Roger Sherman and the Great Compromise

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  • @TheHylianBatman
    @TheHylianBatman 2 роки тому +1

    I knew that Sherman was the only one to sign all the documents, but little else about him. What a man.
    America needed and needs men like that.

  • @richknudsen5781
    @richknudsen5781 2 роки тому +22

    “If the rulers feel neither loyalty nor empathy toward the ruled, the ruled can be expected to return the favor.”

    • @earlaagaard8175
      @earlaagaard8175 2 роки тому +4

      A saying with genuine application to the current situation!!

  • @thenebbish7709
    @thenebbish7709 2 роки тому +2

    Greetings from York, Pennsylvania. We are proud to have given these men a home to work on the Articles of Confederation

  • @Onewheelordeal
    @Onewheelordeal 2 роки тому +241

    I'm a stay at home dad who watches/listens to many different UA-cam genres all day so I know what I'm talking about when I say THGs content is of the highest quality available here

    • @lexrichardson7820
      @lexrichardson7820 2 роки тому +9

      Myself as well follow many different interest and topics and I agree totally that THG is the one I most look forward to seeing every day!

    • @chrispeck1325
      @chrispeck1325 2 роки тому +7

      I will agree with this. He does a great job with his research and coming up with the pictures and other content he adds. You can really see how much he loves history with his near flawless execution.

    • @denniswhite166
      @denniswhite166 2 роки тому +8

      This channel should be a must for Home Schoolers and their charges.

    • @barrydysert2974
      @barrydysert2974 2 роки тому +2

      @@chrispeck1325 near flawless is such a pleasure to hear and i totally agree. The poor man has a right bugger of a time with the word armistice at times. He really is an excellent speaker !:-)

    • @chrispeck1325
      @chrispeck1325 2 роки тому +3

      @@barrydysert2974 I believe in the about me episode he did, he mentioned a speech impediment he has and said that he has to do multiple takes at times and that this podcast has helped him with his public speaking.

  • @justme_gb
    @justme_gb 2 роки тому +109

    Can you imagine a time when men, despite differences of opinion, could debate the future of America? Imagine men so brave they would risk a death penalty to steer the path of people seeking escape from tyranny. These men formed a government despite itself that has outlasted many younger forms of government.
    Thank you THG for bringing this history we need to hear today.

    • @BrianWanda
      @BrianWanda 2 роки тому +4

      Their form of government only lasted a few decades. The improvements towards (but still have not achieved) having citizens participate equally has changed the balance of power to something they would not recognize. They were mainly focused on persuading the switch from British rule to self rule, which at the time was actually a hard sell.

    • @bethbartlett5692
      @bethbartlett5692 2 роки тому +7

      I can imagine, what I can't imagine is how we gave the Country away with the Federal Reserve Bank Corporation and have continued to do so with countless laws and allowing the same Family to also Own or have Management Contracts over IRS, CIA, NSA, and more including Military Agencies. The Fed Owner is neither a Citizen nor Resident of the USA and fully owns the "Associated Press/AP" and so much more. ...and go to source for War loans.
      News and Currency + Interest Rate + Wall Street + Birth Certificates (traded daily on NYSE), Nope true, and Public Record.
      ...but the Public drinks down the Dram they produce and lives on a fiat system that should be run by our USA TREASURY!
      ...that is what must get attention by the Public bit with Mature Minds and adjustments that give us back our Power.

    • @raydunakin
      @raydunakin 2 роки тому +2

      @@bethbartlett5692 This is nonsense. No one "owns" the Federal Reserve system, and no one "owns" the IRS, CIA, NSA or any other government agency.

    • @winddmmy
      @winddmmy 2 роки тому +1

      @@raydunakin the federal reserve is as federal as federal express it is owned by shareholders mostly foreign which came into existence in 1913 which is when the income tax came in so now they make money out of thin air and loan it at interest to the government.

    • @john_smith_john
      @john_smith_john 2 роки тому +1

      It's almost like you're comparing a idealized story to the real world today.

  • @michaelevans1193
    @michaelevans1193 2 роки тому +43

    Any fan of the musical “1776” knows Roger Sherman as a “humble cobbler from Connecticut.” Glad to learn more about this sage man and his contributions to the United States.

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому +2

      Did they mention in the musical that he was the father of 15 children, by two wives having remarried after his first wife died.

    • @Pooyuck
      @Pooyuck 2 роки тому +4

      One of my favorites! I watch it every 4th July.

    • @jeanneclark99
      @jeanneclark99 2 роки тому +2

      Absolutely! My favorite musical, and amazingly accurate.

    • @timrankin8737
      @timrankin8737 2 роки тому +1

      That is an awsome movie. Love it.

    • @garymartin9777
      @garymartin9777 2 роки тому

      Then the play denigrates his stature. As THG points out, he was a highly respected judge in Connecticut. He probably never made a living as a cobbler.

  • @eliscanfield3913
    @eliscanfield3913 2 роки тому +23

    When you're a Connecticuter history nut, you recognize Roger Sherman's name. Still, I didn't know all that much about him and appreciate you filling in a few of the gaps.

  • @ke6nber
    @ke6nber 2 роки тому +47

    Mr. Sherman and Dr. Benjamin Rush have both been largely forgotten. And that is tragic because both played such large roles in the creation of this nation and in the design of its governance.
    Thank you, History Guy, for this episode. It was a good one.

    • @fredjones7705
      @fredjones7705 2 роки тому +1

      They weren't out to carve a name in history books. They were there to build a country...so what's "tragic" about it?

    • @ke6nber
      @ke6nber 2 роки тому +1

      @@fredjones7705
      To wonder why they and their works should be remembered is to miss the point of this channel:
      History deserves to be remembered.
      If it's the hyperbole of the word 'tragic' that bothers you, rest assured, there is no hyperbole in the following:
      Get a life, Fred.

    • @fredjones7705
      @fredjones7705 2 роки тому +1

      @@ke6nber I stipulate the work was important and if anyone is/was interested in its origin they signed it. Nothing about it feels "tragic" to me.

  • @julesjames593
    @julesjames593 2 роки тому +5

    Connecticut's Roger Sherman statue was demoted from the National Statuary Hall to the crypt of the US Capitol sometime ago. He is portrayed in a senatorial toga, drawn up to show the shoes of a cobbler. In 1941, 286 of his descendants came together to fund a replica/restoration of his tombstone in New Haven detailing his civic accomplishments. A good man worth remembering, by all accounts.

  • @davidcarroll8735
    @davidcarroll8735 2 роки тому +75

    History, that can now be remembered, since you’ve brought it to our attention! Thanks THG!

  • @gregaj7
    @gregaj7 2 роки тому +11

    Lance, The History Guy, is one of two men that have talked about the 1774 Articles of Association in my hearing. It is a paper that should be read and studied, and way too few know it even exists. My compliments for The History Guy to bring it forth.

  • @michaelmccotter4293
    @michaelmccotter4293 2 роки тому +21

    So excited to see you giving my Grandfather Roger Sherman his due this morning. Roger is 1 of two men who signed all 4 of our founding documents. I ask many people if they can name those 4 documents and to this day none can answer. Again.....History that deserves to be remembered!
    Love the History Guy!!!!

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 2 роки тому +2

      Grandfather? How old *are* you?

    • @carylosborn1808
      @carylosborn1808 2 роки тому

      You and my husband are distantly related

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому +1

      Roger Sherman had 15 children, 13 that lived to adulthood. He remarried after his first wife died. So, he has a lot of descendants!

    • @Pooyuck
      @Pooyuck 2 роки тому

      Somewhere in the family tree of Roger Sherman, we are related :-)

    • @tpxchallenger
      @tpxchallenger 2 роки тому +2

      Grandfather? Sherman died in 1793. Are you telling us one of your parents was born in the 1790s? That is some Biblical genetics your family has!

  • @pushing2throttles
    @pushing2throttles 2 роки тому +15

    Awesome episode. He and Robert Livingston unfairly don't get enough credit for their roles in the roots of America. Especially Roger Sherman. Lemme ask everyone this: recollect back to the exams you took in high school and college. Can you remember "Roger Sherman" as an answer to an exam question? I was never asked. That's why the history guy has an important, critical, and crucially significant channel or rather is why his channel is all those things.

  • @rongreen8485
    @rongreen8485 2 роки тому +12

    Our founding fathers were Godly men of such high intelligence that it boggles my simple mind. I need to take time and read books about their amazing accomplishments. Our founders must be rolling over in their graves at the leadership we have today. Thanks History Guy.

    • @scottabc72
      @scottabc72 2 роки тому +2

      Most of the founding fathers were enlightenment thinkers and Deists, notable examples being Franklin, Jefferson and Madison among others. They would likely be appalled and disgusted by the anti-science christian fundamentalism that has so much influence today.

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому +1

      I agree, they were Godly men.

    • @rongreen8485
      @rongreen8485 2 роки тому +2

      @@scottabc72 not true my friend. See the documentary by David Barton.

    • @scottabc72
      @scottabc72 2 роки тому +2

      @@rongreen8485 Regarding Deism, Franklin supports it in his own autobiography. Jefferson, Madison and others have numerous writings in support of the basic ideas. This is not controversial or even surprising since early Americans were usually trying to make a break from the UK's history of religious dogmatism and violence in the previous two centuries.

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому

      Check out at the end of this video about what is written on his gravestone: ua-cam.com/video/xyAQ3tVRuuI/v-deo.html

  • @markbirkeland5643
    @markbirkeland5643 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you, history guy. My wife traces her linage thru Roger Sherman. I love to hear your information as We lived in Pennsylvania and her extended family has been in Minnesota for over a century. As I told my Daughter on visiting Independence Hall, "understand that you come from a line of strong American patriots who worked to make this nation happen, for the good of all.

  • @RicMoxley
    @RicMoxley 2 роки тому +60

    An exceptionally well-crafted telling of our founding fathers and Roger Sherman's role in it. And I'm betting you are right: few of us (before watching this) would have had a clue who Roger Sherman was, and probably wonder if that might be the new guy just drafted to their favorite football team. :-)

    • @charlesgreaves3293
      @charlesgreaves3293 2 роки тому +6

      Prior to seeing this, I would have said Roger Sherman was a pop singer circa late 60s early 70s.

    • @kevind814
      @kevind814 2 роки тому +6

      My "knowledge" of Sherman came solely from the musical "1776". Sad, but true.

    • @ajnormandgroome
      @ajnormandgroome 2 роки тому +6

      Many people in Connecticut know about Sherman

    • @winddmmy
      @winddmmy 2 роки тому

      @@ajnormandgroome yep Stafford here!

  • @blank557
    @blank557 2 роки тому +15

    Yet another unsung hero. All those involved in the founding of the country and our constitution should be recognized, for stepping up and putting themselves and their families security at risk of being hanged by the British as traitors.

    • @ronfullerton3162
      @ronfullerton3162 2 роки тому +1

      Many of the founding fathers actually suffered loses by their being involved.

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому

      "families security" Roger Sherman had 15 children - 13 that lived to adulthood. he remarried after his first wife died.

    • @zenolachance1181
      @zenolachance1181 2 роки тому +1

      Not to mention Financial ruin

  • @ETennScott
    @ETennScott 2 роки тому +1

    Well done, THG!! When I was a freshman in high school, forty two years ago, I had a Members Only knockoff jacket with Roger Sherman on the front of the jacket. I wore it proudly and told anyone who asked about Mr. Sherman's role in our country's history. Thank you!!

  • @ronalddevine9587
    @ronalddevine9587 2 роки тому +17

    Here in Connecticut, Roger Sherman is well remembered. The city of New Haven has a street named after him, as does the town of Hamden. In fact I live on that street. New Haven also had a large movie theater named after him.
    Connecticut was also considered by many to be the armory of the country. Eli Whitney made muskets in Hamden which borders New Haven to the north. He manufactured them with interchangeable parts, an important step to mass production.

    • @tedbrown7908
      @tedbrown7908 2 роки тому

      I believe that when he passed he was buried in one placed then moved to another. he passed in 1793.

    • @ronalddevine9587
      @ronalddevine9587 2 роки тому

      @@tedbrown7908 Quite possibly buried in the Grove Street Cemetery which dates to Colonial times.

    • @ajnormandgroome
      @ajnormandgroome 2 роки тому

      Benedict Arnold demanded arms from New Haven Powder House after Boston Massacre. He then mustered people in New Haven and all along the march to Boston. He brought Connecticut firearms. He was a hero, before such a traitor. Sherman was a better man

    • @ronalddevine9587
      @ronalddevine9587 2 роки тому

      @@ajnormandgroome Totally agree with you. Unfortunately, to the British he was a loyal hero. We were all originally British subjects.

    • @jacquesstrapp3219
      @jacquesstrapp3219 2 роки тому

      @@ronalddevine9587 Benedict Arnold was the hero of Saratoga. After he went over to the British, he wasn't fully trusted by them. Men who switch loyalties seldom are.

  • @dennisboulais7905
    @dennisboulais7905 2 роки тому +4

    Wonderful episode. I'm Connecticut born and bred and never knew about Roger Sherman.

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому

      I, too, was born and bred in CT. I had heard about him but not all about what he did. Did you know that he was the father of 15 children by two wives at different times? His first wife died and he remarried.

  • @alliejr
    @alliejr 2 роки тому +5

    Roger Sherman Baldwin, once governor of CT and grandson of this Roger Sherman, has lent his name to numerous roads, schools and parks including a major park here in Greenwich, CT. Yet his famous grandfather is all but forgotten.

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому

      Yes, Roger had 15 children by two wives. he remarried after his first wife died.

  • @Fear_the_Doughnut
    @Fear_the_Doughnut 2 роки тому +8

    I have never seen a boring video from you, you bring history to life. I wish I would have had teachers like you when I was going to school 40 years ago, history to me is always facinating, sometimes sad, sometimes scary but almost always with its own intrinsic beauty, how an event 2500 years ago can impact us to this day. You bring that to the forefront and I for one appreciate that, thank you for all your hard work in remembering moments of forgotten history. The History guy, deserves to be remembered.

  • @briangarrow448
    @briangarrow448 2 роки тому +17

    Truly a fascinating man and incredible story!

  • @djolley61
    @djolley61 2 роки тому +1

    It is a miracle, that men of so disparate backgrounds and motivations could come together and draft a document which not only created the United States of America, but changed the course of "human events".

  • @laserbeam002
    @laserbeam002 2 роки тому +2

    I know it's a sad thing that I have never heard of Roger Sherman. Thank you for posting.

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 2 роки тому

    WOW....All of this was a huge mouth full🗣👀🧐.....Well said....An thanks all over again 👍

  • @PhantomLover007
    @PhantomLover007 2 роки тому +11

    Definitely did not know that Sherman was present for nearly everything dealing with the founding of our country. Once again, you THG have shown light on the most austere

  • @Dingomush
    @Dingomush 2 роки тому +5

    Another great episode!….. THG, you never fail to teach and entertain us with stories of our past (and pirates). Thank you for all your hard work…..

  • @timzahniser2102
    @timzahniser2102 2 роки тому +1

    another fascinating and educational video, thank you so much for your fantastic content!!

  • @jamesalbano9484
    @jamesalbano9484 2 роки тому +1

    Great summary of Roger Sherman. My newly minted 😀son-in-law is a descendant of Roger Sherman along with the family branch of Hoare from England. He has a mind blowing collection of family tree documents which include notes about one of the ancestors and his relationship with Oliver. Cromwell. On the Hoare side Ebenezer Hoare was a Massachusetts state senator and pursued the return of colonial documents seized and kept in England until sometime after the civil war.

  • @franciscampagna2711
    @franciscampagna2711 2 роки тому

    Lived in CT for 15 years. Yes, I've heard of him. Thank you, History Guy.

  • @paulnolastname9422
    @paulnolastname9422 2 роки тому +1

    I love these stories of the great founding individuals and their efforts to form our nation. Please do more like this.

  • @ajnormandgroome
    @ajnormandgroome 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for highlighting his actions beyond Great Compromise. And I used to live off Sherman Ave in New Haven, and work at CT State Library, so I did know he signed all four Founding Documents

  • @BobSmith-dk8nw
    @BobSmith-dk8nw 2 роки тому

    Thanks. I was very much aware of the importance of The Great Compromise to the success of our Constitution and a fundamental aspect of our Government today.

  • @michaeldougfir9807
    @michaeldougfir9807 2 роки тому +2

    Like one man who wrote in here, I listen to a lot of UA-cam. And I sometimes wonder what people outside the USA think of us. True we have pooped our nest internationally speaking, a number of times. But, with a few recent exceptions, we have had a great democracy for over two centuries. Some say that is young for a country. But none have come close to our accomplishments, helpfulness, generosity, support in time of trouble. And concern for the rights of people. And a great deal of these virtues come from our founding fathers and a number of great citizens along the way. And our Faith.
    Thank You, God, for our country.

  • @erich9244
    @erich9244 2 роки тому

    I am amazed at how few of these important men are remembered any more, thanks for bring one to light that we all should remember, Excellent episode :)

  • @paulccrimmins
    @paulccrimmins 2 роки тому

    An important and unknown man who was doing the dirty work behind the scenes to make things happen. Thanks again History Guy for bringing him to everyones attention

  • @Persephone-t5b
    @Persephone-t5b 2 роки тому

    You are the Paul Harvey for the new generation! Thank you for taking the time to do this.

  • @deadalready7467
    @deadalready7467 2 роки тому

    Must be nice to be so smart 💡
    Appreciate the stories & the History.
    Many Blessings 🙏🇺🇸

  • @evensgrey
    @evensgrey 2 роки тому +34

    It's interesting that this is a rare instance when the word 'Compromise' is used to describe a US Constitutional legal negotiation prior to 1860 that isn't directly about slavery.

    • @glitterboy2098
      @glitterboy2098 2 роки тому +8

      on the other hand it directly led to the 3/5ths compromise, which allowed slave owners to game the representational system and gain power through a massive disenfranchised but numerically counted population of slaves.

    • @WhompingWalrus
      @WhompingWalrus 2 роки тому

      @@glitterboy2098 Yeah man it sounds like a lot of Sherman's legacy & where he disagreed with the others was on matters of keeping people away from the aristocracy's power lmao. 3/5, making sure the government wasn't proportionally empowered based upon what the citizenry actually wanted, etc.

  • @billm8442
    @billm8442 2 роки тому

    Very timely. Sherman & even Ben Franklin are lost amongst all the noise today

  • @Naval_Monkey
    @Naval_Monkey 2 роки тому +5

    I can't tell you enough how great it is to start my work day with one of your videos :)

  • @pelenaka
    @pelenaka 2 роки тому

    My 4th Great-Grandfather Dearing Dorman born in New Haven, Connecticut ,1797 not doubt grew up learning and admiring Roger Sherman. So much so that by 1822 or so he founded a village in Western New York, named Sherman, Chautauqua County. Thank you for the background on this great American.

  • @johnherlihy4739
    @johnherlihy4739 2 роки тому +2

    Again, the History Guy, decked in his bow tie, has produced a high quality video about Roger Sherman! History Guy, you produce the BEST videos on U.S. History! 👍👍🤓🥳

  • @JordanKeats1
    @JordanKeats1 9 місяців тому +1

    Roger Sherman is one of my ancestors. I'm thankful that I have this video to learn more about him.

  • @richardgarowski.5161
    @richardgarowski.5161 2 роки тому +1

    Never saw that in the history books !
    Thank God for the History Guy !

  • @groovydude8863
    @groovydude8863 2 роки тому +42

    I think if people say your name in the same sentence as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, then there is no higher endorsement of character available. Name someone in our current government that is comparable with any one of them. John Kennedy said during a cabinet meeting of the so-called "Brain Trust", that this is the highest concentration of intellect in one room ever, except for when Thomas Jefferson ate lunch alone.

    • @bethbartlett5692
      @bethbartlett5692 2 роки тому

      Jefferson is my fav early Pres!
      and I hold great respect for JFK. (Even if he was Human)

    • @WhiteCamry
      @WhiteCamry 2 роки тому +4

      That wasn't a cabinet meeting; it was at a testimonial dinner for Nobel Prize winners on April 29, 1962.

    • @TerrellThomas1971
      @TerrellThomas1971 2 роки тому +2

      @@bethbartlett5692 at least JFK wasnt a serial sex offender , like Jefferson

    • @ferengiprofiteer9145
      @ferengiprofiteer9145 2 роки тому

      @@TerrellThomas1971 Depends on your meaning for "serial sex offender" but, by most accounts, yeah, he was.
      Not a sexual predator like Clinton but the morals of a goat.

    • @TerrellThomas1971
      @TerrellThomas1971 2 роки тому +1

      @@ferengiprofiteer9145 Clinton was a predator, but Jefferson took up with a slave who was his dead wife's half sister .

  • @amadeusamwater
    @amadeusamwater 2 роки тому +4

    Franklin had a similar resume: He was the only man to sign the following....Declaration of Independance, Treaty of Alliance with France, Peace Treaty with England, Constitution.

  • @overodog
    @overodog 2 роки тому

    A timely and lucid presentation. Thank you.

  • @josephstevens9888
    @josephstevens9888 2 роки тому

    We have a "fence viewer" in our township. This gentleman was appointed by the Township Board of Trustees to settle disputes regarding fence placement on the rare occasions when the occur.
    Yes, I did hear of Roger Sherman before, and yes, I've heard he was a signer of all of the foundational documents of the Untied States.
    Great video History Guy, Love your work!

  • @robbylock1741
    @robbylock1741 2 роки тому

    This shows how our Nation was born of compromise and the balancing of ideas and ideals. It is sad that now, that not only is that truth all but forgotten by the politics of our times, but that the very word and idea has gone from being something that strengthened us, to now being considered a weakness and to be avoided at all costs, by those we have elected to govern us. Where are the Roger Shermans of our generation that we so sadly and badly need!

  • @tsav6952
    @tsav6952 2 роки тому

    A largely forgotten man of great importance. Thanks for the history reminder.

  • @edschermerhorn5415
    @edschermerhorn5415 2 роки тому +6

    Guess I proved how much of a “history nerd” I am, in that I already know of Sherman and his roll on the 4 documents and the Great Compromise.

  • @Tmrfe0962
    @Tmrfe0962 2 роки тому +1

    Good Sir,
    I am deeply gratified for your continued effort in finding wonderful hidden treasures in our American history, being a bit of a “history “ buff…I knew not of this forgotten history. Thank you. You are well worth my Patronage. And I hope others feel the same.

  • @roxannaweaver2155
    @roxannaweaver2155 2 роки тому +1

    Egads!!! The man was a genius, a workhorse, a wise old owl in disguise! What a lot of energy he had and that brain! Sometimes the lesser knowns have the greatest impact that the world knows nothing about.

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому

      He was also the father of 15 children by two wives. He remarried after his first wife died.

    • @roxannaweaver2155
      @roxannaweaver2155 2 роки тому

      @@walterbalinski4625 There's that energy at work! 😄

  • @jtgd
    @jtgd 2 роки тому +8

    Thank you for more history lessons

  • @robertortiz-wilson1588
    @robertortiz-wilson1588 Рік тому

    Phenomenal Founding Father, thank you for making this video and educating me further on him!

  • @dirtcop11
    @dirtcop11 2 роки тому +30

    It would be interesting to see the biographies of all of the founding fathers. I read Patrick Henry's biography and found out some very interesting things about him. Some people might be shocked if they read his biography, I know I was.

    • @ronfullerton3162
      @ronfullerton3162 2 роки тому +9

      Many good and intelligent men were involved with the founding of our country. And they debated and worked at finding just the right way to go. Now days we have people wanting to rewrite everything because they do not believe these people were anymore than unintelligent fools. I guess that lets us know who the real fools are. The lack of our people knowing and understanding their past and their history may end up being our downfall.

    • @bigbaddms
      @bigbaddms 2 роки тому +2

      What were some of the shocking things?

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому +4

      Roger Sherman was the father of 15 children, having remarried after his first wife died. I think that is interesting and important to know.

    • @dirtcop11
      @dirtcop11 2 роки тому +7

      @@bigbaddms He had lost his first wife and remarried. He married his son's sweetheart. That shocked me a bit.

    • @luciafalce9478
      @luciafalce9478 2 роки тому +1

      @@dirtcop11Think how shocked his son must have been.

  • @jamesthompson8008
    @jamesthompson8008 2 роки тому

    Another VERY WELL done segment! Thank you for the effort you put into these.

  • @MrScott1171
    @MrScott1171 2 роки тому

    Another thing I did not know about CT and the US. Again, a great job by The History Guy. There is so much more in CT that deserves to be remembered. And this was just a small part of it. Again, great job.

  • @WALTERBROADDUS
    @WALTERBROADDUS 2 роки тому +6

    Well I must say, this is actually an eye-opener for me. Never heard of Sherman till now.

  • @DavidSmith-fw6uj
    @DavidSmith-fw6uj 2 роки тому

    Love from DeKalb Mississippi USA 🇺🇸

  • @frankboyd7993
    @frankboyd7993 2 роки тому +8

    Yet another excellent review of history!

  • @dahawk8574
    @dahawk8574 2 роки тому

    There is another GREAT story of a person from Connecticut who played a key role in creating this country:
    Noah Webster.
    He did it by helping to unite the country by way of _language._ The newly formed country was a fractured mess of various cultures. His books STANDARDIZED the English language. And gave the USA this common thread which tied everyone together.
    It is a GREAT story that few people know.
    Right up the alley for a THG episode!

  • @LostInThe0zone
    @LostInThe0zone 2 роки тому +1

    One of the more important lessons of American history. Thanks History Guy.

  • @orno8906
    @orno8906 2 роки тому

    Sir you have a way of teaching that makes perfect sense, and if something can make sense, it can be remembered.

  • @chuckphelps6187
    @chuckphelps6187 Місяць тому

    A wonderful short video on a piece of truly forgotten history. Thank you for this reminder of why I come here first when I'm on UA-cam. Keep up the great work!

  • @ThatBobGuy850
    @ThatBobGuy850 Рік тому

    Fascinating video, History Guy! We knew of Roger Sherman from the play/movie "1776." In it, Mr. Sherman is drafted to join the committee to draft the Declaration of Independance. In the associated song, Roger Sherman sings, "I'm just a simple cobbler from Connecticut." Who knew that he would be so influential and important to American history! Thanks for filling in th details :-)

  • @rickharold7884
    @rickharold7884 2 роки тому +2

    Wow. Never heard of this guy. So glad to know now. Always fascinating. Love it

  • @larryd9068
    @larryd9068 2 роки тому +4

    The History Guy Strikes Again! Thanks for another informative video based on history that was never taught in the school system. Reflecting back on my education it appears that several subjects taught to students were cherry picked to promote an arbitrary agenda. THG is the man who fills in all the blanks!!!

  • @vincegiaccone4411
    @vincegiaccone4411 2 роки тому

    Thank You Sir for this tidbit, but very important piece of History.

  • @larrybomber83
    @larrybomber83 2 роки тому

    Never heard that much about him. Thank You.

  • @tammihackley4349
    @tammihackley4349 2 роки тому

    Your episodes are always so interesting and I learn much. Thank you

  • @Joe--
    @Joe-- 2 роки тому

    Thank you for great video!
    Saving for education -especially at 10:40 to 12:16

  • @OldVermontGuy
    @OldVermontGuy 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome segment.

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 роки тому

      I think THG forgot to mention that Roger Sherman had 15 children. he remarried after his first wife died.

  • @jongrant1215
    @jongrant1215 2 роки тому

    This was fascinating! My ancestor JOSIAH GRANT, my 5th great-grandfather and ancestor of US Grant also lived in Litchfield, CT at the same time. I wonder if they knew each other? At some point, my ancestor moved from Windsor, CT to Litchfield. He was a tythingman, selectman, school committee, surveyor, lister. His son was Capt. Josiah Grant, a Captian in the Revolutionary War. His cousin was Ethan Allen. Both Sherman and Grant were of Puritan belief.

  • @UtopianMatt
    @UtopianMatt 2 роки тому

    I grew up in Sherman CT !!! So Crazyu i didnt even know the great history behind it!

  • @leviwarren6222
    @leviwarren6222 2 роки тому +1

    THG: the only UA-camr in history to use the term "can't be overstated" correctly.

    • @bigbaddms
      @bigbaddms 2 роки тому +1

      Yes it’s like “couldn’t care less”. Through the years couldn’t was changed to could, and the entire meaning reversed

  • @garymcaleer6112
    @garymcaleer6112 2 роки тому

    Excellent history! America's Civil War Union General, William Tecumseh Sherman was distantly related to US founding father Roger Sherman. Both were shaping forces to bring us to where we are today.

  • @jamesbarca7229
    @jamesbarca7229 2 роки тому +3

    I agree with Sherman that senators should be appointed by state legislatures. They are supposed to be the representatives of the States, while members of the House are the representatives of the People. Many senators nowadays don't seem to represent either. They're controlled by out of state money and special interests. The Seventeenth Amendment should be repealed imo.

  • @jeremycox571
    @jeremycox571 2 роки тому

    I truely love watching your videos , you do such a GREAT JOB !

  • @earlcollinsworth4914
    @earlcollinsworth4914 2 роки тому

    Wow! WHat an accomplished gent! I knew about the man only as a cobbler and wondered if he felt he was out of his depth with those other men. But NOT SO! Further proof that all of these men were exceptional! And to think that the people we have now think (some of them at least!) that they're wiser than these guys were!

  • @ObservingtheObvious
    @ObservingtheObvious 2 роки тому

    There was so much information and content that I had to at least go back and try and absorb a bit more of it. So much of ‘these things’ make up what we enjoy today in freedoms and has the rest of the world clamoring to join. What Sherman and his contemporaries accomplished and established, is not outdated and worth having today.

  • @RetiredSailor60
    @RetiredSailor60 2 роки тому

    My 5 time great uncle, Thomas Stone, signed the Declaration Of Independence. My 7 time great grandfather, William Stone, was appointed 3rd Colonial Governor of Maryland and settled in Jamestown VA in the late 1620s..

  • @Rufus6540
    @Rufus6540 2 роки тому

    Everyone who's seen the musical 1776, and grew up in Connecticut, know Sherman but appreciate this look into his history and achievements. Certainly something more than "a simple cobbler from Connecticut" as the lyric went!

  • @shemp308
    @shemp308 2 роки тому

    You always say I hope you enjoyed this! Just a thank you and to add. I always enjoy your channels video's.

  • @papagilliam441
    @papagilliam441 2 роки тому

    Man , I loved this ONE ! How we got here is always interesting .

  • @richerickson4408
    @richerickson4408 2 роки тому +1

    By the way, outstanding presentation, thank you.

  • @MelanieHarmon-lw3tq
    @MelanieHarmon-lw3tq 6 місяців тому

    Roger Sherman is my (I don’t know how many times) great grandfather. I come from a branch of Shermans who moved to Colorado and continue to farm and ranch to this day.

  • @scronx
    @scronx 2 роки тому

    What a wonderful, inspiring tribute to a true hero, now mostly forgotten. Very similar to the chapter on Sherman in Tupper Saussy's immortal book Miracle on Main Street -- are you familiar with it?
    People have got to get their ideas of manhood and womanhood straight or America is doomed. "He never said a foolish thing" -- of how many of us can this ever be said.

  • @chakabegood
    @chakabegood 2 роки тому +1

    I am the direct descendants of the Roger Sherman family tree...I am also a descendant of John Dickerson family.... very interesting

  • @karlbrundage7472
    @karlbrundage7472 2 роки тому +1

    I knew of the role Roger Sherman played in the Founding of The United States via a graphic novel I read in middle school (wish I could remember the name of it). He is, truly, one of the unsung heroes of The Founding and I doubt he'll get a musical based on his story on Broadway.........

  • @billrobinson9704
    @billrobinson9704 2 роки тому +1

    Another excellent and important piece of history that deserves to be remembered. However, let us not forget grammar and proper style. "Continued on" is redundant if the direction of the progress denoted is unchanged. Sherman's legacy continues.

  • @nurmaybooba
    @nurmaybooba 2 роки тому

    thank-you for this enlightenment.

  • @julierobertson9397
    @julierobertson9397 2 роки тому +1

    You were right: I'd never heard of Sherman. Considering his participation in the creation of the government of the US, I confounds me that he could remain in obscurity all this time. Makes you wonder who determines the "important people" who should be included in history instruction.

  • @christianfreedom-seeker934
    @christianfreedom-seeker934 2 роки тому

    We need more Roger Shermans!

  • @terrioestreich4007
    @terrioestreich4007 2 роки тому

    Great episode! Thank you

  • @autumnskyes5633
    @autumnskyes5633 2 роки тому +1

    If my history teachers were like you, I think I would have went to class.
    I'm really enjoying you channel.

  • @CraigLYoung
    @CraigLYoung 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @charlescomly1
    @charlescomly1 2 роки тому +2

    Sherman has been pushed out of history, why is not known but he should be given the recognition he deserves.