Comments by "seneca983" (@seneca983) on "History Summarized: French Empire (Ft. Armchair Historian!)" video.

  1.  @camilledasse4331 : "I think that the reason it disappeared of the map is because it is no longer considered as a colony. It is now a “département”, which could be roughly translated as a “county”" But doesn't that make it even more of a part of France (at least until they possibly leave) since it's at least in theory as much France as any département in metropolitan France?
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  2. I actually like that better than Blue's suggestion.
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  3. At least in North America, the French treated the natives better than the English did.
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  4. I thought it was a reference to the Empty Chair Crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstein_Commission#Empty_chair_crisis
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  5. I'm sure the Mongols are having a chuckle as well.
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  6. "a lot of the great advancements and famous people that lived in France and other places we're given the opportunity to do what they did because of the wealth generated by the colonial empires" I'm very skeptical of the claim that the colonies contributed that much.
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  7.  @MeLand9000 : But it's not like European countries without colonies (e.g. Switzerland) were poorer, or were they?
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  8. "Yeah, I still don't know why France and Spain don't get as much trash talk as England does over its colonial past." Don't they? I thought they did. (And the Dutch were pretty horrible too.)
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  9. Does it mean that Canadians are Village People?
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  10. They're at fault for the Great War! And no, it isn't more complicated. ;)
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  11. "you took out French Guinea there at the end despite the fact that France somehow still owns it" Well, actually French Guinea became independent from France in 1958. And don't you dare complain about me being a nitpicker. You started it! ;)
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  12. I've heard it being described as "Napoleon's Vietnam".
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  13. I think he did become emperor in 1804. In 1802 he merely became the "First Consul for Life" (having been the even lesser "First Consul" since 1799).
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  14.  @MeLand9000 : I don't have charts of relative GPD per capita at the time for e.g. Britain and Switzerland, but I would guess the difference isn't huge. Certainly not of the size that it would much affect the possibility for scientific advancement.
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  15. But they spoke a Germanic language.
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