Where US Politics Came From: Crash Course US History #9
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In which John Green teaches you where American politicians come from. In the beginning, soon after the US constitution was adopted, politics were pretty non-existent. George Washington was elected president with no opposition, everything was new and exciting, and everyone just got along. For several months. Then the contentious debate about the nature of the United States began, and it continues to this day. Washington and his lackey/handler Alexander Hamilton pursued an elitist program of federalism. They attempted to strengthen the central government, create a strong nation-state, and leave less of the governance to the states, They wanted to create debt, encourage manufacturing, and really modernize the new nation/ The opposition, creatively known as the anti-federalists, wanted to build some kind of agrarian pseudo-paradise where every (white) man could have his own farm, and live a free, self-reliant life. The founding father who epitomized this view was Thomas Jefferson. By the time Adams became president, the anti-federalists had gotten the memo about how alienating a name like anti-federalist can be. It's so much more appealing to voters if your party is for something rather than being defined by what you're against, you know? In any case, Jefferson and his acolytes changed their name to the Democratic-Republican Party, which covered a lot of bases, and proceeded to protest nearly everything Adams did. Lest you think this week is all boring politics,you'll be thrilled to hear this episode has a Whiskey Rebellion, a Quasi-War, anti-French sentiment, some controversial treaties, and something called the XYZ Affair, which sounds very exciting. Learn all about it this week with John Green. Follow us! http://www.twitter.com/thecrashcourse http://www.twitter.com/realjohngreen http://www.twitter.com/crashcoursestan http://www.twitter.com/raoulmeyer http://www.twitter.com/saysdanica http://www.twitter.com/thoughtbubbler Turn on the captions. You'll like them. Support CrashCourse on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crashcourse
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11:09 also in 2016 when Hillary totally should have won the election.
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"and Jefferson?" "in love with France.." "yeah he's so elitist!
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IS ANYONE HERE NO SINGING A SONG FROM THE HAMILTON MUSICAL!?
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Came for Hamilton
Stayed for John Green because who doesn't love John Green -
Lyrics that I thought in the whole video (IN ORDER):
"HOW DOES A BASTARD, ORPHAN, SON OF A WHORE"
"JEFFERSON'S COMING HOME"
"I GO TO FRANCE FOR MORE FUNDS"
"YOU"LL BE BACK"
"HERE COMES THE GENERAL"
"TAKE PHILIP SCHUYLER THE MAN IS LOADED"
"POUR ME ANOTHER BREW SON"
"IN NEW YORK YOU CAN BE A NEW MAN"
"ATTACK, RETREAT"
"I WILL SEND A FULLY ARMED BATTALION TO REMIND YOU OF MY LOVE"
"JOHN ADAMS? I KNOW HIM..."
"WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL"
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Normal people co - found America so that normal daily living can co - found the Government.
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ALSO ADD 2016 TO THOSE DATES
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Why would the government want to take away freedom of speech? Why was it "up for grabs" ???
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Can i just say - everyone keeps saying this on every single site but HAMILTON WAS PERFECTLY ALLOWED TO BE PRESIDENT AND PERFECTLY ABLE. By the time jefferson had finished his presidency, Hamilton had been grandfathered into citizenship as a result of the consitution. The only thing which stopped him was most likely his affair with Mariah Reynolds and the possibility that he was embezzling government funds.
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Dat boiiiii
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And 2016!
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Just here studying for my APUSH final
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Hamilton still could have been president seeing as he was a British citizen living in the US at the time that the constitution was passed.
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If we assume state's debts the union gets a new line of credit, a financial diuretic how do you not get it?
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I watched this in 8th grade
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Educator here.... would it be possible for Crash Course to provide a transcript in the description? I love your videos, but the students find it difficult to keep up. Thanks!
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3:15 Southern motherFUCKING DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAAAAAAAANS!!!!!!!
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11:11 and lets not forget 2016🙃
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watching this dec 2016- guess who is future president is despite not winning popular vote
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Our history teacher always plays their vids
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