Imagine surviving 2 years of horrors being lost in the jungle only to find out your country has been usurped and you are marked for death. Absolutely brutal.
@@Alexander79080 British repelled the Japanese from India and fought them in Malaysia, Indonesia and Indochina. Though when I say "British" I mean soldiers bearing the British flag, as most of them were actually colonial troops from India and Australia.
Baponator With the help of the Indians and Chinese, America turn the tides of both fronts and put way more effort into it. In fact, if the US didn’t supply Britain after Germany invaded France, then Britain probably would have fell
Although I do appreciate that the good old Bohemian tradition of defenestration hasn't entirely lost it's modern appeal, even if people have to do it all by themselves.
As king of Spain, Charles the 1st ruled over much of the New World. But as Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, those lands where separate from his Empire. After decades of fighting wars, he realized that in totality that was too much area for one man to rule over. His brother was elected Holy Roman Emperor and his son Philip inherited the Spanish Empire, and with it, all her colonies in the Americas.
The Spanish Tercios often fought side by side with the German Tercios at sea and on land. Empire definitions includes military. In the Spanish speaking world Charles whether 1or 5 has always been accorded and accepted as Emperor of the Roman Empire. The misnomer that was created by the phenomenon of the Black Legend which was created by humanist and protestant intellectuals to delegitimize Charles and the Empire then and ever since.
@taniths 1st and only sgt iron on duty jesus christ, using Wikipedia fully of black legend from hre propaganda. Viceroy is an extension of territory of castile. It is castile itself, all the America, pls stop talking shit. Would be great if you stop making more false statements.
England, and France: we rule the world with all our resources, manpower and overseas markets! Germany: I don't have any of that and can still take on you two combined.
Of course it was a "unified state". It was an Feudal Empire The Empire of East Franconia developed to the Roman-German-Empire in 10th century. At the beginning it was much more centralized as some centuries later. But to deny that the HRE was an empire is absurd, cause all the reforms who gave the dukes more might was leigitmate by the institution of the empire "Reichstag". The Roman-German-Empire would never be able to conquer territories of northern italy, defending themself against the turks or french, when it was not an empire. Even the Emperor was able in the early era of HRE to take away the lands from a duke, if he broke his oath. Best example was Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa who disempower Heinrich the lion, who was duke of saxony and bavaria. he refused to follow the Emperor to mailand to crush the rebellion of the italians. i dont deny that the past development was later the death sign of the HRE but to call it an "early european union" is ridicules.
@@bam1860 i guess the meaning of your statement is right, but your formulation is quite inappropriate. The HRE was until 1806 an empire but it was from the 16th century not able to do offensive warfare and territorial expansion. But it was still an unified empire cause of the fact, that the law of this empire was used for the legal protection and peacekeeping and for defence of the empire against foreign enemies. sure the 30 years war or the german dualism showed clearly that the feudalsystem of the HRE couldnt guarantee domestic stability in every case, but it was not completely useless. for example the defence of the territory of the HRE was able in the turkwars or the Palatinate War of Succession cause of an united army und the banner of the HRE.
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki the only ridicules thing here is that you wannabe historian denies the recognized historical research. the reason why the HRE got those domestic crisis you mentioned is that the german dukes got strong hegemony during the centuries. indiffernt of your absurd conclusions the HRE was an empire and existed from 10th century until 1806. this is the consensus of recognized historical research. potter seriously with the state affairs of the HRE and stop outting yourself as a historical revisionist.
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki you mention wikipedialinks ? a website were anyone can change facts? the german version of this wikipedialink says, and thats what serious historical works proof: " war die offizielle Bezeichnung für den Herrschaftsbereich der römisch-deutschen Kaiser" "was the official description of the dominion of the roman-german emperors" you only mention domestic crisis of the HRE but you ignore the fact that the HRE was an feudal empire with a constitution, an army and also the emperor who was able to take away the titles and lands from single german dukes if the broke their oath. even in the 30 years war there was an imperial army who fought for the will of the emperor. at this time the german dukes had far more hegemony then the early centuries. so what are you talking? you a wannabe historian who ridicously read wikipedialinks and think that this are serious sources. read: "Die deutschen Cäsaren" "www.uni-muenster.de/FNZ-Online/recht/reich/unterpunkte/nation.htm" and here are serious sources, unfortunately you are unable to understand german, so you are not able to potter with those sources like: "Samuel Pufendorf, Die Verfassung des deutschen Reiches. Erstausgabe 1667." "The constitution of the german empire 1667" potter with authentic sources or play somewhere else the wikipedia historian. vicarious embarassment.
There was a short lived Ostend Company, similar to the English, Dutch or French East India companies. The Southern Netherlands (more or less Belgium) was held by Austria and local merchants found a company to trade with "the east". They traded with ports in India, China (tea), Yemen (coffee) among others. They didn't hold colonial territory but did own several manufactories in various ports.They were pretty succesful, especially in the tea trade. And that succes basically killed them. Rival trading companies (Dutch and English) as well as nations (Prussia) didn't like Austria getting a lot of influence over international trade and they created treaties to abolish it. Much of the money behind the company became invested in the Danish East India Company who became equally succesful at trading in tea.
There was also a company literally called Austria East India Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_East_India_Company But the first one Austria had even before Ostend Company was the Imperial Privileged Oriental Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Privileged_Oriental_Company
@Edgar Rätsep The Dutch had proper colonies in the Americas before Spain recognized their independence (treaty of Westphalia). But The Netherlands is kind of an oddball in the colonization game as most of their international territories were more like trade posts; a means to an end, instead of "proper" colonies countries like England, Spain and France are known for. The colonization of South-Africa (apart from the Cape) wasn't even condoned by the state.
I mean, he could, nothing would stop him lol, he just needs the financial means and some manpower lol. Now, being able to hold on them long-term, that's a different story lol
The holy roman empire reminds me a lot of the Spring and Autumn-Warring states of china. Like the HRE it was basically a dis-unified mess of an 'empire'; where the only major accomplishments for 500+ years were of religious thought, and warfare technology. Only to have it finally unify by a powerful fringe state whose origins were fighting barbarians on the periphery [Qin for china and former Teutonic order Prussia for the HRE]. That being said HRE's biggest existential threat was outside empires such as France, Austria, Sweden and Russia, while the Zhou were thrashed and whittled down to nothing by 'vassals.'
I mean your mostly right except Austria was part of the holy roman empire and ruled it all the way tell the end of reign of the HRE when napoleon dissolved it
'Not holy, neither Roman, nor empire' I can swear on all what I feel sacred that I thought of this at teenage years, first time I knew that Voltaire said this too.
Correction:It began with the Vikings,But they just never Documented It so Europe did not find out about that Discovery and also why is Vinland Is a Thing
@@imperiumCirca41 I would say that without the documentation, the discovery is irrelevant. It's all well and good to be the "first people" to plant your feet uncharted territory, but unless the discovery is chronicled & disseminated, in the scheme of history it's rather pointless. Ancient Egyptians and/or Phoenicians perhaps made the first real trips across the Atlantic, but no legitimate account survives, so we do not ascribe discovery to them. The Portuguese began the age of exploration, the Spaniards the age of discovery of the Americas (w/ considerable help from Italians), and the French, the British & the Dutch settlers made it an age of European exploration of the entire world.
Hehe, actually the Phoenicians and Carthaginians are the big forefathers of the discoveries, they went as far as central west Africa and documented it. But yeah, in the Medieval age the Portuguese were the first to document explorations.
@@minakat369 The fact that there is evidence of a Viking settlement dating back to the dark ages on the coast of Canada is proof enough. That's what the 13th century texts called Vinland Sagas is all about. The Vikings were the first real explorers in history and it's thanks to them that many of these voyages later in history were possible.
German colonisation,from the early Middle Ages onwards was toward the east but not via sea -Germans settled in the eastern Baltic,in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,in Rumania etc.German armies like those of the Tuetonic knights fought the Slavic nations in what is now Kaliningrad (East Prussia).Under the German born empress Catherine the Great a great many Germans migrated to the Russian empire -descendants of many were to return to Germany post the collapse of the Soviet Union.During the time that many of the Portuguese colonies like Brazil were under the control of the Dutch many Germans were active in the Dutch empire.In the reigns of the Holy Roman rulers Charles VI and his daughter Maria Theresa there was an attempt to create an Austrian East India company operating largely from Ostend in the Austrian Netherlands(Belgium) but the vigilant British persuaded them to stop it fearing competition.
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki That would apply to the Germans who migrated to the Russian empire but in other areas of the eastern Baltic and eastern Europe generally there were states set up that were ruled by Germans like areas ruled by Teutonic knights(east Prussia) or by Baltic Germans like Courland(Present day Latvia) or by trading cities set up by the Hanseatic League.The areas around Berlin itself (The March of Brandenburg and extensive areas of eastern Germany were originally regions controlled by Slavic tribes like the Wends and Lusatians until these were dispossessed or germanised by invading German monarchs.Many German cities in this area like Dresden and Leipzig have names that are of Slavic origin.
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Your argument is easily debunked -I know the Hansa was not a state but the cities associated with the League had their own German origin law and effective extra-territoriality even if they were situated in non-German kingdoms like Poland.Just look at the history of Gdansk or Danzig -now in Poland but long associated with Germans and ruled by German Law -it was conquered by the Teutonic Knights and native population obliterated.The same situation applied to many other eastern Baltic cities like Riga in Latvia and Reval(Talinn) in Estonia.The Baltic German ruling classes were effectively colonial masters in most of this area down to the time of Russian annexation.Just examine the duchy of Courland(now Latvia) it was ruled by a German dynasty and itself had colonies in West Africa and in the Caribbean(Tobago)You have also ignored my comment about the tenth century and onwards expansion eastwards of the Holy Roman Empire(ie Germany) at the expense of the largely Slavic original inhabitants and the establishment of Marches(borderlands) in places like Berlin (Brandenburg) and Saxony(The Marca Geronis or Saxon March.Even Pomerania and Mecklenburg were originally Slavic with the Slavic Obotrites nation being dislodged from these areas early in the Middle Ages.Of course there was economic migration as well -promoted by Hungarian and Czeck kings because the skills brought by Germans were highly valued -that is the origin of the Saxon settlements in Transylvania ()now in Rumania)
In the middle ages many Germans moved to Poland in search of new opportunities, but to call them economic refugees would be an exaggeration. However, to call them colonial masters would also be an exaggeration. They were migrants. They were often welcomed for their various skills, so moving to Poland was simply a chance for a better life for them - and that it often was. Nevertheless, they still had to follow local rules and customs, and with time many assimilated into majority Polish culture (as it happened with Germans in Kraków) or strongly associated with Poland (as it was with Germans in Toruń or Gdańsk - for example Johannes Hevelius was a close friend of Polish King Jan III Sobieski) . Even though they were called colonists, it had very little to do with New World colonialism. They were called colonists only because they often arrived en-masse (but only after the implementation of treaties, such as Magdeburg law) and they settled areas emptied after the disastrous Mongol invasions. And while they did become a dominant force in many Polish towns and cities, with time they often fully assimilated into majority Polish culture, and their descendants have lived here since.
@@KonradofKrakow In other words,keeping to the theme of this video"Why the German Holy Roman Empire had no colonies" it was because the Germans had other outlets for their energies and oppurtunities for their surplus populations -to eastern Europe and not across the seas to the Americas,Africa,India etc like Dutch,British,French et al.
I think you should have used a different map of the HRE, as this image constantly contradicts what you're saying since it includes the Netherlands as part of the HRE.
I mean, it WAS part of the HRE for a bit. Just as some parts of France were. It's just that they broke off before the Hazburgs, what most people think of when they think "HRE" came into power
Absolutely! Makes no sense at all to include the United Provinces of the Netherlands in this map considering the timeframe and the subject of empire of this video, such glaring errors!
Also confusing charlamgne's 'holy roman empire' with the austro-hungarian "holy roman empire". The habsburgs got the title through forged documents, no other reason and they didn't run states in what is now germany like the maps show. And what a lack of detail about what colonisation actually entailed. It failed cos the natives attacked them (wonder why), they ran out of money (and resources after usually stripping the land of anything they could), and tropical diseases (speak for themselves bringing so much illness and death to the new world). Nevermind the trickery, massacres, forced displacement, slavery, internment... etc! How one could make a video about failed colonial projects without mentioning their genocidal reality is a bit ridiculous
@@TheErnestCline My brother in Christ: Did it ever occur to you that colonization is pretty damn broad when talking about dozens of different states? Like Scandinavians and Rus' colonizing the North of Europe? You claim they stripped the lands out of every ressources they could while it couldnt be even further from the truth. Its quite like setting up a moonbase would be for us: Sure, maybe Egypt could launch a few Rockets, but they'd be bankrupt before they get anything out of it. And tropical diseases? Dude, the only place where that was a legitimate hindrance was Africa and even that changed in the 1800s. That still didnt keep anyone from settling the coasts such as Portugal. You are listing the consequences of successful colonization as reasons for why it failed. Even then, Spanish colonies did keep the Natives alive. The Nahuatl are still around for instance. So yes, I suggest sticking to facts regarding the topic at hand instead of going full "White Guilt"
But they couldn't hold the tropical weather, and the diseases; also they tried to do the mirror trade trick to trade mirror for gold to the natives. By the end, Scottish colony was forced to leave.
Es gab das sogenannte Reichsitalien und das Reich der Deutschen. Rex Romanorum et Teutonicorum. Rex Romani ergibt keinen Sinn, da Romani hier des Römers heißt. Also Rex Romani einfach König des Römers bedeutet.
The reason why the HRE did not have colonies in the New World, was because of the revolts started by Martin Luther in the 1520's, which razed everything in the territory down, and later fragmented the entire Empire by a zillion yard-long principalities, thus weakening it irreparably. Factual truth is that Martin Luther's reforms succeeded, not because of its moral superiority over the Catholic church, but because these reforms were supported by german prince electors (Saxony and Hesse for instance) in order to break up from the authority of Emperor Charles V. German prince electors had never been in a situation whereby they actually would have to obey the Emperor. As this video points out, the HRE was more a fancy title on a piece of paper rather than an actual empire. However all this changed when Charles V was crowned in 1519. Charles the V was no puppet, neither would be manipulated in any form by any prince elector because his power DID NOT reside within the HRE, but principally came from his vast Kingdoms in the Iberian peninsula, Italian peninsula, as well as from the Viceroyalties in America (NO COLONIES BUT VICEROYALTIES - THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE). Charles V visualized a unified Christian Europe to counteract the influence and stop the expansion of Islam. Ironically, his rivals in England, Netherlands and France were simultaneously sealing secret pacts with Europe's greatest threat - Ottoman Empire led by "Suleiman the Magnificent" to attack Charles V's kingdoms. Charles V did support the idea of giving permission to German conquistadors to explore the New World until the Religious Wars commenced, then the Emperor concluded that this was too much of a risk, as it could transplant the conflict and chaos to the new World. 12:00 "... It never achieved the grand overseas empire such as the British and the French held" My respects to the British and French, but frankly the Spanish did way better in that sense. Just take a look at infrastructure built in Hispanic Viceroyalties vs. French or English - The Spanish built magnificent roads, aqueducts, bridges, universities, hospitals, forts, castles, etc. For instance, Mexico City had public sewage and drainage before Paris or London. German explorer Von Humboldt wrote in his notes that the richest cities in the continent were Lima in today's Peru and Mexico City. All the wealth fled the Viceroyalties as soon as the so-called "Independence wars" begun, but not before. Great vid!
Your comment has many inexactitudes. In Peru we understand those viceroyalties as colonies. What you call territories were already populated by us, well, our ancestors. Peruvians were not free to trade except with Spain, which then would use our resources and products to trade with Europe which in the end would produce inflation there. The rulers had to be Spaniards, Peruvians born from Spanish families had a bit less privileges, and so subsequently according to how indigenous it was a person, in the way of taxes. The richest cities that you mention were quite richer before Spaniards arrived. The leader of Lima had thousand of merchant ships and was precisely chosen by Spaniards for its wealth and ubication in relation to the sea. The infrastructure built is not comparable to the one we had, even Spanish chronists mention that the Qhapaq ñan, or imperial highway, is a work which only has comparation to the main roads of the Roman empire. We had our systems of sewage but Spaniards didn't understand them and destroyed them, so they replaces the infraestructure that allowed cities like Qosqo (Cusco) or Tenochtitlan to have 200 000 habitants for lesser infrastructure that allowed, like in Europe of that time, 20 000 at most. But the worst things was to leave a system rooted in corruption, which when independence wars (yes, they existed) were won, stopped to be Spanish heritage to be, sadly, our own heritage. I say this as an observation, not as blaming or so, that countries with strong influx of German or Italian population like Argentina, Uruguay or Chile developed better than Peru, Bolivia or Ecuador.
It turns out that Emperor Charles V tried to make a unified state of the Holy Roman-Germanic Empire in the image of what his grandmother Queen Elizabeth had done in Spain, but many of the nobles rebelled against him for that reason, using the excuse of the new Lutheran religion, which also allowed them to enrich themselves (even further) by expropriating the possessions of the Catholic Church in their territories. By the way, Columbus was not Italian at that time, since Italy did not exist then, just as Germany did not exist either. In any case, it would be Genoese (not sure), nationalized Spanish and signed his name as "Pedro", not "Pietro", because Cristofer Columbus was not his real name.
He did speak Italian and Italy was already recognised as geographical real region of Europe You re argument is invalid Without a random italian , the spanish wouldnt have had their little empire ;)
@@nomennescio8862 he also spoke Portuguese in fact it has been noted whenever he could not translate something he would turn to Portuguese to translate it, hinting at his true origin being from somewhere in the Iberian peninsula?
Many explorers were italian, Columbus was Born in Genoa not in Madrid. John Cabot was actually named Giovanni Caboto Born in Gaeta, south Italy. Gianni da Verrazzano, italian too. Americo Vespucci gave his name to the whole continent. Italy had no colony in America.
After the first wave of Conquistador, colonies were mostly settled by merchants, who had to make the over-expensive travel profitable. Dutch were the western trade nation of Holy Roman Empire. They built such a colonial empire that they could get independent from the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. Their empire, grounded on free market at low price, was destroyed by England, which imposed protectionist market at high price under the paid "protection" of Royal Navy. The other trade power of Germany, the Hansa, had already a much more profitable market : Eastern Europe. While Hansa cities specialised in manufacturing and trade, serfdom became massive in Eastern Europe (contrary to Western Europe, were it decreased), to provide local landlords agricultural goods to sell. So Hansa did not need to bother to invest heavily in lenghty and perilous travels, fortified harbours, slaves, when the magnats and boyards provided cheap labour and goods just next door.
As a history buff I was out looking for channels focusing on History and educational content. This is by far the best I've found. Your work is awesome man. Deep research + bang on animation. Just perfect.
Why every time you show a map of Spanish colonies, you conveniently omit any territory that is now part of the USA? Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada...
Ever heard of the German Hansa? There are probably more coastal cities in Germany than in most of Europe. Kalen, Brügge, Middelburg, Rotterdam, Harlem, Dordrecht, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Gröningen, Stade, Bremen, Lübeck, Hamburg, Kiel, Schleswig, Rostock, Greifswald, Cöslin, Stolp, Danzig, Königsberg, Riga
Tanya von Degurechaff Listing dutch cities is kind of missing the point. Dutch were either the subject of Spain (colonial empire) or ruled as their own sovereigns (Netherlands, also a colonial empire), the fact that de iure these lands were supposed to be the part of HRE is unimportant since de facto these lands were under control of different state. Let’s just say that at this point, during colonial age, no one cared about feudalism anymore. Riga and Danzig were not even part of HRE. Yes, their inhabitants were predominantly Germans but it doesn’t mean that the city was located in Germany.
@@stasiugaska2838 Entirely wrong, the Netherlands were part of the HRE untill 1648 and even under direct imperial control until 1556. Riga was a free imperial city until 1581. Danzig and part of the western Teutonic trade cities also were part of the HRE, because it was a requirement for joining the Hansa.
Tanya von Degurechaff You are right in case of Riga, my bad. In 1549 Charles V issued an pragmatic sanction saying that 17 provinces situated in Dutch lowlands were to be treated as one undivided administrative unit and also inherited by the senior line of house of Habsburg, which in this case was the line of Spanish monarchs. This means that at the moment when Philippe II accented to the throne Netherlands were no longer part of HRE, since Philippe was not an emperor but Spanish king. Also 1648 is only a date when the Netherlands were recognized as an independent country, but at this point it was and independent state for almost a century. Speaking about Danzig, I’m not sure you are right either. To begin with, since 1466 Danzig was part of kingdom of Poland and an event which could be marked as a start of age of colonization is discovery of Americas, which have happened in 1492. So at this point listing Danzig among large German seaports, capable of potential colonization just seems out of place. Also I do not think that you are entirely right saying that in order for a city to be a part of Hanseatic League, it had to be part of HRE. Cracow (don’t ask me why, but I was) was also part of Hansa for a short time and at the same time it served as a capital of polish kingdom. Other example is Bergen in Norway. Perhaps you meant German/Hanseatic quarters in these cities, these quarters were known for following German law system and being to some degree independent from the legislature of the whole state. You could perhaps bring some sources, maybe again either me or you have missed something.
Brandenburg and Prussia were basically the same state as far as the age of colonialism is concerned, and the original Prussia was never part of the HRE.
Germany did have overseas colonies prior to the first world war - Nambia and Papua being examples. Earlier the Prussians were busy colonising Lithuania, Poland and Russia.
Because to reach America they have to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, controlled by the Spaniards since 1492. Same reason Italy or any Mediterranean power couldn't have any colonies in America
no need to do so, and doing so would cut in to their existing profits. kinda like the same way kodak went away, to change would have meant the collapse of the already working model
The Ottoman had dominion in America as part of the Ottoman/Moorish empire. Selim III was a signator of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship at Tunis. I mean even the 1795 Treaty with Algiers(now Minnesota) was originally written in the Turkish, not the Arabic.
After 30-years war the HRE was nothing else than a paper tiger and being its emperor nothing else than a prestige title no other in western Europe got. If the today Netherland would have kept into HRE, may be NY would still speak dutch.
USA would have likely invaded it during its expanding stages. It was not afraid of war and would have probably just attacked NYC because its a strategic place.
So… the Dutch were not part of the Holy Roman Empire? They colonized what is now New York City, naming it New Amsterdam and had colonies in the West Indies. The map you show for the Holy Roman Empire includes the Netherlands.
You could say the Dutch were the port of Germany. Many goods from the new world and east were traded up the Rhine river and to the east sea towards the Hansa cities. Also the Dutch got most of their mercenaries from German states and a lot of colonists and voc recruits came from neighbouring German states. Yes the Netherlands was no longer a part of the holy roman empire at that point, but especially in western Germany the Dutch golden age also had its influence. The Netherlands was rich, but lacked in manpower, which was often drafted in the German states bordering. I ones read that the voc actively recruited shipcrews there since they needed people the man the ships. Basically like a true multinational would do. I dont know the exact numbers on it, maybe its not that much with colonizing.
swami dude interesting. I didn’t know the dutch republic had recruited so many men from neighbouring german countries. That would have given them the manpower needed to fight the spanish
@@hazzmati I dont know the exact numbers on it. But in several battles in the Netherlands they are mentioned, for example in the battle for Mookerheyde en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mookerheyde I cant seem to find any source with real numbers, so dont know if it was significant. Maybe I read it somewhere in a book or heard of it in a documentary or museum. At least as far as I know especially in the early days during the Spanish war Willem of orange even fled to Germany for a while to raise German support. Might be interesting to look into, but in the Dutch golden age many people migrated to the Netherlands from all over Europe, freethinkers, artists, scholars and merchants, since the Dutch enlightment meant many could live there free of some of the oppression that catholic monarchies still had.
Well actually it kinda was Because do to it was Fragmented It still had a King Ownership connected to One throne giving A Bit of Legitimacy As a Country
@@imperiumCirca41 It was basically the same as the EU just with less electors and a monarch on the top instead of a parliament. For outsiders both look fragmented and united at the same time. Both have/had common military and trade policies while having ethnic divisions and feuding countries inside.
Micahistory 2 yes it was it was a united realm with an elective monarchy from before it was called the HRE until it’s dissolution. It was severely weakened after the 30 years war and Prussia later broke away but that doesn’t discount everything before that! Bad comment
The HRE was never in charge of any expedition due to religious and factional infighting. But German settlers and mercenaries were present in a number of early colonial ventures. Usually Protestants working for the Dutch or British. Colonies with a strong German presence from the very beginning include New Amsterdam (1624), Cape Town (1652) and Pennsylvania (1681).
"You actually think that the Holy Roman Empire was Holy, Roman, and an Empire instead of repeating the same brainless quote from Voltaire?" Yes Also "I must give you a piece of intelligence that you perhaps already know - namely, that the ungodly arch-villain Voltaire has died miserably like a dog - just like a brute. That is his reward!" -Mozart
The emperor was crowned by the pope (holy) ruled by an emperor (empire) and claimed to be romes successor (like every other political entity at that time)
@@davidkener3754 Partially Dominated European Trade (or what has left of it after the fall of Rome) ,but look Europe had ben invaded South by Arabs, north by vikings,East by Mongols Slavic... SO There was not many people to do the trade at that point
@@davidkener3754 With some of the hanseatic Ports startet the Dutch there own Empire after Independent from HolyEmpire in 1648. With Wood from the black forest. So this should also be possible before 1648. But nothing like this happens.
Woah stop it. Europeans already had a sea route to India and China. We Italians had control over it. But Ottomans closed that route and the discovery of the new world (made by us, thanks again) allowed other European to become powers. In a single moment in history both the Italian Marittime City-States and the Hanseatic League was cut off the trades by two sides. But as I said, we had the control over the sea trade towards India and China.
If only they kept Venezuela, today there'd be oil rich independent German state in South America instead of Venezuela. It would probably go independent after WW1 or WW2 :)
The germans were never interested in the creations of permanents colonies, thet just wanted quick gold and leave (el Dorado), they did not get along with the natives nor the spanish/criollos in Coro (they almost Allied forces against the germans). Just like the HRE is not the powerfull Germany of XIX century, the german influence, especially at that time, do not guarantee the future of a country Greetings from Venezuela :)
@@marianoslender9897 hopefully one day all of South America will again be reunited as one large country. Large countries are able to withstand outside pressure. ** Then North & South America could unite.Hahaha
Rather doubtful, chances are that a plantation and hacienda economy would have remain the primary economic model, not a society based on commerce. Suriname's Dutch past or Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago british legacy have not made those countries first world nations.
@@joeblow5178 That's actually and old aspiration, a commercial, monetary and custom union of sorts could bring foward the largest economy on the planet.
Portugal literally start the era of the discovery's and discover half of the world. The trade maritime trade route to India was discovered by Vasco da Gama.
I don't know if that's true. You know, Charles V had so many enemies - Francis I of France even allied with Turks; protestant deformers and Henry VIII of England hated him so much and spread fake news and fake stories. Holy-Roman-German Empier could have saved and reconquered Constantinople, reconquered Palestine, reconquer North of Africa (including Egypt). But the crybabies screwed up everything.
@@carlosmarcial6201 conquerering Constantinople??😂 Lol at the time of Charles V,,Ottomans were the most superior army on the ground,,Habsburgs avoided confrontations with them in the reign of Suleiman I since they saw what happened to the last army(Hungarians) that faced Ottomans in the open battlefield.Charles even recognized Suleiman as the "True Caeser" and Charles himself was only acknowledged as the "King of Spain" and his brother Ferdinand used to pay yearly tribute to Ottoman Empire
How to colonize a territory: - Eng, Fr, Neth, Bel: Erase the locals or confine them to reserves, repopulate with your own people, build factories and plantations, get some slaves to work in them, enrich the whites through trade and exploitation of resources, turn it into a puppet/failed state, never totally leave. - Rome, Greece, Spain: Conquer the land by war and agreements, alphabetize and convert the locals, make them your own citizens, build universities, temples and cities, enrich the whites and the locals through trade and exploitation of resources, get looted by your enemies, collapse. - Portugal: Lets do both!
Yesterday, I learned on Jeopardy that Venezuela means little Venice. Today, this video taught that it was originally called Klein-Vendig, which means the same thing in German. I also didn't know the name Klein meant small, so double learning bonus.
Cristóvão Colombo was NOT italian. He was PORTUGUESE, from a town called Cuba, in the south of Portugal. He eaven signed the Tordesilhas agreement, on the portuguese delegation side! 😉
sjoormen1 funnily enough Germany destroyed Europe 4x Times 1. Reformation Period 2. German Empire WW1 3. German Reich WW2 4. German controlled EU/Kalergi Plan
The German who was given Venezuela most likely thought Lake Maracaibo was only good for mosquitos. His problem was that he got there too early. Centuries later this happened - i0.wp.com/www.earthstartsbeating.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/621991.jpg?w=502&ssl=1
As an East German, I feel urged to have to remind y'all, that the German Colonies since the middle ages until now have been in the east of the Elbe river.
@@___E We have still slavic speaking peoples here inthis area with slavic named villages and towns. It has been called East Colonisation for some reasons. And if you see, who own toda more land in East Germany - East or West Germans - you'll find out. Always has been, Always will be.
@@ratatosk8935 Not to mention that actions of Teutonic Order pretty much could be considered colonisation too (in more brutal way) of Baltic and Slavic populations (at first aimed at "pagans", but after some time it turned out that Christians, even of the same kind of Christianity, that speak a different language could serve as targets as well...) But it is more complicated matter due to Teutonic Knights acting more on their own, rather than as subject of the Kingdom of Germany/HRE
Is it just me or does this guy speak really bizarrely, he’ll speak really normally and with no errors but then either miss out words like ‘the’ which would make it make sense, or will have a really weird and noticeable pause at random intervals. I feel like I’m going just slightly mad listening to it.
What was totally missed in this video is the migration of people and colonisation of the german east especially in the middle ages. The whole Elbe region and regions further east were populated by slavs prior to the colonisation by germans under the local rulers, who called for settlers in the western parts of the HRE. Germans founded settlements in many eastern european states such as moldavia and romania. This was the early german colonisation. Then the 30 years war emptied enough of the country to habe enough place for the newer generations. So there was enough work to do to settle the old country.
Yes, lot's of "Germans" in the east of the Elbe has spoken slavish languages still at the time of Martin Luther, he mentioned it nearly 400 Years after the colonization of (nowadays) East Germany. There are still the Sorbians left today. Also a lot of people eastern of the Elbe river were achieving German citizenship first in 1920.
German Holy Roman Empire exicted until 1806. Germany did have their kolonies in Afrika. Bdw. The netherlands was not part of the Holy Roman Empire when kolonisation was going on. We were a Republic from 1588 until 1795 (Napoleon)
Talks about the colonial powers, and includes the Netherlands. Also shows the Netherlands as part of the HRE. That really grinds my gears. The Netherlands was part of the HRE, and was ruled over by the spanish king, until it got its independance after the 80 years war. It is only after that that the Netherlands began its colonial empire, more than 100 years after the spanish. So technically, there was a colonial empire in the HRE, and it was the part that had access to the atlantic ocean. They just weren't part of the HRE when they were a colonial power.
I love how these monarchs gave incredibly huge chunks of unexplored land to repay some debts... Similar to the Alaska Purchase to pay for the Tsar's son's wedding.
Because the Spanish decapitated anyone who wanted to get into America and was not Spanish. That is why the first Britons to make a successful colony in America was 250 years after spaniards- in fact for this Scotland joined England to form UK, they wanted to make a colony in Venezuela and were massacred, the same thing happened to the English, French and Dutch.
@@herrwagnerianer1739 and then they became a colonial super power with the VOC as first public multinational ever. Never surpassed by any company in the world. 7 times bigger than Apple. The Germans however never became a colonial power, they only colonized some desserts in Africa.
Please stop referring to Holy Roman Empire as a synonym for Germany. Germany did not come to existence until Otto von Bismarck united a group of independent kingdoms by conquest and bribes. He called it Germany because the word means neighbor, or sibling. Holy Roman Empire, on the other hand, included almost all Roman Catholic Slavic kingdoms, such as today’s Poland (partly), Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and some other tribes located throughout today’s Northern Italy, Southeastern France, Hungary, and Romania (partly).
How thick are you? Of course the Holy Roman Empire was a synonym for Germany, just like the EU is a synonym for Europe or how the USSR was a synonym for Russia. The HRE's full name was the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
Examples like these show how relevant the Spanish Empire was. Many European powers tried but just left with empty hands after some years. Spaniards were there for almost 4 centuries.
Flanders never was part of the H.R.E. and the rest of the Netherlands were officially separated from the H.R.E. in 1548 according to the Transaction of Augsburg. I understand 12 minutes is a short amount of time, but in order not to tell and show total nonsense this video should have been a few minutes longer.
think like this, if your home is just kept together and alot of people in that house hate eachother, so, do you 1 try to unite the diffrent people to be more cohesive or do you 2 start a new terretoty whilst you have problems in ur own home and leave the other people in that house to be killed by the french and ottomans?
Short answer: probably cause they were too busy fighting themselves in a billion civil wars at once to worry about anything else that was outside their borders. Long answer:
