The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1

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In which John Green kicks off Crash Course US History! Why, you may ask, are we covering US History, and not more World History, or the history of some other country, or the very specific history of your home region? Well, the reasons are many. But, like it or not, the United States has probably meddled in your country to some degree in the last 236 years or so, and that means US History is relevant all over the world. In episode 1, John talks about the Native Americans who lived in what is now the US prior to European contact. This is a history class, not archaeology, so we’re mainly going to cover written history. That means we start with the first sustained European settlement in North America, and that means the Spanish. The Spanish have a long history with the natives of the Americas, and not all of it was positive. The Spanish were definitely not peaceful colonizers, but what colonizers are peaceful? Colonization pretty much always results in an antagonistic relationship with the locals. John teaches you about early Spanish explorers, settlements, and what happened when they didn’t get along with the indigenous people. The story of their rocky relations has been called the Black Legend. Which is not a positive legend.

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  1. Please be careful even institutionally looking presentations have assumptions and possible mistakes. More likely 9 in 10 were killed by disease close to or inside of 100 to 150 years of Columbus. So what did the real America's look like. I argue that we don't know since the huge lack of archaeological evidence. Most information comes from these religious groups that enslaved or lived with natives and documented. Not a lot of evidence. Did you notice they skipped to EU time quick in the video. Also note please don't blanket culture. You saw the many many cultures they reference. Were they all this animistic – above and below religion. Isn't that the same huge assumptions the Europeans made?

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  3. The story should not be based on speculation and manipulation that gives an advantage to the country from where it is narrated ,,, Do not ignore the American continent. The others invited themselves to our continent.

  4. No American indians, American continent indians. Those are the natives. History is still changed, it's like blacks, they think they came here first than those who brought them to our continent.

  5. I have watched videos of this channel before about topics I didn't know about. I didn't realize they could be as miss informative as this one. He does not explain the black legend. I am not even sure he knows what that is.

  6. Sorry. History is linear. We are immensely wiser about our world and ourselves than ANY people group previous to ours. And in one year I can say the same and it will still be true. In 100 years, they will be wiser still, Lord be willing.
    Oh, I bet that's your issue with linear progression – it is based in a Christian worldview.

  7. “Now that tale, is true”…really? You are talking about the black legend, known for being intentionally written by dutch and english authors who never put their feet in the americas, for propaganda against the spanish catholics. And you still say its true?? I Am not even mentioning the “leyes de burgos” and that natives and mestizos had the right to own lands. Please edit this video or just put it down, otherwise american children watching this will just keep having the awful protestant distorted version of what really happened in colonial america

  8. Yes NEGROS came over on slave Ships Remember the Negros is Igbos which is the Hebrews Remember Negros is Not Africans they sold Negros Facts But they give you their lies saying Africans Sold Africans which is not true The True History of America they lies saying Indians was Savages when they help the settlers planted food and how to survive. The Olmec was Here in America they left plenty more evidence than anyone and they was Black People they left Giant Negroid Statues Giant Negroid Heads Pyramids very rich Backgrounds Colossal today they don’t teach this in schools it’s 12 Tribes of Negros =Hebrews and Before Negros/Hebrews came over on Slave Ships one of the Tribes travel to a new world Turtle Island Which is United States today. Aztec Incas Olmec and Indians was All Black ..Renaissance was the time to whitewash everything they started Burning Buildings and Paintings also Destroyed All Black statues knocked off nose and lips changed names and told some white ppl they can be Indians for $5 Dollars Facts

  9. I know that Crash Course is an American channel, but it would be SO COOL if you could do a series or two on Canada! Canadian politics, government structure, history, etc. I'm sure that there are plenty of Canuks out there who enjoy this channel just as much as I do!

  10. Were the spanish brutal with the indians?, well in the whole history of the world the conquest were always bloody but, Spain was always a denfender of the native american people. The british historian John Elliot in his book "Empires Of The Atlantic World" Says tha the meetings at Valladolid and the Laws Of Burgos, Both summoned to legislate in favor of the indian people , were something very strange in the europeans empires.Cristofer Colombus was enjailed for killing indians. Francisco De Vitoria, Batolome De Las Casas, Pedro De Aguado and Antonio De Montesinos, they all assumed that the indians had rights to live, to be free, to be educated and to have a family. and they belived that the convertions had to be willingly. they are the precursor of Humans Rights.
    How 200 men took so many land? easy, they got allies, the tlaxcalan helped the spanish against the aztecs, THE DEVIL, Hernan Cortez had a son with an indian called Malinche, also he died in misrery, the reason, he did not have permision to conquest . Pizarro had two mestizos sons, many spanish had sons with the natives. thats the reason of the etnic diversity in all Latin America (quechua is still spoken in Peru, Guarani in Paraguay and Mayan and Nauhlt in Mexico) . Pitifully De Las Casas overstated the numbers of native deads. then the Enemy of Spain, England, created the black lengend. also this empire conquered north america but in a diferent way, haven't you ask why arent so few indians in USA? for the sailors of the Mayflower the only good indian was the dead indian. and i haven't told you about the tasmanian in the XIX century, the british empire did not have a De Las Casa or a Montesinos.
    So in conclusion Spain was the only empire who asked itselves about the ethic of the conquest, and mixted with the inidians.

  11. History is {His-Story} who ever telling you theirs side ❓
    We are subliminal programming to mindset to promote lies they covered up the Truth using word wizardry also changes timelines and events that never happened they removed people and landmarks from their original areas Facts Black People was Here first History Proof Scientifical proof The Black Indians was Here first. One of the 12 Tribes of Israel. Christopher Columbus using KJV APOCRYPHA to find and track the rest of the Tribes Back to Africa.AFRICANS Sold GODS REAL JEWS into SLAVERY Deuteronomy 28:64) we see history books filled with pictures of people will lighten skin so your eyes can perceive it to believe it This is whitewashing false advertising again. These Black Children of God was Raped Hanged Traumatizes & Terrorized Whipped.strip them from their God Change their names and stripping them from serving God into serving them this is Wicked with out bias

  12. Race is not the issue but let’s talk Truth Black People was Here first In America History and Timing Wrong they hide the Truth and given you Lies. These Indians was all Black

  13. I don’t watch this for APUSH. I even don’t know what is it. Could anyone advise any book written in the way like this video? His speed of speech is too fast for foreign guys)))

  14. La población indígena de norteamericano fue aniquilada por los ingleses, a comparación con lo que hicieron los españoles…. Los ingleses son unos asesinos y mentirosos, algún día renaceran las Aspas de Borgoña.

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