18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20

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Published 2019-09-24

European powers had a lot of wars in the 18th century, and they weren't confined to Europe. Conflict raged across the globe, in what might be called a World War...but we don't call it that, because we already have a couple of those coming up in the 20th century. Some call it the Great War for Empire, and some call it a bunch of separate wars, but in any case, all this conflict was important, and you're going to learn all about it right now.

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All Comments (21)

@gervasiomartins9148 4 years ago

"Florida: the best place to run away from your past mistakes and into new ones" Lol, I'm dying, can we get that on a shirt? I as a Floridian will wear it proudly.
@Ilichburger 4 years ago

Oh boy, Incas in Extra History, Peru in Geography Now, and now Tupac Amaru II in Crash Course... 'tis a great week to be peruvian in youtube :)
@LuinTathren 4 years ago

Jaden Smith? You mean that Jaden Smith? The son of Will Smith? Wow. That's kinda random.
@josephpratt2295 4 years ago

I think that John Green could have talked a little bit more about the causes of the Seven Years War in Europe with the "Diplomatic Revolution" and Friedrich der Grosse invading the Electorate of Saxony. However I did like that he went into some details about that the Spanish were up to because it is rarely talked about what the Spanish were doing in the 18th century. As some other people have already commented It is also satisfying to see John Green cover the Wars of Catherine the Great and Pugachev's Rebellion which rarely ever get mentioned (much less talked about) in other places.
@alejandroojeda1572 4 years ago

This episode was awesome. Cheerful attitude, interesting not biased information, greater scope and meaningful analysis. I'm Spanish and I learned a couple of things about my own country!!! Thanks
@user-cn4gj1vf3o 4 years ago

Thank you for dealing with Russian History alongside with history of another Empires and countries. It's actually really rare when history of Russia considered to be a part of European History. Especially when it's not about just wars and foreign policy, but the internal affairs too. It will be interesting to investigate about Alexander Radishchev and Nikolay Novikov, the FIRST real opposition against Serfdom and Catherine II not from the peasants, but from the nobility. Especially if you will talk about reactions of European monarchs on Great French Revolution.
@dylanfry7978 4 years ago

I’m so happy you came back with new videos John Green!!!! Keep it up
@camiloiribarren1450 4 years ago

Yes! More history lessons from Mr. Green and we get to learn a lot today
@neaels5936 4 years ago

This video is great, very informitive on how war change over millennia yet stay the same. Love your history vids
@gibranhenriquedesouza2843 4 years ago

Fun fact: "Peru" in portuguese means Turkey (the bird, not the country), and everytime Brazil wins a soccer match against Peru, the people says: "Peru was roasted in the last game".
@nathanellis7819 4 years ago

I LOVE THIS SHOW!! THANK YOU Mr Green and Team
@yetigriff 4 years ago

Feature history made a video about the Mongols and never once said anything about them being the exception. Hacks.
@MrTStat 4 years ago

I have seen John talk about the french revolution like 3 times already I want to see what more he (and the writers) can offer
@deniseglines1705 4 years ago

I'm old(er) and enjoy these for their perspectives and details. I also love being able to pause and zoom in on the paintings.
@KayneWalshNZ 4 years ago

Mannnn I just love watching these so much thank you guys for making them 😊
@ms.rstake_1211 4 years ago

I love (and have always loved) how he teaches.
@mariasavchuk8016 4 years ago

Thank you for this project!
@bennygerow 4 years ago

Thanks for the vid!
@antoniopedromiranda4065 4 years ago

It would be awesome, after you finish crash course European history, to start a crash course in Latin America history, because of its diversity and many aspects that make their history unique from other areas of the world. For example Brazil’s independence was “peaceful”
@stphnmrrs3982 4 years ago

I always figured Túpac was an African Name given that 2pacs parents were black panthers but it’s super cool they named him after a Peruvian Anti Imperialist revolutionary