British Guy Reacts to The French Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)

[@lavluka6210]

watch my reaction to part 2 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/earOiYFjepeCetk

[@jessonlee1453]

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[@boki1693]

I have read that Marie Antoinette never actually said, "let them eat cake." It was just a popular phrase that either the rich said jokingly for hundreds of years or the peasantry made up to make her more hated. And if she did say it she was just repeating something that had been said a million times before by many.

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

The first written appearance of the phrase “Qu'ils mangent de la brioche” (“let them eat cake”) was in 1765, when Marie was 9 years old, and was attributed to “a great princess”. In addition, the phrase was never mentioned by the revolutionaries, rather it was added later, in 1843.

[@skeltheshapeshifter2697]

I've heard also that the phrase "let them eat cake" was mistranslated, and made her seem awfully worse than she was. In the quote above, you see she said "brioche", not "gâteau", which is the actual french word for cake. Brioche is a type of bread that is very similar to an enriched pastry with a rich and tender crumb. Still not great by any means, as the people of France were struggling to buy even the simplest of breads, but nowhere as insensitive as suggesting they stuff themselves with cake to not starve. Also I've heard another princess actually said that, not Marie. It was just attributed to her.

[@TheExalaber]

@@skeltheshapeshifter2697 I was horribly insensitive at the time, but not for the reason that you think. Brioche really refers to any bread that does not go bad. Today that means enriched bread that won't go stale because it has oil and eggs in it, but at the time it referred to rusks, bread that had been sliced and baked a second time for long term storage. So it was meant to say that the poor were only starving because they were too picky to eat stale bread

[@sydney45]

The way ive heard it, several times, was that she said the bakers should be forced to sell brioche for the price of cheaper breads if those cheaper breads we sold out. I.E. if you went to buy a $1 baguette and all they had was $5 brioche, they had to sell the brioche for the price of a baguette. She wasn't as frivolous as history remembers her. Frequently she and her husband bought military needs as gifts for each other. Not that im saying they are completely innocent, but they didn't deserve to be beheaded and they don't deserve the way they've been painted over the years.

[@tylerbutler6413]

I love how he said that what you get France in 5:46 Such a British thing to say

[@xingliii]

13:29 actually it wasn't tennis but "jeu de paume" (palm game), which was the ancestor of tennis and was usually played with no rackets but with bare hands and later gloves

[@Rigatony32]

Tennis is so old, Shakespeare put a reference to it in Henry the Fifth

[@oicejas]

“Tennis balls, my liege.” Henry V: 1.2 ... great scene.

[@axelundin5944]

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[@ryanje8147]

love it when Luka struggles for the correct word or phrase. It happens a lot. LOL

[@AWingedOne]

I'm an American, and I loved all of oversimplified's videos, but I must admit that these two on The French Revolution are my clear favorites.

[@Tamaki742]

Remember in the American Revolution video where John Adams told Benjamin Franklin off for frolicking around the French court? He was the one who made sure the US didn't have to have France be involved in the post - war discussion with the UK. So they made sure they didn't have to pay France too.

[@erikgilson1687]

She never said "Let them eat cake" The translation from "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" was about brioche bread. And like most historical "quotes", she probably never actually said it.

[@jordinagel1184]

Just like “A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic,” by Stalin. After all, we have to hold true to the age-old saying of “Don’t believe everything you hear on the internet,” by Abraham Lincoln

[@erikgilson1687]

@@jordinagel1184 honestly I don't even believe anything in history prior to like the 1300s unless it's mentioned by multiple sources. I'm almost certain every murdered roman emperor was slandered straight to hell for example, cause why wouldn't their successors do that

[@jordinagel1184]

@@erikgilson1687 it’s good to have some healthy skepticism, but straight-up dismissing so many sources is going a bit too far I think, as for some events only a handful or even just single sources exist. You also shouldn’t rely TOO much on something being true when corroborated by multiple sources. Take your example of Roman emperors, for instance. Nero is probably the best example, as his role in the Great Fire is now expected to have been distorted, and the severity of the fire greatly exaggerated (if contemporary sources are to be believed; if the fire was as great as later reported, surely there would’ve been more material about it), and the defamation that followed was carried out by multiple sources as well. In this case, the few contemporary ones take precedence over the many later ones. Also, if I may ask, why the 13th century in particular? What is it about that time that makes you so certain that everything beyond it can be trusted more? Personally, I would’ve picked the 16th century for the printing press, or better yet the 18th century for the important changes in approach to recording and analyzing history.

[@erikgilson1687]

@@jordinagel1184 Good points, I'll get back to you on it in a little bit. Admittedly the 13th century was an odd off the cuff choice but It's relatively recent enough that there's usually surviving documents from multiple groups involved in an event to draw conclusions on it, but it's by no means a scientific date I thought hard on. I'll rephrase better when I can respond in full

[@Tamaki742]

Heard it's actually another princess who said it.

[@DMWolFGurL]

LOL! I laughed way to loud when you asked if they used to have tennis back in 1978 rofl.

[@lapacker]

"Let them eat cake" is a complete myth!!!!!

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

Might have been said a bajillion times before, said by another princess or about a kind of bread that doesn't go stale.

[@AmberAHue82]

I love seeing the history reactions! It would be pretty cool if you could link to the original videos in your descriptions so people could go show some support to the origninal creators. They put a ton of work into making these things!

[@kjsalomonsen9299]

I saw that you were reacting to US natural disasters you should watch "The Blizzard of '49". It was one of the worst disasters to hit the US. Snow drifts that were 20 feet high, trains and cars caught in the middle of nowhere and farms cut off from everyone for days/weeks. Livestock frozen stiff. Some states declared National Emergencies so the National Guard could help.

[@solace6700]

you just told him wweything that happened why would he react to it

[@kjsalomonsen9299]

@@solace6700 seeing it is a whole different thing.

[@solace6700]

@@kjsalomonsen9299 ok karen

[@veggiemonkie5041]

@@solace6700 ??? That's like asking why" would you learn about cancer, you already know the general idea of what cancer does" most things are more complicated then a single paragraph of a few words..

[@kingfrederikofprussiathemo7830]

9:55 hey look thats me with baguette

[@rachelhooten3384]

“Taxing the poor? If that happened today I can’t imagine what would happen in any country. I can’t imagine the reaction. It would be mental” The US: ................

[@lukenelson5069]

i was gonna say...

[@lolno6562]

I'm slightly confused, the "1%" or whatever pay something like 75% of the tax revenue currently

[@brianlam5847]

nothing to see here

[@lolno6562]

@@brianlam5847 That's a lie. The corporate tax rate is roughly 25% varying by state.

[@1ProAssassin]

@@brianlam5847 That's a massive media lie. I remember reading the article on that. The article points out that Amazon doesn't pay 1 single tax while ignoring the fact that Amazon pays a monstrous amount of other taxes in America. It would be like saying I pay $0 in property taxes (I don't own property) therefore, I pay 0 taxes.

[@Moshinoki]

You'll enjoy their Emu War, War of the Bucket and Henry VIII videos

[@dameinnoble3995]

The sad thing is that, it wasn't that Marie Antoinette didn't care about the lower classes, it's just she literally had no idea. She and the King we 14 when they were married (arranged) and 19 when the grandfather king died, Louis and Marie Antoinette could not have controlled to mess they inherited if they tried. And if they did try any effort to reform was rebutted and denied. Also the early media targeted them with nasty propaganda what painted the royal couple out to be exactly like the court and people within the court and all the extravagance that came with it when the opposite is said to be the case.

[@ggfatale351]

I don’t think you realize how Charming you are. I wish you were my High School History Teacher ... approaching History just like this. 🥂

[@grabble7605]

You realize that he's only reacting to someone else's history video, right? He'd teach you nothing if he were your history teacher.

[@sydlawson3181]

OH HECK YES I BEEN WAITIN ON THIS

[@jacekatalakis8316]

Just got done watching Lucy Worsley's royal fibs episode on this, it makes agreat companion and expands on points in both French Revolution episodes. For instance there were only 7 prisoners in the Bastille, and Marac spread propaganda about Marie Antoinette, even after she reformed to a more responsible image.

[@Anderson-hi9qw]

Great videos keep it up man

[@davidorioli3870]

As the election looks, I really needed a Luka reacts vid.

[@austinking2k]

Making the case WILT CHAMBERLAIN‼️

[@mathewzimmerman6881]

Secret Base Untitled Steve Nash or Patrick Ewing reaction please!!!

[@matthewchristofferson2832]

Do Steve Nash!

[@gianlucalogan1941]

That and Barry Bonds Untitled he is the Lebron James of Baseball, except more dominant (as in he’s not considered the Goat by most but you can make a real case for him) and he never even got a ring

[@Emeraldtheblackdavid]

Nash is the kinda hype player I think foreigners don't know enough about this would be great!

[@jessonlee1453]

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[@L_87]

British guy reacts to the US election live

[@Jiggi123]

Hey love your content

[@mbdg6810]

When louis screamed the subtitles said [music] 😂

[@Brandonford1_4life]

Love this video. You also have to be the most positive person when it comes to self promo and oddly enough I love it

[@adamweatherly1300]

At some point u need to react to the lone survivor speech it’s truly amazing

[@jonathanmartin8716]

"Tax the Poor, if that happened nowadays..." this made me laugh. I mean, the wealth gap in the USA is so bad and growing because the government protects those with money. I could go on and on, but people already know.

[@garyballard179]

You're woefully misinformed. The rich are rich because they know how to make money - and how to keep it. There are ways for even a McDonald's cashier to lower their taxes and grow a small nest egg - which could then be carefully invested. The problem is, most people are just too lazy or too stupid to actually dig around the financial laws for for the right information. Remember: it's your own fault for not knowing the law.

[@chrisastin184]

Gary Ballard exactly. If you are permanently poor in the US then it's because you are bad with money

[@oceanplanet8160]

As you can see, Americans are brainwashed into thinking a certain way. It's hilariously sad.

[@Ashole024]

@@oceanplanet8160 we are a sad breed of humans

[@katewolf00]

@@garyballard179 You have never been a McDonald's cashier then

[@trevynlane8094]

I will point out that the Prince's... bedroom problems were reportedly not a lack of ability on his part and more of a case of "it's too much" on her part.

[@ravensforever6425]

I’ve been looking forward to this

[@amira_the_lynx]

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[@Gutslinger]

6:20 That makes me think of Hollywood. And that picture of that chick that had her hair sculpted into a helicopter.

[@xenotypos]

The French revolution is very different from the American revolution, which is more like a war of independance. The French changed their millenia old monarchy, which in turn changed the face of Europe. For the first time, new forms of governements and new systems were tested to replace the ancient ones, sometimes mistakes were made but overall it was a big step toward the world we live in. In terms of nature, I think the French Revolution has a lot in common with the Russian Revolution, a little more than one century later.

[@awphooey2u519]

Welll....you cant have your cake and eat it too. That's where our phrase comes from. Idk how historically accurate the rumor about Marie Antoinette loving cake was but that's where it came from.

[@mikesba]

A form of tennis was played by the British royals as early as the reign of Henry VIII .

[@MrLekorrigan]

About the tennis part, they played a game that was the ancester to modern tennis, with their hand palm instead of racket, funny little tidbits of history

[@thewitchbasket]

If you're interested in seeing a really good historical movie, I STRONGLY recommend "Gettysburg." It's extremely faithful to history and was even shot on location! It's a long movie, but very, very good.

[@MattManProductions]

Tennis was invented in the 12th century lol, but it was hit with your palm not a racket. And was called lawn tennis I believe

[@kaindrg]

Tennis is medieval. It literally started as wall/handball in the where players struck the ball with their palms and evolved in france to be tennis ( french it's still called game of the hand). In spain it evolved into jailai

[@Me-wk3ix]

Side note, tennis has been around forever. King Henry the VIII played it at Hampton court.

[@fordo_cw]

You should livestream the US election 😂😂😂

[@wesleysmith8868]

Yes that would be funny

[@parmishvermadamama5152]

Shit hasn’t ended yet

[@fordo_cw]

IKR it’s just sad.

[@Dingusdoofus]

@@parmishvermadamama5152 November 11th, and still hasn’t ended.

[@parmishvermadamama5152]

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[@inwedavid6919]

Taxing the poor is the Pool tax of tacher and B Johson.

[@andrewisok6293]

There is a video about the goat comparison Michael Jordan vs Lebron James, it’s a long video but it’s a good one Just a recommendation

[@korebotic8097]

Perhaps take a look at the 2016 Gatlinburg fire

[@ashleypenn7845]

The French Revolution was inspired and influenced by the American Revolution. But unlike the Americans who sat down before hand and generally had an idea of what they wanted the government to look like if it was successful, France was more, "Meh. We'll figure that out when we get there." And that's a big part of why the aftermath was pure and utter chaos.

[@buffypoynter]

oh hey, America's favorite fighting frenchman!

[@biancham]

LAFAYETTE

[@vraxyy]

You should react to the penn state whiteout vs Michigan 2019

[@brennagallagher2335]

You should react to Chiseled Adonis NFL commentary

[@guymediocre1388]

kind of off topic but regarding your timelapse to the end of time video, I can see you were left with a lot of questions that i’d be happy to try and help with if you’d like

[@Moshinoki]

The National Guard, or Gendarmerie, is active to this day, and their SpecOps, GIGN, is as powerful as the SAS, GSG9 and maybe even SWAT

[@mrexists5400]

swat isn't technically a military spec ops, they are usually a group of police officers trained with specialized training

[@ItsAVolcano]

Tennis is an ancient sport, and honestly the older versions were cooler. They'd play in enclosed courts where you could play off the walls and sometimes even the ceiling. Obviously such courts are terrible for viewing, especially for large audiences. Combined with the expense of building them vs more modern courts they fell out of fashion.

[@normal-potato05]

Tennis was designed and codified in England in the 1870s, but it is the direct descendant of Jeu de paume, which was invented in France in the 11th century. And Jeu de paume is literally just Tennis so I don't really know what changes were made

[@ShredTheSnow_MN]

I dont know if you'll see this comment, but i have a video suggestion. its from a KZbin channel named "Invitica". and they have a 40 minute documentary of "The Seige of Jerusalem". personally i think its one of the best videos on KZbin

[@Vincisomething]

I heard Antoinette didn't really say the lines "let them eat cake" but I'm not sure where it came from.

[@gregheghinian8085]

Cuz she spoke french

[@booboobunny5655]

She actually said “Let them eat brioche”

[@aquarius4953]

@@booboobunny5655 No, she never say that. This was added by some historian in the nineteen century long time ago after she was dead.

[@duutt_tape4618]

Luka you should react to a video about Tunnel Rats during the Vietnam war by Infographics Show

[@panda2.98l8]

You need to react to American dirt racing crashes

[@Bizness20]

Taco Bell is a delicacy

[@jackstraw4129]

I came up with an idea for content. I am not a digital editor or a copy right lawyer but I think there is a lot of content in real history not the cartoon stuff. Names of shows that come off the of my head. Battlefield. WWII in HD. WWII in Colour. Vietnam in HD. The 10,000 Day War. Much of this is already on KZbin but if you react to these shows you will learn much about history and possibly introduce bits that will send others in search of history. That's a win win. Good luck.

[@garyballard179]

The king did promote a new food source when his advisors told him future weather patterns did not bode well for their current grain crops... He began touting the benefits of potatoes, letting it be known that he ate them at every meal, in hopes the peasantry would switch to a crop that could survive the changing weather patterns of the time. So.... the people of France were starving because they wouldn't adapt to climate change.... The Irish had the same problem because everybody grew the same kind of potato - which was the easiest to grow, but the only one that couldn't survive in the changing climate.

[@Jim-yi2dm]

If anyone is wondering it would be real tennis which is different to tennis today

[@Sam-im5tc]

I didn't know much about the French Revolution myself for a long time and then I took a look. I have never seen a more disorganized or more ruthlessly senselessly violent revolution anywhere. The fact France still even EXISTS after this shocks me.

[@LyricReactsYT]

REACT TO "2001,The Meaningful year in Sports History"Its Honestly One of The best Videos I've Ever Seen

[@LyricReactsYT]

Plz

[@agm631]

Hey to be perfectly fair, this video's depiction of Marie Antoinette is actually pretty historically inaccurate. Most historians widely agree that she was trying really hard to pull back royal spending , but had been villanized by the french public and made into a scapegoat.

[@rahulangamuthu4122]

Bro all love but I feel like you haven’t reacted to sports in forever

[@zest5929]

He reacts to sports on his other channel, look up lavishreacts

[@rahulangamuthu4122]

@@zest5929 yeah I love the second channel but it’s really not been much better there either lol, I just miss when we would get at least 1-2 sports vids a day

[@mariedowney1676]

the beatles, taxman

[@thekaiguy6123]

Hey man, ever react to “Kento Bento”? His vids are amazing talks a lot about history, like bank heists and different prison escapes

[@Highice007]

You really need to Watch an extra history video. In particular the ones on the 1918 Spanish Flu.

[@Benmarkk2009]

You should show the sponsors of the videos you react to, so that they can benefit too.

[@veggiemonkie5041]

I agree, that would be best for him to do, if you are looking for this video tho I believe you just have to search " oversimplified French revolution "

[@SanFranFan30]

Once again Luka stopped paying attention in history class lol.

[@thezestypatriot8513]

When you’re watching this and it’s patching up with current events in America..

[@TheMajorActual]

If you want to learn history in short bits, react to The History Guy. Trust me.

[@quickhistory8637]

Well the army joined there side because they were part of the third estate and were promised more money if the revolution won.

[@lamelord6126]

There is a new this week in sportsball

[@beachbum200009]

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[@TheKaleidoscopicEye]

hey after this you should react to the downfall of germany by the armchair historian it is the first one just type in the downfall of germany

[@ajaurgemma5341]

Taco Bell is the greatest restaurant in the world....at 3am

[@Ceractucus]

It was a common marriage custom to for people to watch the newlyweds consummate their marriage. Not reserved for royalty at all.

[@nalsra0]

React to “The most terrifying sounds of the Vietnam War” Please!!!

[@kellyseaman1519]

Darling, they’ve been playing tennis since Queen Elizabeth I (perhaps before, didn’t google it, just remember that far .)

[@ilianacatspawn8848]

Actually, it goes back to the 12th/13th century.

[@kellyseaman1519]

@@ilianacatspawn8848 thank you!!!

[@ilianacatspawn8848]

@@kellyseaman1519 no problem! I had to Google it myself, because I remembered Henry V received some tennis balls as an insult from the French. Turns out the game was developed about a century or so before that.

[@cyrilmagi6201]

Well to be pedantic it wasn't actually tennis but it's ancestor nowdays known as real tennis. Back in the days when you didn't have an indoor court or rackets you would play it with your palms hence the name in french "jeu de paume" or "game of palm" in english.

[@trashchief6496]

Just saying, youtube has a glitch that un-subs random people. That would be why you were un-subbed

[@BigSleepyOx]

Off With Their Heads!!!

[@mmc8539]

Taco Bell, great at 2 AM when intoxicated. However, it’s the gift that keeps on giving if you know what I mean. 🥴

[@mazdaman2315]

Can you react to yarnhub it’s a history channel here on KZbin and in my opinion there animations are unmatched I’d recommend there video about gods Rambo and the ghost camaro

[@schunschtorm]

He uploads a new video every 3 months if you're wondering

[@AnalyticalMenace]

Except for recently.

[@elpatron4376]

How he reacts tho👌🏼🤣

[@jancarloanaya4028]

Luke can you please react to another NASCAR video

[@gtaisgreat1685]

The game Assassin's Creed Unity is based on the French Revolution you should check it out.

[@ianrotheroe2540]

Highly recommend that u watch Urinatingtree’s Cowboys video later today or tomorrow, whenever u have time

[@sarahwhite4906]

I hope you and yours are well.

[@emojimaddness4201]

React to bears vs eagles 2018 wildcard highlights

[@aihara2799]

What the Nobility did was horrible but that doesn’t excuse what they did to the Queen’s Children

[@thomastucker9272]

Back off my Taco Bell Crunch Wraps man..

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React to the April 27 2011 tornado outbreak. Literally hundreds upon hundreds of violent monster tornadoes in three days in the southeastern US

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Hey react to the tsunami in minamisanriku. There is a video of that which is mind blowing.

[@stevenwilgus5422]

You would love Taco Bell.

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[@trevor8726]

u getting ur sleep homie?

[@jeremiahchampion8009]

Can we get a reaction video of you reacting to our election live…?

[@veggiemonkie5041]

That would've been funny. He could probably react to the recording/ upload of it or even just react to a election clips compilation.