American Guardsman Reacts | How the British Empire Ruled the World

[@Halestone_]

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[@lawrenceglaister4364]

If you go for British history and end up doing India one thing is sometimes forgotten is that the British gave the East India Company the rites to do all the trades for Great Britain but after I think 25-50yrs ish some of the very top people from the East India Company went to inspect what was happening and to their shock and horror they found that ALL the British had turned native in dress and attitude , so they were all replaced and the new people were under very strict instructions not to mix with ANY of the locals , this is when things started to go bad in regards of attitude / respect of India and they were just working for their own fortune. You could pick an easier history of either france or America and be finished in 6 months lol

[@danieltaylor4142]

I’m surprised that the idea of a national debt was mentioned. National debt was a Dutch idea exploited by the British. It’s how Britain could afford to build and equip its forces.

[@cideryeti7957]

One thing the video missed out that is quite crucial factor. Is that around the time of the Royal Navy expansion this essentially kicked off the Industrial revolution in Britian. How else can you make and provision the amount of ships without an industrial base? I believe the Chatham Dockyards Ropesheds were the very first "industrial" buildings making the miles of rope needed.

[@johnlewis9158]

@@lawrenceglaister4364 Yes originally the east India company as you say sent young unmarried men who became a part of the Indian culture indeed even they took Indian wife's and mistress. Everything changed though when the east India company started sending married middle class married couples.This as you can imagine was a complete culture shock for the young women who had grown up in the shires and thus on arriving in India they took a instant dislike to the sights sounds smells that greeted them. Anyway to avoid the sights sounds and smells lol the wife's had there husbands create English settlements where the only contact they had with the natives was through their cleaners midwives and the general help they needed to run these settlements. This of course caused resentment among the Indian population which lead to the Indian rebellion

[@johnlewis9158]

@@danieltaylor4142 you are of course referring to the Bank of England because the Bank of England was formed in 1694 specifically to finance the British army in the Spanish war of succession against the French

[@TukikoTroy]

Britain has a lion as it's symbol. Usually, the lion dozes in the sun, content with its domain. But, every now and then someone tweaks the lion's tail and the faeces head fanwards. Even in recent history, with the lion old and ailing and its domain much reduced, it's never a good idea to poke the lion... Is it Argentina?

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

Bollocks. Britain is America's lap dog.

[@TukikoTroy]

@@NicholasWarnertheFirstAn assertion made without evidence can be ignored without evidence.

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

@@TukikoTroy Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen , Libya, Balkans, Ukraine. The only postwar conflict we didn't follow US slavishly since we abdicated global leadership status with the Suez Debacle was Vietnam, Grenada and The Falklands which w our own fault for cutting the spy ship Endeavour from western surveillance of the islands due to Tory defence budget cuts. Keep up.

[@TonyArrison]

faeces lol

[@WessexMan]

Possibly the best ever comment on youtube.

[@stevenjohnson4190]

as slavery was mentioned, take a look at "British crusade against slavery." sargon of akkad (carl benjamin) . it is an in-depth look at the history of slavery throught the world and just for giggles , how britain nuked america - twice.

[@jang3412]

Thomas Sowell's work is also extremely useful.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

the British Empire succeeded because it traded rather than suppressed, thus improving the lives and livelihoods of the local peoples. This is why Colonialism was a good thing and not as others may claim, a detriment, as the long lasting effects are still evident between colonial countries and those that were not colonised.

[@axeami1354]

when compared, its' actually similar to what china is currently doing tradewise.

[@aidy6000]

I suppose, but at the cost of liberty & self rule. I would like to draw a parallel to the European question that we have barely settled.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

@@axeami1354 bang on !

[@cL-bf2ug]

The Irish would like a word

[@stirlingmoss4621]

@@cL-bf2ug completely different scenario

[@andrewmstancombe1401]

When the US talks of winning against oppression from the UK, heres a few things to think of. First it's "Freedoms and Rights." Were those of every Englishman no other country enjoyed those rights. Just over 100 years before, so think WW1, the English Civil War was happening in England, the worst in English History, brother against brother, father against son. Devastating the country. The King would lose his head to Cromwell. Cromwell called himself a Protector, but he was actually a Dictator forbidding even things like Actors performing plays because Actors are basically lying, a sin in the bible. Then, during and after Cromwell many English and Scottish left their family in those countries to go to the American colonies. Those families kept in touch. Ben Franklin was a member of the British Lunaticks club in Birmingham ( look them up ) so he had close ties as well. Most of those, "Founding Fathers" simply wanted a seat in Parliament and agitated for it. The taxation the colonists didn't like was a shilling in the pound the British were paying five shillings in the pound. So hardly over taxed. The problem had been that England had hardly bothered governing the Colonies until the 7 years war, again against France and Spain in which Britain had to send Troops to protect the colonists. It was a costly war and England simply wanted reimbursement for its war investment to protection of the Colonies. Every tax it imposed it would retract. William Pitt the elder was known to be a friend to the Colonist hence Pittsburgh he'd been instrumental in fighting the taxation, but he'd died. Whilst the Colonists were fighting against the British state which was actually another civil war to us as America was British at the time. It only truly became a country once the British stopped fighting. The British were fighting a World War against France, Spain and the Netherlands during the Revolt the British made many gains from those countries imagine. The US fighting WW2 then the smallest least profitable state in the United States fighting for independence at the same time. Jamaica earned more money for the British than the whole 13 States. Before the Revolutionary War happened, those families still in England Scotland and Wales wanted assurance that their relatives in the Colonies were safe so People like William Howe assured the people in his constituency that he would not go to war against the Colonists unless the King himself commanded him to. The King did. After he had at first refused the Army and Parliament. At this time England had a Constitutional Monarchy meaning they are in the job by the will of the people, The people being by vote and Parliament. Taxes were appointed by Parliament, Not the Monarchy. The real "Tyrant" of the piece in my view was the man in charge of the America office Lord Sackville look him up. A total W@nker it was he who wouldn't listen to the Colonists and when those Colonist asked to talk or they would take up arms it was Sackville who chose to use force. The idiot had no idea how big the Colonies were or the distances involved. He even involved himself in the planning and prosecution of the war. A man who had been accused of cowardice and had lost his rank and been kicked out of the Army, this man was ultimately in charge of the military forces in the Colonies. Lord William Howe Commander of British Forces America, who never lost a battle, but also never did anything more than duty required, which led one Patriot General to say of Howe, that either he was a fool or a friend to the cause and Howe is no Fool. Howe was so angry at Sackville for accusations of incompetence that he resigned and went back to England to clear his name in the courts. The US likes to think that it beat England when in fact you only need to look at the numbers of French alone let alone Spanish and Dutch help to see the Colonists were actually the junior partner. At York Town there were more French than there was British troops it was the French Navy that blockaded the chesapeake not American that French navy would be beaten at sea by the British but too late to help Cornwallis. Cornwallis clearly thought he was fighting the French so offered his sword to them. Only to be told to go to Washington. Who in reality must have thought that as the French had refused, accepting Cornwallis sword might not look good for his image. The British did win that world war with those three nations. Gaining Gibraltar off the Spanish ceded in Purpetuity to Britain. The UK could have carried on with the "civil war" in the Americas but the British people had been highly taxed to fight the old enemies and would need to keep on paying those high taxes to fight the colonists. But the British people did not want to pay those taxes and let it be known in Riots across the country. The King and Parliament were worried there could be a revolt at home, don't forget it was the English people who had cut off a Kings head in the not so distant past so. Instead of carrying on with the war, a peace treaty was sought the US did not Beat great Britain, Britain did not Surrender. The treaty was signed in France its true, but neither the British or the New United States trusted the French and the more important trade negotiations were made in England for which the British gave the new nation favourable terms. It was still a good win for Great Britain though, as we gained a lions share of Canada from the French which was then known as British North America up until the early twentieth century. The Second British Empire was just beginning. All in part because we had to send our criminals elsewhere now and we had just discovered Australia. By the way this description of the UK is wrong there are three nations on the main island England the largest, Wales and Scotland. Today England has sixty million people Scotland has five million. England was always the richest and largest its people did not want to be united with the poor Scottish nation there were riots in the streets, but Scottish nobles had land in England and Scotland. It was a Scottish King, King James Stuart that wanted to Unite his two countries he even came up with a flag it was his Successors that managed it. But Scotland chooses to think only it rioted against the union. Not true.

[@perperson199]

Thank you!

[@richardj9016]

Wow, thanks for the essay and your time.

[@adamdriver1016]

How dare you come on KZbin spreading truth.

[@overthewebb]

A great post btw, but you missed out another key point. At the time of the American war of Independence India also went into a revolt and as India was more important to the UK than the states and I mean those Eastern colonies, which is all it was at the time, the UK sent most of our forces to India, as America wasn't seen as that important

[@JohnAnderson-ss9vn]

britain fought on several fronts during the american war of independence had britain focused all of its military power on america there is no doubt that the americans would have had no chance against them

[@leslieallen7070]

No Americans at the time,it was the British and the English against each other,no Americans.

[@morgandude2]

It was British people with support from the French and Spanish, fighting other British people for independence. The 'Americans' were an indigenous tribal people who today make up around 2% of the current population.....ergo, it was more like a second British 'Civil War'. Hence, many British folk see U.S. folk as family, even if it isn't always reciprocated 🙂. Indeed, the first seven Presidents were actually born as U.K citizens before the colonies won their independence from the mother country.

[@darkstarr2321]

The Revolutionary War was really a civil war as it was mostly British v British or British descended colonists

[@DonCollapso]

It's gratifying to see how many young Americans appreciate the the UK's history, traditions and military achievements. Read also HW Crocker II's book "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire for further details. Pity that The Crown and the ongoing Virginia Giuffre case are busy trashing one of our treasured istitutions - the Royal Family.

[@johnrobinson3310]

Maybe Andrew shouldnt have been friends with Epstein then, the dirty nonce

[@Paul-hl8yg]

"Free from the British"? The American war of independence was British subjects fighting British subjects!

[@darkstarr2321]

British rule rather than the British, but as time has gone on it has changed to mean British

[@Paul-hl8yg]

America gained its independence from the good guys, not the catholic Spain, France or Portugal. These nations were much harsher wherever they went & slaughtered millions. The British empire always gets recognition as being a bad thing, it wasn't! In the 'New World' British empire subjects wanted no taxation without representation in Parliament, which was refused & a new nation was formed. Formed by People that were essentially British & kept many links with Britain. The American flag, institutions, laws/justice system, weights/measurements, language & genetically etc etc. They said the Sun would never set on the British empire.. In a way, it hasn't! 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇳🇿

[@tommycollins4582]

Hey I think you are really good I am British and I like how neutral you are and thank you for making These videos

[@themorgelyn7382]

We've been invaded loads. Romans. Ango saxons. Vikings. Normans the Danish , French which is why English is a mixture of all the languages piled together

[@michaels640]

I think forced westernisation in India is just wrong. The British respected all local religions and did not like missionaries trying to impose their religion. The mutiny was a result of Indian soldiers believing that cartridges were covered with pig fat, that would break their religion. The relationship with Indians was a thousand things, and can’t be summed up a ‘good’ or ‘bad. And British control worked because it was held with many Indians - and both nations respected each other.

[@peterdavidson3890]

You have a great sense of reality which is so nice. Thank you

[@greygreen5610]

technically the french never invaded britain, the normans were of viking decent, lands were giving to vikings a few hundreds years before and they helped stop the fellow vikings from raiding france. many tribes invaded britain long before vikings the saxons being one. and the romans also 2000 years ago.

[@iowsiam492]

10:00 with what you said about good relations after the war, much of that is due to George III himself, while I know that the opposite is most likely true in the US, over here in the UK we learn about him as one of our greatest and longest running monarchs. And one quote of George III that I can remember is something he said to John Adams, the American envoy to Britain "I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power."

[@archiebald4717]

The USA did not only take itself away from the UK. All its fundamental values and institutions are inherited from England; Common Law, separation of powers, habeas corpus, freedom of expression and association, sovereignty of the individual. Want to know how significant that was? Easy, compare North America with Latin America.

[@dorothysimpson2804]

We are a Viking nation at heart, the Vikings sailed all over the world and were really traders as well as warriors. Also, the Angles, Saxons and Jutes were of Germanic decent.

[@RedversCross]

The majority of Britons go back to prehistoric times. Other invaders did not impact that much on the DNA of the Britons and these share our DNA not the other way round.

[@overthewebb]

Not true, the majority of Brits came from 12000 years ago of settling the islands. There is only a 10% difference between us across Scotland England Wales and Ireland with added invaders such as saxons and Normons. We know this to dna

[@catherinewilkins2760]

Our invasions in the past have been Vikings, the 1066 was Normans who were Vikings . There are about 20 countries we didn't invade, included in that is Vatican City. The Empire has changed into the Commonwealth, which people can leave or join at their will.

[@chrisholland7367]

You forgot about the Roman invasion and occupation which lasted 400 years.

[@phildurling7185]

The commonwealth now has the potential to become the world's largest trading block.

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

Even non empire countries can join ie Mozambique

[@BlutoandCo]

You also forgot the Irish invading and taking slaves.

[@Paul-hl8yg]

@@phildurling7185 This is why the UK should unite more with her previous colonies. Trade & connection for a bunch of nations linked in very special ways. This is a mighty force & could stand up to China & work with the EU. Why is believing in the Anglo sphere so frowned upon? It has & is the most Democratic & Free way of life, the World has ever known! Thanks to .. Britain! 🇬🇧

[@gingerbaker4390]

People don't realise how the British empire first started. Basically the Spanish attacked England to subdue the English rebels who broke away from holy Roman Catholic empire . A huge Spanish armada (the biggest naval force in history before D Day June 6 1944.) attacked England. Against all odds England fought off the Spanish armada in a series of huge naval battles. The triumphant English then chased the Spanish ships across the Atlantic to the Americas and the Caribbean etc and promptly relivead the Spanish ships of their stolen inca treasures, precious stones, etc and captured their Caribbean Islands etc etc.... The British also did the same to other European colonies, around the globe hence why the Europeans to this day hated the British.

[@justme1111]

Liking your reactions and just about to subscribe to your channel but I have to say most people outside of America do know about the Mongol empire the American education system tends to concentrate on all things America whilst paying little attention to the rest of the world and the "war of independence" wasn't a priority for Britain for one the USA was a lot smaller than it is today and two India was much more productive so took priority, hence India being referred to as the jewel in the crown

[@dannyblackwell2426]

good video. yes the british empire was good and bad in some ways. when people hate the british empire and try and compaire it in todays world, some have to remember that 200 years ago peoples thinking was different and in a way little uncivilised. for us brits we try and see the british empire as more of a good thing i think as for trade. and as slavery is mentioned was the first to outlaw it, and did what it could to stop the slave trade. by blocking ships and freeing the slaves. but on a whole i think the british empire did more good than bad!

[@valeriedavidson2785]

It was WWII that was really the beginning of the end of the British Empire. India was British for over 200 hundred years. That said, there are pockets the world over that are still British. Gibraltar being one of the most important places.

[@chong2389]

I strongly recommend Arthur Herman's "To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World".

[@waynejones1054]

Zulu King Cetshwayo, said of the British Empire, "First comes the trader, then the missionary, then the red soldier".

[@newt7705]

we here in England regard your war of independence as a civil war.

[@markscouler2534]

America was a side thing we were fighting wars in Europe at the time and most Americans seem to forget the French spanish and dutch helped the yanks

[@DavidKnowles0]

@@markscouler2534 Help, they were the one that won it from them, the Washington and his slave owning cronies were useless before they manage to convince the French to fight the war for them.

[@paulbromley6687]

I know it’s an unpopular viewpoint in recent times. But Of all other empires in history the British Empire was on the whole a benign influence with so many positives that still exist to this day. Historically there were no angels just different levels of greedy grabbers thieves and scoundrels but look at what the world has to show for the British having been so influential

[@peterhollings309]

The Romans were the longest and most successful ‘invaders’ of Britain. Did us a lot of good. We still use their road routes.

[@stuartc9149]

"more obscure parts of history" ???? That's a comment emanating directly from the American school system. Talking to Americans it seems that their perception of history is largely limited to the War of Independence or, at best, the Pilgrims. It is very curious given that the Spanish had already established cathedrals, monasteries, universities, government administration's over vast areas of South America when the Pilgrims were putting up the first log cabins by Plymouth rock.

[@johnwilletts3984]

There is an aspect of British - American history that is too often misrepresented. The Patriot movement started in 1725 as a Branch of the British Whig Party. Patriots were Liberals. Liberalism = A social and political philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy and free trade. They were opposed by the Tory Party. The conflict between Patriot Whigs and Tories caused riots in England and rebellion in the colonies. The Tory government did offer representation in Parliament, but the colonies could not agree. After three failed attempts to get the colonies to defend themselves(against France and Spain) a British Army was sent over. The cost of defending North America was £200’000 per year. Parliament decided that the colonies should contribute just £79’000. However only £2000 was collected at a cost of £7000! The British taxpayers were pissed. That said in 1782 the Tories were defeated in Parliament and the new Whig government ended the war against the colonies (but continued the conflict against France, Spain, Holland and the Mysore in India). Just as many American Tories fought against the Patriots, many British Patriots fought for Washington. Check on line - Victory Arch Parlington Hall Yorkshire England. Built by a British Patriot to celebrate American Liberty.

[@chasbell4510]

You should look at the Portugese and where they traded as Great Britain has had a diplomatic alliance with them since the 1300s. Also there was a Dutch East india company which was also trading and making conquests as well. look into the history of the tulips and why the dutch bought them back to the Netherlands.

[@jrd1982]

There are some debates where it could be argued that it was a civil war between the English "Americans" against the English "British" as both sides were citizens of the British Crown. This is mainly debated outside of USA.

[@DavidKnowles0]

One of the ways we manage to make it work is because technology kept up with the expansion rate of the empire. Ships got faster, the introduction of railways in the 1900s, Telegrams, all made the empire easier to govern. No other empire in the past had the advances in technology the British did.

[@catherinewilkins2760]

If you like history, Dr. David Starkey talks is a new KZbin site, he is a renowned historian, also Gresham College, London does free videos on a vast array of subjects.

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

Starkey is very good but don't forget professors Alice Roberts and Michael Wood , Woods did a brilliant series on Alexander the Great some time back but at the moment I can only find part 9+ on KZbin

[@SweetBrazyN]

You should react to ‘how many countries England has ever invaded visualised’ ‘what is the difference between Great Britain, England and The United Kingdom’ and ‘what power does the Queen of England actually have’ all great informational videos based on the UK 🇬🇧

[@stirlingmoss4621]

the loss of the American Colonies to mainly English Colonists was not that important. What it meant in practical terms was that Britain no longer had to pay for its upkeep for a bunch of troublesome ingrates...good riddance in other words, and, trade continued as mentioned.

[@markscouler2534]

And now look at how backward the USA today lol might have been a lot better if we had won the war of independence

[@jrd1982]

Also note at the time that the 13 colonies had much less importance compared to what became British India due to the spice trade. Britain was never forced to surrender the 13 colonies as it made no sense to spend money on land that had much less trade value than Asia.

[@stevo728822]

Britain wasn't forced to handover the US colonies. 2 years after Yorktown, it came to the conclusion it was just easier and more profitable to sign a treaty and trade with the US.

[@barbaric-brit]

Can you react to the unknown warrior story. I believe its what inspired your tomb of the unknown soldier

[@petermicklethwaite6281]

The Romans ruled Britain from 54 BC to 400 AD. That was a Long Long time.

[@astraboots]

As the great comedian and historian Al Murray said America was a good idea that got out of hand. You should check out his Nations of the world. And every country England has invaded. I believe there are 64 countries that celebrate their independence from GB.

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

It's 75 countries Astra

[@overthewebb]

What the Brits also did best was put in structure, such as the rule of law, railways, democracy. Look at all the ex Spanish colonies nowadays and they are pretty poor and weak countries, compared to all the ex British countries which are modern and arguably the best in the world. So called American values of life are British values

[@Iluvantir]

The last time Britain was invaded was 1066. The Normans came over due to William the Conqueror having a claim to the English throne. The Normans were Norsemen originally (or Danes - Vikings who settled in the north of France). Britain (specifically England) has not been conquered since this point, likely one of the few countries on Earth (if not the only one) who can claim such a long period of time without being taken over by another, or invaded by a migratory force (such as the Huns going into China, etc). Before 1066, there were many migrations and invasions of the British Isles: Saxons, Jutes, Angles, Danes, Norsemen, etc. They mixed with the Picts and Celts already here, and now we have four nations with a wide variety of cultural histories all melted together in these Islands that are half the size of California with twice California's population. Edit: the loss of the 13 Colonies of America was a learning moment for the Empire. It was also pivotal in pulling the teeth of France. Yes, France helped you win (well done France) because two Empires were duking it out using your colonies as the playboard. After you gained your independence (fully earned. You should have had representation within the Empire due to your wealth and size. It was completely wrong what led to that) you needed to spend time rebuilding and it cost you a lot. It cost France more: their empire was utterly beggared by it. British Empire? We paid off the debt of that conflict in a year. One Year. We learnt that the colonies we had needed to be handled with more respect (hence an Empire that lasted 150 or so years AFTER the loss of the US), and when the time came when those same colonies and territories wanted freedom and complete self-governance we debated quickly... and granted it. Ours was one of the only, if not THE only, Empire to dissolve peacefully. We were unique in our creation (formed by trade and colonies more than conquest); we stumbled into Empire in India; we were the largest Empire ever; during our hight we were the first Supreme Power on Earth; finally, we ended peacefully. We birthed (by accident and mismanagement, rather than design) the current World Superpower and (in my opinion) the Greatest nation on Earth by virtue of your Constitution. We are still the centre of a Commonwealth of Nations. Together with the US we control all the major trade lanes of the seas, guarding against piracy and working against slavery. Whatever bad thing our Empire did (no nation nor Empire has ever been squeaky clean, let's be fair) more good has come from the time of our Empire than bad. Two world wars won because of, ultimately, Britain (US being a "child nation" owing their formation to that Empire). World trade having been standardised first by us. Sea travel guarded by us at the start, thus encouraging others to do so. English and French are the two trade languages on Earth. Industrial revolution started in Britain and propagated first throughout the Empire and ex-Empire nations. The list goes on. It's why my first love is the UK. But my second is the US. We started off with a dust-up due to tea, progressed to burning your White House as a "gotcha"... but we've been fairly good friends ever since: bitching, moaning, teasing each other... but always at each other's backs. ... you rebellious colonials! :P lol

[@davehadley3567]

Perhaps check out all the countries we invaded ?

[@yungadryas1734]

The British Empire still exists … it’s just been renamed the commonwealth

[@darkstarr2321]

That is not really correct, the commonwealth nations are independent. The British Empire could be argued to still exist in the form of British Overseas Territories, but these again are self-governing with Britain only responsible for defence and foreign policy, so not really an Empire

[@adrianrichards73]

Two comments, 1) Our lasting legacy to humankind is the English language spoken by 1.5 billion humans only 4% of which live in the UK. 2) Mostly we ruled so many peoples was because we thought we should, very, very arrogant but there you go.

[@mrd4785]

The video also neglected to mention that England excelled because it refused to remain under the thumb of the Roman Catholic Church, it got rid of serfdom early on and in a sense was an early adopter of free market economics and then it was the birthplace of the industrial revolution. Militarily their ships were better and I think part of it was due to the wood used to construct them. There is a reason why Spain went backwards - because it wasn't any of these things and I think I also once read that the value of all of the gold plundered from South America was essentially lost funding unsuccessful military campaigns shortly after.

[@davidgreenfield3204]

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[@artrandy]

The sweet naivety of this young American, in believing all that nation building guff which is taught in American schools, that the British colonialists in America became American overnight because of some declaration, a piece of paper, and denying the fact that most had strong cultural and family ties with Britain for years to come, including the first 7 Presidents. The Revolution as its called, was actually a dispute between British colonialists with a new found republicanism, (small r), and the monarchists in Britain, i.e a civil war. Even that republican fervour was derived from the English (British) civil war in the C17th, when the monarchy was briefly removed. By the war of 1812, there were still cultural links, as part of the dispute was due to the US navy using British sailors to crew US ships. Becoming American was a gradual process.......... edit: sp.

[@DavidKnowles0]

But most it was about the US president wanting Canada and using the issue about sailors as an excuse to launch a war.

[@artrandy]

@@DavidKnowles0 If you're referring to the war of 1812, then I agree with you. US policy throughout the C19th was to eventually take Canada, there were even plans laid down for the US to fight the British Empire into the 1930s......

[@peterlloyd8313]

I think it was the other way round. The Royal Navy was stealing crew off American ships. Which caused a miny war with the US.

[@artrandy]

@@peterlloyd8313 Impressment was practised by both sides, but the complaint the British government had, was that multitudes of British sailors who had been at war for nearly two decades with France, and had maybe become disgruntled, or wanted a safer existence, or had committed punishable offences, had jumped ship to another flag and simply claimed to be American, but British law didn't allow for sailors born British to change nationality. These are interesting points, and it might be nice to debate them elsewhere, but it does nothing to contradict my comment above, that British and American sailors were interchangable in both navies, because of the shared cultural links of both nations, but actually reinforces my point totally............

[@phildurling7185]

Japan also enjoys a similar geographical advantage. If you compare both countries there are a lot of similarities. Where both countries arrived at the same solution to a problem independently of each other. So why were the British able to build such a large empire. Their competitors were continental based but so we're Japan's. The only reason I can think that Japan didn't go down the same route was because of cultural differences. While Britain went to extremes in its empire building, Japan went to the other extreme in its isolationist policies. An interesting subject for any budding historians.

[@archiebald4717]

For centuries Japan was insular and deliverately isolated, closed to outsiders. In fact it was the Brits who modernised Japan, including its navy.

[@DavidKnowles0]

@@archiebald4717 Brits were pro open trade. Even today we are probably one of he countries most openly oppose to trade tarriffs and other restrictions on imports and exports.

[@overthewebb]

@@archiebald4717 Very true, the people such as Thomas Blake Glover, a Scot helped modernise Japan to British standards. It was also the Brits who took curry to Japan, hence thier love of it today

[@peterc1445]

When the British public found out about America revolution riots in towns & city’s, the conflict did not end at Yorktown, it progressed to 🇨🇦, very few British forces in Yorktown compared to the French& local forces,

[@lesjones7617]

Clive of India, well worth following up!

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

He caused a lot of trouble in India and only went there four times to get more money

[@kieranmulgrew5094]

the opium wars would be cool most vids are overly long thanks

[@mrd4785]

Technically the Romans invaded Britain, followed by the Angels and Saxons, followed by the Danes, followed by the Normans, who lived in northern France, but were in fact descended from Norwegian Vikings - the hint is in the name (i.e. North Men). The original population that was there when the Romans arrived were either displaced or assimilated into these larger populations that arrived and things stabilised in 1066. So essentially since England became a single homogeneous state with a stable population, no-one has managed to invade Britain. When you mentioned the French invaded Britain it somehow gave me the creeps! We spent nearly 1000 years fighting them as adversaries and no, it never happened. We did conquer parts of France though but holding onto land in Europe and the Middle East was fraught with difficulty and eventually something gives at a weak point in time.

[@Cheezsoup]

It wasn't so much the French who invaded GB. More it was the Normans (Guillume the bastard [William the conqueror ]) they were so called as they had been Norsemen, commonly known as Vikings . So we will say Norsemen twice and French zero

[@aiden5star5]

you may call it an invasion but tbh we just got sick of the rain...

[@tonywilkinson6895]

The seven years war caused your revolution.Anyway I’m rambling.✌🏼🍻

[@lesjones7617]

1066 the Normans Not French

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

Norman french as they didn't speak English in court until king Henry 5 when he said , " how can you run a country when you can't speak to the people so only English is to be spoken in court and the country "

[@richardj9016]

@@lawrenceglaister4364 This is always said, as though French was a complete language that Britain adopted words from. I believe that this cannot be the case as both French and English were developing at the same time. Words must have developed in both locations and been shared back and forth.

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

@@richardj9016 of course both languages were and still are developing , basically the English don't give a rats arse about were the words come from , if they don't have a word for it they just adopt the word ie Bungalow and Shufftie , but you have to admit that the french fight very hard not to just adopt a word but do their very best to find to invent a word to go into the french language the two that springs to mind were car park and taxi , the point was that they refused to speak English in the Kings court until Henry 5

[@richardj9016]

@@lawrenceglaister4364 Yes but the Normans weren’t French. The Franks were around the Paris region. The Normans had only been in France a hundred or so years. Don’t know why the Normans took to French. The French don’t pronounce the last letter of most words so why are they there, especially when the English do pronounce them and the last letter is used in English. The French language police (the French Academy) has only been around for a few hundred years. So I imagine that English words did get back to French as the languages developed. I know that the French now, would hate that concept :)

[@Red-hh7dm]

Not France bro, Normans

[@indrajitgupta3280]

The Romans, the Anglo-Saxons, the Danes, and then, last, the Normans. The French, and separately, the Scots, invaded at different times, but never established a permanent presence (unless the Normans are counted as a French race).

[@liamz50]

You should react to war plan red, usa’s planned war against Britain

[@martingregory9881]

Do not forget the Romans who were here for best part of 400 years .

[@andrewheale4738]

England didn't exist then.

[@davehadley3567]

1066 was the last year we were successfully invaded

[@alfredbearman396]

the 1800s Royal navy was the biggest employer in the world.

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

ive read a history of the navy and it actually developed due to competition witht he dutch, who whipped the ass of the navy in the 1600s

[@Wombat-gm4ne]

Arguably the winning of the war of independence was a disaster for the Americans - staying part of the British Empire America would have had a the British Westminster system of government without a President, would have had no need for a civil war because slavery was outlawed right across the British Empire well before the civil war, also America may have been a less violent country like Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

[@davidsmall2944]

Nothing to do with it's tough army and Navy !! Then ?

[@FuriousFire898]

Learnt it when i was 12-13 lol 8:00

[@jimdoyle8757]

Just a note in the video hes says the citizens of great Britain , wrong we are subjects of the royal family

[@tonyves]

Um, maybe. Think we are both citizens and subjects.

[@pamelaanders6286]

You must never forget or omit the WELSH. If you ever go to Britain you will want to see castles. Unless you go to Wales, you will see very few. There are more in Wales than anywhere else in the world.

[@darkstarr2321]

That might be covered by the term British?

[@WessexMan]

Americans talking about how evil the British Empire was is laughable. The land of the "free" and the home of the "brave" unless you are at school and an eighteen year old can buy a gun. Bill Hicks RIP.

[@daveiangy692]

not sure if your interested but heres a video on the brittish empire as awhole :)

[@daveiangy692]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ_YnKqogc2obrs

[@Paul-hl8yg]

The USA & UK/Commonwealth of Nations should stick together. A match for China! 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸

[@davidsmall2944]

No chance after you ran away from Afghanistan !! Vietnam 2c!!

[@Paul-hl8yg]

@@davidsmall2944 "You"? .. Do you believe i'm from the Usa? I'm not! 🇬🇧

[@johnarmstrong1578]

It wasn't the French that invaded but the Norman's who were the Norsemen, Vikings.

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Normans and Vikings had nothing to do with each other.

[@johnarmstrong1578]

@@PUNKinDRUBLIC72 Both were tribes from the North of Europe.

[@pamelaanders6286]

Never forget about the Roman invasion. They ruled in Britain for 400 years.

[@jang3412]

Yes, but what did those Romans ever do for us???

[@Cheezsoup]

Britain didn't lose that much land when America won independance. America(US) at that time was not the US as known today rather it was the thirteen colonys. Nowadays the US is VAST but at that time not so much. I wouldn't be too proud at beating Britain as they had real wars to fight and the fedgling states needed the aid of France (lafayette all that lot) to win. Remember at that time the fledgling US was miniscule and very undeveloped . If we had realised how powerfull/large/rich the US would become perhaps it would have been higher in our list of priorities, but only hindsight being 20~20 we didn't.

[@jamth118]

This video is highly inaccurate the no taxation without representation was built on a myth started by the highest earners in the US colonies they had gained the land to profit from and was expected to pay for the seven years war the postal tax already existed before the war what was added was large land owners had to pay tax ironically all these were your founding fathers who still to this day refuse to give free healthcare to its citizens while having high taxes. The British also refused to reinforce loyalist American troops due to only recently gaining Canada, general Howe defeated general Washington in every engagement and actually asked to be removed from the battlefield cause he didn’t like killing his own people then the French got involved the expecting to gain the colonies it didn’t so gave the Statue of Liberty to remind the Americans they owe them but I don’t think the Americans notice or they chose to ignore it lol. India also didn’t mention how the merchants who had paid the local authorities for protection and right to do business their was massacred an angry Hindu mob butchered white men, women and children regardless of what nation the was affiliated with leading to the British launching an invasion in retaliation of the massacres and the theft of the protection money. But the British did not go after the average civilian around 2,000 high authority figures in the Mughal empire nearly all Muslim was executed but on their journey they discovered practices like Sati. Sati is the practice of burning a widow alive on the husbands pyre is she out lived him being seen as property when the British demanded them to stop they was met with “don’t interfere in our traditions” to which the British general replied with “fine but we have a tradition ourselves and that is to hang every man who partakes in such practices.” Sati suddenly died out when their lives were threatened but history books don’t like teaching the truth. The British empire also ended not only the slave trade but the practice slavery by forcing nations be it payments or threat of invasions. The Continent of Africa had more slaves than the entire Western Hemisphere and had been practiced for around 5,000 years (even though history books don’t mention it for some reason) and only until the 1850’s was medicine good enough for Europeans to enter the tropics of Africa by this time the slavery was completely abolished in the British empire. Thomas Sowell has multiple books on the subject and I highly recommend for those who seek the truth no matter how gruesome history can be we learn from history not to repeat the past but by letting the modern world knit pick we will likely repeat the mistakes of the past. I won’t deny the British empire done some terrible things but it also done some really amazing acts from the end of slavery globally to establishing the modern trade routes we all use today, spreading technology such as trains and the telegraph that turned sending a message across the Atlantic by ship 2-3weeks the telegraph only took 3 hours and the message could be sent from India to Britain to Canada in less than a day famines no longer lasted a year and would be solved in a month. Society focuses only on the bad nowadays if only it didn’t take for granted the British empire gave all of humanity maybe we wouldn’t be stuck in a era with very little technological process.

[@DavidKnowles0]

The video is also inaccurate in another way, the British Empire was actually larger after the war of independence than before it. France may have won the Americas for the Americans slave owners but they lost a lot of terrictory, resources and money doing it.

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

The French never invaded Britain, that was the Normans who were basically Scandinavians.

[@cottonlung]

Nobody ever refers to Americans as traitors,which they were, ( almost like disowning your parents after they sign over their hometo you)..British subjects, George washington was a British subject spoke With what was a British accent, little hypocritical I would say.. sugart coat it as you wish.. facts are facts... nice video though.

[@kopynd1]

john harrison longitude

[@MrZombie999]

Nope, The Romans, the Germans (as the Saxons), the Vikings (from Norways, Iceland and Sweden), the Normans (French by then) all invaded England and succeded

[@iangreenway5580]

Historic error at the very beginning. The forming of the Union between England and Scotland had nothing to do with King James. It was all about money and the fact that Scotland didn’t have any. This is evident that the Union didn’t happen until 82 years after the kings death. 🤷‍♂️

[@DavidKnowles0]

An why didn't they have any, because they blew all on their own colonisation efforts.

[@gray3553]

Not the French, the Normans.

[@CoolMikey81]

By the way this video your watching isn’t the best or and It’s not accurate.. they have missed a lot Countries out

[@johnmcaleer7099]

🇬🇧👋

[@harry9392]

The map of great Britain is wrong Ireland was never part of Great Britton and never could be as Great Britain is an island, now Ireland was part of the United Kingdom the islands of Great Britain and Ireland was never called Great Britain, this guy who did this video Has no clue about british history It was called Great Britain and Ireland until the Act of Union then it became the UK

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

Can you please move yourself lower down as you block the important bits of the video , this is a common problem as some people think that they are the stars lol This video explains some of stuff in regards of the reason for empire ie france , spain , sweden and Holland were stopping GB from trading and wanted to invade GB and take over it hence it was the only reason they helped you for your independence , a lot of Americans say they beat the biggest army in the world but it's not totally correct but you did beat part of the biggest army in the world as at the time the British army was fighting in 14 other wars / campaigns at the same time. Good luck in your history lessons but beware as it's always written by the winners lol

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

Oh there is a better video on KZbin about the British Empire plus 2 other excellent video's about " countries that the British have invaded " also Al Murray on the " Countries British have invaded "