The Reluctant President: Reelecting George Washington

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George Washington did not want to be reelected in 1792, but he was anyway.
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0:00 Washington's decision to retire after one term
4:18 Hamilton's proposals: Funding
7:01 Hamilton's proposals: Assumption
7:57 Centralization vs. state autonomy
9:53 Hamilton's proposals: A national bank
11:21 The underlying cultural divide
14:10 The rise of political factions
19:15 Naming the factions
23:23 Loyal Americans vs. enemies of the Republic
25:57 Jefferson's conspiracy theory
29:58 George Washington was a Federalist
31:29 Philip Freneau and the National Gazette
36:02 Washington refrains from retiring
36:47 The battle for the vice presidency
43:25 Choosing the presidential electors
46:22 Election results
47:39 The legacy of 1792
FOOTNOTES
[1] Madison's account of the conversation is in Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, 4 vols., (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1865), 1:554-59. It has also been published more recently in The Papers of James Madison (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia), Congressional Series, vol. 14. The meeting is discussed in Stuart Leibiger, Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison, and the Creation of the American Republic (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999), 158-61.
[2] Douglas Southall Freeman, George Washington: A Biography, 7 vols. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-57), 6:358.
[3] Freeman, George Washington, 6:148-51; John R. Alden, George Washington: A Biography (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1984), 234.
[4] Freeman, George Washington, 6:357-60. Donald E. Heidenreich, “Conspiracy Politics in the Election of 1796,” New York History 92, no. 3 (2011), 153-55.
[5] Hamilton’s first Report on the Public Credit (January 9, 1790) is published in The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (PAH), ed. Harold C. Syrett, 27 vols. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1961-87), 6:65-168, but the main text is on 6:65-110. It is summarized in Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: Penguin, 2004), 297-301. The Report on a National Bank (December 13, 1790) is in PAH, 7:305-42. The Report on Manufactures (December 5, 1791) is in PAH, 10:230-340.
[6] Noah Feldman, The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President (New York: Random House, 2017), 338-39.
[7] John Ferling, John Adams: A Life (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1992), 302-04. He soon put them away to fit in better: Ferling, John Adams, 318.
[8] Jefferson told Washington to serve one more year and then resign: Jefferson to Washington, 23 May 1792, in The Works of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, 12 vols., (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904-05), 6:494. Jefferson’s statement to Washington that it’s all the Hamiltonians’ fault and everything will be fine once they’re out of office: Conversation on 29 February 1792, in The Anas, in The Works of Thomas Jefferson, 1:196-98, and Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (New York: Random House, 2012), 262.
[9] Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 318-20.
[10] A. F. Gilman, “The Origin of the Republican Party,” 1914, 4-5. Wisconsin Historical Society Library Pamphlet Collection, content.wisconsinhistory.org/....
[11] Stanley Elkins and Eric McKitrick, The Age of Federalism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), 263-270; James Roger Sharp, American Politics in the Early Republic: The New Nation in Crisis (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1993), 10, 42-43, 276-277.
[12] Jefferson to Washington, 23 May 1792, in The Works of Thomas Jefferson, 6:488-493; Meacham, Thomas Jefferson, 263-64.
[13] Jefferson, “Conversations with the President,” 10 July 1792, The Anas, in The Works of Thomas Jefferson, 1:229; Freeman, George Washington, 6:360; Elkins and McKitrick, The Age of Federalism, 289-90.
[14] Alden, George Washington, 250. Freeman, George Washington, 6:355-356.
[15] Alden, George Washington, 297; Don Higgenbotham, “Virginia’s Trinity of Immortals: Washington, Jefferson, and Henry, and the Story of Their Fractured Relationships,” Journal of the Early Republic 23, no. 4 (Winter 2003), 534-39.
[16] Jefferson to Madison, 1 October 1792, in The Works of Thomas Jefferson, 7:154.
[17] Freeman, George Washington, 6:378-79.
[18] For the New York gubernatorial election of 1792 and its disputed results, see Alfred F. Young, The Democratic Republicans of New York: The Origins, 1763-1797 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1967), chapters 13 and 14, and John P. Kaminski, George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic (Madison, Wis.: Madison House, 1993), chapters 35 and 36.
[19] Kaminski, George Clinton, chapter 37.
[20] Kaminski, George Clinton, 230-32.
[21] Kaminski, George Clinton, 232-33.
[22] Election Law of 1792: en.wikisource.org/wiki/United...

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@TEFFTPATTERN 7 ай бұрын

This man is the most ancient form of human entertainment… a good storyteller

@grift5818 6 ай бұрын

wow shocked to see you here lol

@timfriday9106 4 ай бұрын

lol really starts off not seeming like a compliment... lolol =P

@badnewsbrown10p 4 ай бұрын

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@uncle_Samssubjects Ай бұрын

But you're wrong. First a moron must create the entertainment, like winning the first Darwin award, so a witness can later create the second form of entertainment, and learning, by telling the story.

@ovinophile Ай бұрын

And an actual human being! Huge plus nowadays.

@WrnMyr 5 ай бұрын

"Yes, we're doing a lot of shady things for short-term political expediency, but remember - the election 1792 is the most important election of our lifetimes!"

@eq1373 Ай бұрын

Sounds familiar

@joerionis5902 20 күн бұрын

@@eq1373I guess they really set a precedent huh

@reece8224 5 күн бұрын

sounds like every election since

@jacobsutton9528 8 ай бұрын

If you are so inclined, a continued series on each presidential election would be so amazing. I’ve loved the first two.

@jobengals86 7 ай бұрын

Seconded!

@kala_asi 6 ай бұрын

When making the first two presidential elections videos, Premodernist did not think he was setting a precedent that he's supposed to cover many more...

@semicedevine6918 6 ай бұрын

@@kala_asi ah yes, the only youtuber covering past political drama reluctantly, not because he wanted to, but because everybody else wanted him to (see video for reference)

@IvanSN 6 ай бұрын

@@kala_asi toki a !!!

@mrelephant2283 3 ай бұрын

@@IvanSN mi sona ala e ni: jan pi toki pona li lukin e sitelen tawa lon kulupu lawa pi ma Mewika. ni li pona mute a!

@nikolaytsankov9066 9 ай бұрын

Please continue making episodes through the passage of the 12th amendment, it's really interesting

@vm.999 8 ай бұрын

💯

@elizabeth3143 8 ай бұрын

Does anyone know the name of the person who hosts Premodernist? I can't find it anywhere.

@borginburkes1819 7 ай бұрын

Why stop at the 12th amendment?

@hulkhatepunybanner 6 ай бұрын

*Teacher's pet.* _3 PM or else._

@AwesomeHairo 6 ай бұрын

Misuse of a comma.

@bheemabachus5179 8 ай бұрын

Most KZfaqrs who cover academic subjects manage to make their videos entertaining with either presentation or overt charisma, not to mention being no longer than 22 minutes, usually closer to 12. You held my attention for this entire video despite it more or less sounding like a lecture, and the reason is because your dynamic grasp on the history is so strong that it almost feels like you were part of this drama and are simply reciting personal recollections. All your videos are great but this one is probably my favorite, because you portrayed these people as humans rather than as bare information.

@jamesmiller5331 8 ай бұрын

But did it help you get through tough times??

@AwesomeHairo 6 ай бұрын

Yeah. He talks like he was actually there. I love it.

@kylelieb2977 4 ай бұрын

100

@johnadams1281 3 ай бұрын

Totally agree! I’ve got ADHD and even I was gripped for the entirely of this video lol. Hope he makes more videos of every election

@calebjustin2973 8 ай бұрын

Kentucky, the newest state in the union, and the one that represented Jefferson's idealized America moreso than any other state at the time voting for Jefferson despite nobody else doing so is kind of adorable.

@brianarbenz1329 8 ай бұрын

Today, about 1/4 of Kentucky residents live in Jefferson County, where streets, schools, a community college and even a shopping mall bear his name.

@BurkinaFaso69 2 ай бұрын

@@brianarbenz1329man, I hope there‘s less slaves than Jefferson dreamt of tho.

@brianarbenz1329 2 ай бұрын

@@BurkinaFaso69 There was relatively little slavery in Kentucky, but Louisville was a slave market, where people were sold to landowners father south, then sent by boat down the Ohio River. The owners down down the Mississippi River were considered the most cruel. That's where the grim expression "sold down the river" came from.

@mypridemonth 14 күн бұрын

@@brianarbenz1329 , thank you for sharing this. I recently discovered that Lincoln and Davis (the North/South Presidents during the Civil War) were from Kentucky. I knew that Lincoln was, but I didn't know that Davis was. Is also fascinating that the Indiana town of Jeffersonville is right across from Louisville, KY (Jefferson County) on the Ohio River. Jefferson all day, every day even though he wasn't from Kentucky lol

@brianarbenz1329 14 күн бұрын

I grew up on the Indiana side of the river, and I worked in Jeffersonville for 24 years. It’s a city full of history. Thomas Jefferson drew a map designing downtown Jeffersonville, though the specifics on the map were not really adhered to. Still, downtown has a section going back to about 1800, and it beautifully preserved.

@llamapie24 9 ай бұрын

this is easily one of the best channels on KZfaq, you’re so casual yet eloquent and relentlessly well informed. I have minimal interest in US political history and this was a breeze to sit through. Well done.

@youeffoh 9 ай бұрын

Its interesting to hear all the human sides of it when i've only been taught the saccharine myths about how great they were in a vacuum, i want to hear about these old slave owning assholes arguing about their conflicting visions of the future

@robertortiz-wilson1588 8 ай бұрын

@@youeffoh Roughly half of them were not slave owners to begin with. And why throw out a word like "assholes" you nobody?

@Ken-fh4jc 8 ай бұрын

I love channels like this. They are sometimes hard to find but totally worth it when you do.

@1967buickriviera 8 ай бұрын

@@robertortiz-wilson1588I think you really misunderstood

@neilbarembaum1094 7 ай бұрын

@@robertortiz-wilson1588 Pretty sure it was a lot less than half.

@joeb834 8 ай бұрын

Regarding Jefferson’s conspiracy theory, it’s also relevant that Hamilton argued at the Constitutional Convention that the President and Senators should serve for life, and that the President should have an absolute veto. Assuming Jefferson heard about Hamilton’s remarks when he returned from France, or perhaps via letter, I can see how this could fuel Jefferson’s paranoia, although I don’t believe Hamilton actually wanted to reinstitute a monarchy. In fact, I don’t believe he wanted the President to serve for life, but used this argument as a negotiating tactic to center the debate around the idea that the federal government should be strong.

@williamerazo3921 8 ай бұрын

Agree.

@mineblade1000 Ай бұрын

Hamilton was actually cooking on that. Changing the executive every four years is awful for stability. It’s much better to have a permanent executive with a more simple impeachment process.

@eddievangundy4510 25 күн бұрын

@mineblade1000 a permanent executive? You need to get out of here with that. Move to China where Xi serves for life.

@eddievangundy4510 25 күн бұрын

It's not paranoia if it's true. Democrats still hunger to be ruled. Watch Chris Matthews raging about the term limits on the presidency.

@elpatron7916 18 күн бұрын

Hamilton was a European spy🎉🎉

@xCaptxCrunchx 6 ай бұрын

Washington would be disappointed with our current Senators and Congressmen who refuse to relinquish power.

@AndyWitmyer Ай бұрын

100%. You literally have some people (including the current president) who've spent nearly their entire adult lives in some elected position of government. In some cases, they would sooner die in office than actually retire. Term limits are ridiculously overdue, but good luck getting career politicians to vote for it.

@paysonfox88 Ай бұрын

And now there are several of those on both sides. Mitch McConnell, Senator Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schummer, and Maxim Watters, Bernie Sanders, and even Marco Rubio. All of them have been in Washington DC waaaaaaay too long.

@jeffreypmitchell Ай бұрын

But their vote is required to change it. Never going to happen.

@brianarbenz1329 14 күн бұрын

The term limits argument misses the mark. Critics of those who are in too long forget that the voters have the responsibility to solve this problem. A public that votes based on superficial factors of name recognition or TV appeal is what drives the poor quality of service by elected officials. You don’t solve that by a government regulation telling the people what to do. A one size fits all law saying every representative must step down at a pre decided point would do more harm than good. Take the case of Indiana representative Lee Hamilton, who was in the House for 36 years - the longest serving Democrat outside the South. He was contentious, refused to pork barrel, he had encyclopedic knowledge of public policy, he battled corruption in foreign policy, urged constituents to get involved on the local level in making domestic policy, and his voting record brought about a balanced budget, improved child health and prenatal care. And he paid his House restaurant bills with never a bounced check. But term limits would have ordered him out decades earlier. The voters kept a good person in. With more public mindedness by the people, and less couch potato-ism, we could fix the problems of arrogant insider careerism. But using a government regulation to fix what the people need to fix by themselves? Sounds like everything the “less government” advocates are supposed to despise.

@sagarroy8679 2 ай бұрын

George Washington would love farming sims

@majik2006 Ай бұрын

He would love Palworld more

@Hemostat Ай бұрын

@@majik2006lmao

@zidoot 8 ай бұрын

The bit about the National Gazette was great. Reminded me of the modern practice of using a burner account on Twitter to talk shit about your own organization

@eddievangundy4510 25 күн бұрын

And then some people don't use burner accounts, but they do send out mean tweets. Sometimes. Also known as a fundamentally honest politician.

@EEEdoman 8 ай бұрын

What I love most about your videos is how you talk about these historical moments not like the stoic drama that history is often portrayed, but as the complicated human experiences they really were (and are). Please keep it up, these videos are wonderful!

@AwesomeHairo 6 ай бұрын

Misuse of a comma.

@herewegoagain6734 2 ай бұрын

Go away awesome weirdo!,,,,,,,,@@AwesomeHairo

@daltongalloway 8 ай бұрын

Everyone: *Please run we need you to save the country* Washington: *Will you guys try and get along?* Everyone: *No* 😡

@peytonpyles4310 Ай бұрын

still in 2024 this is so relevant

@Phrauntcast 9 ай бұрын

Don't ever comment on videos but I have to comment my support for this channel. One of the best history channels on this platform, feels like my old history lectures but super engaging and eloquently presented. Please keep uploading and researching!

@user-lh5fp7bf2c 5 ай бұрын

If you love History , check out TIK. He's probably the best from the 20th century onwards, in my opinion. Incredibly detailed and flawless facts.

@80ki68 8 ай бұрын

Great video. One tiny detail: you said that George Washington was the only president who didn't like being president and wanted to leave, but apparently William Howard Taft also hated being president. He later become chief justice and said that he much preferred it.

@premodernist_history 8 ай бұрын

I suspect if Washington had been in Taft's place in 1912, he would have gladly stepped aside and let Roosevelt have the nomination.

@redjirachi1 8 ай бұрын

@@premodernist_history Taft probably felt betrayed by Roosevelt

@ulyssesgrant4324 8 ай бұрын

@@redjirachi1 Taft was heart broken by what Theodore Roosevelt did, Taft idolized Roosevelt and thought of him as a good friend. What Theodore Roosevelt did was gross to his own friend only to drive him out of Office and get second worst President Woodrow Wilson in.

@ulyssesgrant4324 8 ай бұрын

Thomas Jefferson do not like being President either. He compared leaving Office as a Prisoner being sent free.

@Pan_Z 8 ай бұрын

@ulyssesgrant4324 Who's worse than Thomas Woodrow Wilson? Man basically tried to assume as much power as possible, while being on of the worst people in the country to wield that sort of power. Best thing Wilson ever did as President was have a stroke.

@stevesomers7366 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this story. It corroborates what I read in John Marshall's biography of The Life of George Washington. The original version I read, in the King's English, was quite a challenge to complete, but likely the most fascinating story of our lives. The future of our republic, so many times, hung by a thread and the actions of a single person or event. I am so thankful to have read Marshall's account. I don't blame Washington at all, not withstanding that he invested his own money to feed soldiers in his army at Valley Forge, PA. Washington was truly an amazing person for whom we are all still much indebted.

@Rankin37 8 ай бұрын

The way you discuss history in such a casual yet knowledgeable manner makes it so engaging and digestible. This channel is a gem.

@ryanmervin3632 8 ай бұрын

I love these in-depth videos on the early US presidential elections. Realizing there’s so much more behind the electoral college numbers.

@mjbball0610 2 ай бұрын

While it’s true Jefferson ended up a federalist by the time the Constitution was ratified, his correspondence with Madison wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement of the document that was taking shape. I think it’s fair to describe Jefferson as a “weak” or “reluctant” federalist in the 1780s.

@alexomar9168 7 ай бұрын

You should teach a master class in communication. You're taking what normally considered a dry topic and you're presenting it in an engaging way. If you threw this content into an hour-long podcast I'd listen and I know a lot of others who would too.

@tree453 9 ай бұрын

a 50 minute Premodernist?? my only complaint is that it's not longer

@tyche3222 8 ай бұрын

Such a breath of fresh air, this channel. One of the best qualities in good educational communicators is that it takes the rose colored glasses off and represents historical figures as real people whose concerns and vision for the world feel as vivid and informed by their reality as ours are

@dafl00 8 ай бұрын

We just had an informative 50min history lecture for free! Thank you for this video!

@ThatLad685 8 ай бұрын

Wow how interesting. I used to always wonder why someone so against expanding the federal government, like Jefferson was, were willing to purchase the Louisiana territory and therefore basically expand this country tenfold. But you mentioning how his dream was for everyone to own land and use their own agricultural for survival makes all this so clear! Genuinely fascinating video.

@zitterich76 8 ай бұрын

Jefferson really did NOT expand the Federal Government by purchasing the Louisiana Purchase, he simply made two decisions, 1) the purchase provided France 'revenues' to fight the British, who Jefferson did not like; and 2) it provided additional "territory" to which allowed American People to settle, claim, and purchase their homesteads. It is what happened in the years ahead - Jefferson sent out Lewis and Clark to survey the land between 1807 to 1808 to explore, take notes, and mark the territory; Between 1815 to 1840 - Congress debated and discussed adopting the first Settlement Act which became the Preemption Act of 1841, which allowed Americans to claim land, 160 or 320 acres. This leads to New Territories being Created, of which they utilized Thomas Jeffersons's Model of the Northwest Ordinance adopted in 1777, amended in 1788, and again 1790 which was a planning and zoning act, which allows Congress to establish a Territory, a Temporary Government (Governor, Legislative Council, and a Secretary) of whom acts as the government for the Territory. Under that Temporary Government - Americans now Claim Homesteads, Farm-Steads (forming Estates), to Surveyed Townships, to which would be sectioned off in 36 Sections, while the 16th Section was always zoned for Public Education. Out of this, came the DAKOTA TERRITORY (1862) - but many homesteads, townships were already created between 1840 to 1860, while under Lincoln, the 1862 Homestead Act changed some of the 1841 Act's language... Jefferson did NOT enlarge the Federal Government by purchasing the Louisana Purchase. He purchased LAND to giving the Americans the ability to create "New States" Dakota Territory (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming) and the Oregon Territory (Oregon, Washington, Idaho) were the two leading examples coming from that purchase. Thanks to Jeffersons - the NORTHWEST ORDINANCE played a huge role in developing them, not to mention the first Settlement Act, the Preemption Act of 1841 However, the BRITISH was also doing the same utilizing these same laws in the SOUTHEAST TERRITORY utilizing the Virginia Land Company to build the Plantations, which were 160 acres, 320 acres, of which became 640-1280 acres over time, leading to 11 New States in the South. THe Mason Dixon Line separated those 11 States from the 18 Northern States barring the Northern States from interferring in the British Slave Trade.

@williamerazo3921 8 ай бұрын

@@zitterich76exactly.

@bobhiggens1106 Ай бұрын

Lmfao, expanding the land mass of a country does not imply expansion of federal power over its constituents.

@ThatLad685 Ай бұрын

@@bobhiggens1106 by expanding so vastly he clearly knew it would in time add representatives, senators, and capital to congress, thus giving them more power and overall expand the federal government.

@pbldiaz28 8 ай бұрын

I love your attention to side topics! Makes it very engaging! And not focusing too much on dates, and more on cause and effects!

@davidhutchinson8741 2 ай бұрын

I imagine Washington after a really rough day at the office (His second term) looking around and being like ‘F*CK THIS POSITION!’

@Antichristlamic 2 ай бұрын

Those men excepted and upheld their responsibilities unlike the clown puppets of corporations we have today. It is an old philosophy and moral belief that leaders should be responsible for the actions and condition of their citizens or subjects. Something the crown and the cross doesn't agree with.

@TractionPhoto 8 ай бұрын

This is awesome. As a history teacher, I cannot get enough of this channel.

@Persuasions 8 ай бұрын

so glad I found this channel!! I have my bachelors in political science and wish more professors explained things in this style. You explain how events are connected rather than just stating the events that happened. Can’t wait to see more!!

@premodernist_history 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@shable1436 8 ай бұрын

Some things never change, they just get their names changed 😂

@ksm-7184 8 ай бұрын

Excellent work! Being a student from Asia, I’ve profited from your knowledge and explanations immensely, and I very much appreciate how you would express deep emotions, from time to time, at some decisions or events in history, that’s a welcome break from the usual stoic and seemingly robotic narration of history done by other videos. It shows that history is a living artefact and I think you’re an excellent medium to translate both the context and the information into the narrative that we very much crave when we think about connecting out modern selves to our historical roots. I wish you well in your journey to continue making more good videos at your own pace, at your own quality ;). Thank you sir.

@joshuareeves5103 2 ай бұрын

I deeply wish my history teachers taught like this man does. Thanks so much for your videos. Been really wanting to dive into history. You have been very helpful!

@marshaprice8226 3 ай бұрын

While I was aware of the issues between the Hamilton and Jefferson factions during Washington’s first term, I had never heard about the way the second election worked. Thanks so much for a most informative video!

@unionsquaregrassman 3 ай бұрын

History as a story, complete with footnotes. Thank you very much.

@AncientAmericas 9 ай бұрын

Great episode as always! Love your analysis!

@premodernist_history 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@streetographer 9 ай бұрын

This is so well done, as usual. Thanks for making YT a more informed place.

@wholesway 9 ай бұрын

another premodernist hit

@caiobraga5786 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Would love to see more on Jefferson's presidency, and how the country's major institutions remained so despite his radically different views

@pjeverly 8 ай бұрын

Phenomenal content. Perfectly described. Please continue.

@jamisongillespie3524 8 ай бұрын

I really like that you put other world events on the timeline. It really helps to contextualize the world in a way that I definitely didn't get learning about US History in High School.

@proplay1212 9 ай бұрын

Perfect Timing! I was just finishing up reading the wikipedia page of every Founding Father ... Thanks!

@soniamachin3063 6 ай бұрын

I'm 41 Russian housewife, watching this because I'm a Hamilton Musical fan. Very interesting. Finally I understand the story. Thank you.

@AlanMandragonKing 6 ай бұрын

You guys also have an interesting history, although we have been rivals in recent history greetings from America.

@joshuatoms7664 2 ай бұрын

Hamilton is leftist garbage. You need to be watching these types of videos because that play was written by people who hate America.

@Corwin256 8 ай бұрын

I love sitting down and having a calm, relaxing, yet super interesting and engaging chat about various historical times and events. Your videos always seem to create that atmosphere even though obviously they are one way. Thanks for what you do.

@scdrew979 5 ай бұрын

I hope you take as long as you want and need to for making any of your videos. The quality is outstanding and I will be coming back.

@premodernist_history 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@robertortiz-wilson1588 8 ай бұрын

I truly appreciate such a comparatively in-depth look at this time. Good, well-paced explanations are far better than simplifying for brevity like most videos. So much gets missed. Great production!

@MatthewCashew3 8 ай бұрын

This is so awesome. Subscribed. 10/10. Will watch all new episodes religiously. This is gold!

@Mario-pg3zo 8 ай бұрын

I love your videos! I'm so glad the algorithm recommended your videos to me. These are so educational and really open an entirely new lens into the founding of our country--we never really think of how political it really WAS (especially for how they teach it in school) but you articulate it so well. Your video about the election of Washington, for example, was SO insightful and gave me a whole new perspective on the political atmosphere of early America. This video is no different, I'm learning so much! It really helps put things into perspective! Keep up the great work. These videos are so good. I paused the video at 30 minutes and didn't even realize how much time has passed by. I was so invested in the content of the video!

@audreybiggs4388 7 ай бұрын

Adding you to my Sean Munger list, I don't even like history, but you guys make excellent videos. Your conversational tone is packed with info so each moment is interesting! Keep up the good work

@anjelisabel 7 ай бұрын

sean munger makes incredible videos, they’re both my favorites in this genre of history-based video essays

@DawnPatrol101 8 ай бұрын

Love the human perspective you’re bringing to American history! This is a great channel and I look forward to more of your videos.

@thejustifier5566 8 ай бұрын

It’s a damn shame we don’t have people like Washington anymore. We only have old geezers now who lust after power, when their prime has been decades ago.

@nomadicrecovery1586 8 ай бұрын

Dementia potatoes in charge in now

@chicken2go485 5 ай бұрын

I absolutely love the way you make your videos, it feels so much more conversational than other history channels

@redtobertshateshandles 5 ай бұрын

For an Aussie, this is interesting. Britain after losing America was very sneaky maintaining control over Australia.

@georgesakellaropoulos8162 8 ай бұрын

The bad thing about politics is that, in order to be a politician, you must engage in politics.

@bookworm3715 7 ай бұрын

This video style is one of the most concise and clear I’ve ever watched. Can’t wait for more like this!

@skywardjay4477 8 ай бұрын

Always a joy randomly stumbling across profesional level content on here, thank you.

@Luality 6 ай бұрын

This is quickly becoming my favorite youtube channel! Thank you!

@BallyBoy95 3 ай бұрын

Those 54 minutes just flew by... holy. You are one hellova captivating speaker. Keep up the good work!

@dibsdibs3495 9 ай бұрын

Judging solely by the title, Washington was like a Dad trying to get his kids to do something but realizes they suck at the chore so he’s like “No, you’re gonna do it wrong. Let me!”

@xx133 9 ай бұрын

Sorry, but it’s a very inaccurate assessment. Washington did it for self interest. His military strategy prowess had value for weeding out loyalists + conquering Indian territory + maintaining unity during early stages of the country’s development. He had a vested self-interest in seeing this through. See my top level comment for more info.

@dibsdibs3495 9 ай бұрын

@@xx133 hey I said judging by the title, I completely understand why I’m wrong

@xx133 9 ай бұрын

@@dibsdibs3495 no worries, I’m more posting this for the people reading your comment and thinking there’s truth to it.

@bcpyc 8 ай бұрын

Boy am I glad I found your channel. All topics you chose to cover are super interesting and covered in a really easy yet informed way. Thank you

@bassistguy13 8 ай бұрын

Another objective, well researched, perfectly narrated video. Love the work you do!

@noneofurbusiness5223 8 ай бұрын

New sub. This is one of few history chanels that dives deep and is NOT boring.

@im1sickpup269 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this, and please (if you can) keep doing these. They are outstanding.

@WalterBurton 2 ай бұрын

Just discovered this channel/guy. Hello! Awesome. Thank you. Of course, I have notes! But they don't matter. These are really good presentations. Whatever this weird niche is, I'm in it, and this is too. 👍👍👍

@josephchunjr.7885 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting this together. There were some instances where I thought you were talking about modern politics. Funny how the founding of the country has the same issues as today.

@brucelytle1144 4 ай бұрын

Right? Washington & Jefferson thinking this'll all get straightened out in a couple of months! 😅😅 They're still trying to figure out what the second amendment says!

@timothylowe8327 7 ай бұрын

Hello, thank you very much for making these long form videos. Very interesting, also in light of the present discontents. Please do continue making them.

@ethanstewart9970 6 ай бұрын

This is the best narrated, edited and paced channel on KZfaq. Love your vids man.

@nowthisisgaming117 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the upload, Premodernist! Your stuff is GREAT!!

@kbar4462 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for such a well presented and informational video. As always, such a fun and delightful time watching

@govolow4963 9 ай бұрын

What an awesome channel. Super appreciate the inclusion of sources. Thanks for the content!

@jpmilano6386 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to put this content out there. Always really enjoyable

@Nobody2989 8 ай бұрын

I listened to the whole thing. Just continue on to the next election, thanks

@nemomou1409 9 ай бұрын

Been waiting a while for this! Excited to watch!

@goosesaladman8546 7 ай бұрын

I am so happy I found this channel! Interesting topics and easy to follow.

@jobengals86 7 ай бұрын

Wow, I just found your channel a few days and have already almost finished watching all your content. I love your teaching style (& video style format) & your perspectives on these differing historical events! Very refreshing content, & i eagerly await more from you! Thank you so much for sharing all of it 🙏

@premodernist_history 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@liam7678 6 ай бұрын

this channel's nuance and citing sources and the like are refreshing on the internet, i wish there was much more content / content creators like this

@tylershannon6593 5 күн бұрын

I listen to sooo many early american history docs/podcasts, and i must say, the content of your material is what ive been searching for the whole time. Im going to binge your whole channel!

@Jpixta 7 ай бұрын

You’ve got some real gems on this channel. Keep it up!

@rawim 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video. I appreciate the context you provide to the time, that often escapes other presentations on the manner.

@masterbuilder3166 3 ай бұрын

This was really interesting. Thanks for posting this. Hope to see more 👍

@frankieashworth896 6 ай бұрын

Most history video talks tend go over my head but his delivery is so simple but still super interesting, can’t wait for more videos to come!

@mattieclaire 7 ай бұрын

This was awesome and so informative. Great job and hope to see more of these in the future! The longer length is great!!

@mattthomas2928 7 ай бұрын

Really awesome video. Provided context to a ton of historical events. Love the channel!

@nanosum1 8 ай бұрын

I just found your channel and I have very quickly fallen in love with your content. Thank you very much for your uploads 🙏

@amoros798 8 ай бұрын

i love this channel so much, this whole style of presentation really resonates with me and makes me actually listen. keep doing what you're doing man, it's so good!

@MrGbscott1954 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting video! Looking forward to watching more.

@TheDark0307 4 ай бұрын

This is exceptional. It’s clear that this is a passion project and not the same type of clickbaiting, attention seeking content that makes up 99.9% of other KZfaq content. Thank you for your work! I intend to share these videos with everyone I know! In many circles, the founders have been practically deified and disinformation campaigns seek to convince us that the success of the United States is solely the result of the foresight of these founders- when in fact, so many of their ideas and expectations never actually materialized - and for the better!

@coyote4237 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic. Thank you kindly, sir. Well done.

@MADDcartman 4 ай бұрын

Loved this chat. Very knowledgeable

@yuhhh7985 8 ай бұрын

Great video! 31:30 I’m with Washington, I hate the constant bipartisan arguing it’s counterproductive and just causes divide. I was hoping that politics back then were clearer and much more straightforward, but I was wrong. This is without a doubt, the state that modern politics is still in today, this divide has never left, it’s insane. Hamilton and Jefferson both having different gazettes scrutinizing the other while praising their own opinions is just the same as media outlets today. It’s a shame we still haven’t learned to find a middle ground. In my opinion, both the Democrat and Republican parties of today are the venom this country is infected with. You could argue that the most prolific contribution these two parties have done in modern times, is the division they’ve created. It is just a constant back and forth of introducing and reversing policies. Not to mention an easy way for candidates to hide behind their party whilst making promises they have no intention of fulfilling just to be sworn in as President. You could call me unpatriotic for thinking this way, but is this inefficient two-party system truly what we had hoped for when creating this country? Is this truly the freedom that was fought for? Constant back and forth bickering that doesn’t do anyone any good? I hope one day presidential candidates will be able to stand by their true ideals/beliefs without the use of an overarching party. So that these candidates can be elected based on their values, character, and vision for what will truly be beneficial for the country and its peoples. So far it’s looking like the country would fall before we ever get along or have a system as described. If you feel the same way, you are likely an Independent… or just sick of this shit.

@Ken-fh4jc 8 ай бұрын

One of my new favorite channels. Please don’t stop uploading!

@gregwilkin6565 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. :) Very interesting & informative. Outstanding presentation!

@equatorboi9490 9 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your videos! I didn't think I would ever sit through an hour of listening to American history!

@justinleighduhon5710 7 ай бұрын

I loved everything about this video, I would really appreciate a series of all the presidential elections. I would watch them all, you’re such a fantastic storyteller which makes it so much easier to digest and remember.

@LtSump 8 ай бұрын

this is a brilliantly simple, yet poignant, explanation of what was happening during that period just as we were trying to establish our country. I love it. keep up the good work.

@jkeithgreen2220 8 ай бұрын

Great presentations. Keep them coming.

@brudweger 7 ай бұрын

Terrific presentation....clear, of much interest, meaningful. Thank you.

@tarynolyvia 7 ай бұрын

I love these videos! Please consider creating some Playlists so it’s easier to fall asleep to these on rewatches. ❤

@amscleep8402 6 ай бұрын

I love this please continue this style of content. I have quickly become a fan of your content and i am a teacher and teaching about this time period so this awesome timing. Merry Christmas