From Colony to Superpower: America’s Rise

Added: 2026-05-13

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[00:00:08]Any you continent.

[00:00:13]New France.

[00:00:15]New France.

[00:00:19]New England.

[00:00:22]Virginia.

[00:00:29]Disputed land. Seven Years War.

[00:00:42]Stamp tax.

[00:00:44]>> [groaning] [screaming] >> Sugar tax.

[00:00:49]>> [screaming] [groaning] >> The colonies begin to resist. Tea uh Boston.

[00:01:12]All men are created equal.

[00:01:16]Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yorktown.

[00:01:23]>> [screaming and groaning] >> Treaty of Paris, 1783.

[00:01:31]USA gets free.

[00:01:35]US Constitution of 1787.

[00:01:40]We the people.

[00:01:44]Louisiana Purchase.

[00:01:52]Manifest Destiny.

[00:02:00]>> PEACE.

[00:02:01]>> [screaming and groaning] >> NO, IT'S MINE. Oregon is mine.

[00:02:16]Adams-Onís Treaty, 1819.

[00:02:35]Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848.

[00:02:40]The north.

[00:02:43]The south.

[00:02:48]I cannot allow slavery to spread any further.

[00:02:58]This fort belongs TO US. WE ARE OUR OWN COUNTRY NOW.

[00:03:03]Naval blockade.

[00:03:12]Vicksburg.

[00:03:13]>> [screaming] >> Gettysburg.

[00:03:20]13th Amendment.

[00:03:23]14th Amendment.

[00:03:25]>> [cheering] >> 15th Amendment.

[00:03:28]Alaska, USA.

[00:03:36]Hawaii.

[00:03:44]To hell with Spain. Remember the Maine.

[00:03:52]PANAMA.

[00:04:03]WAR ERUPTS IN EUROPE. I better stay out of this.

[00:04:08]Lusitania.

[00:04:10]>> [groaning] >> Zimmermann Telegram.

[00:04:18]Battle of Belleau Wood.

[00:04:24]Woodrow Wilson's 14 points.

[00:04:29]League of Nations.

[00:04:32]Isolationism.

[00:04:40]The Roaring Twenties.

[00:04:47]THE INDEX JUST CRASHED.

[00:04:50]We're losing millions by the second.

[00:04:53]I need to unload these shares now. New Deal.

[00:05:04]Hawaii, USA.

[00:05:12]The Allies.

[00:05:20]Normandy.

[00:05:27]Nuke Japan.

[00:05:34]1945.

[00:05:36]NATO.

[00:05:38]>> [groaning] >> Warsaw Pact.

[00:05:52]>> SPUTNIK 1 >> [laughter] >> EXPLORER 1 Moon landing Remove missiles from Cuba.

[00:06:12]End the war in Vietnam.

[00:06:16]Berlin Wall falls.

[00:06:18]End of Cold War.

[00:06:22]>> [cheering] >> Withdraw from Kuwait.

[00:06:35]9/11 2008 financial crisis Yes, we can.

[00:07:11]>> [music] [music] >> 2024 elections ceasefire