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  • THE HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA in 13 Minutes
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  • @ralphmcclellan9530
    @ralphmcclellan9530 Місяць тому +76

    I realize that it’s a challenge to account for every historical event within 12-to-13 minutes, but there was no mention of the influx of thousands of Palatine Germans and Scots-Irish settlers into Pennsylvania prior to 1776.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 21 день тому +6

      Once upon of time the biggest immigrant group to Philadelphia was from Germany.

    • @jeanharhai8260
      @jeanharhai8260 19 днів тому +5

      That was definitely the case for York & Red Lion, P.A. York until 25 years ago was still dominately German. The names of locations still show the original influence of England. Our township is: Springettsbury. York for York, England. Red Lion was dominated by Scotch/Irish. The streets still have the Red Lion (Red and yellow) street signs.

    • @Leprechaun-qv6mo
      @Leprechaun-qv6mo 13 днів тому +1

      Philly is a melting pot, upper Darby havertown and Broomall are predominantly Irish German and Italian still. Not to mention the US Marine Corps was born in Tun Tavern in philly. I’m a landscaper and I always wondered why the Mexicans treated me well (not just because I work as hard as they do) but I found out a lot of Irish immigrants during the Spanish American war changed sides because they were in technicalities fighting for the British Protestant and they were catholic fighting Catholic, they all came back home to philly with wives from Mexico. Guy I worked with explained it to me and I was so dumbfounded I had to look it up and the next day there was bottle of Jameson with the Irish and Mexican flag on it in my truck. There’s too much history here to be explained in 13 minutes

  • @wetwillyis_1881
    @wetwillyis_1881 Місяць тому +315

    Fun fact, the most brutal territorial dispute in the state is still going on, today.
    Sheetz vs. Wawa

    • @aaronclouse7634
      @aaronclouse7634 Місяць тому +17

      Sheetz all the way! They originated in my home city of Altoona

    • @brandonhernandez4840
      @brandonhernandez4840 Місяць тому +10

      It’s ok to have wrong opinions 😊

    • @Thatguyinyourclass
      @Thatguyinyourclass Місяць тому +12

      no one should really be debating it, because Wawa sucks

    • @justin97410
      @justin97410 Місяць тому +15

      Rutter’s is getting involved and having their say

    • @kateuhler7803
      @kateuhler7803 Місяць тому +1

      😂

  • @MonicaMovieStar
    @MonicaMovieStar Місяць тому +72

    I'm not sure that you did Pennsylvania justice in this video.

    • @eniascika3050
      @eniascika3050 Місяць тому +3

      Why
      I’d like to know

    • @WRichards83
      @WRichards83 25 днів тому +1

      Yes you are and you love it. Go ahead, say it.

    • @benbordogna6913
      @benbordogna6913 23 дні тому +18

      yea he didn't even mention Pittsburgh, even when talking about steel 😒

    • @PatrickKniesler
      @PatrickKniesler 23 дні тому +10

      ​@@benbordogna6913 Or Erie, skipping over the War of 1812. Someone else mentioned how the video could have spared a sentence for the Scots-Irish settlement. I'd argue also the Great Wagon Road and Conestoga trails west. And it could have mentioned how the Lancaster region is America largest unirrigated farmland area.
      Other than these, it seemed OK.

    • @mamabridge4710
      @mamabridge4710 20 днів тому +7

      @@benbordogna6913 And while showing pictures of the Fort Pitt Museum and Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, while saying they are in Philadelphia. Guess he didn't realize that they are on opposite sides of the state, about a 6-hour drive.

  • @smoothbeak
    @smoothbeak Місяць тому +47

    That is so funny to hear that he didn't want it to be named after himself because he thought people would think he is conceited, as that's exactly what I thought!

    • @Salamon2
      @Salamon2 24 дні тому +1

      The King actually named it for Penn's father.

  • @davea6314
    @davea6314 Місяць тому +47

    The largest SCA event (medieval and rennasiance reenactment event) in the world called the Pennsic War takes place every summer in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.

    • @wetwillyis_1881
      @wetwillyis_1881 Місяць тому +2

      Guess I’ve gotta take a quick trip up there, this summer.

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Місяць тому +2

      @@wetwillyis_1881 When you go to Pennsic, it's best to stay at least for the entire final week of the event.

    • @michaelbrown1846
      @michaelbrown1846 28 днів тому

      ua-cam.com/video/rlkLMxrq0ZM/v-deo.html

    • @user-fj7vm9fz2h
      @user-fj7vm9fz2h 25 днів тому +2

      Penns Woods never heard of Penns forest but …ok.

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 25 днів тому +3

      @@user-fj7vm9fz2h It's called the "Pennsic War" located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania at Coopers Lake Campground. It takes place from July 26 to August 11 this (2024) summer.

  • @Whitelightnin76
    @Whitelightnin76 Місяць тому +32

    Half way through the video I went “holy shit that’s the Quaker oats guy!”

    • @juanfigueroa804
      @juanfigueroa804 18 днів тому

      Our dutch conspirators played an massive involvement! 😂

    • @chizorama
      @chizorama 13 днів тому

      They made a statue of the Quaker Oats guy & put him on top of Independence Hall. They really love Quaker Oats in Philly...

  • @bjj4tone
    @bjj4tone Місяць тому +43

    @Knowledgia, at 8:30, it talks about Philadelphia becoming a cultural center, but the museum shown is in Pittsburgh. 🤣 A little bit misleading.

    • @ErdTirdMans
      @ErdTirdMans Місяць тому +5

      First US lending library, first US hospital, first US art school, first US municipal water, first US university, first US zoo, first World's Fair, first US stock exchange, first US mint, first computer...

    • @user-et5nk2ib1g
      @user-et5nk2ib1g 28 днів тому +5

      And misspelled Pittsburgh too

    • @KevinMitch-qn7ln
      @KevinMitch-qn7ln 21 день тому +1

      @@user-et5nk2ib1gPittsburgh has used -burg and -burgh at different points in its history. Whether this was a misspelling would depend when he was referencing lol

    • @jeanharhai8260
      @jeanharhai8260 19 днів тому +1

      yeh, by about 6 hours by car. And very different vibe and people inhabit the NW Pittsburgh and the SE Philadelphia.

  • @ericbonanno5214
    @ericbonanno5214 Місяць тому +27

    You can't talk about PA's energy industry without mentioning Drake's Well. The first commercial oil well in the US.

    • @ShawnRavenfire
      @ShawnRavenfire 19 днів тому +3

      And the first beer brewery in North America: Yuengling!

    • @jeffreystroman2811
      @jeffreystroman2811 18 днів тому +2

      Yeah, the world's addiction to energy dense liquid crude began right here, in the great state of Pennsylvania

    • @JohnLVroman
      @JohnLVroman 16 днів тому +2

      Exactly! I was born and raised in Titusville, PA

    • @ericbonanno5214
      @ericbonanno5214 16 днів тому +1

      @@JohnLVromanNice. I'm from Meadville.

    • @thetylersherman
      @thetylersherman 16 днів тому +2

      @@ericbonanno5214 Small world, pretty sure I went to MASH with you, Eric.. For real though, no love for Western PA in this video!

  • @bghyst
    @bghyst Місяць тому +30

    Wow, I didn’t know Maryland is in Connecticut (2:55 mark)

    • @richjageman3976
      @richjageman3976 Місяць тому +4

      If I remember correctly Connecticut or Rhode Island once claimed the land in western Pennsylvania and so did Virginia. Colonies didn't care too much about geography.

  • @wetwillyis_1881
    @wetwillyis_1881 Місяць тому +76

    PA quite literally has everything we could need to function as our own country. The Ohio River valley has to be one of the most important geographic features in North America.

    • @penguinsfan251
      @penguinsfan251 Місяць тому +12

      The western part of Pennsylvania has everything needed for life. Farmland, abundant water, abundant energy (natural gas and coal with still a little bit of crude oil).

    • @TheJschrec
      @TheJschrec 19 днів тому +2

      We could not function as a stand alone country. We do have the resources yes, but not enough of them to provide for the number of people living in the state.

    • @edc6333
      @edc6333 14 днів тому +2

      We would need to build a wall, a great wall around Philly and Pittsburgh and all would be good.

  • @TheStriker960
    @TheStriker960 29 днів тому +8

    As a Brit living in PA and a history lover. It’s always interesting to learn more about where I’m living.

    • @datman3416
      @datman3416 22 дні тому +1

      Welcome to the hood red coat

  • @Johnno010
    @Johnno010 22 дні тому +8

    This sounds like a middle schoolers book report on PA. C-

  • @alecwest3303
    @alecwest3303 Місяць тому +19

    At 8:35 you mention Philadelphia as a cultural hub, but 2/3 of the pictures relate to Pittsburgh. Kind of odd how little this video touches on the western side of the state.

    • @NameorsomethingIdunno
      @NameorsomethingIdunno Місяць тому +2

      West side of the state falls in the “rust belt” so we tend to receive little attention outside of Pittsburgh lol.

    • @JB-tp7wp
      @JB-tp7wp 29 днів тому +6

      Yes it pretty much left WPA out of the video, or attribute things to EPA that should be WPA.
      Case in point: the Whiskey Rebellion took place in Allegheny and Washington Counties. This video makes it seem like it was in Philly. Pittsburgh doesn’t even get a marker on the map. There are cities out side of the commonwealth that have markers and the video isn’t even about their states.
      Pittsburgh got dissed bad in this video.

    • @benihana1210
      @benihana1210 24 дні тому +2

      Lots of mentions about Pittsburgh related things without pointing out they happened there

    • @genepatterson4375
      @genepatterson4375 24 дні тому +1

      Philadelphia was a cultural hub while Pittsburgh was an industrial hub.

  • @mstretanski1
    @mstretanski1 25 днів тому +12

    Several inaccuracies in this video. The Federal Convention was in 1787 not 1784.

  • @descentplayer
    @descentplayer Місяць тому +17

    So many errors in the maps of this video!

  • @davea6314
    @davea6314 Місяць тому +40

    Philadelphia is named as the "city of brotherly love".

    • @derrickstorm6976
      @derrickstorm6976 Місяць тому +6

      Actually, that's what the name means

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Місяць тому +3

      @@derrickstorm6976 I know, that's my point.

    • @AnglephileSwedenGerman
      @AnglephileSwedenGerman Місяць тому +3

      ​@@davea6314then why not explain the roots of Philo and delphi

    • @climberly
      @climberly Місяць тому +14

      yeah but I wouldn't count on much brotherly love when you go there.

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Місяць тому +5

      ​@@climberlyUnfortunately, that is true in the 21st century.

  • @salamaster933
    @salamaster933 Місяць тому +23

    Great, would love to see videos about all original 13 colonies

  • @williamriley5118
    @williamriley5118 29 днів тому +10

    It’s the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    • @Blackdiamondprod.
      @Blackdiamondprod. 24 дні тому

      You can call it either. It is a Commonwealth state, as opposed to a non-state Commonwealth, like Puerto Rico.

    • @tsol9097
      @tsol9097 18 днів тому +1

      True, but it's just a name. Commonwealth is no different from a State in terms of its relation to the government or nation as a whole.

  • @hlash2566
    @hlash2566 21 день тому +5

    You forgot to mention the HUGE German Lutheran population and the development of the Pennsylvania Dutch culture!

  • @LangDu21
    @LangDu21 23 дні тому +4

    Proud Pennsylvanian! ✋🏻

  • @ralphmcclellan9530
    @ralphmcclellan9530 Місяць тому +7

    Pennsylvania was between the English colonial settlements of Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay, not Maryland.

  • @Jeudaos
    @Jeudaos Місяць тому +5

    As someone who idetifies as norse pagan. I highly respect the freedom of religion. and the firm belief that one human cannot 'judge' over another is one that i can respect also.

  • @Z3nHolEminD
    @Z3nHolEminD Місяць тому +13

    Quick and effectively orchestrated to stay in meeee brains , Thank you .

    • @StopMigger
      @StopMigger Місяць тому +1

      I'm gay too buddy lol

    • @Z3nHolEminD
      @Z3nHolEminD Місяць тому

      So is Lucifer , which is why he shines and glistens , only gay folk shine like queers

    • @Z3nHolEminD
      @Z3nHolEminD Місяць тому

      So is Lucifer

    • @Z3nHolEminD
      @Z3nHolEminD Місяць тому

      Along with Satan and his brood of legions

    • @Z3nHolEminD
      @Z3nHolEminD Місяць тому

      The Spartans were all male lovers who galvanized the passion of battle

  • @SantaFe19484
    @SantaFe19484 Місяць тому +6

    Nice video. Are you going to do a video like this about all fifty states? Pennsylvania is my home state.

  • @iamauntmeem
    @iamauntmeem 22 дні тому +3

    My ancestors were Quakers who came to Pennsylvania to practice religious freedom. They were pacifist, yet when the king threatened their livelihood and lands, they took up arms to fight for their rights in the Revolutionary War. My family did not own slaves but one family member to pay for his way to this great country became an indentured servant to the one who paid his passage.

  • @craigversetti5700
    @craigversetti5700 19 днів тому +1

    What a great educational video !!! I live about 8 miles outside of downtown Pittsburgh and grew up here , knew a good deal but still learned alot especially about the earlier years .

  • @mtmdesign1
    @mtmdesign1 29 днів тому +8

    The strong beginning of geological, Native American, and William Penn history collapsed into overly broad generalizations and lack of explanations. A lot was missed. For WW II, why show a Seattle-built B-17 when the Battleship New Jersey was built in PA. You should re-do this with more research or sources. Thanks.

  • @dylangtech
    @dylangtech Місяць тому +6

    2:53 You put Maryland in Connecticut?

  • @kingzarrar5221
    @kingzarrar5221 Місяць тому +10

    Amazing ❤❤❤

  • @katjsh
    @katjsh 26 днів тому +4

    This is what we were taught in school about the first capital if you have questions just google york pa first capital....the contential congress had to move from philly, they aimed for Lancaster because that's where state business was taking place. They found it crowded crossed the susquehanna to keep things separate and in york was were the first contential congress was fully ratified with using the name the united states of america....they also declared and held the 1st govt recognized Thanksgiving. There's plaques all over downtown so this should all be available on line.

    • @OhioDan
      @OhioDan 26 днів тому

      Interesting.

  • @foxfire7549
    @foxfire7549 19 днів тому +3

    Hey guys, Pennsylvania citizen here. I like Pennsylvania, it is cool.

  • @brandonhernandez4840
    @brandonhernandez4840 Місяць тому +21

    My friend, I want to be constructive with this, but your video has a lot of incorrect and/or misleading things. From the graphics to pictures to just saying state over commonwealth and highlighting different regions in the wrong spots is something I feel is not good for a video to inform people. Like Fort Pitt is not in Philly, Maryland is not in Connecticut, and more little things that feeds into that misleading narrative. I just feel like whoever is editing your videos or does the graphics needs to be careful because they seem to have a lot of things in accurate. Hopefully this finds you well.

    • @plymouth491
      @plymouth491 18 днів тому

      We also pronounce it, 'Muh•non•guh•hell•uh.'

    • @Azslande
      @Azslande 23 години тому

      Also, West Virginia is shown to be allied with the Confederacy, when in fact it separated from Virginia during the civil war and joined the Union in opposition to slavery.

  • @cianmannion1752
    @cianmannion1752 Місяць тому +1

    Really love the American history videos great job guys and gals

  • @MarkWusinich
    @MarkWusinich 12 днів тому +1

    thank you. this was very nice.

  • @thejdmeffect3257
    @thejdmeffect3257 22 дні тому

    Great video. I live in PA and I didn't knew how much history had

  • @alexanderlehigh
    @alexanderlehigh 23 дні тому

    Always nice to see a video about my home state.

  • @phatphish7617
    @phatphish7617 Місяць тому +3

    Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama all in between

  • @jankusthegreat9233
    @jankusthegreat9233 Місяць тому +3

    U guys are awesome

  • @StLouis-yu9iz
    @StLouis-yu9iz Місяць тому +2

    Would love to see one of these for Missouri! :]

  • @Ellecram
    @Ellecram 24 дні тому +1

    PA resident here. I have found some awesome fossils here especially on the hillside road cuts.

  • @carter939
    @carter939 Місяць тому +2

    Best video to date

  • @depekthegreat359
    @depekthegreat359 Місяць тому +6

    This is extremely so fantastic history of one of my favourite respective American states ever in my life and I do wish to visit the state in future,good friends!!!LONG LIVE PENNSYLVANIA!!!🧚‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🧚‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🧚‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🧚‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🧚‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🧚‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🧚‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🧚‍♀️🏋️‍♂️🧚‍♀️🏋️‍♂️

    • @AnglephileSwedenGerman
      @AnglephileSwedenGerman Місяць тому

      It's bigger than you would think when driving through it but quick on the train from new York to Philly but very dirty city idk wats up with the money they get for clean up, my city in Massachusetts every one cleans up the area of the street in front of where they live no matter if it is rented but now sooo many immigrants n ppl from big cities moved in cuz of rich ppl buying up land n making project houses basically, I was shocked in the 90s when in Manhattan I saw a poster on a telephone pole saying to move to my city n all the benefits from the state so basically new York wanted to get rid of their undesirables n it worked a lil not anything to change new York but enough to turn my city into a ever growing sh* hole but we don't want to abandon the city cuz it'll lead it to be worse but more n more are giving up n I can't blame them , when I was a kid I was all for staying but you gotta know when to jump off the sinking ship

    • @bjj4tone
      @bjj4tone Місяць тому

      Long live York Barbell 🤣🏋

    • @StopMigger
      @StopMigger Місяць тому

      @@AnglephileSwedenGermanI'm gay too buddy

    • @StopMigger
      @StopMigger Місяць тому +1

      @@bjj4toneI'm gay too buddy lol

    • @bjj4tone
      @bjj4tone Місяць тому

      @@StopMigger date?

  • @EmptyDivergence
    @EmptyDivergence Місяць тому +1

    Very interesting video! Thanks, I learned a lot. (Video thumbnail states "12 minutes" - ignore if this has already been changed)

  • @Yinzgahndahntahn
    @Yinzgahndahntahn Місяць тому +8

    It’s PITTSBURGH, not Pittsburg!
    Also when it’s shown Pittsburgh is mislabeled several times on the map. A barely passing mention at the French and Indian war, which a lot of important events related to Washington happened in western Pa (Braddocks march). Hersey is also mislabeled on the map. Why does the map have Williamsport and Allentown on it but not Pittsburgh or Erie?

    • @WRichards83
      @WRichards83 25 днів тому

      You really need a hobby or a job bud - you post more than a 13 yo girl lol.

  • @bearpitt
    @bearpitt 21 день тому +1

    Fun fact, the Appalachian Mountains are part of a range that is in Scotland and Norway. Continental drift baby!

  • @ericneiman5556
    @ericneiman5556 24 дні тому +3

    Ive been on farm plowed fields in PA and ive found limestone with shark fossils

    • @GiovannaC266
      @GiovannaC266 20 днів тому +1

      In the late 70s, I was with a group of Girl Scouts hiking in the Alleghenies, and I found a small rock - about 1” x 1” - with a small but distinct scallop shell impression. I was about 10 yrs old, and still have that little treasure!

  • @dryciderz
    @dryciderz 23 дні тому +2

    Fun fact: it's actually pronounced like "Car-nay-gee" our guy Andrah was Scottish...

  • @EdenHazard-ni1cq
    @EdenHazard-ni1cq Місяць тому +4

    When will the Mansa Musa video be released?

  • @MJ19438
    @MJ19438 18 днів тому +2

    PA is so underrated, even to this day. The 5th most populous state in the Union, it's like the entirety of global humanity - race, religion, etc. - distilled into 1 state. The Keystone State indeed.

  • @Riverstyx777
    @Riverstyx777 22 дні тому +3

    Glossed over how great a success the Walking Purchase was, and how Penn's sons turned the Second Walking Purchase into the "Running Purchase".

  • @dylanlowers5236
    @dylanlowers5236 Місяць тому +13

    I find this video to be lacking even though it’s only a general overview.
    -No western PA cities on the map (Pittsburgh especially)
    -No direct mention of Pittsburgh at all (when talking about PA’s industry Pittsburgh should be central)
    -Passing mention of PA’s oil and coal but no acknowledgment of the fact the FIRST oil was drilled at Drake’s Well in Titusville, I think that’s pretty important to today’s society
    -Passing mention of the Ice Age and the glacial grinding of NW PA (also had the Great Lakes pictured millions of years ago when they were formed by the ice age)
    Liked the video but as someone from PA I was expecting those points to be hit and they weren’t. Most people don’t know anything about western PA

    • @Yinzgahndahntahn
      @Yinzgahndahntahn Місяць тому +4

      As a yinzer I think this video is bad. So much is left out and so much is wrong.

    • @deansch6089
      @deansch6089 Місяць тому +2

      Pittsburgh - butthurt about playing second-fiddle to Philadelphia since 1760.

    • @dylanlowers5236
      @dylanlowers5236 Місяць тому +2

      @@deansch6089 Not even second fiddle. By the 1860s I would argue the center of importance in the state was Pittsburgh due to the heavy industry in the area

    • @aaronclouse7634
      @aaronclouse7634 Місяць тому +3

      Definitely agree with you on things. I was also hopeful my home city of Altoona would be mentioned as the railroad was huge here and the horseshoe curve linked east and west PA and was considered an engineering marvel. Steel, oil, coal and especially the railroad shouldve been mentioned. It would've been cool if he mentioned the canal system as well

    • @penguinsfan251
      @penguinsfan251 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@deansch6089Uh, no. Never.

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 Місяць тому +2

    Covering American geography is nice but I think your viewers would be fascinated to learn about geographic places from other parts of the world:
    Denmark's Greenland has interesting Viking history.
    Russia's enclave of Kalingrad would be interesting for viewers since its the most odd place in Europe.
    Nepal has a rich culture, birthplace of Buddhism, and has a unique history of never being conquered. Plus, most Indians are unaware that Nepal is not part of India but sovereign.
    And the India's state of Hydrabad as an interesting history of being an independent country until India conquered it. The people of Hydrabad, the Telegu's are racially different from the rest of India, and have a unique culture. Plenty of Indians of ethnic Telegu descent would watch a video about Hydrabad.

  • @michaelowino228
    @michaelowino228 Місяць тому +1

    Good video.

  • @mikemiller163
    @mikemiller163 13 днів тому

    Pennsylvania also was home to major axe manufacturers, such as Plumb in Philadelphia, Warren Axe and Tool in Warren, American Axe and Tool Co in Pittsburgh, and Mann Edge Tool Co in Lewistown. Also, the state was responsible for the discovery of oil, major supplies of coal, timber, chocolate, and steel production. Pa also fought a war with Maryland over their respective borders which led to the Mason Dixon line.

  • @gazoontight
    @gazoontight Місяць тому +4

    No mention of the Yankee - Pennamite War?

  • @antmanv05
    @antmanv05 22 дні тому +1

    I'm from PA. There's lots of fossilized trilobites in the ground.

    • @garis5319
      @garis5319 20 днів тому

      I see blankets of clam shell fossils here in nw pa

  • @frankgerace5997
    @frankgerace5997 25 днів тому +2

    I know it’s only a 13-minute history, but you left out the part where what is now the state of Delaware was once part of Pennsylvania. Look it up.

  • @dhawthorne1634
    @dhawthorne1634 Місяць тому +2

    The confederates did push a lot further north, trying to capture industrial centers and resources. They were caught by a trap set on the Wrightsville Bridge and some troops were forced to jump into the Susquehanna to avoid burning to death. The remaining troops then raced upriver, crossed and made a desperate attempt to encircle the state capital but was called back to Gettysburg by Lee, who was struggling to maintain the seige.

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Місяць тому +5

    It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage of that magnificent US state named ( Pennsylvania) ...thank you for sharing.

  • @chrislinderman9761
    @chrislinderman9761 Місяць тому +2

    Good video. I’m surprised nothing was said about the portage railroad and incline planes. Or the horseshoe curve

    • @aaronclouse7634
      @aaronclouse7634 Місяць тому +1

      Thank you! If I didnt see someone mention that I was going to. I live in Altoona so I was a bit disappointed lol

  • @fphlflash
    @fphlflash 24 дні тому +1

    Lots of guesswork in this vid

  • @nightmoon4832
    @nightmoon4832 Місяць тому +6

    Amazing great work 🙏💯🔥

  • @eatmanyzoos
    @eatmanyzoos Місяць тому +1

    Philly also has great parks thanks to Penn, with fresh air and animals

  • @hokage1997
    @hokage1997 17 днів тому

    as someone from amishville pennsyltucky, i find it funny how you mention coal mining, bur not about Centralia, or the fact the ghost town is and still is on fire.
    but fun video none the less.

  • @revinhatol
    @revinhatol Місяць тому +1

    Kentucky
    Massachusetts
    Virginia
    WHAT DO THESE STATES HAVE IN COMMON?

    • @GirthQuake3
      @GirthQuake3 24 дні тому +3

      They are all commonwealths

  • @DanWasAlreadyHere
    @DanWasAlreadyHere 14 днів тому

    Being a Quaker, I find this explainer of my faith to fall short.

  • @ZepG
    @ZepG 19 днів тому

    II live near Hershey, and Wawa is opening a location at an old Hoss's. I live less than a mile away from both Sheetz and Rutter's. I welcome them all!

    • @173nellie
      @173nellie 18 днів тому

      theyre opening one in middletown also, next to the sheetz

    • @ZepG
      @ZepG 17 днів тому

      @@173nellie
      I go to that area just for the Sharp Shopper lol.

  • @deansch6089
    @deansch6089 Місяць тому +1

    The graphic at 4:45 should not say 13 colonies. There weren't 13 yet. Carolina was one colony and Georgia hadnt been founded yet. Among others.

  • @johnjacobs1625
    @johnjacobs1625 Місяць тому +2

    The South made it a lot father North than Gettysburg! Though it had little affect! JJ

    • @buttonvalley
      @buttonvalley 19 днів тому +1

      Define "a lot." They barely got to the outskirts of Harrisburg before being forced to turn back south to meet the advancing Army of the Potomac.

    • @michaelokeefe8709
      @michaelokeefe8709 18 днів тому

      I believe spys for,the Confederate Army made it as far north as Mechanicsburg, PA....just a few miles from Harrisburg

    • @johnjacobs1625
      @johnjacobs1625 15 днів тому

      @@buttonvalley Why was bridge burnt going across the Susquehanna river at Wrightsville ?? ,,, & Johnny Reb helped Put Out a town fire too.

    • @buttonvalley
      @buttonvalley 14 днів тому

      @@johnjacobs1625 I wouldn't consider Wrightsville "a lot farther north than Gettysburg." Your definition of "a lot" is different than mine.

    • @johnjacobs1625
      @johnjacobs1625 6 днів тому

      @@buttonvalley Johnny Reb was in MICHIGAN Too!!

  • @biffybeans
    @biffybeans 19 днів тому

    Really should have spoke more about the Walking Purchase. Also, Delaware was the British name for the Lenape.

  • @liltoaster7308
    @liltoaster7308 20 днів тому +1

    There is a bit of uncertainty as to who the first Europeans to reach Pennsylvania were. In recorded history, Captain John Smith was the first to sail into Pennsylvania up the Susquehanna river in 1608. A year later, Henry Hudson sailed the Delaware for the Dutch, and the Dutch laid claim to the area and built several forts in the area, until Sweden established their illegal colony there in 1638. However, English Captain Samuel Argall reported seeing a French trading post on the Delaware as early as 1610 (meaning they might have explored the area several years earlier) before he evicted them. It's also possible the what is now northern Pennsylvania may have been briefly explored by the French in the early 1530's. Moreover, the Delaware bay had been charted on Spanish maps as early as 1525, but its not known if any of those explorers sailed up far enough to reach what would become Pennsylvania, though rumors do exist of the Spanish having sailed along the Susquehanna during the same period, but those runors are unfounded at the moment.

  • @shade0762
    @shade0762 Місяць тому

    Fascinating video, thanks. And now in the 21 century, US News and World Report ranks PA as the number one place in America (2024) to retire. All that investment in excellent medical care and infrastructure continues to pay dividends. 🎉

  • @M.L.Knotts
    @M.L.Knotts 20 днів тому

    2:54 You have a highlighted section of Connecticut that is labeled as Maryland... Quite a bit off

  • @ShawnRavenfire
    @ShawnRavenfire 19 днів тому

    I've lived in PA my whole life, and I never knew the first European colonists to settle here were Swedish!

  • @rickhankey7321
    @rickhankey7321 15 днів тому

    I recognize that 13 minutes is hard to cover everything, but no mention of a few important things: York PA was the Capital of the US for a bit, no mention of the French & Indian war in the western part of the state, too brief on Pittsburgh (also I don't think you spelled it correctly), mentions of Pittsburgh sites while talking about Philly, not a mention of the 1800's Lumber boom of Williamsport and also at the time was the richest per capita in the word....
    No mention of the Indian tribes and various trails that are now state highways...

  • @bishb25
    @bishb25 17 днів тому

    It might have been worth mentioning that the French & Indian war was started in PA by George Washington in the mountains above what is now Uniontown. It became the closest thing to a global world war you could have had in the 1700's, which lead to the colonies being forced to pay for it by the Stamp Act, which led to the Boston Tea Party, which led to the American Revolution, which led to George Washington being the first President of the United States under the US Constitution.
    Edit: the French & Indian war was the American theater of the global Seven Years War hence my world war comment.

  • @davidjones535
    @davidjones535 Місяць тому +3

    Your map during the Civil War is off West Virginia was not part of the confederacy but the Union it broke away from the rest of Virginia because the majority of the people there did not want to leave the Union and you showed Kentucky as a Union state when it was part of the confederacy.

    • @mrbyzantine0528
      @mrbyzantine0528 Місяць тому +1

      Tennessee was Confederate, not Kentucky.

  • @autumnayer5086
    @autumnayer5086 19 днів тому

    The "Spanish Flu" started in 1918. Not 1919. This is the first time I ever heard anyone say 1919 Flu, not 1918. My great-grandmother died from it in October 1918 after my grandmother waa born in September. As far as I know, she was one of the first few folks to pass away from it in Schuylkill County.

  • @rockycassiano4756
    @rockycassiano4756 Місяць тому +1

    Old history..... Science has changed this view.

  • @charlestonian9724
    @charlestonian9724 20 днів тому

    Did WV so dirty with that outline. 😬

  • @ViscidBeltUSA
    @ViscidBeltUSA 23 дні тому +1

    Pennsylvania as a colony was established by the English under William Penn. Unlike other colonies, Pennsylvania was friendly to German refugees escaping persecution. These Germans became known as the Pennsylvania Dutch. Though, the English (including people like Ben Franklin) worried that the Germans will gradually overtake Pennsylvania and are not adapting to Anglo-American culture. And fun fact: even today these PA Dutch people speak German!

    • @ViscidBeltUSA
      @ViscidBeltUSA 23 дні тому

      Though in the later times many Germans had to Anglicize their surname and were prohibited to speak English (especially during WW1).

  • @MrFroglips69
    @MrFroglips69 21 день тому +3

    A groovy and informative show. History like this should be experienced in our school instead of teaching our child why they should change their sex.

  • @Cincinnatiball
    @Cincinnatiball 18 днів тому

    As an Ohioan I’d like to see Ohio next (Would be interesting, as the Toledo war is an Interesting topic especially in American history)

  • @amyluvslouie8288
    @amyluvslouie8288 18 днів тому

    This is an excellent video! Now everyone should believe Mr Muddfossils

  • @ronaldedson496
    @ronaldedson496 20 днів тому

    Founding father of York, Pennsylvania Leonard Baumgardner 1755 1839 was born in Prussia. Took orders directly from George Washington.

  • @J-Q4726
    @J-Q4726 Місяць тому

    The battle of schrute farms is the most northern civil war battle 🤣

  • @UStuttor
    @UStuttor Місяць тому

    I am subscribing you only after watching this video

  • @mikeburkholder7458
    @mikeburkholder7458 17 днів тому

    Furthest point north by the Confederate army was not Gettysburg. Chambersburg, Shippensburg, York, and more are farther north. Early got his CSA cavalry most or all the way to the Susquehanna River.

  • @rickyg4877
    @rickyg4877 Місяць тому

    New video 🥳

  • @AmatrixDigitalArtStudios
    @AmatrixDigitalArtStudios 21 день тому

    As a Born and Bred Pennsylvanian, I commend @Knowledgia for creating an amazing, short form presentation of my state and its fascinating, rich and important history. I applaud the level of depth, research and thought that went into this and watching this made me feel proud to be a part of my state's great history. Thank You!

  • @hostageturkey
    @hostageturkey 20 днів тому +1

    Bro had West Virginia as part of the confederacy????

  • @mtngoat61
    @mtngoat61 14 днів тому

    You forgot that the Dutch established New Amsterdam in what is now New York and that the Dutch for a time conquered and took over the Swedish colony in region of what later became Pennsylvania. The British then conquered New Amsterdam, renamed it New York, and of course took over the small Dutch controlled former Swedish settlements along the Delaware River in what later became Pennsylvania.

  • @sethleger6105
    @sethleger6105 Місяць тому

    Confederacy claimed Missouri, Kentucky and the Arizona territories as well

  • @Jesse-ly1hf
    @Jesse-ly1hf 17 днів тому

    Little correction, it's Penns woods not Penns forest, yes, there is a difference between forests and woods

  • @big_dro1713
    @big_dro1713 17 днів тому

    I live in PA!

  • @joegagliardi3984
    @joegagliardi3984 20 днів тому

    The Constitutional Convention was held in 1787, not 1784.

  • @Yakman18
    @Yakman18 16 днів тому

    The Whiskey Rebellion took place in Western PA, not in the East as this video might have one think.

  • @Patriotismtriumphs
    @Patriotismtriumphs 22 дні тому

    Fun fact: the State of Wyoming is named after the Wyoming Valley in North-Eastern PA.

  • @TheEliseRodgers
    @TheEliseRodgers 23 дні тому +1

    The constitutional convention was in 1787, not 1784

  • @luigirocks3075
    @luigirocks3075 Місяць тому +2

    What about VA?😊