Countries That Have Bought Territory From Other Countries

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▶ My video about US territorial purchases: • How The U.S. Bought Mo...
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01:14 - Scotland & Norway
02:34 - Russia & Sweden
03:49 - France & England
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06:56 - Germany & Spain
07:42 - Pakistan & Muscat/Oman
08:27 - Germany & Netherlands
09:25 - Summary
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@General.Knowledge 2 жыл бұрын

Are there any other interesting examples of countries buying territory?

@Callie1444 2 жыл бұрын

I think that france buying corsica from the Republic of Genoa was a pretty big deal since it happened when Napoleon still lived there!

@gamediverbr 2 жыл бұрын

Brazil bought the territory of the current state of Acre from Bolivia, after a period of conflicts in the region. EDIT: Treaty of Petropolis (November 17, 1903), looks for "Questão do Acre" (Acre's Issue/ Question of Acre).

@markhanson408 2 жыл бұрын

You could have covered the forced sale of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay company to Canada, arranged by the British. This occurred very shortly after the sale of Alaska to the US and involved a much larger area. The US was very interested in acquiring that land themselves as it was enormous, would have likely led to a direct land connection to Alaska, and might have led to a quick end for the rest of Canada.

@KartvelArca 2 жыл бұрын

Turkish purchase of Hatay from France i guess…

@eddielow82 2 жыл бұрын

Australia bought christmas island from Singapore in 1958

@cassianoneto1553 2 жыл бұрын

There’s also Brazil buying Acre from Bolivia, after the territory had 3 revolts by the locals to secede from Bolivia. Both countries ultimately decided on a peaceful transfer of land in exchange for cash.

@tomasbarata1060 2 жыл бұрын

@easy geography and history And a State on Brazil

@General.Knowledge 2 жыл бұрын

It's really interesting how Bolivia used to be so much bigger and then ended up losing so much of their territory to surrounding countries

@sansgmx3009 2 жыл бұрын

@@General.Knowledge chile( a bit of trolling)

@bodives 2 жыл бұрын

yes but Acre doesn't exist lol

@ender8759 2 жыл бұрын

Why didn't he put that in video

@paulrobinson3649 2 жыл бұрын

Could a similar approach be taken for Colonial "swapping" of land? When The German and British Empires traded Heligoland and Zanzibar, they got a submarine base and we got Freddie Mercury.

@General.Knowledge 2 жыл бұрын

Also a good idea!

@Quintendejong123 2 жыл бұрын

New Amsterdam for Suriname is another one

@lilwoodiewood3457 2 жыл бұрын

That's not a good trade

@paulrobinson3649 2 жыл бұрын

@@lilwoodiewood3457 look what happened to their submarine base

@turtant9232 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulrobinson3649 look at what happend to Freddie Mercury...

@grusbekse 2 жыл бұрын

I love the 46,939 gulden and 62 cents. You just know it was a shit fest at the negotiation table if such a detailed amount is agreed upon.

@bernthenrikwallin6609 Жыл бұрын

It was likely a round number that was tied to the area or economic number.

@G_Moos 2 жыл бұрын

American land purchases were some of the best deals in history. Russia and France are regretting it for sure

@SirFaceFone 2 жыл бұрын

France probably dodged a bullet. Americans were migrating westward anyway.

@xaviertricot776 2 жыл бұрын

France sold a territory it did not control after the war against Spain and Mexico. Louisiana was govern by the French only for 3 years when it was sold and there were almost 0 troops to defend it against the US or any European rival at this time. So, even if we can regret the lose of this "colony", it seems it was an interesting gamble for Bonaparte.

@joedo3529 2 жыл бұрын

If they decided not to sell, it does not mean they would have kept the land. Alaska would probably have been lost to the UK.

@CatholicWilhelm 2 жыл бұрын

Austria also tried to buy Lombardy-Venetia (modern day Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli and Trentino Alto) from the Kingdom of Italy after the 3rd Italian War of Independence? Lombardy-Venetia benefited us greatly as the region was the wealthiest in the Austrian Empire. Later in ww1 we tried to annex Veneto and Friuli after Italy allied with France and the UK... it didn’t work out so well, we lost -.-

@troodon1096 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: as odd or silly as it might seem for the US to buy Greenland from Denmark (something that was first proposed by Woodrow Wilson, and most recently by Donald Trump), the last purchase the US made of territory was also from Denmark, back in 1917: the islands of St. John, St. Thomas, and St. Croix, aka the US Virgin Islands.

@michaeluplandcausa7878 2 жыл бұрын

Of COURSE we want More GENERAL KNOWLEDGE!!! It's Awesome, Interesting, Fascinating, & Fun!!!! MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE....

@giraffestreet 2 жыл бұрын

When the Dutch struck a deal with the British to bought Run Island in Indonesia known for producing nutmeg which was British possession with Manhattan in America which was Dutch possession, as a way to stop the war between them

@mariodangelo9768 2 жыл бұрын

You should have mentioned with the islands that Spain sold to Germany technically Spain never sold the island of Kapingamarangi due to an oversight entreaty so technically Spain should still have a colony in Micronesia even if they don't actively try to pursue it

@TheLocalLt 2 жыл бұрын

Kapingamarangi has had one of the most interesting histories; was unorganized for much of history, then in succession it became Spanish, then German, then Japanese, then American, finally becoming part of the independent Federated States of Micronesia in I believe 1979. Same for the Carolines, Northern Marianas, and Palau

@salsheikh4508 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent Video. Thank you.

@jefuryo 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from Mariana Islands and it being part of Germany after Spain took its history in a different trajectory than Guam, who early on became a U.S. territory.

@Hendricus56 2 жыл бұрын

Your pronunciation of Wiedergutmachung was actually pretty good. Could be way worse. Like this most people would understand you when hearing it

@General.Knowledge 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hendricus!

@darklordnoodlez9863 2 жыл бұрын

You should do the meaning behind country's flags videos. Example: The Meaning Behind Every Flag in Europe

@francesrude3007 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thank you so much.

@jw_900 2 жыл бұрын

When people already comment about the whole video when they only watched the first 2 minutes.

@gocool_2.0 2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile chads are watching the video and commenting at the same time.

@cyrusthegreat7030 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@0deepak 2 жыл бұрын

You should have converted them to current prices as well.

@General.Knowledge 2 жыл бұрын

That would have been a good idea! To get a better notion of what the prices meant

@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video.

@EduardoSanchez-zm3cx 2 жыл бұрын

Great vídeo make second parte please✌️👍

@philipp0209 2 жыл бұрын

minor inconvenience: the france/england and austria/prussia video sections are put together in the timeline haha

@Halcon_Sierreno 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine living in one of those territories and you realize that you were just "sold" to another.

@stefan_popp 2 жыл бұрын

Your German was not bad at all. I appreciate you trying your best with every language. Doesn't take much to google the pronunciation but shows a lot of respect.

@HahnJames 2 жыл бұрын

I would definitely be up for watching a part II video. Have any of these nations that have sold territories ever expressed a desire to buy them back or get them back somehow?

@whitezombie10 Жыл бұрын

Russia would LOVE to have Alaska back since the USA discovered many resources

@randyyy2609 2 жыл бұрын

There are a couple of examples of European/colonial nations "buying" land from natives. Buying in quotation marks, because those natives mostly had a totally different understanding of land ownership. For example when the Dutch bought Manhattan for only 60 guilders or so.

@thunderbird1921 Жыл бұрын

America actually did it on a number of occasions. The Choctaw for example willingly sold us a bunch of land in Mississippi if I remember correctly because they had virtually hunted out the forests in that region.

@gdelacerda 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect!💥👏

@Franciscoluche 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive !!! ☺️👍

@miguelmonteiro1981 2 жыл бұрын

Part 2!!!!

@gregcorner338 2 жыл бұрын

Christmas, Cocos and Kealing Islands were bought from Singapore by Australia in the 1960s

@tomfooIeryz 2 жыл бұрын

🇨🇽

@josueveguilla9069 2 жыл бұрын

YES, FINALLY!

@Dave_Sisson 2 жыл бұрын

While Greenland was a self governing part of the Danish Kingdom, so it could not be sold, I always thought that if Trump wanted to expand the American "empire", there was somewhere he could have bought. Britain has been keen to get rid of their remaining fragments of empire for over 50 years, but for various reasons they have not been able to. But Pitcairn island in the Pacific Ocean (population 45) has been particularly troublesome for Britain and I am confident that if Trump offered them $1 for Pitcairn, Britain would have been happy to accept the offer.

@Compucles 2 жыл бұрын

I'm more worried about Trump ever again being in the position to make such an offer...

@jeremiahblake3949 2 жыл бұрын

As far as I'm aware Pitcairn is renowned for paedos, and we already had an island for that (Epsstein).

@danielleporter1829 2 жыл бұрын

@@Compucles The only reason he'd ever would've bought Pitcairn if he'd offered to would be because it would be to add to his luxury golf club empire. But really the , Pitcairn Islands are in the middle of nowhere in the Pacific, if they're not accessible to the majority of the world to visit, he wouldn't have able to make $ 💸💵💰 off of them

@Bustycat 2 жыл бұрын

Make Pitcairn Great Again!

@shuangli6560 Жыл бұрын

No they would never sell the Pitcrains they're the only reason the sun still dosen't set on British Territory.

@kowkoww7541 2 жыл бұрын

There is one where I think Sri Lanka is bought by China, since they were in debt, have you guys heard of this too?

@lf4807 2 жыл бұрын

Corsica was bought by France from the Genova city-state

@LordIXUltra 2 жыл бұрын

The time stamp for "Prussia & Austria" is missing

@archstanton6102 2 жыл бұрын

If your whole video was you just singing ABBA songs, I would still watch.

@macsoylu1076 2 жыл бұрын

Turkey bought Dilucu Area from Iran on 1932. So Turkey and Azerbaijan , 2 turkic country become neighbor strategically

@CatholicWilhelm 2 жыл бұрын

What about when Austria tried to buy Lombardy-Venetia (modern day Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli and Trentino Alto) from the Kingdom of Italy after the 3rd Italian War of Independence? Lombardy-Venetia benefited us greatly as the region was the wealthiest in the Austrian Empire. Later in ww1 we tried to annex Veneto and Friuli after Italy allied with France and the UK... it didn’t work out so well, we lost -.-

@ilFrancotti 2 жыл бұрын

If Austria was a bit more realistic with its ambitions I think it could have retained the lands of Slovenia and possibly half of Istria keeping a sea access.

@P4Tri0t420 2 жыл бұрын

I never heard of a Second Schleswig War in Germany. Nobody seems even knew this Conflict here and when , it is Namen German-Denish or more often Prussian-Danish War

@grimmstein3714 2 жыл бұрын

The first war wasn’t part of the German „Einigungskriege“ Denmark/Austria/France, but the topic was basically the same: bring Schleswig-Holstein under german rule. This is a link to the „first“ war: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig-Holsteinische_Erhebung?wprov=sfti1

@P4Tri0t420 2 жыл бұрын

@@grimmstein3714 Thanks but i was spoking about the majoority here, im familiar with this topic, thank you

@poutine9497 2 жыл бұрын

I love Napoleon’s height

@maxbuttrademarked7249 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do the countries that got independence by accident or countries that got independence from another country

@alexboi1232 2 жыл бұрын

When Bulgaria bought Southern Dobruja from Romania It was called The Treaty of Craiova

@louvendran7273 2 жыл бұрын

Whatever happened to "Thank you very much"? The Queen's English has definitely died. Lol RIP.

@helloxonsfan 2 жыл бұрын

Jamaica bought some small islands in the Caribbean from Colombia.

@jensschroder8214 Жыл бұрын

To purchase the Selfkant. It was so that everything that was in a house or barn was tax-free when changing countries. Weeks before the change, Dutch trucks were seen cramming barns and houses with goods. The area changed countries overnight. The goods were then picked up by German trucks the next morning. The German customs authorities had to stand by and do nothing. A legal smuggler.

@mike_7823 2 жыл бұрын

8:23 What is that number?

@kano2789 2 жыл бұрын

After reading the comments. Countries That Have Bought Territory From Other Countries - Part 2 maybe?

@simandi1511 2 жыл бұрын

do I hear "dem land tirol die treue" in the background around 6:30?

@josueveguilla9069 2 жыл бұрын

What if World War I never happened? (Alternate History)

@fauvilein 2 жыл бұрын

I don't really know what Habsburg Austria was doing up there in Holstein before selling to Prussia.

@General.Knowledge 2 жыл бұрын

I guess a remainder of their rule over some German states from the HRE?

@fauvilein 2 жыл бұрын

@@General.Knowledge could possibly be. They also had their good share from earlier days and their weddings. Just didn't know they where up there too. Great to know!

@vincent412l7 2 жыл бұрын

What about purchase of Liechtenstein?

@helencrafford2616 2 жыл бұрын

Make a video of South Africa please 🙏🙏🥺

@PupusaFace 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot France buying Corsica from the Republic of Genoa

@LE64SAM-IAM Жыл бұрын

It's interesting how you keep raising the figure - much, to half, to most.

@jhpratt 2 жыл бұрын

When using images, please check the license. You used at least one GNU-licensed image without following the terms. That's copyright infringement.

@Northwest425 2 жыл бұрын

Hello 👋🏻

@mysteriousDSF 2 жыл бұрын

You could upload a short of you singing Abba songs tho

@francinelieto8899 2 жыл бұрын

Does that mean if Scotland gain independent, Isle of Man will be independent as well?

@derravensberger9395 2 жыл бұрын

As far as I know was the Isle of Man not a part of the independece of Scotland from Edward II. It remained a posession of the English King but was never part of England. Due to this, the Isle of Man is in a kind of "independence" (simular to Jersey and Guernsey, wich are the remainings of the Duchy of Normandy in the posession of the monarch of England and later Great Britan).

@carolfigueirars 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I even think that here now in the constitution of Brazil now we can't sell anything just get or territory bigger.

@C.R.W 2 жыл бұрын

Kaiser Philip saying "Shut up and take my Deutschmarks!" is win.

@almami1599 Жыл бұрын

The most recent must be the Saudi Arabian purchase of the Island of Tiran from Egypt in 2017

@ajsarabia 2 жыл бұрын

I love ABBA

@HuzaifaGamingZone.7007 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a vedio on it serching a land to make a country except Birtawil. 😂

@DoggoDutchman Жыл бұрын

Hopefully they made sure to buy high

@242delilah 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make videos like this is Portuguese?

@nictamer 2 жыл бұрын

France bought St Barth from Sweden in the 1870s.

@vincent_hall 2 жыл бұрын

I like the modified "Shut up and take my money"-Fry. I don't think selling territory is a good idea! Denmark agrees.

@sirmr.mansavage5497 Жыл бұрын

Homie really said 5 thousand 5 million rupees

@gwenamoredumal-is8719 2 жыл бұрын

Philippines. Was bought by the US from Spain for $20M.

@carlosvitorazevedo1486 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Brazil bought Acre from Bolivia in 1903

@sylviamontaez3889 2 жыл бұрын

3:14 actually russia only got finland during the Napoleonic wars

@vilzupuupaa4680 2 жыл бұрын

I think he is referring to the Finnish Karelia, but the wording does indeed leave it a bit open.

@seanlacey8216 Жыл бұрын

at the start im like MONEY MONEY MONEY, in a rich mans world lol

@abdelhakwinston6200 2 жыл бұрын

0:37 not crazy egypt did it with saudi arabia just recently

@gwynnedd7075 2 жыл бұрын

you also have the danish west indies being sold to the US for 529 million dollars back in 1917

@snowy5419 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do how each us state got its capital name

@BaneIstoricar 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't Austria-Hungary wanted to purchase some land in Asia and Africa

@KartvelArca 2 жыл бұрын

Turkish purchase of Hatay from France?

@ShadowBlitz776 2 жыл бұрын

How can a country expand its territories in the 21th century?

@christopherx7428 2 жыл бұрын

Well, Putin has done so in 2008, 2014 and 2022... 😞

@ShadowBlitz776 2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherx7428 without war

@christopherx7428 2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowBlitz776 OK, you didn't write that in the original post. But if I am to come up with another method, we have the Netherlands that create polders. Then we also have Sweden and Finland which still rise from the sea since the last ice age so their territories expand, though extremely slowly. Spain got some extra land after the volcano eruption on La Gomera recently. I cannot come up with anyone buying land in this century, no. If that is what you meant I agree: None.

@ShadowBlitz776 2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherx7428 yes,there isn't really a way for countryes to obtain territories in the 21th century without doing something considerat bad/wrong

@alirazi9198 2 жыл бұрын

I expected more from Iran especially given the fact that there is none

@denizyc07 2 жыл бұрын

ottoman empire sold cyprus to british empire

@SMDDR 2 жыл бұрын

Its okay to pronounce St Croix as "St Croy" that's how everyone in the USVI pronounces it .

@vincenttt8289 2 жыл бұрын

There are 5 more United States'?

@SMDDR 2 жыл бұрын

@@vincenttt8289 wat

@vincenttt8289 2 жыл бұрын

@@SMDDR Where are USI, USII, USIII, USIV, and USV?

@SR-jr5nh 2 жыл бұрын

I still dream about one day when you'll learn the difference between what is a colony and what isn't a colony lmao. I don't lose hopes.

@chadhuman982 2 жыл бұрын

France bought Corsica from Genoa

@megashadow3789 2 жыл бұрын

5.5 thousand million... so like 5.5 billion? no one uses milliards anymore.

@christopherx7428 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe not in the US... In Europe we do.

@megashadow3789 2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherx7428 Really? what countries still do? I thought that stopped like 50 years ago.

@christopherx7428 2 жыл бұрын

@@megashadow3789 I wrote that in the post you responded to, but to be fair: The UK and Ireland use "billion" for 10^9. Nearly all countries in continental Europe use "milliard", with variations to suit their language.

@njordholm Жыл бұрын

In Deutschland Milliarde ungleich Billion 1.000.000 = Million 1.000.000.000 = Milliarde 1.000.000.000.000 = Billion 1.000.000.000.000.000 = Billiarde 1.000.000.000.000.000.000 = Trillion usw. Was in meinen Augen auch Sinn macht, genauso wie alles weitere im metrischen System. Aber da muss ich mit Amerikanern nicht philosophieren. Jeder so wie er mag. Meines Wissens ist das mit Billion anstatt Milliarde hauptsächlich in anderen englischsprachigen Ländern im Sprachgebrauch angelangt, aber nicht so in Kontinentaleuropa.

@HalfEatenWaffleMan 2 жыл бұрын

Canada should buy Alaska,Minnesota and Maine

@Delgen1951 2 жыл бұрын

why when Quebec finally desides to become independent of Canada the Rump Canada will mosly likly have to deside if it wants to join the USA. Quebec will last mayby ten years or so before entering the Union.

@alaska8429 2 жыл бұрын

Have you lost your mind?

@Delgen1951 2 жыл бұрын

@@alaska8429 Bo Canada should jut dell it's self to the US..

@h2squared 2 жыл бұрын

@@Delgen1951 no

@zondor8123 2 жыл бұрын

Canada is basically a useless country with small numbers. just join USA and be done with it

@markusspitznagel2011 Жыл бұрын

I live in Saxe-Lauenburg... damm, i could be austrian 😳

@raeesshah257 2 жыл бұрын

It's mostly a European or American phenomenon

@thunderbird1921 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if they paid anything for it, but I know Ethiopia got Eritrea from the Italians after World War II (as part of war reparations IIRC).

@kaki4846 5 ай бұрын

The US bought Florida from Spain, but they never paid.

@thulex 2 жыл бұрын

Soviet union bought Jäniskoski-Niskakoski territory in Lapland from Finland 1947 with 700 million finnmarks.

@brianoconnor1721 Жыл бұрын

0:49 blue ? Was ceded by Britain Pink ? Part of texas Brown? Plain expansion

@edwinjrm1637 Жыл бұрын

i wonder why germany wasnt able to buy guam

@graceneilitz7661 8 ай бұрын

Because the United States wanted it, and as they had just defeated Spain in a war they got first dibs. Germany decided that possible good relations with the United States were more worthwhile than a war.

@benjaminhendriksen 2 жыл бұрын

Suderwick / Dinxperlo

@njordholm Жыл бұрын

Ist schon ein außergewöhnlicher Ort, in der Mitte "geteilt"... aber der Schlagbaum sieht schon aufgrund der Nichtnutzung antik aus 😅

@MortanAMrk 2 жыл бұрын

USA buying Greenland from Denmark would be totally impossible since, firstly they already are doing good at being what they are, and it totally disregard their decades long independance movement (not a century long like ours

@silverletter4551 2 жыл бұрын

Why do they want to be independent? Aren't they better off supported by a stable country like Denmark?

@JaKingScomez 2 жыл бұрын

That is not impossible? What the hell are you saying it makes no sense. Thats like saying its impossible for a fish to swim in rivers because they ready good at swimming in oceans and would ignore years of evolution to survive oceans.