Who Won the American Revolution?: Crash Course US History #7
In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution. And the Revolutionary War. I know we've labored the point here, but they weren't the same ...
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Hi, I’m John Green; this is Crash Course U.S. History. There are two kinds of revolutions: those where things DO change and those where things don’t change. Like, not to get all Crash Course Mathematics on you or anything, but a Revolution is a 360 degree turn, which leaves you back where you started. That’s what happened with the French Revolution, basically they just exchanged a Bourbon for a Bonaparte. What? I don’t have to say it all French-y. This is American history. And shut up French people about how if it weren’t for your support in the American Revolution, this would be the History of Southern Canada. But other revolutions, like the Industrial Revolution, actually change things. So, which was the American Revolution? Well, little of column A, little of Column B. Mr. Green, ...
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Hi, I’m John Green; this is Crash Course U.S. History. There are two kinds of revolutions: those where things DO change and those where things don’t change. Like, not to get all Crash Course Mathematics on you or anything, but a Revolution is a 360 degree turn, which leaves you back where you started. That’s what happened with the French Revolution, basically they just exchanged a Bourbon for a Bonaparte. What? I don’t have to say it all French-y. This is American history. And shut up French people about how if it weren’t for your support in the American Revolution, this would be the History of Southern Canada. But other revolutions, like the Industrial Revolution, actually change things. So, which was the American Revolution? Well, little of column A, little of Column B. Mr. Green, ...
