The Truth About the Spanish - American War | History Lessons with Christories Distefano 

Please dont stop these. I csnt wait till we see crissy civil wars

These are literally getting me through these last few weeks. No joke, my dad's passing and these are intellectually engaging enough to keep my attention and funny enough for me to just chill simultaneously. Thank you chrissy, mad love

I feel like my whole life would have been different if you were my history teacher in high school.

Chrissy. Spanish people (from Spain) are white too. Like many Europeans, they have a diverse phenotype, which means they have blonde-looking people but can also have darker features (similar to Southern Italy).

My god I love these Chrisstories

This is my favorite crazy person telling a 30 minute story about history from memory! I love you Chrissy big brains. Update: Venatia tells Chrissy what to say and he reads notes from the screen, I’ve been lied to and im taking it up with bloom cafe

I've gotten my daughter learning from #Christories.. she's in 10th grade American History.. so, thanks for bringing this to us in NC!!

It makes me so happy to watch Chris make comedic videos about something he is so interested in. These are my new fav videos, keep it up Chrissy!

As a Puertorican, I approve this history lesson.

I learn more from Chris than I did from any teacher in school! 👏🏻👏🏻

This is the best thing Chrissy does on RU-vid. Keep it up.

Teddy Roosevelt and Ailyah in heaven listening to this podcast ❤️

I’m not Puerto Rican but god do I love those people.

Keep these coming, love learning history from you and Gillis. Definitely need to get Shane on one of these soon

Love Chrissy history lessons

My favorite way to learn history! Keep it up chrissy!

Sup cuties with smoothies

One note about Teddy and his roughriders: “In Cuba, Roosevelt and his Rough Riders carried out their reenactment of the nation's founding myth with panache. In two of the war's most important battles-for Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill, ridges that guarded the approach to Santiago, the Spanish capital in Cuba--they had charged into the teeth of tough Spanish defenses and overran them. But a problem had arisen. As Roosevelt stood on the crest of San Juan Hill, a moment he would always regard as the greatest in his life, he saw black Americans everywhere. They belonged to the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries and the Twenty-fourth Infantry; they were among the finest regular soldiers in the U.S. Army, and Roosevelt knew this. In his heart, Roosevelt understood that the Rough Riders and, by extension, America, would not have triumphed in this crucial battle without the assistance of these "buffalo soldiers," and in the flush of victory, he admitted as much. Something extraordinary had happened during those battles, as black American soldiers had fought alongside and intermixed with white ones, demonstrating that racial division could be overcome and that a fighting force including all Americans, not just those of European descent, could operate effectively. Roosevelt possessed the material for constructing a radically new and racially egalitarian myth about the American people. Even though his civic nationalist principles ran deep, he was not prepared for the opportunity that the victory at Kettle and San Juan Hills had handed him. As he wrote the history of his battles in Cuba, he diminished the black contribution to his victory to the point of insignificance. The nation to which he wanted to give birth and lead had to be a white nation. The greatness of America, he believed, could only lie in the exploits of Euro-Americans forged by battle into a single and superior race. Out of such convictions was the twentieth-century nation born.” Source: Gary Gerstle, “American Crucible”, pages 16-17

Been waiting on this all week Bro 🎒👩🏽‍🏫🏫📝

Chrissy hitting the lisp everytime he mentions Spain 😂

Im Puerto Rican this is too funny and educational at the same time 😂😂

Make no mistakes babes it's Friday and we are alllll CAAAYYYUUUTE!!! ❤️👽

Goya y adobo en la casa🇵🇷🥳🥳🥳. Thanks for this Chris👌

Thank you for educating the audience on my islands history in the most approachable way possible 🤟🏽

Please continue providing this service to the world. History and comedy.❤

WE ARE LOVING HISTORY

Our involvement in the Philipenis’s after the Spanish American war is also something I would like to hear about further. What we did over there after the Spanish-American War is infuriating to read about on Wikipedia and I need a lighter perspective on the subject.

"I make them in my in my little nut chop" that was funny af. You speaking with a lisp. 🤣😂🤣 And the USA is been using that same excuse to get into war's for a long time.😂 21:58 👍 Great video

Best way to listen American history and don't get bored. Please don't stop.

These history lesson videos are gunna get me through 2023. Keep going Chrissy

My new favorite program! Keep cranking em out Christory Book!

These are the best thing you do outside of stand up. Love them. Thank you❤

PLEASE KEEP DOING THESE VIDEOS!!! You’re incredible at this!! Can’t wait to see you in San Jose! 😆♥️🤘🏻

I'm loving this series and I think you like doing them too Chris! Such a buff history buff you are

Chris been a fan growing up during the Guy Code days & I LOVE catching these “christories” vids it’s really fun. Also I’m Rican :)🇵🇷 🤙🏽

Yes! Happy to see another episode Chris keep them coming buddy love em! Long live the good Cuba!

I could watch these forever…

Thank you for telling our story and how we are the perfect mix of Africa, taínos and Spain

A fun way to learn, keep it going I look forward to it each week along with my middle school kids. Imagine having a teacher like this !

Super here for these 🙌🙌 plz keep this going!!

These are great man! Love checking em out!!

I would actually love to see you cover more about Puerto Rican revolutionary history, like Pedro albizu campos, I feel like you’d like the research too

This series is amazing! Never stop!

I hope you keep doing these history episodes. I love them!

Keep these Christories coming! Love it!!

I'm Puertorican born and raised. I had to click on it right away!!

Love these!!

super happy these are here, have been really enjoying these lately

YO SOY BORICUA!!!!! PUÑETAAAAA I'm born and raised here and honestly I feel like I could talk about my island for hours. Our situation is pretty unique and we have always felt unrecognized, unappreciated, and without value but I know we are much more! We are Resilient, we are Connnected. But it feels like there are some mistakes , Tainos actually called Puerto Rico "Borinquen" (Borinken) and then the Spanish Wacks called the Island, San Juan Bautista, and then after it was named Puerto Rico and later its capital named San Juan and Viejo San Juan (Old San Juan) Wish I could host you here and give you the real insights look into our REAL day to day

Love these! 🫶

These history videos have taken over my life for the past 2 days. Hilarious!!!

I love this series so much!! Please keep it up!

Please keep making these, Pimpy laughing in the background is priceless! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Love you guys ❤️

Loving this series Chris! Keep em coming.

Keep these coming! They are great.

Obsessed with these Christories!

I'm learning so much. Thanks!

Bad Chrissy Chrissy Bunny Chrissy the Puerto Rican saviour you've done it again 🔥🔥🔥

Keep em coming Chrissy Hisherstorys. I'm learning ova heeea 👏

Keep em coming Chrissy

I look forward to these every week! It's like Chrissy Classroom over here!

im all for this please make this a series!!!!!

Love these christories! Don't stop!

Christories are the best! I need more!

Keep these up!!

I love these Crissy teach us somethings. History is great on its own and so is Chris. Put them together and you have comedic history lasagna.

MORE!! I NEED MORE CHRISTORIES

Excellent piece!

Another bannnger!!! Hands down best way to learn history 💯💯

Just loving these

Love these!

Love history and love Chrissy D

never knew you were into history, keep these up. Great for us dorks.

This was great!

Incredible

I love these .

No joke these are great I get happy when I see there’s a new one

LOVE this show!!! xD

I love these videos, dude

Love it!!!!

Love these

I LOVE THESE!!!! MOAR PLEASE!!!!’

i love these so much funny and you actually learn

thanks for making these. I like them a lot.

Thank you professor!

I love these lessons

It’s a sad day when I have Chris telling me more about my culture than what I know Lmfaoo I’ve been so Americanized I love it 😂😂😂😂 Weppaaa 🥲😂🤟🏽🍻🍻🍻

These are gold

5:00 Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean

These are so good

I love it. Hilarious chrissy

Great stuff Chris ✌🏽! I laughed my ass off 😂

love these keep doing

They just keep getting better I love this shit! Chrissy for president!!!

The good Cuba comment had me HOWLING

These are the best chrissss I love history and comedy and this is the perfect combo. Gett berty boi on he loves history

Chrissy! I live in Vega Baja! Thank you for this video! I love your work!!!

Jeez…. This was so good , 🔥

I bought tickets to your show yesterday. I’m excited for my first comedy show!! ❤❤