REVOLUTIONARY WAR ENDS, 1780S.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR ENDS, 1780S. THE FRENCH HELP US WIN. WE ALWAYS **** ON THE FRENCH. BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FRENCH, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE. THE UNITED STATES IS NOW A BUNCH OF COLONIES THAT ARE JUST LOOSELY CONNECTED. WITH A BUNCH OF DISAGREEMENTS ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THIS NEW NATION. WITH A NEW TYPE OF GOVERNMENT THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE. THEY'RE IN DEBT MASSIVELY FROM THIS WAR. IN A TIME LIKE THIS, IF THEY NEED TO PROTECT THIS YOUNG NATION, THEY NEED A NAVY. SO WE HAD IT UP HAVING MR. BARRY COME ON AND HELP THAT. AND THEN WE ENDED UP LEADING ON TO THE BARBARY WAR. BUT IN BETWEEN THIS, THERE WAS A NAVAL BATTLE THAT HAPPENED. WE END UP HAVING, BASICALLY A QUASI WAR WITH FRANCE IN 1798 TO 1800. WE'RE TRYING TO FLEX OUR MUSCLES A LITTLE BIT. THEY'RE TRYING TO LIKE, SAY, HEY, YOU OWE US. BUT THEY KNOW WE'RE A YOUNG COUNTRY. WE KNOW THAT WE KICKED BRITAIN OUT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF UNCHARTED TERRITORY AROUND THE OLD COLONIES. AND FRANCE IS LIKE, WELL, I DON'T MIND IF WE DO. ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 1899. THE US HAD LIKE TWO SHIPS. ALL RIGHT. WE DID NOT HAVE A NAVY. WE WERE TRYING TO BUILD THE NAVY. OKAY. THE USS CONSTELLATION. ONE OF THE OLDEST SHIPS WE HAVE. THEY'RE IN THE CARIBBEAN, THEY'RE JUST PATROLLING, MAKING SURE THERE'S NO PIRATES, THAT THE TRADE ROUTES ARE GOOD, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THEN THEY SPOT ANOTHER SHIP, FLYING AN AMERICAN FLAG. WELL, HERE'S THE PROBLEM. WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY ******* SHIPS. SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT. THEY START MAKING THEIR WAY WELL, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT *** SHIP. QUICKLY LOWERS THE AMERICAN FLAG, RAISES A FRENCH FLAG, AND TAKES THE OFF THAT'S STOLEN VALOR. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE SHIP WAS ACTUALLY CALLED L'INSURGENTE OR WHATEVER. IT'S A FASTER, BIGGER SHIP SO THE UNITED STATES THEY HAD AN OPTION OF BEING IT'S THAT SNEAKY FRENCH AGAIN OR OH, LET'S NOT ENGAGE THEM. NO, THEY'RE YOU CAN'T DO THIS ****. SO THEY START CHASING THEM AND THEN A ****** STORM HITS. THEY'RE BIGGER AND FASTER, BUT THEY HAVE BIGGER SAILS AND A BIG SQUALL LINE GOES THROUGH IN DAMAGES THE L'INSURGENTE'S MAIN MAST AND IT SLOWS IT DOWN. AND SO WHAT DOES THE CONSTELLATION DO? NO SIR. YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE. SO THEY COME UP BRADSIDE AND THEY ****** STRAFE THEM AND THEY END UP MESSING THIS SHIP UP BUT THIS IS AMERICA. WE MAKE CHOICES. WHEN YOU'RE A YOUNG NATION, YOU'RE A YOUNG NAVY, YOU GOTTA MAKE A POINT NOT ONLY DID THEY DID THEY CHASE THEM DOWN DID THEY TAKE THEM, CAPTURE THEM... THEY DID THE MOST AMERICAN ****** THING THEY EVER COULD HAVE DONE, THEY TOOK THAT SHIP AND TOWED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE COLONIES. FIXED IT UP, PAINTED IT, RAISED AN AMERICAN FLAG OVER IT AND CALLED IT THE USS INSURGENT.