Yikes! I've enjoyed history tales since I was a kid. This vid is a skeleton of the history.... I've some ancestors who were among the first French settlers in the French colony even before Louis XIV named it Nouvelle France... Lists of the ancestors in our family were the Loyalists. One married a Cayuga woman of the Six Nations. Some came later from the UK and more from Ireland. The European states England, France, the Netherlands (New York was previously new Amsterdam) fought each other and the indigenous populations. There was something issued by the Pope at Rome. The Doctrine of Discovery established a spiritual, political, and legal justification for colonization and seizure of land not inhabited by Christians. It has been invoked since Pope Alexander VI issued the Papal Bull “Inter Caetera” in 1493. This Papal decree is the foundation of much genocide ( this includes residential schools mentioned). You might say this Papal Bull is the source of several hundred years of Bullsh** in North America... There is plenty of history to discover. Cheerio
Beautiful. I just noticed that you have a Ph.D. No wonder why all your videos are so immaculately researched and presented. I will be purchasing the Native American posters (for personal use, not classroom). Thank you so much for your efforts.
I just came across this channel and I am also very impressed with the depth of knowledge he has and showcasing in his videos. Thank you so much for your work, it is exceptional work :) From a person who actually lives in Montréal and who's main language is french :)
A Ph.D. doesn't mean much these days. Just a glorified hobbyist.... College shouldn't hold that much weight anyway. The true geniuses of the past taught themselves once they reached the proper age. College is just a prescribed dogma in certain fields these days. And I think that is what has made the IQ of the modern western academic go down to such a low level as compared to their earlier counterparts.
@@grapesurgeon absolutely not. I meant every word of it. And if you think it's gatekeeping then a gatekeeper I'll be. And I'm proud to be cringeworthy by today's standards. It means I'm doing something right.
@@grapesurgeon nice way to make yourself look like a hypocrite. Must be projecting too, but I don't even own a computer. I use my phone for this crap. Unlike you, the internet isn't all that important to me. I don't need it to live my life, nor do I sit in an armchair writing any of this crap. I actually have a life, kid. Maybe you should go out and do the same instead of trying to play quick quip in the youtube comment sections. But by the looks of it I doubt anyone would even want to be around someone like you anyway. And by the way, I don't have to know you personally to call you out for what you are. You all wear your feelings on your sleeves. And you go online all day long and cry about it. You literally won't shut the hell up about it. So basically a person with even slightest bit of awareness of what's going on around them can see plain as day what your all made of. And to be perfectly honest anyone who isn't a contrarian in this day and age is probably just some self loathing jackass getting sucked along with the new wave of bullshit being pushed by the mainstream. So once again I'll take your words as a compliment. Now run along and get back sniffing your own farts or whatever it is you snobbish brown noser types like to do. I ain't got time for your pseudo intellectual nonsense.
Only 3 minutes in and I'm already giving you a hearty thumbs up for starting the history lesson off by paying major respect and tribute to our First Nations brethren. Very well done.
They are irrelevant tho why leftist are so obsessed with natives the truth is without france and england the Canada of today would not be a thing natives are irrelevant here
Am so glad that you took time to discuss the residential schools. Many of these history teachings never take the time to teach about this; it's either skipped or just mentioned quickly with no detail. I love that you do take time to respect the indigenous cultures and peoples history in your videos, charts, and teachings as well. Thank you (from an Anishinaabe person in Manitoba :D )
13:05 - Whether or not the Metis won or lost in 1869-70 has to do with interpretation. The Manitoba act acquiesced to most of the Metis demands, so one could make the case that we initially won the conflict. However, the federal government did not necessarily uphold all of the agreements made in the act, and at times altered it so that they wouldn't have to follow through. These sharp dealings are a big part of what led to 1885. So in the long run, we did lose. Also, I would argue that 1869-70 should be seen as a resistance rather than a rebellion, as we were resisting the imposition of an outside government rather than rebelling against an already established one.
Also, 13:27 Manitoba was also largely unsettled by Europeans at this point, with whites making up only 12% of the population settled there in 1870 (83% were Metis, and 5% were First Nations (mostly Saulteaux and Cree)) Interestingly, the term "settler" meant something very different in Red River at this time, with the term frequently being applied to Metis and Saulteaux, while whites frequently distanced themselves from the term, at least until the 1880s.
Very useful. A couple of points: "New France" exists today as the tiny set of islands off Newfoundland and Labrador called St. Pierre et Miquelon. The completion of the railroad across Canada in 1885 should be given a lot of exposure but has none here. It cemented Canada from coast to coast and was a condition of BC joining the confederation.
This video was a reminiscence of sitting in social studies class grade 8. I love your videos SIR. Where were you 15 years ago you could’ve helped me get an A in my social studies class. It is funny how the “JR.High me”found SOCIAL STUDIES REALLY BORING, and now I from the past few year I am absolutely fascinated by historical events, I binge watch documentaries on my spare time.. I wish I can do school all over again!!! 😔
Wow, I took a Canadian history course in summer and this is really good review material. I hope whoever is teaching this course right now in my school would discover this and show it to the students.
Very interesting, thanks! Even though we're your neighbors here in the US, many (if not most) of us know jack squat about Canadian history... so this was definitely a learning experience!
I never knew Shania Twain is Canadian until I saw her last year at Canada Day 150. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LwQS5Vh44Xs.html&t=12920
"Christopher Colombus proved the Earth was round by sailing around the world." That's actually what they try to teach us here. Also, that Colombus was a good person who made friends with the natives.
You missed the areas that were Canada but became parts of the United States. Thinking of the parts of the pays d'en haut of New France which became part of the province of Quebec under the British. It later became part of the Old Northwest under the U.S. and eventually several states like Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin. Detroit elected representatives to the Western District of Quebec at least until 1792 and the city wasn't turned over to the U.S. until 1796, thirteen years after the treaty ended the war.
I love your style of charts. Would you ever consider doing a history of the British Isles?Starting with the Celts, Roman territory, then the various Saxon, Britons, Irish and Scottish kingdoms, Danelaw, through to the Act of Union and up to the UK, Ireland and Isle of Man today?
This was so beautifully done. Thank you for being so articulate and slow-paced! Your explanation was lovely, and the necessary information was stated. Great video! :)
Thank you for this video! I am taking Canadian Studies in college as an American, and my teacher has been pretty unclear about the important facts and info that you provided in the video. My finals are coming up and I realized that I had learned almost nothing in her class because she assumed everyone already knew info like this. This video is so helpful! It's made me understand what she was actually talking about and now I understand Canadian history enough that I think I'll hopefully do fine on my final! Thank you!
It's incredible. I'm from the US and I have no idea why we aren't taught a thing about Canadian history. We knew ours pretty well, but then we jump over into European history, then a little bit of South American, Asian, African, and that's about it. I've alway
They skipped U.S. history in Canadian schools as well. They only talked about the war of 1812 and it basically went: "the U.S. invaded us and we kicked them out".
also i kinda want you to do a chart on the Spencer-Churchill family cause that family features some famous historical figure most notably Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales
Thanks for this I enjoyed it! I love your history overviews and would love to see more! This is really cool too because as Americans we learn the provinces and territories and that's it. Canada is like one chapter in a textbook :(
Hi! I *love* your channel, and when I have money will be purchasing many of your charts! So informative in an easily digestible way! I am also Canadian and was wondering if there was going to be a follow up video; going over the left hand side and middle column of this chart? I'm also increasingly more interested in learning about Canadian history, especially after the 215 indigenous remains found at Kamloops residential school. I'm sure many others are interested in learning the history behind it and moreso the history and culture of the indigenous peoples. If these are topics you know, I would greatly appreciate any content on it! 😊
Large numbers of Loyalist also emigrated to Nova Scotia. So many in fact arrived that for a short period the town of Shelburne where they settled became one of the largest cities in North America. The subsequent movement of many of these Loyalist to the Saint John River Valley caused the partitioning of Nova Scotia into the colonies of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
I never understood why people got mad yes Canada is 152 now Before the French came over and colonized there wasn't a united nation here it was Nations of their own
I really like your video. One thing you might want to change if you ever redo your poster is that in 1710 York Factory was under French occupation and called Fort Bourbon till 1713.
I don't know where you are from, but it is always nice to see someone interested in your history. Thanks for the nice chart. You should have also mention the Upper and Lower Canadian Rebellion of 1837-38. The Canadian (mostly French but also from Irish and Scottish origin) fought against the British army to gain independence. Those event led to the Act of Union of 1840 and later the Confederation of 1867, as suggested in the Durham's Report. Lord Durham treated the french (and the other nation of the territory) as racially inferior (compared to the british) in his report and the only way to get rid of them will be by assimilate them with a unified country. This is mostly why there still is some tension between Quebec and the federal government of today.
Hi Matt. This chart is very helpful and wonderfully presented. How often do you update the charts, say to reflect a new Prime Minister or other significant events? Thanks again and keep up the amazing good work.
I think a mention of Captain Vancouver's exploration of the west coast to confirm or deny the existence of North West Passage might have been in order. Also some information on David Thompson would have been welcome. Good video otherwise, just a little eastern canadian centric.
@@imperlast2 If by lower Ontario you mean Southern Ontario, this part is pretty urbanized now, especially the closer you get to Toronto. Don't get me wrong, Toronto is pretty nice, but Southern Ontario is quite different from the rest of Canada Edit: Woo, Murdoch Mysteries!! I've been to several of the locations they filmed at!!
@@marshallbeck9101 If you were Canadian u would learn that French Canadians are the first nation of today... They also helped USA to fight the UK, and without them the Americans wouldn't win not at that time or who knows in what time frame...
I'm a graduate student at UBC in Poli Sci and even though I'm not in Indigenous Studies, I have taken a lot of courses on the topic. I'm really glad that you highlighted Indigenous history and the impacts of colonization on Indigenous peoples, especially as we (I noticed you're from Van!) are on unceded Musqueam territory.
If you are on unceded territory, are you not obligated to leave? I notice that almost every graduation ceremony, church service, government function, etc. undertaken in Canada now begins with an acknowledgement that they are on unceded (aka "stolen") land. I only assume that the words are spoken to make everyone feel better without having to do anything of substance. I'm being facetious here, but I am tired of the constant virtue signaling that seems to be all the current generation is good for. It's patronizing and insulting. BTW, I spent time in a residential school.
Nice. I have like 3 of your posters now. Im teaching high school cdn history soon so... I should have bought them together and saved money but... either way.. nice job!!
It's actually widely accepted today that more than one of the migration theories are right and that different waves of humans entered the Americas at different times. Nice video btw!
NecroGangster coming from a Full blooded Dene check this out and rethink your comment Natives did not came from somewhere like people like to believe www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5165047
Thank you for the preface and a great lesson. I'm looking to understand Canadian history. There are Newfoundlanders who STILL regret joining Canada. One of whole spoke to me about it in Niagara Falls. The residential school system of course, also existed infamously in the USA as well as Mexico all the way till the 1970s. Atrocities, personified. Then there is the removal of Native children from homes and relocation to white families. Between that and slavery / indentured servitude there is plenty to talk about.
Being a native from Quebec Canada in most history stories or whatnot the Algonquin people of Canada are a lot of the times not included but yet there are some that no our history. Our Algonquin and Iroquois ancestors helped fight the American Army with the settlers French Europeans what have you to win the country we know and love today Canada. Which is Algonquin for village. The American and Canadian politics are based on the Algonquin and Iroquois politics of our ancestors. And also include Ojibwe because the Algonquin and Ojibwe language is very similar. But I digress I really love watching your documentaries. Amazing!
This chart and video deserve multiple awards, for scholarship and for service to Canadian culture. The section on First Nations truth & reconciliation is masterful. I was in tears. Thank you.
Canadians aren't taught much about U.S. history either. They only talk about the war of 1812 and it basically went: "the U.S. invaded us and we kicked them out".
An interesting note was, that in 1870, Newfoundland was, by sea, one of the the nearest British colony to England (except Gibralter) while British Columbia was, by sea the furthest British Colony from England.
Great video. A quick point on the Viking settlements in Newfoundland though. The theory that there was a second settlement at Point Rosee has been more or less disproven. Further excavations at the site have found no evidence that suggests the vikings were ever there. At the moment, L'anse aux Meadows is the only Viking settlement in Canada that we know of. However it's likely that there are as of yet undiscovered sites, possibly on Baffin Island or along the coast of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Thanks for sharing this! Great video! Im 38 and find it super interesting!!!!! I used to hate this in school.... Very very interesting. Everyone should watch this and learn our history. very important.
Why do you point out that the first nations were all different nations but then just lump them all together in one big green blob, instead of showing how the land shifted and changed amongst the first nations. You briefly mention the iroquois expansion of land in the beaver wars but because you visually lump all the different first nations together it doesn't show how the land actually changed amongst those people.
My mom grew up going to school near the Shubenacadie Residential School here in Nova Scotia. The building is gone now and someone owns the land where it originally stood so you can't go there, but I seriously want them to dig that area up and do some searching. I wouldn't be surprised if there's human remains under there.
@@markbollinger1343 He obviously knows that and is pointing out the difference between US Americans way of speaking about native cultures compared to the Canadian way.
Actually the voted on American Independence was on the 2nd of July, 1776, the real date. They took two days before they bothered to write a letter to the King of England ergo the date the letter was written which is the wrong date. So the last LOL is on you!
I was wondering where you got the image at Time stamp 0:45 seconds. The one of the Feathers and Canada 15 000. It is beautiful and was hoping to be directed to where I could find it? Thank you
Thank you for acknowledging Indigenous history in this, and doing so respectfully. I've seen way too many summaries of Canadian history that gloss over everything but the British.
Emily Payeur Indigenous people of Canada get acknowledged a lot compare to America that’s why people Of colour use black history from America especially slavery....but fail to mention that Canada got rid of slavery way before America did...plus they don’t mention under ground railroad too
@@dn2ze Canada didnt get rid of slavery because it wasnt a country then, also America is much more diverse than Canada so more people are included into the picture so they aren't as focused on. I see you alot spreading misnformation because of your ultra nationalistic insecurity
Residential schools sounds like the Chinese treatment of the Uighurs going on right now. Sadly, the residential school system was largely successful in destroying first nations culture.
It was successful in creating a lot of dead and depressed First Nations people, but the culture is still alive and well thank you very much. Where are you getting your information?
@@saulteauxfirstnationsman5180 All ethnicity and cultures - including yours and mine - will inevitably merge into one national Canadian group within the next several hundred years. There will be no indigenous people or white people or black people in the year 3000, no one will remember, no will care, there will only be Canada
@@danielkamali5964 Trust me there are hundreds of thousands of tribes that on the this planet. Many of them have their own countries due to treaties and land agreements. It seems to me you do not know about the 2030 plans. We are just trying to wake up people up.
@@saulteauxfirstnationsman5180 Histroy always repeats. No culture survives unchanged for more than a few hundred years, with more and more people moving here the future in the next several thousand years is a united Canada with a mixed race population
There were far more than 2 viking settlements in 1000 AD. Greenland and what was known and Vinland and Markland had their own dioceses. The Vatican has records of all its bishops that it sent to the New World right up until 1450. The Vatican has released church census records indicating that the population of these danish settlements were in the tens of thousands (30 thousand) and weren't as we previous though, just 2 homes. The Danish have records of regular shipments that traveled there every year. Iceland has records of shipments of lumber, wheat, salmon and blackberries that routinely traveled from nova scotia to greenland and iceland every year.
Many First European settlers lived a very harsh lifestyle. Aside from leaving their families abroad to never see most of them again, they worked menial jobs and many had to farm lands in brutal winters and pay taxes to build the country Canada. Few had any idea what the top government was doing. I wish we could focus a bit more on the common people (my ancestors) and the opportunities they contributed to everyone living here today.
Also, I just wanted to let you know Matt Baker if maybe you can help point me in a way to do a accurate search of my family tree. My mom and my aunt were in a newspaper called the Abittibi quite a few years back for being in the biggest family in Abittibi. And this is just on the lineage of my mom's mom and dad my grandparents. My last count there was over 150 of us and that is immediate family. There has been a lot more born since my last count. Sadly my grandfather passed away about 25 years ago and thankfully my grandma is still with us and in very good health. So I'm thinking one of your charts would actually be a very nice gift for her if he can point me in the right direction?
He got some info wrong. Nova Scotia was called Acadia first then changed to Nova Scotia after the British brought over the planters who were from Scotland . That's where the name comes from. New Scotland Nova Scotia.
I always thought that what would become Ontario and most of English speaking Canada was set up to accommodate British loyalists from the U.S or primarily settled by them. Is that true, for all or most of the provinces?
Jaques Cartier arrived in 1534 not 1535 ( the map says 1535). I guess he explored the point that is indicated in blue in 1535... but I don't think someone reading the chart would make that distinction?
