I'm 66 years old and thus year I found Thomas Jefferson in my UK family tree We share an ancestor called Elizabeth Vincent 1551 who is my 15th times great grandmother I'm descended from her daughter Thomas Jefferson from her son. Shocked doesn't do justice to how I feel..
What a man, like all of those men were. Benjamin Franklin and the likes were the geniuses who pushed human kind to new heights, it is no coincidence these men were all inventors and polymaths.
I took a trip to the US in 2012. I visited his memorial in Washington DC, stayed in Williamsburg-Virginia, a city that was rebuilt faithfully to the time of the revolution and visited the William and Mary University where Jefferson studied. I wanted to visit Monticelo, but I just couldn't. Some months later here in Brasil, I watched on CNN President Barack Obama and President Macron of France taking a tour on Monticelo.
🎶France is following us to Revolution, There is No more Status Quo, But the sun comes up and the world still spins I helped Lafayette draft a declaration, then I said I gotta go, I gotta be in Monticello, Now the work at home begins🎶
Kenny Flanders, why is it that we almost always leave out the fact that we wouldn't have won our war of Independence without the French? There were twice as many French soldiers as American at the final battle of Yorktown. Or that our revolution was primarily inspired by the French Enlightenment writers? They used to teach that in America? Locke my butt. He's never once mentioned in The Federalist Papers, but Montesquieu is several times. Madison calls him "the oracle always referred to". Montesquieu, & Voltaire esp. Jefferson's last letter in this (that men weren't born with saddles on their backs) comes from Voltaire's Catechism of the Honest Man. Jefferson - and Adams and other founding fathers - echoed him frequently. And Jefferson was called the "Virginia Voltaire" for at least a century. The US & France were, on many levels sisters in revolution.
Interesting quote, kennyflanders8337! Is that from Jefferson? That last line echoes a letter from D'Alembert to Voltaire commenting on the expulsion of the Jesuits from 6 countries in the early 1760s. Which letter from TJ is it in, do you know?
What happened to the first half of Part 2? On Sally Hemmings? And why would this alone be censored? They don't shirk the issue of slavery elsewhere. Weird!
It's been years since I've even thought of this video. But looking into it I see there's what youtube calls call a copyright issue for about 20 minutes starting near the 1:22:00 mark. It looks like I opted to edit that part out rather than have the video be blocked. Even so, it shows the video is blocked in the US and Canada, and is viewable only in the UK, Australia, and South Africa. The length I have is 1:55.51.
Thank you this is one of the best documentaries I have ever watched i often revist it ,it gives me inspiration and hope for future and I'm not even American I'm from India but Thomas Jefferson is one of my favourite people of all time
When I found this I thought it would just be 2 hours of arse-licking but it did very well to look at the man from both sides of the argument, which is what so many people in these modern times fail to do, along with applying them to the context of their times, they just pick one trait or aspect of their lives and just say "Yeah he was a baddie" no they were people, and people are more often very complex and inherently flawed, so pick up a book, watch a doco and get learning rather than trying to disregard history
Um.... you do realize that after Napoleon took power, declared himself emperor then was ousted by the Brits, they also restored the kings and Church? It wasn't hypocritical at all, but they had to battle for it again 2 or 3 times throughout the 19th century. Read Hugo's "Les Miserables". Or more history.
@@nobrenobre1 It's a historical novel about one of those 19th century rebellions Hugo lived through: republicans trying to oust the kings again - b/c of the horrible conditions they and the church had imposed. "Les Misérables" has been made into a film or TV series about 15 times, including a hugely successful Broadway musical called "Les Miz". (But I wouldn't recommend the film made off that one in 2012 with Hugh Jackman. Several earlier ones were better (like the mini-series with Malkovich and Depardieu in 2000). I added it b/c you clearly don't read history and b/c it's so famous. Why don't you look things up before criticizing people? Wiki has a huge page on it.
I'm 66 years old and thus year I found Thomas Jefferson in my UK family tree
We share an ancestor called Elizabeth Vincent 1551 who is my 15th times great grandmother
I'm descended from her daughter Thomas Jefferson from her son.
Shocked doesn't do justice to how I feel..
Very educative. I'm not even America but I love American history. I hope to visit America soon.
What a man, like all of those men were. Benjamin Franklin and the likes were the geniuses who pushed human kind to new heights, it is no coincidence these men were all inventors and polymaths.
How many from Tetso college 🖐️
Excellent !
Dear Thomas Jefferson
I go to USA to visit his house
I admire his work that he has done
Thank you
@@mallatuohiniitty9889 lol
I took a trip to the US in 2012. I visited his memorial in Washington DC, stayed in Williamsburg-Virginia, a city that was rebuilt faithfully to the time of the revolution and visited the William and Mary University where Jefferson studied. I wanted to visit Monticelo, but I just couldn't. Some months later here in Brasil, I watched on CNN President Barack Obama and President Macron of France taking a tour on Monticelo.
Thomas Jefferson Type Beat
🎶France is following us to Revolution, There is No more Status Quo, But the sun comes up and the world still spins
I helped Lafayette draft a declaration, then I said I gotta go, I gotta be in Monticello, Now the work at home begins🎶
SO WHAT DID I MISS?
@1k subscribes With one video Headin to New York!, Headin to New York!
Kenny Flanders, why is it that we almost always leave out the fact that we wouldn't have won our war of Independence without the French? There were twice as many French soldiers as American at the final battle of Yorktown. Or that our revolution was primarily inspired by the French Enlightenment writers? They used to teach that in America? Locke my butt. He's never once mentioned in The Federalist Papers, but Montesquieu is several times. Madison calls him "the oracle always referred to". Montesquieu, & Voltaire esp. Jefferson's last letter in this (that men weren't born with saddles on their backs) comes from Voltaire's Catechism of the Honest Man. Jefferson - and Adams and other founding fathers - echoed him frequently. And Jefferson was called the "Virginia Voltaire" for at least a century.
The US & France were, on many levels sisters in revolution.
Interesting quote, kennyflanders8337! Is that from Jefferson? That last line echoes a letter from D'Alembert to Voltaire commenting on the expulsion of the Jesuits from 6 countries in the early 1760s. Which letter from TJ is it in, do you know?
thank youuu
You are welcome!
A lot of the second episode is missing
You can watch it for free on pbs
Their website
What happened to the first half of Part 2? On Sally Hemmings? And why would this alone be censored? They don't shirk the issue of slavery elsewhere. Weird!
It's been years since I've even thought of this video. But looking into it I see there's what youtube calls call a copyright issue for about 20 minutes starting near the 1:22:00 mark. It looks like I opted to edit that part out rather than have the video be blocked. Even so, it shows the video is blocked in the US and Canada, and is viewable only in the UK, Australia, and South Africa. The length I have is 1:55.51.
@@sterlingsubs thanks for uploading. Very educative
@@yourlandladysson6395 You are welcome.
Thank you this is one of the best documentaries I have ever watched i often revist it ,it gives me inspiration and hope for future and I'm not even American I'm from India but Thomas Jefferson is one of my favourite people of all time
Is there a soundtrack available anywhere for this?
I doubt it, being a documentary from the 90s.
When I found this I thought it would just be 2 hours of arse-licking but it did very well to look at the man from both sides of the argument, which is what so many people in these modern times fail to do, along with applying them to the context of their times, they just pick one trait or aspect of their lives and just say "Yeah he was a baddie" no they were people, and people are more often very complex and inherently flawed, so pick up a book, watch a doco and get learning rather than trying to disregard history
Agreed. Too many reports are agenda-driven today. This is one old school. No arse-licking allowed on my channel.
41:50 What a load of tub-thumping jingoistic nonsense.
it's also the only way america can have any consistency with itself, apart from the slaves, they aren't american yet lol
Great american.
jefferson would be shaking his head right now......wake up
Criticize the French? They do the same hypocrite declaration, but with greater dimension, universal right, declaration of human rights!
Um.... you do realize that after Napoleon took power, declared himself emperor then was ousted by the Brits, they also restored the kings and Church? It wasn't hypocritical at all, but they had to battle for it again 2 or 3 times throughout the 19th century. Read Hugo's "Les Miserables". Or more history.
@@gamkal7231 Hugo? A historian?
@@nobrenobre1 It's a historical novel about one of those 19th century rebellions Hugo lived through: republicans trying to oust the kings again - b/c of the horrible conditions they and the church had imposed. "Les Misérables" has been made into a film or TV series about 15 times, including a hugely successful Broadway musical called "Les Miz". (But I wouldn't recommend the film made off that one in 2012 with Hugh Jackman. Several earlier ones were better (like the mini-series with Malkovich and Depardieu in 2000).
I added it b/c you clearly don't read history and b/c it's so famous. Why don't you look things up before criticizing people? Wiki has a huge page on it.
@@gamkal7231 Tank's, but, I know all of that, I'm a French who went to school!
@@nobrenobre1 Then why act like you don't know? Just snark?
Painfully slow.