The Country That Used to Exist Between the US and Canada
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My friend stole my diamonds in Minecraft and we started griefing each other. But we signed Treaty of Paris so it's all good now.
Did it work?
Yo if one of your dogs wants to be a painter let him imo
@@burger9997 hol up
Which treaty of paris?
@@Booksaplenty1 minecraft
All memes aside, I can't blame them. Getting double taxed because two nations can't agree which one you belong to is utter bullshit.
true
And there is Bir Tawil, which neither Egypt nor Sudan wants because of British border-drawing and a stubborn refusal by both countries to draw a new border.
Taxes were insanely low back then though, 30% from both countries would have led to them starving
@@internetperson9813 At least nobody lives there to have to deal with that!
@@evryatis2853 Do you mean like, inflation? Or just that the taxes were really low?
I live in that part of New Hampshire so next time someone asks where I’m from I’m gonna say “Republic of Indian Stream”
Why not? Everyone has Google these days so just tell them to Google it. They might learn some history and educate themselves a bit at the same time.
*New Hampshire militia knocking*
@Edmond Schwab it's a bit north of Dixville Notch (~13 miles). It's basically the western half of what is now Pittsburg, NH.
Next time they ask me I’ll just say Nashua 🙂🙃🙂
Cool
“Hey bro wanna sign a treaty?”
“Sure bro. Where?”
*looks at each other*
“You thinking what I’m thinking?”
Lets go to Paris!
@@bryanrmcnair01 London was a really popular one too mostly as both were capitals of what were highly influential and prestigious countries on the global stage for a long ass time. That and the fact the neutral party hosting the signing would often be the one called upon to arbitrate any later disputes between the signatories over the interpretation of said treaty, so them having a lot of diplomatic weight is kinda useful there as it's not like court no bailiff is going to enforce it so having a power behind you with enough diplomatic influence they could leverage to make non compliance far too costly was an asset I guess.
at the bottom? :)
Nuclear War time Poland in 6392) Wanna sign a treaty France after our war
Wartime France ) I thought you would never ask of course
Treaty of Paris number 2927973736372273
Seraphina l
And then she said, "I'm not like other Treaty of Parises."
that would he treaties, not parises ok
@@dontspikemydrink9382 Just wait until the Treaty of Paris that unites Paris in France,Paris in Texas,and 3317 Paris into one political body.
The plural of Treaty of Paris is Treaties of Paris
@@limecyanizer4394 If Paris ( www.britannica.com/topic/Paris-Greek-mythology ) and Paris Hilton were to sign a Treaty, that would be the Treaty of Parises.
sounds a better pact than the lets give billionaires and the ccp trillions of dollars, while we will have have no electricity or jobs - ie. the paris climate accord.
If only people of Indian stream had built a website from square space at 10percent off
No wonder they failed. They typed-in the wrong website.
They must’ve used wix
Harsh Bansal ??
Paying the full price for their website probably was what broke their treasury, especially after all that double taxation, leaving them open to invasion.
They needed a yuuge wall
"We just want to be part of a single country!"
"Sure! Come be part of Canada. We'll need you to come fight in this war we're having"
"We just want to be part of some other country!"
The joke was on them for the amount of wars the States have had since.
@@stephenp.6395 But there's no mandatory military service.... except when there was.
@@stephenp.6395 reddit moment
You’ll be back.
Teacher asks “research the treaty of Paris”
Student: 🤷🏻♂️💁🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Real men research the treaty of versailles
Teacher did not like me asking this.
Resulted in me doing a study of why so many such treaties.
Teacher gave me a C !
-- Defied the teacher's intentions;
-- Well studied & presented;
-- Strongly suggested that the teacher, needs to go back to school.
******
fyi:
My lowest mark of the year !
Most were from B+ to A !
Lmao
Me: there are 36 of them. which one?
Yes I fact-checked this number
"never fighting with anyone again"
Lim Ming Quan nope definitely not. Not even a pillow fight
With México morro
All of the wars that followed after the Treaty of Paris Act were just verbal arguments. Nothing physical... 😈
Only with Mexico, itself, Spain, German Empire, Austria-Hungary Empire, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Empire of Japan and was involved in the Vietnam War, the Korean War, Invasion of Panama, Invasion of Grenada, Gulf War, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, etc. They TOTALLY did not get involve in any conflicts since :v
The guy who signed the treaty? His name was Albert...
Like seriously why everyone signs their treaties at Paris .
They have good food and many airports
Because cabarets
At some point they realised it was annoying for archivists and decided to go outside the city so they could call them "The treaty of Versailles" but that place got crowded quikly too.
Sounds like a candidate for a Wendover/HAI video.
Because it is the most beaultiful city
Problem is that the Republic of Indian stream didn't have a website
When I saw this I was like, “Vermont?”
same
I mean technically you're not wrong...
Who are the mountain boys and why do they look green?
@@brodynwilson4589 yeah, interesting that Vermont got bigger because of it...
Vermont Republic
I think you forgot to mention the Treaty of Paris
EDIT: It's the Treaty of Paris I'm talking about.
You mean the Treaty of Paris or the Treaty of Paris?
@@JoshoCR Neither. He is referring to the the Treaty of Pairs.. or was it the Treaty of Paris? Probably the Treaty of Paris.
@Ashton Lovell
No no no, it's the Treat of Paris of course. Can't you see it? I mean come on, the Treaty of Paris and the Treaty of Paris and the Treaty of Paris? Ridiculous. It was always the Treaty of Paris.
Where was the Treaty of Paris signed?
At the bottom.😉
stylesrj No it was the treat of Paris! No was it? I think it was the treaty of Paris
Imagine if this was still independent and a tax haven of some sorts. It would be probably the richest country in the world as all big American companies would be registered here.
Shahil Juggernath The place was a tax nightmare though
It could have become the Monaco of the Americas
That's deep🤔
America is a tax haven, just not for the actual citizens.
Laughs in Delaware accent, then Irish Accent.
This was a very interesting piece of history. As a Canadian, we are taught about Canadian history, British history and American history. I had never known about the Republic of Indian Stream. I learned something new today. 👍😊
As a resident of the US, we were taught American and British history, and some Canadian if THEY (school district) decided it was important....☹️
As a New Hampshirite, we never learned this either surprisingly
Nothing about French history?
@@letdomf I'm sorry to say, all the French history I had to learn on my own, doing my own research.
Reading novels and then going in depth to find out what was true and real.
Fellow Canuck here. This is completely new info to me too.
This one time at the bank a guy cut in front of me in the line. We had a dispute but it ended amicably when we signed the Treaty of Paris (2007)
I had a fight with my friend, but then we stopped and signed the Treat of Paris (2017)
Really cool to hear about the last war the U.S. ever fought and the last time we meddled in the affairs of other countries. Yup.
I know right
Yuuuup
FutureNow Like you totally don’t today
FutureNow I hope it’s sarcasm
Of course it's not sarcasm. You absolutely can and should believe absolutely everything you hear on the internet.
_smol country_
Zarathustra Zarath baby boi
small indie country
They recently had the whole country carpeted. This is not a big place.
Cringe.
+SUM1 Shut the fuck up.
Next time a cop stops me, I am going to tell him, I am a resident of Indian Stream and I am just traveling!
rucussing way to go me to! #####
Citizen, not resident.
Traveling, not driving. In a ship.
Be sure to record yourself doing so, and post it on line! 😋
Give them your nationality card
"Alright class, today we'll learn about the Treaty of Paris!"
"Which one?"
Republic of Indian Stream: H-
US and Canada: Whom’st art thou?
art*
soyneccent is that really you? :o
🤣
It doesn't really matter much in the end. As a New Hampshirite I can tell you that I am pretty sure the only thing that is up there in Pittsburg, NH is just a live free or die sign surrounded by libertarian bears and abandoned snow plows.
Sounds about right
Hello World : you forgot the state stores.
Sounds tempting.
As a New Hampshirite did they teach this part of history in your school system? I never heard of it before and I'm from MA.
I haven't learned this in in my school system. We didn't really talk much about our state history at all.
Just as a footnote, the "Seven Years' War" is aka the "French and Indian War."
1756 - 1763.
George Washington was a junior officer in the British Army in that conflict.
Fred
You
Um, I don't get the Fred reference. But yes, that was how Washington had a lot of knowledge of that area - so much so that he surveyed and bought a ton of land hoping to sell it later to settlers. Then, oops, the British said only Indians can live there so you can't sell it to white settlers. And you know what happened after that...
@@Dayvit78 "Fred" isn't a reference - it's my name, which I couldn't get back when I signed up for YT, so I tried my initials, which I couldn't get either, so I doubled them up and that became my channel name.
I've taken to closing my comments with it, so as to give people the option of addressing me by name, rather than by my goofy channel name.
Yeah, George must've also learned plenty about how to deploy an army during that time.
We're lucky in so many ways to have had him!
Fred
@@Dayvit78 His name is Fred
It's only the French and Indian War in the US.
“And never fighting with anyone ever again”🤣🤣🤣
"And they lived happily ever after..." lol
I thought Earth was just a hologram and I'm hallucinating everything around me.
Janrei Africa correct
Being one of his hallucinations, I can confirm Name's statement.
Just smoke weed crack is bad
Plato, is that you?
You are hallucinating. But that's okay, because without your hallucinations, none of us would exist.
So...thanks for that, at least.
"More people, guns, and George Washingtons." Brilliant writing!
Sarcasm?
more Bald Eagles
+ formless777: Yeah, besides the one in DC, there's Washington, PA, Washington, VA, ...
"With 88 different cities and towns throughout the country named Washington, this names takes 1st place."
- www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-common-town-and-city-names-in-the-u-s-a.html
Fred
No, I meant it! I laughed out loud at that line.
By George Washington's he meant more general's and more money.
"Recreational fighting" nearly piss myself....
I think your humor gets better and better with every video. Good job!
3:04 next to the head of the king, you can see “goeiuhmogge kerels”, which translates into “goodmorning dudes”. 🧐
Nice
We need Half as Interesting parody accounts... maybe Twice as Interesting, Just as Interesting, Quarter as Interesting, etc.
Neat
Quintessential
Indubitably
Fake account
I have been to the northern terminus of the Connecticut river. It is in Pittsburg, NH. It also goes through part of Clarksville, NH. If you want to see the fourth Connecticut Lake, then just hike the Cohos trail. I have done the section from Stark to Dixville notch with my dad and brother, (I did that one last year). I have done the section from Dixville notch to the Fourth Connecticut Lake with just my dad, (I did that one this year). I would like to recommend Rudy’s cabins and campground to anyone who wants to find a great campground. I loved it there. The owners were great! Rudy’s is located in Clarksville, NH. I had a great experience there & I recommend it to anyone who wants to find a great place to stay in Northern New Hampshire.
I have a place up in Pittsburg, thats a good hike from Dixville to 4th lake. Not much of a lake either, but some awesome wildlife around it.
That ad at the end was pure comedy gold. Well done.
...and the U.S. went off happily into the sunset, never fighting with anyone ever again.
until WW3
Until the Aroostook War (1838)
The USA will always find other countries to steal their resources we learned it from the British government We need to concentrate on building the USA and living within our means taking whot we have in our country and building and developing on that and leave other country's alone
Eden Arroyo yep you are right we all are gonna die. Yah yeet
Daniel Griffin you are correct about the British. In fact most all of the European countries believed in colonization of other countries to steal their resources. Both Britain and France divide up the Middle East after WW1 to ensure they would control the oil. But the US, especially since the 29th century, hasn’t done that. And don’t go with that BS about oil in the Middle East, the US never took a single barrel of oil. Again, that was Britain and France. Any hot point on the Earth can be blamed on European countries conquering the lands and taking resources. The US has just gotten stuck cleaning up the messes they made.
Canada: if you invade we will send troops with British support
New Hampshire: Hold my Beer
Ps. it wasn't even the US Army it was the New Hampshire Militia
yes
Then the White House got sacked and burnt by the British
oh the man the white house, such an important and valuable monument especially in 1812. And then the british lost 1812.
@@deprogramm We still need to burn down Buckingham for that little incident.
@@fatbadboy329 the US Army had just burnt York (Toronto) the summer before when the Canadians, attempting to hold Detroit, pulled up and fled in disarray under General Proctor after the US Navy won the battle of Lake Erie. About as big a military embarrassment on that side as the US losing the Chesapeake and the Bladensburg races of Virginia militia fleeing until the US Army at Baltimore could hold the line. Only major full scale battle with horrendous casualties (one sided) in the war was New Orleans.
War of 1812 was a tit for tat little war. Gains made, then relinquished. Then next season the opposite side would try it, win, then back off after a major setback.
My aunt lives in that area and I’ve recently visited the Connecticut Lakes, all of them. Beautiful part of New Hampshire.
I love vids like this, great piece of historical knowledge
And France still exists in North America on islands just off the Canadian coast!
Yo I am from Canada and I never knew that, lol
Tsnore same with the UK with their islands
If you've ever zoomed out on Google maps and saw that little dark line to the northeast of Nova Scotia, that's France.
Oui!
The Netherlands, France and the UK all have territories in the Caribbean, but Denmark (Greenland) and France (Miquelon and St. Pierre (present-day) and the UK (Colony of Newfoundland and Labrador (till 1949)) are(were) the only ones close to the Republic of Indian Stream.
"The Dominion of Wendover is the most democratic, most amazing, most prosperous and loving despotic oligarchy you'll ever come across." made me laugh like a hyena.
When
@@devoted_eater567 found it. czcams.com/video/lob7ANulHWY/video.html. I totally missed it because it was a text only joke at the end.
Crazy that this country existed before Canada. Great vid I’d never heard of it before!
Love it! Thanks for another fun and informative video, Sam!!
I thought Canada didn't exist tho
If you made it up, of course it doesn’t exist, I have never heard of a “Canada” before
Dank Matter where you had been? Commenting everywhere should gave you more knowledge than what you taught on school (yet you forgot that Canada is exist)
Canadian Jason Woosh
It doesn’t, like who tf calls a city ottayway? It’s all a hoax.
I hear they like to saw a lot of boats in half.
You could say it’s bordering on insanity.
As is Canada.......
Shut up
*"7 Years War"*
Interesting. As a French Canadian, I've always heard of it referred as *"The Conquest War"* (translated in English).
i live in quebec and we call it la guerre de 7 ans. where tf does conquest war come from
@@lamsect fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerre_de_la_Conqu%C3%AAte
"La guerre de la Conquête (1754 - 1763) est le nom donné au Québec au théâtre militaire nord-américain avant et pendant la guerre de Sept Ans."
This is the name my history teachers used while teaching it, but my last history class was like 14 years ago, so they probably also mentioned that it was part of the larger "Guerre de 7 ans" at least once or twice.
@@PsychOsmosis idk man i never listen in history class
I've heard conquest wars less than seven years war - Quebec here too. History classes were 8 years ago
In the US it’s called the French and Indian war, it’s usually called seven years war in Europe. I’ve never heard of it being called the conquest war though.
Half at Interesting: *_it's so smol_*
Vatican City: ahem....
Paris needs to chill with the treaties
oh the dutch, always sorting out disuptes
JKAR03 *devide et impera intensifies*
JKAR03 It's the pot they share around which helps with the negotiation process.
Waag het niet om slecht te praten over het koningrijk der Nederlanden mijn vriend .... ;)
JKAR03
And then getting their arbitrations ignored.
Deze opmerkingen afdeling is geannexeerd door het Groot-Koningkrijk der Neederlanden
The oddest thing about this is that both the US and Britain interpreted the treaty as giving them LESS territory than they could have had simply by accepting the other country's position.
Nope, you misinterpreted it. I checked after reading this comment
The Wikipedia page about the Republic of Indian Stream is a delightful read. The best sentence I've seen so far on the page: "Several hours later, there was a commotion in the road nearby from a posse of armed Streamers, emboldened by liquor, bent on making an impression."
Curse you New Hampshire
nah nah nah we cool
Avery Lopez-Baines
Yes the man with a Cuba....oh wait, nevermind.
Ike Okereke, I have the Cuban flag because I have Cuban ancestry. However, I'm from the US.
Mbathroom1 Make Indian Stream INDEPENDENT again!
We don’t want those French commie fucks In the north or that bureaucratic shitstorm in the south!
goddammit thats the third time today ive seen you comment on a video this is freaking me out
Best ad segway ever
Did Sam just built a website just for this ad? #DominionOfWendover
Segue. It's not a toy vehicle.
OwenWithAHammer speaking of Segway, its creator (Dean Kamen) lives in New Hampshire. Really cool guy. Check him out.
#Ninebot, the official vehicle of Indian Stream
Jay Foreman (Map Men) have some pretty good ones... like czcams.com/video/9DqZYsckBwI/video.html
This is great. I learned something AND had a good chuckle. Thx
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me to get through the pandemic!
I’m so excited! I live there and I’m so glad people can finally know about our country that we had!
Republic of Indian stream has oil
Murcia: someone’s about to get liberated !
I didn't know that Spanish city was so into neoimperialism
Sorry, no oil. Just granite.
Harsh Bansal Do you even English, bruh?
Sans Handlebars sorry man I don’t Have the best English
Oil back then was not really used the way it is now, it was just a byproduct of Kerosene that had no purpose.
Enjoyed this vid. Informative and succinct. A winning combo!
I have to admit, at the end of this video is probably the best segue into an ad which I think I have ever seen. I actually enjoyed it!
Sounds a little bit like Bir Tawil. Except instead of no-one caring, everyone cares.
It's actually the exact opposite of Bir Tawil
The difference is that Bir Tawil is not claimed by any country, where Indian Stream was claimed by two at one time.
I Game A Lot Bir Tawil is unclaimed because both sides claim the Hala'Ib Triangle. Who doesn't get the Triangle gets Bir Tawil instead.
@@MegaBallPowerBall map men map me map men map men
sounds like hala'ib triangle, not bir tawil
It's all very well and easy to draw a straight line on a map, then determine this as a boundary on the ground, when that ground is fairly flat. It is somewhat more difficult when the boundary has been determined to be some natural feature such as a watershed or stream. In this latter case, it will also tend to move over time.
I was watching this as a random recommended sidebar vid. Your Squarespace transition made me walk to my livingroom - boot up my pc- log in to youtube - and leave a comment. Bravo on being half interesting m8.
This is EASILY the funniest video you uploaded. Your humor is improving by a lot. I remember half a year ago I cringed st some of your comedy. But this video was genuinely entertaining throughout. And it didn't come at the cost of good content/education. Keep it up man I love it 👌🏻
Your videos are smooth.😊
not as smooth as pineapple on pizza
TRmistr 3 Pizza are not smooth, Tables are
not if it is a rough table
Goeiemogguh kerels
Dangerous Boy goedemiddag
zeg makker
Beetje laat voor een mogguh om 18:00 ;)
Loved it at 3:05
Heerlijk 😂😂
That Segway to your sponsor is the best, most seamless I have seen!
Now subscribed
Great video, I just subscribed. Funny and Informative.
Best ad transition ever
That is so cool. I never knew that bit of history, before.
Wow! Great one! Also please make a video about the wild-and-CRAZY border (and any disputes) at Lake of the Woods !!!
Great vid; educations, funny and short just what we need.
"... and the US went off happily in the sunset never fighting with anyone ever again." I'm pretty sure that's not how it went.
If the NH militia didn't invade Indian Stream, it would be the Seventh State of New England.
And the smallest. NE always having the smallest states
@@nobrang5146 like Delaware
10 out of 10 for the informative yet funny narrative! Didn't know there were so many Treaties of Paris either.
The video was cool, but that website pitch for square space was literally the BEST i think I’ve ever heard lol
Please don't say made possible. Say sponsored. You're the one who makes it possible. They just sponsor you.
They pay him money to be able to make the video possible. So he doesn't have to work in a regular 9-5 and this way have more time to create content
@@tramenari which is sponsored. Don’t really know where 9-5 comes into it.
When your world-spanning empire loses a war to a militia from a state best known for mining granite
Dominik W There was no war, each side just declared it theirs until New Hampshire just took it by force, did you even watch the video
@@mooplex4466 do you understand what a joke is?
Great segue into a commercial at the end. I really am impressed.
@Halfinteresting Loved the smooth segue from the 'Wendover' site into the Squarespace commercial. Really slipped that one in there nicely! lol
"The Dominion of Wendover is the most democratic most amazing most prosperous and loving despotic oligarchy you'll ever come across."
- Supreme Leader Wendover the Great, Inauguration speech of 2018
"But then *oops*
Britain decided taxes were gonna be thing, so the colonies decided British rule wasn't gonna be a thing."
This short explanation could've saved me 3 weeks of 7th grade
Never heard of this. Thanks for sharing
The advert at the end is the icing on the cake. Good show!
Well, there is also the Madawaska republic, the iroquois confederacy, etc.
@Butterbeans Brother Have a look in history books or Wikpedia
I remember going to a party many years ago and asking my booksmart friends "Name the 4 countries that have land in North America". They all said US-CAN-MEX and gave me a weird look until I laid back and kept saying "Nope! Sorry!". When I told them about St Pierre and Miquelon I remember their minds being totally blown that there was still French territory in North America. Gotta love channels like this and other videos that show how interesting our world truly is. So long live the 4 countries with land in North America: The US, Canada, Mexico, and FRANCE!
And Denmark?
You forgot Greenland(Denmark) as well as the Central American Countries above Panama.
and CHINA
The 'US' isn't a country, it's a corporation. (North) America is the country. The Republic of Texas could also still be considered a country as well.
Kinda of like the 6 flags that ruled under Texas soil.
1. France
2. Spain
3. Mexico
4. Republic of Texas
5. Confederate States of America
6. United States of America
Never heard of this before. This is so interesting!
The segue at the end is a masterpiece, IMO
I think of myself as an American history buff, but I knew nothing about this. Thank you so very much for sharing.
F*ck yeah! My state actually got recognized for something!
You get recognized every election since you're a swing state
Who says it's your state? Maybe it's an independent country. Why did you take them over? Huh?
The length of these vids are amazing
The opening to that Squarespace ad was the smoothest and funniest segue I've heard in a while.
1:48 A new disputed territory has appeared.
"Recreational fighting"...
Now that is an oddly fitting description.
Kinda facetious, but it seems appropriate.
Thanks for the video! Those people are fine and welcome back here anytime
I love your humor! Beautiful!
i kind of tune out whenever i hear square space
Fun fact: The United States had an infinite times as many George Washingtons as the Republic of Indian Stream
Wrong. Indian Stream had 0 so an infinite times as many would be 0.
@@hassanmahmood891 Not really. If you are working with the right set of numbers, the infiniteness of infinity could cancel the zeroness of zero.
love the off hand, tongue in cheek comments. excellent work overall quick informative and entertaining.
A very nice and uncommon report, thumbs way up.
I LOVE the actual footage at 2:23. Wherever did you find that?
You know the name of the king of the Netherlands wasn’t Goeiemogge Kerels(as seen on the wall at 3:05)? This means: Good Morning guys. ;)
haha awesome Easter egg.
I like the quote "... there was some recreational fighting..."!
Very well written! Even the advertisement bit.