France and Spain Join the Revolutionary War DOCUMENTARY

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    Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the early modern history continues with a series on the American Revolution - the War of American Independence. In the first video we discussed the main reasons why the Thirteen Colonies rebelled against the British crown ( • American Revolution - ... ), while the second will focus on the beginning of war, as the two sides clashed first at Lexington and Concord, and then near Boston at Bunker Hill ( • Battle of Bunker Hill ... ). In 1775 and 1776 the war continued with the siege of Boston, American Declaration of Independence, Fall of New York, Battle of Long Island, Ten Crucial Days, the battle of Trenton and the battle of Princeton ( • Battle of Trenton 1776... ), while in 1777 the tide turned with the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Saratoga ( • How Did the Americans ... ). France and Spain joined the war around this time, putting even more pressure on the British, who now had to defend their European and Caribbean holdings, too. Despite the fact that the battles of Monmouth Courthouse and Rhode Island were tactically inconclusive, the situation for the Britain continued to deteriorate.
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    00:00 Intro
    01:59 Diplomatic Situation - French & Spanish Involvement
    06:11 British Strategic Concerns & Carlisle Peace Commission
    08:59 Valley Forge
    11:13 Howe resigns
    12:33 Battle of Monmouth Courthouse
    19:50 Battle of Rhode island
    21:49 Frontier War - Sullivan Expansion & Illinois Campaign
    #Documentary #AmericanRevolution #Monmouth

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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  Před měsícem +18

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    • @heitorfontenele2041
      @heitorfontenele2041 Před měsícem +2

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    • @flighttwentyone
      @flighttwentyone Před měsícem +1

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    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 Před měsícem +4

      You really ought to at least mention the tribes' actual names, even if you're primarily using the settler terms for them. It's the Hodnashone, not the Iroquois, the Onodowaga, not the Seneca.

  • @IanCordingley
    @IanCordingley Před měsícem +253

    "Everyone attack!"
    "RETREAT!"
    "ATTACK!"
    "RETREAT!"
    "What are you doing, Lee, get back on your feet!"

    • @elsauce4873
      @elsauce4873 Před měsícem +19

      ”But there’s so many of them!”

    • @suzannebelanus9061
      @suzannebelanus9061 Před měsícem +15

      “I’m sorry is this not your speed?”

    • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
      @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Před měsícem +17

      Hamiton!
      ...
      Have Lafayette take the lead!

    • @flackstar007
      @flackstar007 Před měsícem +1

      Did he miss his shot?
      Certainly not the one who shot him mwhahahahahah!

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman Před měsícem +1

      @@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Easy there, young Lafayette would have charged the entire British army head-on ! :p

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Před měsícem +174

    Fun Fact: Charles Lee was captured in 1776 by the British just before the Battle of Trenton. And while he was with them he was treated with friendliness n curtesy. Lee often ate with British Officers and would give them advice on how best to defeat the Patriot Forces. Something Washington wasn't aware of as he worked very hard to get Lee back.

    • @theawesomeman9821
      @theawesomeman9821 Před měsícem

      isn't Robert E Lee a descendant of his too?

    • @gamebawesome
      @gamebawesome Před měsícem +24

      Different Lee - You're thinking of Henry Lee III

    • @theawesomeman9821
      @theawesomeman9821 Před měsícem +9

      @@gamebawesome thanks for answering

    • @Carthodon
      @Carthodon Před měsícem +2

      This fact doesn't seem very fun.

    • @shinsenshogun900
      @shinsenshogun900 Před měsícem +1

      Oddly, these intelligence eventually gets outdated by the end of the wintering in Valley Forge

  • @firingallcylinders2949
    @firingallcylinders2949 Před měsícem +391

    The Battle of Monmouth Courthouse was one of the few times the reserved, mild mannered Washington tore Charles Lee a new one. Lee had abandoned his position and upon seeing this Washington lost it. Onlookers said his cursing was shaking the trees. Lee was court martialed after the incident.

    • @SimpleNobody2420
      @SimpleNobody2420 Před měsícem +44

      I guess the saying stands true, "Watch Out for the Quiet Ones."

    • @balabanasireti
      @balabanasireti Před měsícem +7

      ​@@paulceglinski7172 I disagree

    • @CondonDonova-gg6bk
      @CondonDonova-gg6bk Před měsícem +2

      He did. How about you?

    • @covertops19Z
      @covertops19Z Před měsícem

      I've read Lee still had British leaning sympathies.. After his being held in captivity by the British Regulars after being taken prisoner by Banestre Tarleton at a New Jersey tavern where he had been drinking and carousing with 304s.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Před měsícem +149

    Fun Fact: At the Battle of Monmouth while Washington was dressing down Charles Lee a Sergeant who was a Connoisseur of Foul Language was near enough to hear it and what Washington said to Lee was the most beautiful thing he ever heard. Which gives you some idea of what was said that day.

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher Před měsícem +26

      Given Washington's customary aloof nature, that must have been at least a year's worth of repressed frustration and anger being unleashed in a veritable dam burst of expletives and implications as to Lee's parentage.

    • @Mustang94c
      @Mustang94c Před měsícem +6

      ​@eldorados_lost_searcher in short Washington made it a point to make lee understand how small and incompetent he was and lee understood where Washington wanted him "lee" to "go"

    • @0giwan
      @0giwan Před měsícem +3

      If memory serves, correspondence between Charles Lee and the British has been uncovered, which kind of shows that Lee was a British agent. Staggering.

  • @muadzazmi9469
    @muadzazmi9469 Před měsícem +53

    Kings And Generals exploring new visuals..nice work

    • @matu-HistoryVideoEditor
      @matu-HistoryVideoEditor Před měsícem +2

      yeah i can see that, it is a great step up from all these years. Good Work Team KnG!

  • @thomasrinschler6783
    @thomasrinschler6783 Před měsícem +79

    The Spanish Gulf Coast campaign against Florida was mentioned at 4:34 - will this be covered in more detail in the series? Galvez ran a very interesting and well-planned campaign against the British in the area.

    • @TheReaperEagle
      @TheReaperEagle Před měsícem +13

      The writer here: It's outside the scope of this series.

    • @bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359
      @bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359 Před měsícem +3

      @@TheReaperEagle Will it appear in the long form video?

    • @TheReaperEagle
      @TheReaperEagle Před měsícem +19

      @@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359 Probably not. Adding the Canadian campaign is the priority and will eat up most of the extra space. The Gulf campaign is a bit much for the remaining space, though if there's enough interest maybe it will happen down the line.

    • @bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359
      @bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359 Před měsícem +4

      @@TheReaperEagle Understandable, will look forward to the release of the remaining videos :)

    • @caniconcananas7687
      @caniconcananas7687 Před měsícem +20

      ​@@TheReaperEaglevery typical in US History after 1823.
      Galvez, the Spanish governor of Louisiana, negotiated with Thomas Jefferson his support to the 13 colonies and expelled the British from the Southern flank of the colonies, the Gulf of Mexico. In recognition, the Congress gave honorary US citizenship to Galvez and several places in the USA were given his name, as Galveston.
      But the memory of the strong is weak.

  • @derekvanbooven7805
    @derekvanbooven7805 Před měsícem +57

    Another note on Spain in the Revolutionary War, Spanish forces assisted the Americans in Upper Louisiana under governor Fernando de Leyba, who provided assistance to the Clark Expedition in Illinois and fought indigenous forces allied with the British at the battle of St. Louis, helping to keep the Mississippi supply route active and deny Britain’s First Nation allies the chance to strike at the American frontier in Kentucky (more than they already had).

    • @rhs5683
      @rhs5683 Před měsícem

      canadian detected

    • @ZudinGodofWar
      @ZudinGodofWar Před 7 dny +1

      ​@rhs5683 I don't know why but you made me laugh

    • @CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr
      @CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr Před 6 dny +1

      @derekv Spain did much much more than that! Spain through the Gardoqui family sent the very first foreign weapons for the American Revolution in February 1775 to Marblehead Massachusetts!
      300 Spanish rifles or muskets and 600 Spanish pistols to start things off! The British that came at Concord and Lexington came to disarm the Patriot militia, most likely knew of the Spanish weapons and came to retrieve them!

  • @tylermorrison420
    @tylermorrison420 Před měsícem +32

    I cannot say thank you enough for your great work
    I appreciate the entire team from top to bottom
    You guys rule my heart

  • @Native_Creation
    @Native_Creation Před měsícem +27

    I expected to see mention of Bernando Galvez' expeditions in the South. I didn't learn till recently that Tejanos also fought in the campaigns, and it's believed that's why American Revolutionaries helped in the first Texas Revolution.

  • @anthonyfenton1644
    @anthonyfenton1644 Před měsícem +25

    I love this series. Keep up the good work.

  • @JayU10
    @JayU10 Před měsícem +20

    Yes! Been waiting for this series to continue!

  • @jasonwalker3185
    @jasonwalker3185 Před měsícem +2

    Thanks Kings and Generals, for everything you’ve given us these past years, you helped me through hard times relearning to walk with rehab and such! I’m on my feet now, can’t thank you enough for all your content that helped keep my spirits up! Happy late Easter to y’all!

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE Před měsícem +2

    Thank you as always for the videos

  • @mahadlodhi
    @mahadlodhi Před měsícem +4

    Great video as always

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme Před měsícem +16

    I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

  • @ethanc1121
    @ethanc1121 Před měsícem +28

    Lord Sandwich!! 🥪

    • @tedcrilly46
      @tedcrilly46 Před měsícem +6

      the first man to come up with the idea of putting meat between two pieces of bread .... no seriously.

    • @MoreOnPleeez
      @MoreOnPleeez Před 10 dny

      Funny, i just watched a video of his descendants talking about the mansion of his they inherited. I guess it took 25 years to get it back into the family. Britain apparently likes to take inherited mansions from families only to neglect them lol

  • @Uzair_Of_Babylon465
    @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 Před měsícem +4

    Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁💯

  • @mikemodugno5879
    @mikemodugno5879 Před měsícem +5

    Awesome video in an awesome series! Respect from a Missouri fan. I've actually visited Forts Kaskaskia and De Chartres. So cool to see Kaskaskia on K&G. Happy Easter.

  • @chasechristophermurraydola9314
    @chasechristophermurraydola9314 Před měsícem +54

    My guess is the next episode will shift focus to the southern theater with the fall of Savannah Georgia and Charleston South Carolina.

    • @TheReaperEagle
      @TheReaperEagle Před měsícem +6

      The writer here: Correct.

    • @chasechristophermurraydola9314
      @chasechristophermurraydola9314 Před měsícem +1

      @@TheReaperEagleoh okay and just saying but I loved how you mentioned Molly pitcher and just letting you when it was showing the battle of Rhode island Monmouth was in the top right corner I just thought you should know.

    • @lastmanstanding-xp3ub
      @lastmanstanding-xp3ub Před 21 dnem

      ​@TheReaperEagle I enjoyed that part about "Molly Pitcher," I'm a history geek (to the point that i watch these videos & channels like people binge watch Netflix shows lol) and didn't really know about that/her, so that little inclusion is one of those fun facts that I really enjoy. Keep up the good work! I find you and other CZcams historical documentarians are far superior to most "professionally" (not to say you guys aren't professionals, im just referring to the documentaries that you would see on cable TV or something) written/produced/advertised/shown/etcetera.

  • @richardtabor8686
    @richardtabor8686 Před měsícem +1

    ty for the content as always.

  • @user-dh8sg8ur5e
    @user-dh8sg8ur5e Před 24 dny

    Thank you for putting the American Revolution Videos together. Great content!

  • @ROBERTOCARLOSVEN
    @ROBERTOCARLOSVEN Před měsícem +23

    Plus Ultra 🇪🇸

  • @CzingerX
    @CzingerX Před měsícem +1

    Fantastic video, thanks!

  • @TheLaxer92
    @TheLaxer92 Před měsícem

    One of the best series on CZcams!

  • @ATH420
    @ATH420 Před měsícem +4

    Great video! Waiting for more of the series mostly for Bernardo de Galvez part so underrated contributor to the US independence

    • @CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr
      @CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr Před 5 dny +1

      @ATH420 Bernie was the best and most successful tactical and strategic commander in the American Revolution! No one compares to Bernardo de Gálvez! Bernie never lost a battle and or skirmish against the British! An absolute win for America!

  • @KapitainZino
    @KapitainZino Před měsícem

    Very, very nice video, i love it! Keep up the good work!

  • @user-qm2wl9ry9n
    @user-qm2wl9ry9n Před měsícem +1

    Very good . I learned a lot for sure .

  • @AtomSonofMan
    @AtomSonofMan Před měsícem +27

    We love you Kings and Generals ❤

  • @riverbluevert7814
    @riverbluevert7814 Před měsícem

    I'm enjoying this series about the American Revolution. Well done and keep going!

  • @AironSmieciowy-di3qy
    @AironSmieciowy-di3qy Před měsícem

    Great video!

  • @elimartinez7704
    @elimartinez7704 Před měsícem +4

    Amazing video as always. My only gripe is that in the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) the only native nation that was a party was the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the land they ceded was largely not controlled by them at the end of the Beaver Wars. That is why the Shawnee rejected the treaty. It would be like Japan in WWII selling Burma to another power just because it was briefly conquered. I think this is important because in the video it seemed that the Shawnee were simply not honoring the treaty, instead of the actual truth which is that the Haudenosaunee were never authorized to cede the land

    • @TheReaperEagle
      @TheReaperEagle Před měsícem +5

      The writer here: Stanwix is a fascinatingly controversial treaty. The bottom line was that it cleared the way for legal European settlers in modern West Virginia and western Kentucky, but the circumstances around the negotiation are murky, convoluted, and controversial.
      The British thought they were buying all the Haudenosaunee claims, only to find out during the negotiations that they weren't. The Six Nations intended to keep using all the territory they'd conquered down to the Tennessee River as a hunting reserve as they had for decades. They just wouldn't settle there or contest Virginian settlers moving in. It also isn't clear if the British knew that the Shawnee, Lenape, and many other small tribes had never given up their claims on the area (and in some cases still lived in the region). You can argue that they should have known, but the Six Nations were representing that they'd conquered and controlled the region to the exclusion of other tribes, so they didn't need to listen to the other tribes. This would have been prohibitively difficult for the British to investigate, so it was one tribes' word vs the others. It highlights the really difficult problem of figuring out which actually held what land and had the rights to it as America expanded.

    • @elimartinez7704
      @elimartinez7704 Před měsícem +2

      @@TheReaperEagle thanks for taking the time to explain! Treaty interpretation is certainly a controversial topic anywhere, but especially in American Indian Law!
      Fair point on the British! They’d definitely lose on the “should have known” argument today, but we can’t delude ourselves by holding 18th century imperial powers to that level of scrutiny 🤣

  • @MattandSadieBug
    @MattandSadieBug Před měsícem +4

    Happy Easter Kings and Generals

  • @soumyadiptamajumder8795
    @soumyadiptamajumder8795 Před měsícem +16

    Yes, both countries aided the rebel colonies. But usually the help of Spain its not often remembered, mentioned or even known. Everyone seems to remember Lafayette, but curiously enough forgets about Bernardo Galvez and how he and the Spanish army at his orders won the English army commanded by John Campbell in the Battle of Pensacola. The help of Spain does not limit to the intervention in one or two clashes. Spain borrow lots of money and deliver war material to the rebels, allowed the rebel ships to dock their ships in their ports.
    A century later, USA thanked the help received by declaring war on Spain and snatching Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines, and Guam.
    In 2014, Galvez was declared by the US Congress as “hero of the revolutionary war who risked his life of the United States people, and provided supplies, intelligence, and strong military support to the war effort”.

    • @LuisBrito-ly1ko
      @LuisBrito-ly1ko Před měsícem +2

      The reason is that Lafayette was with them while the Spanish fought on their own.
      Also, Spain entered the war on the request of France and to get back at Britain, not out of solidarity.
      It was not a formal ally of the US and distrusted republicanism.
      And after this, it’s not like there was full friendship. John Jay, the first U.S. ambassador to Spain, was not formally received at court and Spain also used the natives to block U.S. expansion.
      At some point Spain even blocked the Mississippi to the U.S and it had pursued claims on Georgia and West Florida.
      It wasn’t all negative of course, but it wasn’t rosy either. Spain had antagonized the US long before the Spanish-American War, so there was no “betrayal”.
      US and Spain relations were that of love and hate up until Spain joined NATO more or less.

    • @fredbarker9201
      @fredbarker9201 Před měsícem +1

      @@LuisBrito-ly1koFrance also joined to get back at Britain.

    • @Benito-lr8mz
      @Benito-lr8mz Před měsícem

      i noticed a certain Anti-Hispanism in your words however if the Americans and Spaniards got among so badly because they bought Florida with money with Russia and Alaska .
      They could declared War as happened with the Mexicans and more of facts that dismantles your thesis Bernardo de Gálvez hinself was appointed and the War received by Washington and they saw each other many times during the War and named Gálvez Honorific Citizen of U.S founded localities in honor to Gálvez in Texas.and in U.S is known with the "Pensacola Battle Hero" this title Honorary Citizen no given to many foreigners .
      The President Biden in visit in Spain Talk to Bernardo de Gálvez and the help of Spain to U.S in War of Independence ; in fact Gálvez portrait is in the gallery of Founder Fathers if U.S in the Capitol .
      Do you think that the French did not also have the same or more anymosity towars the English than the Spanish .
      Spain not fight alone there were númerous joint interventions .
      what with the remains of Viceroyalties ( Spain had territories abroad to 1.976) the War of Independence to American-Spanish War passed a century and its a " long time " many many facts in history passed in many less time .
      Its also not true Spain will get among badly with acounting and both be in the same organization; with Franco the thaw of the U.S began and these are time likes in all sides

    • @Benito-lr8mz
      @Benito-lr8mz Před měsícem

      ​@@LuisBrito-ly1koIts a absolutly nonsense say for this Word the French fighting with help for Americans lol the French fighting with minimum equal hate agaisnt English than Spaniard not know this is no learn nothing in básic history ; Spaniard fighting with U.S Army in" permanent conexión" in fact in Pensacola Battle is one of decisión of U.S ask Spain for help

    • @LuisBrito-ly1ko
      @LuisBrito-ly1ko Před měsícem +1

      @@Benito-lr8mz
      I think misunderstood what I said. I didn’t imply that the French did.
      I said the French did fight alongside Americans on the field, while nothing of the sort happened with Spain.
      Not that France fought to help the US in particular.

  • @carlosfilho3402
    @carlosfilho3402 Před měsícem

    A Fantastic Video.

  • @ET-mr4iu
    @ET-mr4iu Před měsícem

    I appreciated the coverage of the western front, I had never heard of these operations before 👍

  • @Lyod13
    @Lyod13 Před měsícem

    Awesome stuff i love it

  • @yourhistorybase279
    @yourhistorybase279 Před měsícem +5

    Von Steuben mentioned!! 🦅🦅

  • @chezburger1781
    @chezburger1781 Před měsícem +1

    Great video, any chance for a seven years war series? Really good backstory

  • @collintrytsman3353
    @collintrytsman3353 Před měsícem +4

    excellent

  • @charlesjohnson6777
    @charlesjohnson6777 Před měsícem +7

    We are very proud of our rich revolutionary war history here in New Jersey

    • @Linkedblade
      @Linkedblade Před měsícem

      Nothing like a route for a christmas gift

    • @seriousbrother2000
      @seriousbrother2000 Před měsícem

      Although the American revolution is portrayed as a war of the meek against the mighty, One must never forget that besides British taxation, the other primary motivating factor behind the American rebellion was slavery, that is the British Empire's gradual move towards abolition even though they were still one of the biggest slave colonizers of that time. This gradual move towards abolition by the british crown "Pre-declaration of independence" Is believed to be the main precipitor towards the American Declaration of Independence, not just taxation, and was motivated by two key British decisions:
      1. The 1772 Mansfield decision rendered by Lord Mansfield Which held that a person cannot be held as a slave in England, even though he may have been previously enslaved elsewhere in the British Empire, and
      2 Lord Dunmore's proclamation of 1775, The Royal governor Virginia, who in no uncertain terms,stated that any black person in the American colonies who rose up against their masters and went over to the side of the British would be granted their freedom.
      It was these two decisions that caused as much uproar in the american colony as taxation and prompted them to declare their independence in 1776, even referring to Lord Dunmore's 1775 proclamation In the "Declaration of Independence" as having caused an insurrection amongst them.
      Needless to say that thousands of African Americans headed Lord Dunmore's proclamation and fought alongside the british for their own freedom. It is also interesting to note that over 300 blacks fought on the side of the Americans at Minmouth, but none of this is mentioned.. Perhaps the most interesting of these unmentioned facts is that a runaway slave from Shrewsbury., a man who would later became known by the name of Colonel Tye, would fight alongside the British at the battle of Monmouth, and so formidable.was his fighting force that his men (Known as the ethiopian regiment or "black brigade") would eventually strike more fear into the heart of the American colonists than the British army itself.
      Colonel Tye went on to participate in several battles and skirmishes in New jersey Including Monmouth and Hunterdon where he captured several high-ranking members of the American militia. He and his men went on to conduct several successful raids and skirmishes in jersey, looting plantations and freeing slaves along with their livestock. He eventually succumbed to gangrene after suffering a gunshot in the leg during a raid on a Patriot's home in Tom's River.
      This is all needless to say that slavery had a more promirole in the American revolution than mere taxes. Look at the fact that General Washington, one of the most prominent figures of the revolution, was one of the biggest slaveholders in the 13 colonies along with Thomas Jefferson. Needless to say that if america's war of independence was really about freedom, Then once Lord Dunmore, Royal governor Virginia, issued his proclamation in 1775 declaring all blacks free who fought along the British, the Americans could have easily countered in 1776 by stating the same in the Declaration of Independence.Although the American revolution is portrayed as a war of the meek against the mighty, One must never forget that besides British taxation, the other primary motivating factor behind the American rebellion was slavery, that is the British Empire's gradual move towards abolition even though they were still one of the biggest slave colonizers of that time. This gradual move towards abolition by the british crown "Pre-declaration of independence" Is believed to be the main precipitor towards the American Declaration of Independence, not just taxation, and was motivated by two key British decisions:
      1. The 1772 Mansfield decision rendered by Lord Mansfield Which held that a person cannot be held as a slave in England, even though he may have been previously enslaved elsewhere in the British Empire, and
      2 Lord Dunmore's proclamation of 1775, The Royal governor Virginia, who in no uncertain terms,stated that any black person in the American colonies who rose up against their masters and went over to the side of the British would be granted their freedom.
      It was these two decisions that caused as much uproar in the american colony as taxation and prompted them to declare their independence in 1776, even referring to Lord Dunmore's 1775 proclamation In the "Declaration of Independence" as having caused an insurrection amongst them.
      Needless to say that thousands of African Americans headed Lord Dunmore's proclamation and fought alongside the british for their own freedom. It is also interesting to note that over 300 blacks fought on the side of the Americans at Minmouth, but none of this is mentioned.. Perhaps the most interesting of these unmentioned facts is that a runaway slave from Shrewsbury., a man who would later became known by the name of Colonel Tye, would fight alongside the British at the battle of Monmouth, and so formidable.was his fighting force that his men (Known as the ethiopian regiment or "black brigade") would eventually strike more fear into the heart of the American colonists than the British army itself.
      Colonel Tye went on to participate in several battles and skirmishes in New jersey Including Monmouth and Hunterdon where he captured several high-ranking members of the American militia. He and his men went on to conduct several successful raids and skirmishes in jersey, looting plantations and freeing slaves along with their livestock. He eventually succumbed to gangrene after suffering a gunshot in the leg during a raid on a Patriot's home in Tom's River.
      This is all needless to say that slavery had a more promirole in the American revolution than mere taxes. Look at the fact that General Washington, one of the most prominent figures of the revolution, was one of the biggest slaveholders in the 13 colonies along with Thomas Jefferson. Needless to say that if america's war of independence was really about freedom, Then once Lord Dunmore, Royal governor Virginia, issued his proclamation in 1775 declaring all blacks free who fought along the British, the Americans could have easily countered in 1776 by stating the same in the Declaration of Independence.

  • @davidmickelson
    @davidmickelson Před 13 dny

    Very interesting!

  • @philly83
    @philly83 Před měsícem +3

    Woohoo. The battle of Ft Sackville got a mention! I'm 6 miles from Vincennes.

  • @THEDAVILAK1
    @THEDAVILAK1 Před měsícem +1

    Great video! Tip my hat 2 u

  • @covertops19Z
    @covertops19Z Před měsícem

    This is the best under 30 minute brief of this time period ever!! Especially time stamp 8:19. This is the first time I ever heard of the Earl of Carlisle's peace commission and it's proposals... BRAVO ZULU!!! Well Done!

    • @covertops19Z
      @covertops19Z Před měsícem +1

      An update.. Actually I had read about the Carlise commision.. I went back and looked it up in the index of David Ferling's WHIRLWIND. I had highlighted it, but that book is so full of important data I'd forgotten it. I highly recommend his book to anyone drilling down into the period of 1763 to 1783.

  • @Reignor99
    @Reignor99 Před měsícem +4

    K&G: "The French had a humiliating defeat"
    also K&G: "An unfortunate set a circumstances left the British with no choice but to fall back"

    • @luxhistoriae1172
      @luxhistoriae1172 Před měsícem

      We already now since he talk about the "great chevauché" and the "Vicious french plunder" that KG is not really objective but that's fine nobody is

  • @skiteufr
    @skiteufr Před měsícem +18

    "England, or later Britain, had never faced France without european allies since the 100 Years war"...

    • @afisto6647
      @afisto6647 Před měsícem +4

      C'est si beau à l'oreille.

    • @fredbarker9201
      @fredbarker9201 Před měsícem +6

      France had a much larger population though and it makes sense an island nation couldn’t one v one the main continental power on the continent.

    • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
      @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Před měsícem +1

      2:32

    • @lecrabesavant4435
      @lecrabesavant4435 Před měsícem +1

      @@fredbarker9201 doesn't change anything since uk was able to form as much soldiers as france duding most of the middle ages (not when Napoleon arrived )

    • @AuriumLarke
      @AuriumLarke Před měsícem +3

      @@lecrabesavant4435 That was only possible because England owned half of France. The Population of England was tiny compared to France but it was in-fact French dis-unity that allowed England to even contend against France. France had far too many powerful dukes that didn't care much for the King. Usually when England Invaded Via Normandy/Flanders etc it would be hard to spot a French Soldier from Southern France because they were so independent. Gascony Troops made up a large portion of the English army because without them the English would have been severely outnumbered.
      Even Henry the V's army was considered large for its time because its not even the issue of finding manpower, its the issue of supplying such a large force in hostile territory. When Scotland invaded while a English army was in France, Thomas Howard raised like 25,000 Men from all over the country. 25k in England and 9k in France.. Meanwhile France raised 30k men like it was nothing from only the Northern territories and also had Tens of Thousands of men along its massive borders with Spanish nations, Italian States and German lords.

  • @dominicguye8058
    @dominicguye8058 Před měsícem +9

    20:37 error: it still says "Monmouth" even though this battle is in Rhode Island...

    • @kaiserwilly4234
      @kaiserwilly4234 Před měsícem

      The actual Battlefield is located in Freehold New Jersey. I visited the site many times and participated in numerous reenactments at the battle site.

  • @saltytbone
    @saltytbone Před měsícem +7

    I enjoy the channel but the maps certainly use some artistic license (eg Philadelphia being on wrong side of Delaware River, Germantown wondering off to NE, Easton sorta ???)

  • @kevinkelleher8708
    @kevinkelleher8708 Před měsícem +1

    I think @20:20 a more Eastern woodland environment/native setting could have been used to bring to point "Drums Along the Mohawk" 👍

  • @Boltpacalypse
    @Boltpacalypse Před měsícem

    My fav series

  • @georgewilkes02
    @georgewilkes02 Před 26 dny

    I hope y’all are planning to cover the Southern Campaign of the Revolution (the real turning point of the revolution). There’s a ton of fascinating battles and characters to cover!!

  • @jimhjortsberg2990
    @jimhjortsberg2990 Před měsícem +3

    "The Spanish King Charles III was also concerned about Spain’s colonies in South America getting
    ideas from the United States and rebelling against him".
    Kinda funny how it was the lack of a king that instead spurred them into rebellion.

  • @Jean_Jacques148
    @Jean_Jacques148 Před měsícem +1

    Can you guys make a video on Toussaint Louverture?

  • @RyanHunter723
    @RyanHunter723 Před měsícem

    I send materials from work down to Englishtown Rd all the time. Monmouth has always been cool to me since I hiked the battlefield as a kid.

  • @MysticChronicles712
    @MysticChronicles712 Před měsícem +2

    Washington, usually modest and mild-mannered, shocked Charles Lee at the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse. Washington lost his footing when he saw that Lee had left his position. Peers saw that he was yelling so loudly that it shook the trees. After the incident, Lee was subjected to a court martial.

  • @buinghiathuan4595
    @buinghiathuan4595 Před měsícem

    This video make me really want to replay AC 3

  • @smoorezog
    @smoorezog Před měsícem +2

    Just FYI, Maine didn't enter the U.S. as a state until 1820. It was territory of Mass. state until then.

  • @Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
    @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Před měsícem +1

    I wonder if Bill Slims Burma campaign in the Pacific series is coming out.

  • @user-ct1us8ex1d
    @user-ct1us8ex1d Před měsícem +2

    7:50-8:20 what the music called?

  • @bxzidffbxzidff
    @bxzidffbxzidff Před měsícem

    @KingsandGenerals when will the videos on the Albigensian crusade be made public for free?

  • @sntslilhlpr6601
    @sntslilhlpr6601 Před měsícem +1

    Crazy to think 170 people could take an entire territory. I'd love to have a vid that summarizes combat like this and the evolution towards the line combat we see in the modern day. The Great War I'm sure is part of that, with air power being the initiative. But it's just interesting how for so long in history warfare was more about armies roaming around than the strict force on force we see now.

  • @Aginor88
    @Aginor88 Před měsícem

    Interesting.

  • @pawelkonarski4667
    @pawelkonarski4667 Před měsícem +14

    As a Polish American and distant relative of Tadeusz Kosciuszko (thru blood and marriage)
    I would like to make special request to @KingsandGeneals team. How about entire episode
    dedicated to military genius and contribution of T.Kosciuszko to American Revolution War.
    I'm talking here about battle of Cowpens, Saratoga, building fortification of West Point and
    Fort Clinton.
    P.S. I'm Pole by birth, American by choice.

    • @theoutlook55
      @theoutlook55 Před měsícem +1

      Ooh, that would be cool but I think it unnecessary to make it solely focused on one person.
      Neat ancestry.

  • @doc.rankin577
    @doc.rankin577 Před měsícem

    I hope you guys cover General Greene in more detail. In my opinion he is the most underrated General of the American revolution. Even the British called him a strategic genius and he managed to organize a serious and well coordinated guerilla network in the South.

  • @richardmartinez2517
    @richardmartinez2517 Před měsícem +1

    Long time viewer here, I love this new content so much! Y’all should cover the American loss at battle of the brandywine since it’s a direct cause for why the continental army stayed in valley forge

  • @alfrancisbuada2591
    @alfrancisbuada2591 Před měsícem +1

    Now do Lafayette!

  • @legendsgamers5889
    @legendsgamers5889 Před měsícem

    Which software you used for map design and animation?

  • @Apoasdf123
    @Apoasdf123 Před měsícem +1

    Will you make a video how to US navy was established and the US-Ottoman barbary wars?

  • @brucecota3596
    @brucecota3596 Před měsícem

    Excellent video, as always, but I have a nit to pick. Monmouth cannot have "silenced Washinton's critics" because 2 years later the Congress would appoint Horatio Gates as commander in the South without Washington's approval (or knowledge?) In fact, I think Lee only became a "Washington critic" *after* Monmouth when he tried to blame his failures on Washington. What really "silenced Washington's critics" was the battle of Camden (which I bet you'll cover next!!!!) when Gates --"The Hero of Saratoga" -- fled the field and abandoned his army to destruction. Washington didn't look so bad after that. He may have lost a lot of battles but he never actually ran away and always kept his army intact.
    But, it's a nit. I really enjoyed the video.

  • @Jean_Jacques148
    @Jean_Jacques148 Před měsícem +1

    Can you guys make a video on the Haitian revolution?

  • @michaelowino228
    @michaelowino228 Před měsícem +1

    Good video.

  • @wstevenberman5452
    @wstevenberman5452 Před měsícem

    Great episode, as always. I must point out, however, that your map of New Jersey shown during most of the episode leaves much to be desired. For one thing, you place Philadelphia on the wrong side of the Delaware River, in New Jersey, not Pennsylvania on the west bank of the river. You also shorten the river, which runs the entire length of New Jersey and forms it’s western border, dividing it from Pennsylvania, a major obstacle to the movement of British troops. I do not understand why the British would have to march south and embark from Southern New Jersey to reach New York, when Philadelphia was the largest port in the colonies at the time and no major port existed in Southern New Jersey, except a fishing village at Salem, where you picture the British ships. Minor quibbles, I know, but you might want to double-check that.

  • @ninohiggs6339
    @ninohiggs6339 Před měsícem

    Lee got a "what for" kick in the ass!

  • @jackwells2924
    @jackwells2924 Před měsícem +1

    6:46 did I hear lord sandwich?

  • @CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr
    @CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr Před 5 dny +1

    "Spain was our friend from the beginning! Even before Independence was declared!"
    - BISHOP FULTON SHEEN

  • @joeshmoe8345
    @joeshmoe8345 Před měsícem

    Love ❤️

  • @chadlewisdchc2973
    @chadlewisdchc2973 Před 21 dnem

    Seeing the map here really makes it clear just how compressed Ubisoft's frontier map, which stretched from Boston to Valley Forge, was.

  • @javousdeck6084
    @javousdeck6084 Před měsícem +1

    i had no idea how unorganised both sides were in this conflict

  • @Decki777
    @Decki777 Před měsícem

    My friend can you do a video about Srilankan civil war which happened 30 years one of bloodiest civil in the world in my opinion.

  • @PontifexFrankimus
    @PontifexFrankimus Před 29 dny

    Is it just me or at 10:38 does it looks like Philadelphia is on the NJ side of the Delaware River?

  • @sumdude4281
    @sumdude4281 Před měsícem +11

    No matter the motivation for helping, thank you France and Spain.

    • @Trancymind
      @Trancymind Před měsícem

      To this day, hispanics still hardly get any credit for helping USA get their independence. Your welcome. I am a hispanic and very proud to be an american born in USA.

  • @kimjongunmoresubsthant-ser2812

    That's why Leon Edwards has the most aesthetic physique

  • @GODzillaGSPB
    @GODzillaGSPB Před měsícem +1

    Okay, everyone in concert: "Seventeen-seventy-seven, seventeen-seventy-seven, seventeen-sev..." *bytes on tongue* xD

  • @gzer0x
    @gzer0x Před měsícem +1

    Von Steuben mention! 🌈🦅

  • @heitorfontenele2041
    @heitorfontenele2041 Před měsícem

    Alguém pode me explicar porque eles adotaram a postura de dublar periodicamente os vídeos

  • @LIR_Clarkey_Boy
    @LIR_Clarkey_Boy Před měsícem +1

    9:19
    Maine uber alles! (although Maine wouldn't be recognized formerly for another 42 years)

  • @Dan19870
    @Dan19870 Před měsícem +2

    Following the completion of the American Revolution will Kings and Generals cover the Battle of Jamaica and the defense of Britain's sugar islands, on which the economy rested?

    • @TheReaperEagle
      @TheReaperEagle Před měsícem +3

      The writer here: The Battle of the Saintes will be the last one we cover in this series.

  • @nomoneyglobal
    @nomoneyglobal Před měsícem +1

    Your map at 10:33 of the mid atlantic states of pa and nj is seriously flawed, the Schuylkill river is where the Delaware river is supposed to be and doesnt go north enough. Philadelphia is in the wrong spot, Germantown is closer to Philadelphia but between Valley forge. Otherwise so far so good.

    • @rickseffrin3160
      @rickseffrin3160 Před měsícem

      I came here to chime in as well. As someone growing up and still here, it's was extremely odd to see Philadelphia in New Jersey 😂😵‍💫 though that could've been fixed if Philadelphia was labeled on the opposite side of the Delaware River (DR) and Camden labeled where they put Philadelphia, instead.
      The Schuylkill river connects with the DR at southern Philadelphia but it is not shown on the map which runs southwest from Schuylkill Haven, PA area. You're correct that the DR does run further north, all the way to Hancock, NY where it branches east and west there. It may be helpful if they were to label the Susquehanna River to help alleviate some confusion.
      But most likely they may have enough of a resolution, per se, for not showing the full length of the DR for the aerial view compared to ground movement which may better paint a picture. So for it to "terminate" just south of Trenton, not shown, is a bit fair on their end.

    • @nomoneyglobal
      @nomoneyglobal Před měsícem

      @@rickseffrin3160 Good points also I've read the Schuylkill was choked with over growth to the point when the swedes and English first came into Delaware bay and the Delaware river you couldn't see the mouth of the Schuylkill so I imagine it was far less navigable then it is today after dredging and riparian clearing. So that being said if this map were truly accurate that river should be a thin line and the Delaware should be thick

  • @anathardayaldar
    @anathardayaldar Před měsícem +2

    I never thought that French losses during the French and Indian war would make them extra amenable to alliance with the fledgling continental congress.
    Same for Spain after the armada.
    I remember arguing with a chatter that the previous historic events were instrumental in the american revolution. But he would not budge that taxes caused the revoultion and nothing else.

    • @TGBurgerGaming
      @TGBurgerGaming Před měsícem

      Theyre French they never win anything decisively.

    • @bretonneux3389
      @bretonneux3389 Před měsícem +3

      @@TGBurgerGaming lol, are you american or british ? if you're american, your country exists thanks to France. If you're british, your country is just a former french colony that turned weird.

    • @bretonneux3389
      @bretonneux3389 Před měsícem

      yeah, taxes were instrumental, but far from being the only stake. Another decisive factor, was the decision of the british crown to forbid the expansion of anglo-saxon settlers beyond the Appalaches, to keep good relations with both natives and french-canadians. Also the fact that after one or two generations of settling, in North Amercia ango-saxons settlers had lost their national attachment to Britain, and didn't feel anymore as part of this nation. Only the threat of the french kept the settlers and the british crown tied together. Once the french threat was removed, the settlers didn't need the british crown protection anymore.

    • @fredbarker9201
      @fredbarker9201 Před měsícem +1

      @@bretonneux3389Not a French colony. Colonies provide resources and share the same head of state as the coloniser. England had Norman and French kings but they were separate from the king of France. Even though they may have been vassals in theory, through Normandy not England, in reality they waged a lot of wars against their apparent overlord.

    • @bretonneux3389
      @bretonneux3389 Před měsícem +2

      @@fredbarker9201 well, kings of England were paying homage for the domains they owned in France. Meanwhile, the english royal court spoke in french, the whole english nobility had french as its native language, and a significant share of english lands was owned by french lords. "colony" here is indeed not much appropriated, but the virulence with which sometimes englishmen spit on France, let it guess there is an inferiority complex. I noticed that in the british politic life, the british seem to be far more obsessed with the french than the french ever think of the british.

  • @stevenverdoliva6217
    @stevenverdoliva6217 Před měsícem +1

    Where is episode 3?

  • @matluc_productions4031
    @matluc_productions4031 Před měsícem

    “GIVE ME LEE!”
    I’m sorry I had to 😂

  • @zacharyharris438
    @zacharyharris438 Před měsícem +1

    Please do the Battle of Kings Mountain in American Revolution. My relative was a Colonel in that pivotal battle.

    • @TheReaperEagle
      @TheReaperEagle Před měsícem

      The Writer Here: That's in the next episode

  • @LastSpartan2000
    @LastSpartan2000 Před měsícem +6

    Spain helped the revolutionaries, and then America destroyed their empire😂

    • @Benito-lr8mz
      @Benito-lr8mz Před měsícem

      What Empíre troll ? a infinite part of this and Spain had territories to1.976 with haundreds of thousands sq miles of size North of Morocco; Spanish Sáhara and Equatorial Guinea 😂😂🤣

    • @LuisBrito-ly1ko
      @LuisBrito-ly1ko Před měsícem +2

      I mean, the Spanish Empire crumbled long before the Spanish-American War.

  • @anonymousanonymous7250
    @anonymousanonymous7250 Před měsícem +1

    "The Battle of Rhode Island would be the last major engagement of the Northern theatre"
    *Springfield, New Jersey wants to know your location*

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  Před měsícem +2

      they will never find me.
      But good point

    • @TheReaperEagle
      @TheReaperEagle Před měsícem +1

      The Writer Here: Would you have preferred: "The Battle of Rhode Island was the last major _independent_ engagement of the Northern theater. Washinton and Knyphausen would continue to poke at each other across New York Harbor for two years without really accomplishing anything. Indeed, many of the 1780 battles can be seen as distractions to keep Washington from coming south to confront Cornwallis?"

    • @anonymousanonymous7250
      @anonymousanonymous7250 Před měsícem

      @@TheReaperEagle Sorry for being pushy. I live right around the corner from where the battle happened and have visited the site many times.

    • @anonymousanonymous7250
      @anonymousanonymous7250 Před měsícem

      @@TheReaperEagle If you visit Springfield, the town sign says "Site of Forgotten Victory." It is seen as preventing the British from seizing the Hobart Gap and marching on Morristown, where Washington was still headquartered.

  • @anakinskyogre1037
    @anakinskyogre1037 Před měsícem

    The fact that their was a plan to attack Detroit is crazy to me because that could have brought the war to my hometown which would be sieged in 1812

  • @BattlestarPegasus
    @BattlestarPegasus Před měsícem

    Wasn’t Lee possibly a Manchurian Candidate?

  • @Byronthebull
    @Byronthebull Před měsícem

    I see bytro made the map this time

  • @carlosfilho3402
    @carlosfilho3402 Před měsícem

    Charles Lee Appears in Assassin's Creed.

  • @Maibuwolf
    @Maibuwolf Před měsícem +1

    6:45 "lord sandwich" Wait what??? I so want to be lord of sandwiches. How to i get that title?