The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies: Crash Course US History #4
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In which John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachussetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can say; ENGLISH people just liked it better that way, and when the English took New Amsterdam in 1643, that's just what they did. Before the English got there though, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated women pretty fairly, and allowed free black people to hold jobs. John also discusses Penn's Woods, also known as Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was (briefly) a haven of religious freedom, and William Penn dealt relatively fairly with the natives his colony displaced. Of course, as soon as Penn died, the colonist started abusing the natives immediately. We venture as far south as the Carolina colonies, where the slave labor economy was taking shape. John also takes on the idea of the classless society in America, and the beginning of the idea of the American dream. It turns out that in spite of the lofty dream that everyone had an equal shot in the new world, there were elites in the colonies. And these elites tended to be in charge. And then their kids tended to take over when they died. So yeah, not quite an egalitarian paradise. In addition to all this, we get into the Salem Witch Trials, the treatment of women in the colonies, and colonial economics. Oh yeah, one more thing, before you comment about how he says we're talking about the American Revolution next week, but the end screen says Seven Years War, consider that perhaps the Seven Years War laid the groundwork for the revolution to happen. Also, turn on the subtitles by clicking the CC button. You'll like them. Follow us! @thecrashcourse @realjohngreen @crashcoursestan @raoulmeyer @saysdanica @thoughtbubbler Support CrashCourse on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crashcourse
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What's to be anti-NJ about?
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men can't be witches
1 a woman thought to have magic powers, especially evil ones, popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat and flying on a broomstick. -
Stop hating on New Jersey ! Don't be resentful just because lumberton township school district decided to banned " looking for Alaska". P.s Stop talking so fast .
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ANDROS' ENEMY IS MYYY ENEMY!
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what about the Swedish?
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Who's studying for finals this week
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Maybe someone told you talking really fast makes you sound intelligent...wrong,
it only makes you seem demented, and difficult to absorb your headline version of history -
Crash course British history would be amazing not boring 😐
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Why do you hate us people living in New Jersey? We're people too!
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0:07 I learned this stuff in a history class
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Thanks for the great videos. I've learned loads. But is there really so little to say about the colonial period? 1600-1750 covers (1) the scientific revolutions of Galileo and Newton, (2) a huge growth in global trade and shipping and (3) the early industrial revolution. I know North America wasn't the driving force behind these changes, but surely the colonists' lives were affected?
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Need more female protagonist XD
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I'm a New Jersian!
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6:50 BOI HE BOUT TO DO ITTTTT
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??????
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I think exposed was spelled wrong it was written expoased
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Hey! The Glorious Revolution is really interesting and the foundation of modern democracies!
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You are by far my favorite person!!!
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Got a lecture on this tomorrow, gonna use that pun you used😂😂😂 Bacon had some beef
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why is he telling us about all
of them why don't they tell us on thing
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