When is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America: Crash Course US History #2
In which John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in...
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Hi I’m John Green, this is Crash Course US History, and today we're going to tell the story of how a group of plucky English people struck a blow for religious freedom, and founded the greatest, freest and fattest nation the world has ever seen. [Libertage] These Brits entered a barren land containing no people, and quickly invented the automobile, baseball and Star Trek and we all lived happily ever after. Mr. Green, Mr. Green, if it is really that simple, I am so getting an A in this class. Oh, me from the past, you're just a delight. [Theme Music] So most Americans grew up hearing that the United States was founded by pasty English people who came here to escape religious persecution. And that's true of the small proportion of people who ...
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Hi I’m John Green, this is Crash Course US History, and today we're going to tell the story of how a group of plucky English people struck a blow for religious freedom, and founded the greatest, freest and fattest nation the world has ever seen. [Libertage] These Brits entered a barren land containing no people, and quickly invented the automobile, baseball and Star Trek and we all lived happily ever after. Mr. Green, Mr. Green, if it is really that simple, I am so getting an A in this class. Oh, me from the past, you're just a delight. [Theme Music] So most Americans grew up hearing that the United States was founded by pasty English people who came here to escape religious persecution. And that's true of the small proportion of people who ...
