Why Doesn't The US Know About Its Own Dutch Origins? (Geography Geek) - Texan Reacts 

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The English lost the war, and hated the Dutch. So they erased any history of the Dutch ordered by the King of England.

Even the ‘Dollar’ comes from the Dutch word, ‘daalder’.

Some of New York's streets and blocks are named after cities and streets here in The Netherlands. For example: Brooklyn->Breukelen, Harlem->Haarlem, Wallstreet->Walstraat, Broadway->Brede wegh, Long Island -> Lange Eylandt. To mention just a few. If you go deeper in the history, you even find Dutch villages and cities, who are still named in Dutch. Like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Holland ( in michigan ), kinderhoek, Nassau, Barneveld. If you think about it...your very big and our very little countries are more a-like then we think. Like its a brother and sister relationship, lol. Thats why Dutch people loves Americans and vice versa ( well i do ). The history lets us known, that the world is a lot smaller than we think it is.

Fun fact: the Puritans came from the Netherlands to North America because the Netherlands were too free for their taste.

The Pilgrims had left England, fleeing for religious persecution. They found refuge in the Netherlands. But there they got another problem. The very (relative!) tolerance that allowed them to thrive in the Netherlands scared them. They were puritans and were afraid their children would be influenced by all the temptations of this young multicultural nation. That’s why they left for America (as if those temptations wouldn’t be there too)

I love your interest in our country, Texan, not many from your country are interested in any history at all... Subscribe to your channel is a law from now on:):):)

How many of the viewers of these videos about Dutch things come from the Netherlands. 😂 I am also from the Netherlands I love videos about Dutch origins it’s fascinating to see how much the Dutch actually did back in the day how big such a small country really is. I generally love videos about history and infrastructure and all such videos.

your whole system is based on dutch inventions. stock market and capitalism. 2 things your government love. we literally created america and your system. with that we literally created the modern world. thats how good we used to be.

This one I saw already but nice to see it a second time with some reactions to it. We Dutch were no big colonizers, we are traders. English is due to our digital world more and more the world language. In The Netherlands (and you be amazed) from the beginning of the 19th-century students learned German, French, and English in school, after a while they could drop 1 or 2 languages and English has always been the most chosen language to learn. If you look today I am very happy we speak so many languages as Dutch, 90% speak English, maybe not that good but we understand it very well, Me myself and I speaks better German than English because I lived 10 years in this beautiful country with even more beautiful people but I can not write German only a little. English was the language I learned in school. Consider that in The Netherlands 94% understand and speak a second language, 75% understand and speak a third, and 35% a fourth language. THAT MAKES US GOOD TRADERS and so we do business all over the world. Anyone interested in buying something from me, anything in and around kitchens I can sell you and all is made in Germany....:):) Even the kitchens I sell are from Germany, quality rules!

even thanksgiving has its roots in the Netherlands

The discord sounds drove me crazy lmao

the funny part is that australia was found first by the dutch

The neighbourhoods (i hope i write it well because i'm Dutch) of New York are named after Dutch city. Dit example Harlem is named after the city Haarlem and Brooklyn after Breukelen.

The $24 price for 'Manahata' is a, minor important, error by American historians. It was 60 guilders according to a historical Dutch document. And the native Indians thought it was a kind of lease for the island, not a sale..... It a very interesting part of American history. I can't wait for your next react vids.

Yup,knew it because of Russell Shorto's book" the island at the centre of the world".Nice written and easy to Read.

Read about the pelgrims as well. they went from the netherlands to america. in leiden where the used to live we have a whole pilgrim museum.

Love ur vids dude! Greetings from the Netherlands!

the Americans do not know about it because the documents about it are in dutch, much easier to highlight the British Spanish and French history.

So happy to see that you also enjoyed these facts, they blew my mind.

Interresting, I've been taught the history of the dutch in the US back in school in the Netherlands, I had no idea people of the america's didn't know this aswell

THeir is a famous poem that tells exactly how english and british operate , they wave any negative as a succes. Is been happening for centuries. Below the poem that sums up british mentality Two fight - and for their lives The one that caused the row is beaten - but survives And boasts: "I've won it now! As master of the field!" And did he win? For sure! Face-down he couldn't yield: His victory was pure The other took his hat, his rapier and his gold And left him lying flat, The glorious field to hold So master he has been: Our Neighbours are the same: If thus they like to win, we wish them lasting fame

I love it how you look to our country in many video's. You must think we are a little crazy here! And sometimes we are. I most of the times do not like video's from foreigners who report about our country as if it is the truth and they only look at Amsterdam, but you, from Texas, look at a whole other angle and most of your video's are from complete different parts of our country etc. And that is what I love about your approach! Thank you for that.

Yes, Geography Geek has alot of great informative videos! 🥰👌🏼 Yeah, definitely check it out, it's a very interesting one and was also new for me! 🤯 How the Netherlands Helped America Gain Independence (And How it Cost Them) But the British never talked about the embarrassments that the Dutch did to them, also not about The Raid On The Midway, the biggest embarrassment on their own soil, they didn't even teach it in schools in the Medway area! ✌🏼

the Dutch where the first to salute an Amercan ship, at St Eustasius

a small history event in 1989 visited President George H.W. Bush Netherlands as a state visit. During his stay in the Netherlands, he also visited the university city of Leiden, the reason why he wanted to visit the Pieterskerk because his ancestors emigrated to America through that church.

If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much ! 🤣

Seem you like Our tiny country, I like Texas a lot.. Austin seems very nice to me.

Fun facts: Harlem is named after the city of Haarlem. Brooklyn is named after the town of Breukelen. Broadway means Bredeweg wich then was the same as "mainstreet". Rikers island is named after the colonist Abraham Rycken. The dutch named long island because it was a lange eiland.

Even Brooklyn is based on several Dutch villages like; New Amersfoort, New Utrecht, Breuckelen, Midwout, Boswijck and Gravesend (English)

Yankee's ethymology is Jan-Kees a derogative title for Dutch people.

Lmao I do recognize a lot of Dutch culture in the plot ending there :') Won but didn't press the issue like, sure we got what we wanted let's move on to more productive things. We've even got a saying here "Doe maar normaal dan doe je al gek genoeg" which translates to "Just act normal, that's crazy enough". Everything is guided by a purpose here we don't do shit just to do it or have brag rights, if it's not useful then what's your big deal about it? Real life example, love to tell this anecdote :') This guy in a porsche came up to the LIDL (kind of an offbrand cheap ass grocery storechain from Germany) and acting all flamboyant and cocky around it so these girls came up giggling like ohhh damn is that your car? So he's peacocking around like hell yea it is, to which the girls replied: Too bad you gotta shop at LIDL now though :') :') I fucking died but yea that's Dutch people for you, very dry and to the point, not big fans of reaching for more credit than we owe or are owed.

Peter Minuit is famous for 'buying' the entire island of Manhattan from the Native Americans on May 24, 1626. He doesn''t pay with money, but with small things, which together are not worth more than 60 guilders. From that moment on, the island of Manhattan is also Dutch territory.

Oh not to mention that your currency is Dutch. The word Dollar stems from Daalder, 2 1/2 guilders (the old Dutch currency before switching to the €uro in 2002)

0:42 I used to have a pc that always had all of my shit disconnect, and this sound just triggered something deep inside of me. Thanks Texan.

As a finishing touch, He created the Dutch 😁

Looking at the flag, they should have called it New Jojo.

1:38 I got so confused thinking I just left a discord voice call... Lol, I was like "wtf, i'm in vc?"

Yankees is Jan Kees..Dutch names.

I can tell you a lot about the herritage. Iam dutch and my wife is geograhy teacher. If and and when you want to know more, no worry's😂

The English France Spanish No wonder all the country's we where in war with.

The thing I find weird is that we gave it away for a trade they traded "Suriname" for new Amsterdam as far as I know and the reason the British lost that part was because he didn't read a note what said that the Americans where on his way to kill him but if he did read that note they were prepared and america would now have been a British colony at least that is what I know at least 😂😅🤷‍♂️

bro i thought my discord was tripping lol

We took back New York and gave it back after negotiating.

Just one small decision made differently back then and we would have been speaking Dutch in the States.

Still many things remain, though people do not recognise them. Brooklyn and Harlem for example are Anglicized forms of cities in The Netherlands, respectively Breukelen and Haarlem. Not many Americans will think Hey that sounds Dutch, when they hear Brooklyn or Harlem, but still. Just 1 question for you, what are those light circles reflecting of your glasses ??? Seen it in many a video now, so am curious :D

The victors write the History

I love this information but my Dutch ancestors didn't get here till the late 1800s and they were actually Friesian 🤔

I don't think we bought anything from Hudson...he was in Dutch service at the west India Company...if I am correct,and I believe I am...

Peter Minuit was not a Dutch man. He was Belgian from Tournai.

Geo Geek really does his homework.

Just imagine: if we would have reclaimed New Amsterdam after the fourth Anglo-Dutch war history would have been totally different. Amera wouldn't have been an English colony but it would have remained Dutch. There wouldn't have been a 1773 Boston tea party and there's a chance that the USA in it's current form wouldn't have existed. Oh, by the way, you would be speaking Dutch today. History is formed by coincidences.

I love how almost all americans ignore the part were they were mostly DUTCH

It's His-story The story is written by the victor

By the way, Russel Shorto’s book is amazing.

@texan reacts!,pretty please do an reaction to the Dutch/spanisch 80 years war,i would Realy Realy apriciate That if you would & could,gretings & love from an BIGHUGE Dutch Fan of yours!

What you think can be a jojo... can also be lead on a string, that measures de depth of the Hudson & harbour. (about 12.00 minutes) I am not completely sure, but it might make more sence in nautical ways. No I'am not an expert, but please concider this. Because that is how many harbours in those days were measured.

Thought it was only me that realized a lot of White Americans have dutch last names

Surinam food is the best food in The Netherlands..

The usa ers dont know it because the engish became dominant and they sort of vanished that part of history

5 States New Netherlands.

They denied it always

Russel Short .you mus seen .

Use different lighting............. circles lighting on your glasses reflecting could do beter...........

Our flag is red white and blue. Now look at USA's

Because people in the US aren’t known for knowing things?

I wonder if today's teenagers still know how to read maps.... Selling NewYork for Suriname... Sigh.... One of teh things Dutch people are ashamed of. What were they thinking!

Is this really legal? I mean you just show other peoples videos,,, do you make money from this ? If so, Can I?

Lack of proper education.