKING DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS

    • @funnysillyclown
      @funnysillyclown 7 лет назад +56

      *spits out beverage*
      AHAHHAHAHAAAA-
      *cough*
      *cough*
      WhEeEzzzEEeeEe

    • @emilywilson8448
      @emilywilson8448 7 лет назад +79

      It must be nice
      it must be nice...

    • @mlovecraftr
      @mlovecraftr 7 лет назад +41

      A+ reference wordplay

    • @samlane5270
      @samlane5270 7 лет назад +32

      Gbird OH. Let's follow the money and see where it goes.

  • @Rehteal
    @Rehteal 7 лет назад +532

    I like how Washington is essentially America's historical Commander Shepard.

    • @-AirKat-
      @-AirKat- 6 лет назад +75

      Rehtael I'm George Washington, and this is my favorite state in the union

    • @brendanrisney2449
      @brendanrisney2449 5 лет назад +47

      I'm George Washington and this is my favorite plan for a new constitution.

    • @Tallahassee21
      @Tallahassee21 3 года назад +12

      You mean commander shepard is video games futuristic george washington.

    • @Rehteal
      @Rehteal 3 года назад +6

      @@Tallahassee21 I meant what I said and I said what I meant
      This is my favorite store on the Citadel, one-hundred percent.

    • @Tallahassee21
      @Tallahassee21 3 года назад

      @@Rehteal can't argue with that.

  • @MineCartable
    @MineCartable 7 лет назад +355

    Sure, when he barges in, it's all "Oh, who are you? Wow. You sound fun."
    But when I do it, it's all "Get out of my house", and "I'm calling the police."

    • @mrandrews3616
      @mrandrews3616 6 лет назад +46

      When I do it it's "The restraining order was not optional!"

    • @mr.potato8258
      @mr.potato8258 5 лет назад +1

      lol

    • @russellbrown6888
      @russellbrown6888 5 лет назад +10

      At least you're not shooting a gun into their ceiling when you come through the door, a la Bismark.

  • @Kipark52
    @Kipark52 7 лет назад +580

    I never knew that the reason the Brits stayed in their Western forts was because of our treatment of Loyalists. We were just told in school that the Brits just ignored that part of the treaty and were basically being jackoffs and I never took the time to look into it.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 7 лет назад +58

      It happens. Question everything!

    • @ZanathKariashi
      @ZanathKariashi 7 лет назад +73

      it was actually due to fighting off an alien invasion. Brits holding the forts was just a cover story. All of history is just to keep us in the dark about the constant struggles against the alien menace that has tried to rule over us all since time immemorial.

    • @MrMarinus18
      @MrMarinus18 7 лет назад +63

      It actually doesn't make sense otherwise. After all the West was a pretty barren land so why would the British keep thousands of expensive troops for a land that doesn't have much to offer? The British soldiers were there to protect British loyalists and if congress can't do that then they have to.

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 6 лет назад +38

      Not to mention, well, if the Confederation was on those weak of legs, the brits in those forts could simply walk east and reclaim those territories for the crown, because why not.

    • @kape1154
      @kape1154 6 лет назад +5

      ShadeofMagenta Do you also realize, we weren't fighting against the crown, bit the greedy corporations? That is why so many were still loyal to the crown. And now look at us.

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean 7 лет назад +501

    Originally, only 20,000 people were needed for a new state? That's twice the size of my college graduating class, and half the size of my hometown. I went to a big college, but my hometown is just a town. I can't imagine either of those being considered to be on a similar scale to a whole state.
    It's easy to forget how _tiny_ the world was back then.

    • @namingisdifficult408
      @namingisdifficult408 7 лет назад +7

      Timothy McLean indeed

    • @Starfloofle
      @Starfloofle 7 лет назад +19

      Would have been nice if it stayed tiny, if you ask me

    • @sceerane8662
      @sceerane8662 7 лет назад +5

      TAmari why?

    • @PinkSCynicism
      @PinkSCynicism 7 лет назад +44

      Let's remind ourselves that this was before some of the people you might have studied with were considered people. This were supposed to be farming land that would produce the nation's capital, this means extensive batches of territory dedicated exclusively to the growth of vegetables, the breeding of animals and of course, the keeping of slaves.

    • @Kyrator88
      @Kyrator88 7 лет назад +23

      The world wasn't tiny, the USA was just a poor shitty underdeveloped wasteland that no one wanted to move to until the mid 1800's

  • @AndyG94
    @AndyG94 7 лет назад +856

    Oh I am sure Hamilton and Madison will remain friends forever :)

    • @preoklenthe
      @preoklenthe 7 лет назад +10

      What happened between them? I am not very familiar with US history.

    • @legionxiii8055
      @legionxiii8055 7 лет назад +141

      preoklenthe Hamilton and Madison decided to part ways when the partisan politics of the US began to spring up. Madison decided to join with his fellow Virginian, a well-known man, drafter of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson. As they believed that the Federal Government was getting too powerful and they promoted states rights and the rights of the farmers (whom Jefferson loved btw).
      Meanwhile, Hamilton decided to join the Federalist Party, with John Adams, a lawyer from Boston and a big diplomat to France, Britain and the Netherlands. They believed that the Federal Government should be more powerful and supported Federal Rule over trade, taxes and a national debt to be created. They had a lot of support by the elite and also had more favour with Britain. Hamilton and Madison would come into conflict a lot of times after this, with Hamilton supporting a strong Centralised, Federal Government with a Strong Centralised, Federal Bank. And Madison supporting a weak Government with strong states, he wouldn't allow the Articles of Confederation to come back however, he just wanted to keep the States' Rights alive.

    • @ronaldmullis8636
      @ronaldmullis8636 7 лет назад +6

      preoklenthe Madison shot Hamilton in a duel and he just died

    • @rebecca4680
      @rebecca4680 7 лет назад +75

      I Randomly Post Everything : That's not true. It was Aaron Burr that shot Hamilton.

    • @ronaldmullis8636
      @ronaldmullis8636 7 лет назад +39

      Rebecca shit I'm stupid as fuck

  • @CazTheGamerGuy
    @CazTheGamerGuy 7 лет назад +145

    It really is nice to have Hamilton on your side.
    And Washington. And Madison.

  • @totofan4ever
    @totofan4ever 7 лет назад +444

    John Jay got sick after writing 5.
    Madison wrote 29.
    HAMILTON WROTE THE OTHER 51!!?!

    • @carily67
      @carily67 6 лет назад +48

      Why do you write like your running out of time?

    • @unitednations774
      @unitednations774 5 лет назад +22

      Write day and nigh

    • @hamiltoneuzarraga6546
      @hamiltoneuzarraga6546 5 лет назад +15

      No America without Hamilton

    • @apexhunter935
      @apexhunter935 5 лет назад +3

      That song

    • @gazepreyed
      @gazepreyed 5 лет назад +13

      Everyday you write like your running out of time, are you running out of time, are you running out of time?

  • @FiauraTheTankGirlGamer
    @FiauraTheTankGirlGamer 7 лет назад +1013

    Cody, randomly raiding other history channels because well, he can.

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 7 лет назад +6

      Fiaura The Tank Girl It's only fair

    • @sebastienrosenthal891
      @sebastienrosenthal891 7 лет назад +34

      He raids people's channels in an alternate timeline.

    • @VCYT
      @VCYT 7 лет назад +8

      But whats the alternative?

    • @Ahmadabdal_
      @Ahmadabdal_ 6 лет назад +10

      Cody = mongol confirmed

    • @michaelr3583
      @michaelr3583 6 лет назад

      Yeah, but what would have happened if he didn't?

  • @Sahil-oq8ki
    @Sahil-oq8ki 7 лет назад +225

    Am I the only one who's seeing parallels to Gran Colombia, how Bolivar didn't have people like Franklin, Madison, or Hamilton? Maybe Gran Colombia is the example of what would have happened if the US didn't have these people who were willing to work to keep the nation together.

    • @Zalied
      @Zalied 7 лет назад +24

      Gran Columbia had many issues that wherent just people issues. i think a large part was making them feel as one. the soldiers all felt like a union which is a large populous where as for GC everyone was more for themselves added in other issues. in my opinion (which means ignore this) GC was never going to work without going through many more years of strife bloodshed and reworks even if they had a more dedicated people.
      with that said im almost always in favor of larger unions when they work.

    • @AlphaSections
      @AlphaSections 7 лет назад +33

      I understand that both countries seemed similar but unlike the United States, Gran Colombia never held onto a single national identity. Nueva Granada (today's Colombia), held the capital but the people of Venezuela despised letting their rivals become the heartland and capital of the nation. And the mountains and vegetation made holding places like Peru, Panama, and Bolivia a nightmare.
      Remember that Spain and her colonies all followed the French model of government. In France, the capital is the center of politics, economics, and military power of a nation and to not have it in your region essentially make your region a backwater state.
      This contrasted with the thirteen colonies whom followed constitutional government model. Where, like in England, power was invested in both the delegates of parliament (MP) and the executive power the monarchy. Also since the Glorious Revolution, the Dutch merchant republican government greatly interested Enlightenment thinkers into following the Dutch idea of a Stadtholder to act like a monarch but with provincial delegates as the real holders of power.
      This decentralized system allows economic, political, and military efforts to be spread more evenly throughout the country. This is the reason why the capital of the United States, Washington D.C., isn't really that important outside of political affairs even today. As compared to Paris, which is far more developed than any other part of France.

    • @Acularius
      @Acularius 7 лет назад +4

      Works that way in Canada as well too. (Decentralised system)
      Ottawa looks nice, but the money is in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary (last I checked). To some degree Montreal, but I mostly hear the former three I mentioned.

    • @AlphaSections
      @AlphaSections 7 лет назад +1

      Yeah I noticed! I live in Chicago so I've been to Toronto and Montreal before!

    • @MrMarinus18
      @MrMarinus18 7 лет назад

      The United states weren't that united when they became independent either. They also touched on countries with and without claims and things like border disputes were flaring up.

  • @robtoe10
    @robtoe10 7 лет назад +108

    That was really crafty. I'm not American myself but I can appreciate the Founding Fathers as being clever, charismatic and humanly imperfect people!

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 5 лет назад +3

      to bad many of the ones we forget about were the shitty ones who nearly fucked the nation over. (the ones like Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Madison, they are while flawed in some ways, the true founders as they laid down the path America was to take, if only we could continue that path rather then argue over many other paths including foreign ideologies which have snuck into our nation)

    • @kakahass8845
      @kakahass8845 10 месяцев назад

      I'm 6 years late but I'd say owning slaves is a little worse than "Imperfect".

  • @davidawakim5473
    @davidawakim5473 7 лет назад +91

    I Love how that animated girl to the left hid behind the books at the end :)

  • @AegixDrakan
    @AegixDrakan 7 лет назад +311

    But the big question is...Was someone else in the room where it happens? :P
    (Also, the artist impresses me with her ability to turn 4 books into a full blown book fort. That's a heck of a talent)

    • @fireaza
      @fireaza 7 лет назад +55

      She's an artist, she can simply draw more books!

    • @sammym2511
      @sammym2511 6 лет назад +9

      _power_

    • @ElainesMakingVids
      @ElainesMakingVids 4 года назад +1

      fireaza i remembered a little kids show and what they drew came true (hey that rhymed)

    • @dihydrogenmonoxide6231
      @dihydrogenmonoxide6231 3 года назад +1

      THOMAS CLAIMS

  • @hoodiesticks
    @hoodiesticks 7 лет назад +173

    Throughout this series, America felt like an immature kid throwing tantrums, while not really understanding how the world works. Then over the decades it started growing up, going through a brief teenage rebellious phase in the civil war, experiencing both the joys and the horrors of adulthood with the roaring 20s and the great depression, and now finally in the 21st century America is a tired old man who just doesn't care anymore.

    • @guamsoncruz5107
      @guamsoncruz5107 4 года назад +1

      Well damn... couldn’t have said that better myself

    • @kaistephens2694
      @kaistephens2694 4 года назад +5

      and these days he's falling apart

    • @cantspeakcantspeak79
      @cantspeakcantspeak79 4 года назад +8

      and remember
      thats just within two centuries

    • @stephenjenkins7971
      @stephenjenkins7971 2 года назад +9

      @@kaistephens2694 Oh boy, I have to tell ya; the rest of the world doesn't look much better if the US of all places is falling apart lol

    • @randomdude7651
      @randomdude7651 2 года назад +2

      @@stephenjenkins7971 it's what seems to happen to every country, no country stays good forever.

  • @Shovlaxnet
    @Shovlaxnet 7 лет назад +173

    "He needed starpower. He needed-"
    LIN MANUEL-MIRANDA?!
    "-George Washington."
    ...Oh.

  • @doubledouble4g379
    @doubledouble4g379 7 лет назад +239

    'Inventing Bifocals' is an interesting euphemism for 'Seducing French Women'...

    • @AlphaSections
      @AlphaSections 7 лет назад +8

      HAHAHAHHAA! BEST JOKE YET!!!

    • @SuperWelsh93
      @SuperWelsh93 7 лет назад +34

      Double Double 4G Well he did invent bifocals around thhis time. Now the question is did he invent them for the sole purpose making the transtition faster from work to play time.

    • @AlphaSections
      @AlphaSections 7 лет назад +22

      He knew his priorities. He focused on speeding up work so he could return to the beds of licentious women.

    • @masterofmundus1304
      @masterofmundus1304 7 лет назад +17

      The First American Playboy

    • @SB-iy9vn
      @SB-iy9vn 7 лет назад +4

      Benjamin Franklin is a low key womanizer

  • @princesskatie331
    @princesskatie331 7 лет назад +71

    That Hamilton... he's just- NON-STOP

  • @bernardo4157
    @bernardo4157 7 лет назад +123

    The best part is that you uploaded this 10 seconds after alternate history hub uploaded a video about the same thing. Well kinda, but still

    • @gosucab944
      @gosucab944 7 лет назад +19

      in before you see the end

    • @Jamie-kg8ig
      @Jamie-kg8ig 7 лет назад +9

      That's how I knew it was a colab.

    • @Healermain15
      @Healermain15 7 лет назад

      Or as I like to call it: Fake History.

    • @DylanDude
      @DylanDude 7 лет назад +5

      +sander heutink Well, of course. I don't think anyone claims alternate history to be real history.

    • @drskull.
      @drskull. 7 лет назад +1

      sander heutink what you think "alternate" means? True and accurate history? What happened history?

  • @JarroHood
    @JarroHood 7 лет назад +114

    10:12 ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY BOOK FORT! IT WILL PROTECT US ALL!

    • @woxof46
      @woxof46 6 лет назад +3

      LOL!!! I burst out laughing at sight of the awesome book fort!!!

    • @ironhorsehistorian9871
      @ironhorsehistorian9871 6 лет назад +2

      Because Knowledge is Power

  • @NeverDoubtTheWorm
    @NeverDoubtTheWorm 4 года назад +14

    Ahhh this is SO dope. I remember learning about this in history class and thinking “This is so awesome, states should just be free to do whatever” until my history teacher pointed out several reasons why the the country would fall apart of this ever happened 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @emperorromanov9035
    @emperorromanov9035 7 лет назад +18

    Speaking of dysfunctional Confederations, you guys should make an Extra History series on the Holy Roman Empire. Either an overall history, the Reign of Charles V, the attempt at Imperial Reform, or it's final moments before being slayed by Napoleon.

  • @Andriak2
    @Andriak2 7 лет назад +21

    I didn't get a sense of james madison's political prowess from the hamilton musical, glad it was explored here.

    • @stevenchoza6391
      @stevenchoza6391 3 года назад

      To be fair, he was more of a bit player in Hamilton’s story compared to Jefferson, Washington, and Burr.

  • @reikomyles1495
    @reikomyles1495 5 лет назад +5

    Madison was laid back, intelligent, and savvy. His amiable persuasive demeanor convinced his fellow Virginians including (Washington) on board his Virginia Plan/Constitutional ship.👍

  • @pragmat1k
    @pragmat1k 7 лет назад +12

    I love James Madison. Such a clever, quirky little guy.

  • @mmmirei
    @mmmirei 3 года назад +6

    So, in roughly 40 minutes, you guys were able to tell the story from pretty much the beginning of the war, all the way to when the constitution was signed, which, coincidentally, is what we have been learning about in my US History class since FREAKING OCTOBER. Ugh

  • @thegrumpydragon7601
    @thegrumpydragon7601 7 лет назад +164

    I came from alternate history hub :)! And like what i see.

    • @mr.bluefox3511
      @mr.bluefox3511 5 лет назад +1

      as soon as i saw him, and he said "What if that story never happen?", i yelled "!! CODY !!"

  • @Blue2x2x
    @Blue2x2x 7 лет назад +4

    2017: In the past, our government had pride for themselves​, respect for there fellow neighbors and united as one.
    1780's:
    "Screw off, You're not my dad!"
    "pfft...Not my problem"
    "Taxes? I owe you nothing!"

  • @InfiniteLegoWorks
    @InfiniteLegoWorks 7 лет назад +105

    That fort at the end, quality, Intruders may get into the studio, but none shall breach Fort Determined

    • @masterofmundus1304
      @masterofmundus1304 7 лет назад +4

      Love the pic Comrade, but you should've​ Photoshopped Red Son Superman in that pic.

    • @April_a26
      @April_a26 6 лет назад

      Master of Mundus the best superman comic

  • @WhammyReviews
    @WhammyReviews 7 лет назад +38

    What, no mention of Shay's Rebellion? That was a pretty big factor in influencing the debate on the Articles of Confederation due to the size of the rebellion and the economic situation that lead to it happening.

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 3 года назад +4

      @
      Whammy Analysis
      RE: "What, no mention of Shay's Rebellion?"
      You're absolutely right. Shay's Rebellion should have been included and you're also right about its influence on the congressional deliberations.

  • @dlang6487
    @dlang6487 7 лет назад +8

    9:39 Delegates from 12 of the 13 states met at the Convention. Rhode Island boycotted the convention and 2 of the 3 delegates from New York left. In fact, Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the Constitution years after it went into effect.

  • @roryokane5907
    @roryokane5907 6 лет назад +9

    Ah. The return of the “we cool?” shades.
    Also, loving the book fort at the end.

  • @anttibjorklund1869
    @anttibjorklund1869 7 лет назад +178

    Another "Hamilton the Musical" reference.... me like.

    • @robertwalpole360
      @robertwalpole360 7 лет назад +14

      It's only natural, considering the subject matter. ;)

    • @mikked01
      @mikked01 7 лет назад +5

      Robert Walpole Figured I would find you here, Hamilton Musicals are where the REAL money lives.

    • @joseph-medicis
      @joseph-medicis 7 лет назад +17

      My musical will be better.

    • @roguishpaladin
      @roguishpaladin 7 лет назад +6

      Is your musical the third part of the Adams/Hamilton series? I always figured it'd be Monroe...

    • @joseph-medicis
      @joseph-medicis 7 лет назад +3

      Yep

  • @SchiferlED
    @SchiferlED 7 лет назад +11

    Let this be a lesson to all about what an "Us vs. Them" mentality does to a society. Progress happens when we all agree that we need to work together and make a society better for everyone instead of focusing only on ourselves or the groups we occupy.

    • @WannabeCanadianDev
      @WannabeCanadianDev 7 лет назад +6

      Okay but, many groups can only take their interests being shitted on for so long before they get fed up. The perspective of the person with a boot on his neck is that he wants that damn boot off right the fuck now. Also in this case pretty much everyone largely wanted the same thing.
      There are plenty of Us vs Them counter examples where it's clear there is no reasoning or compromise that will get a common understanding without paying too high a price. Think about the US Civil War; sure remember Lincoln *probably* would have been fine with making zero effort to free the saves in existing slave states; banning slaves in new states was the existing compromise; but the Southern elites knew that their entire way of life would die without the steady expansion of new slave states who would gain increasing power in Congress to eventually do away with it.
      After a certain point Lincoln and the Radical Republicans came around to the idea that there was no longer any compromise to be had; the war would be fought to its conclusion and slavery had to be purged from the earth with fire and salt; the South as we see got off too easy with Reconstruction. A house divided cannot stand.
      In fact the entire reason why the Civil War happened was because when the Constitution was signed they agreed to basically hit the Snooze button the question of Slavery and came up with a bunch of "compromises" to basically just agree to disagree for 100 years and it *ended with violence and war*.
      To get the constitution even enacted here; a lot of people had to basically compromise on fundamental human rights, think about that for a second. It isn't a ringing endorsement as we would like; terrible shit happened as a result that doesn't begin to get rectified for over a century, and another century after that.

    • @WannabeCanadianDev
      @WannabeCanadianDev 7 лет назад +2

      No it was quite obviously racism. The entire society of the south was an ever living atrocity; the entire purpose of slavery wasn't just economic, but a means of social control. The control of the landed gentry was predicated on a quaint 19th century version of "temporarily embarrassed millionaires." A lie that any white southerner could own a slave and no matter how poor he may be, his station and position is still superior to that of the negro*. EVERYTHING about southern society was meant to justify the cause of slavery and its perpetuation.
      The idea that the "statesmen" of the south wanted to sell their slaves is pretty much false; the entire constitution of the Confederacy made it illegal for any southern state to abolish slavery, and they fully intended on expanding slavery through the conquest of Southern American territory to acquire more slaves or territories where slavery could be made legal and expanded.
      *Blergh at having to say this.

    • @frankharr9466
      @frankharr9466 7 лет назад +1

      Well, not EVERYTHING about Southern socity was about justifying slavery, but WAY too much was.
      It was one of the worst things Southerners ever did to one another. And I put it like that deliberately black Southerners were Southerners too. The fact that whites couldn't or wouldn't see it is part of the tragedy.

  • @troyp467
    @troyp467 7 лет назад +62

    God dam rights Cody drops in with some Alternate History. I got a good laugh from that.

  • @manguy01
    @manguy01 7 лет назад +8

    Fascinating details! I can't wait for the lies section! I'm so glad you did a series on this.
    As a conservative, a lot of my friends often forget that our federal government exists for a reason and that you can't just "deregulate all the things!"

  • @matthewtrujillo7228
    @matthewtrujillo7228 7 лет назад +2

    For those of you who have seen Hamilton, yes he DID talk for six hours straight at one point during the constitutional convention.

  • @bobolobo9487
    @bobolobo9487 7 лет назад +54

    I knew it was suspicious having two channels posting at the same time on the same topic >:o

  • @mestre12
    @mestre12 7 лет назад +253

    do you guys always leave the door unlock? Geez man

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 7 лет назад +6

      I'm sure Indy from The Great War channel let him in

    • @bonemo7783
      @bonemo7783 6 лет назад +14

      It was Walpole

    • @tuckercarlson3127
      @tuckercarlson3127 6 лет назад

      yes

    • @darthrevan4933
      @darthrevan4933 5 лет назад

      Considering Cody was holding chains and a padlock I think they tried to lock the door

  • @sonagihan9589
    @sonagihan9589 7 лет назад +6

    me: kicks down door
    me: DID SOMEONE SAY ALEXANDER HAMILTON !!?!?

  • @hfar_in_the_sky
    @hfar_in_the_sky 7 лет назад +2

    At 10:11 I was like "Wait, I KNOW that voice. ...Yes! Alternate History cameo!"

  • @poletooke4691
    @poletooke4691 4 года назад +1

    @6:28 and what a spectacular show Alexander Hamilton made!
    ~ Sincerely, 2020

  • @holdencovington151
    @holdencovington151 7 лет назад +113

    So you're saying that Hamilton...
    ...wasn't throwing away his shot...
    ...I'll see myself out

    • @the.dandy.man2
      @the.dandy.man2 7 лет назад +9

      no no stay

    • @tommykarrick9130
      @tommykarrick9130 7 лет назад +3

      "No no stay"
      "Fucking die"
      _theres two kinds of people_

    • @tommykarrick9130
      @tommykarrick9130 7 лет назад +1

      Jeez somebody doesn't like Hamilton
      I haven't even seen it but I highly doubt it's half as bad as people on the internet that are too cool for popular things say it is

    • @the.dandy.man2
      @the.dandy.man2 7 лет назад

      would you believe me if i said i wasn't aiming to start a fight?

    • @marloyorkrodriguez9975
      @marloyorkrodriguez9975 3 года назад

      Ah he learned to talk less and smile more…

  • @isaakao1
    @isaakao1 7 лет назад +54

    That was a very tasteful crossover, nice job guys.

  • @wacko5914
    @wacko5914 5 лет назад +1

    It's always nice to listen to Extra Credits old videos and then hear a voice you think you heard before and it's a RUclips channel you watched in the past as well.

  • @onemanjack6912
    @onemanjack6912 7 лет назад +2

    "A friend told me you guys like to leave your studio open so guests like me can drop by" Holding up the lock he'd picked to get in.
    Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how every time there's a guest appearance the EC team makes a new clever joke about it?

  • @skuba16
    @skuba16 7 лет назад +5

    Damn it extra credits, will you never stop working with every channel I love!

  • @Ladscastlads
    @Ladscastlads 7 лет назад +19

    I was watching and I was thinking the whole time "WHERE THE HELL IS MY HAMILTON" And then about a quarter in I'm like noice... but I NEED MORE GOD DAMMIT.

  • @UltraXStreams
    @UltraXStreams 7 лет назад +1

    Oh god, that bit at the end put a smile on my face. I just found the SUDDEN BOOK FORT so cute and hilarious.

  • @David-fm6go
    @David-fm6go 5 лет назад +2

    The end with the open studio/lock door, reminded me of Liberty's Kids when James and Henri kept trying to gain access to hear what was happening in the First Continental Congress. This was later repeated in the final episode, which was the constitutional convention.

  • @horselover9393
    @horselover9393 5 лет назад +5

    I learn more from this channel than I do from my actual history class...

  • @Paperfiasco
    @Paperfiasco 7 лет назад +6

    This makes me hope George Washington himself gets a shot at Patreon votes for a future topic, it'd be interesting to see how you guys handle him - good and bad. As an American, I'd like see a full picture take on a man we've thoroughly placed on a pedestal. (coincidentally, this is why I loved AC:3)

  • @sclair2854
    @sclair2854 7 лет назад +18

    HAMILTON AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

    • @simplyjay3638
      @simplyjay3638 5 лет назад +3

      *I was chosen for the constitutional convention*

  • @NJLGamer
    @NJLGamer 7 лет назад

    these videos were uploaded the day I graduated from high school with all the parties and the actual graduation this past weekend I am now just getting back into my more daily routine with RUclips and these 2 channels are easily some of my favorites. Both these videos and my (senior/ Junior) history teacher really made me enjoy history much more then ever.

  • @Coryn02
    @Coryn02 7 лет назад +4

    Gotta say, I'm so glad Alternate History Hub made an appearance. Cody's stuff is so great.

  • @alanstewart9576
    @alanstewart9576 7 лет назад +9

    6:23 insert Hamilton reference

    • @Phoenix_guitar
      @Phoenix_guitar 5 лет назад +1

      "I am not thowing away my shot!"
      "My name is Alexander Hamilton, and there's a million things I haven't done but just you wait! Just you wait!"
      "Laurens I like you alot!!"
      "Madsion you mad as a hatter so take you medicine!!!"
      "You're like me. I'm never satisfied."
      "You're kidding?!

  • @clhoney85
    @clhoney85 7 лет назад

    Extra Credits + Alternate History Hub. That was a pleasant surprise! Still smiling.

  • @benjipixel1438
    @benjipixel1438 4 года назад +1

    The way how Extra Credits explains history with these comical pictures is the BEST

  • @ZlatkoTheGod
    @ZlatkoTheGod 7 лет назад +27

    "History has its eyes on you..."

    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 6 лет назад

      The Red Baron And Benjamin Franklin's bifocal on you.

  • @Unseenarchivist
    @Unseenarchivist 6 лет назад +3

    Honestly, going through this series, It's a miracle America even succeeded at all. That and it's always been a self interested clusterfuck .

  • @comusrules1244
    @comusrules1244 3 года назад +1

    This is amazing. I’ve learned SO MUCH more than I ever have about the beginnings of our country. It’s crazy how these states/founding fathers bickered and nit-picked over such important things as simply paying these poor soldiers. Who absolutely earned their pay! Wow. THanks Extra History!

  • @halcyon9911
    @halcyon9911 6 лет назад +2

    As a British guy who knows Fuck all about American history this was a super interesting series!

  • @dylanlcreser
    @dylanlcreser 7 лет назад +80

    Who else got really angry with the states?

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 6 лет назад +7

      Sir. Robert Walpole
      Because of course you did.

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 6 лет назад +5

      Sir. Robert Walpole
      So how did you profit, anyway?

    • @erikcummings3125
      @erikcummings3125 5 лет назад +2

      If you live in illinois you're still angry

    • @synthstatic9889
      @synthstatic9889 2 года назад

      Maybe having a nation of composed of semi-autonomous states isn't a good idea. Maybe that's why we were unable to get rid of slavery without having a civil war. Maybe that accounts for most of what's wrong with our country today.

  • @farhanatashiga3721
    @farhanatashiga3721 7 лет назад +9

    10:11 Scott! _did you forget to lock the door?!_

    • @raptormaster666
      @raptormaster666 6 лет назад

      I'm trying to remember the name of that video. :P

  • @Johntheblack99
    @Johntheblack99 7 лет назад +2

    I need more Hamilton and Constitution creation!

  • @joshn2564
    @joshn2564 7 лет назад +2

    Important lessons for small government advocates to be gained by knowing the consequences of a weak confederation. In parallel every centrally planned economy suffers just as much inability to maintain its military and treaties as well.

  • @barleysixseventwo6665
    @barleysixseventwo6665 6 лет назад +6

    Lilenne what are you doing!?*I am fortifying this position...*

  • @andrewrendon7789
    @andrewrendon7789 7 лет назад +6

    Oh joy! I thought y'all had forgotten to upload the video today!

  • @Tokuijin
    @Tokuijin 6 лет назад +2

    It's pretty sad how so much was fought for, for even that much, but now it's mostly falling a part.
    Some part of me weeps for this country, really

    • @5678sothourn
      @5678sothourn 6 лет назад +2

      Tokuijin Its just hit a trouble spot, not even as bad as during the Great Depression, new deal, or the lead up to the war of 1812

    • @xplinux22
      @xplinux22 6 лет назад +1

      To be fair, the United States has been in far worse positions in the past. Just look back into the early 1800s, the 1920s, and the pre-war 1930s. Things aren't too dandy right now, sure, but if you take its entire history into account, America isn't doing bad. It's just... meh. Hopefully it'll lift itself back up again in the future.

  • @phylippezimmermannpaquin2062
    @phylippezimmermannpaquin2062 5 лет назад

    will's little book forth is precious

  • @wilfredomartinez4788
    @wilfredomartinez4788 7 лет назад +8

    Sometimes, you need to trick even your heroes into doing the right thing. ;)

  • @joseph-medicis
    @joseph-medicis 7 лет назад +36

    We cool?

    • @TheIbney00
      @TheIbney00 7 лет назад +3

      James Madison we cool

    • @tommykarrick9130
      @tommykarrick9130 7 лет назад +3

      Ibney00 I love this community
      Like seriously where's Walpole I'm sure he's in here somewhere

    • @azelfdaboi5265
      @azelfdaboi5265 6 лет назад

      @@tommykarrick9130 yea

  • @ricardocanestraro9278
    @ricardocanestraro9278 7 лет назад +1

    Maybe you can dive into the details of how they first Colonies were formed.....I an American expat in Brazil and here the colonies were drafted and granted parallel to the equator up to Tordesillas treaty line.

  • @Nohammel
    @Nohammel 7 лет назад +1

    It will be neat if you guy make an Extra History about Alexander Hamilton.

  • @mochihammer5459
    @mochihammer5459 7 лет назад +7

    The hills look kind of cute.

  • @Dodohunter15
    @Dodohunter15 7 лет назад +5

    I was wondering if you could make a video about the independence of Argentina/La Plata from Spain? I'm not sure if it's a terribly interesting event but I'm dying to know what happened since it seemed separate from Bolivar based on your series. Anyone with any info I'd greatly appreciate it.

  • @davalious5107
    @davalious5107 5 лет назад

    I like how when someone just barges in the one on the far left just makes a book fort out of no where.

  • @thenerdycousins9099
    @thenerdycousins9099 2 года назад +2

    “Hamilton got help from his friend, James Madison…”
    Me, knowing about the upcoming two party system: HAAAAA, yeah right

  • @someonerandom4660
    @someonerandom4660 4 года назад +4

    7:05
    If you consider calling your friend "Mad as a hatter" and that he should "Take his medicine" cuse he's in "Worse shape than the national debt is in" good friends then sure...

  • @itsYakuza
    @itsYakuza 7 лет назад +67

    alternative history hub just uploaded a video on articles of confederation
    coincidence?

  • @hgu
    @hgu 5 лет назад

    The drawing of Cody is cool...Cody is not the only one who leaves doors open.

  • @kngpin41
    @kngpin41 3 года назад +1

    I cannot explain how awesome these videos are! Have been looking for an all inclusive series like this!

  • @heirofsilverdew
    @heirofsilverdew 7 лет назад +3

    *sees title*
    "I WAS CHOSEN FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION!"

  • @Starfire861
    @Starfire861 7 лет назад +8

    Anyone else kinda relieved their state showed up to ratify the treaty?

    • @AlphaSections
      @AlphaSections 7 лет назад +2

      Where's New York. WHERE'S NEW YORK!!!

    • @masterofmundus1304
      @masterofmundus1304 7 лет назад +2

      HA! My State was still French at this point in History, after the fighting was done we didn't have anything to do with the Yankee States.

    • @Udontkno7
      @Udontkno7 6 лет назад +3

      My state was still controlled by the Spanish so.

    • @frogcultleader1811
      @frogcultleader1811 5 лет назад

      mine was also controlled by Spain at the time

    • @azelfdaboi5265
      @azelfdaboi5265 5 лет назад

      Mine was kinda sick and came in late

  • @I1LOVE1ROOT1BEER
    @I1LOVE1ROOT1BEER 7 лет назад

    goddamn i was not ready for the sudden appearance of my other favorite history channel to come in like a wrecking ball right at the end in a collaboration

  • @vagrant9414
    @vagrant9414 6 лет назад

    You know your video is good when Cody decides to step in.

  • @DigitalKurono
    @DigitalKurono 7 лет назад +11

    *INSTANT BOOK FORT*

  • @TheKeksadler
    @TheKeksadler 7 лет назад +16

    This entire series has made me realize Virginia was the worst state in this time period in terms of politicians.

  • @bobbyferg9173
    @bobbyferg9173 7 лет назад

    Alternate History Hub and Extra Credits?
    Truly a crossover greater than we can imagine

  • @leihamada4672
    @leihamada4672 7 лет назад

    I am so glad to see this. I love Alternate History Hub and seeing Cody not blocky was so cool. Can't wait to see Extra Credit on his side of the world.

  • @Iamsquiddy234
    @Iamsquiddy234 7 лет назад +8

    Wait how did Lil make that book fort so quick?

    • @sion8
      @sion8 7 лет назад +2

      Practice, I'm sure.

    • @doopboop8359
      @doopboop8359 5 лет назад +1

      By the frequency of people breaking into their rooms im sire that she has a lot of experience

  • @maxmustermann9058
    @maxmustermann9058 7 лет назад +6

    Madison using Inception on Washington.

  • @ConriDubhghail
    @ConriDubhghail 7 лет назад

    That book fort at the end was far too adorable. Don't know why. It just pushed that button.

  • @Mao-qp6rd
    @Mao-qp6rd 7 лет назад

    The book fort at the end was brilliant.

  • @gratuitouslurking8610
    @gratuitouslurking8610 7 лет назад +5

    Maddison + Washington
    The second 'Broath'

  • @petras01582
    @petras01582 7 лет назад +4

    230 years before the movie, Hamilton incepted George Washington.

  • @ZaneteOliveira
    @ZaneteOliveira Год назад +1

    Excellent collection of videos about the Articles of Confederation! Amazing job!!!

  • @yumouwei2661
    @yumouwei2661 4 года назад +1

    It took me some time reading the Wiki page to finally understand how Connecticut would fight a war with Pennsylvania over border dispute