The American Revolution Reaction - OverSimplfied Part 1

[@babs3241]

Interesting thing about the Boston Massacre. The British soldiers were tried, defended by Founding Father John Adams, and exonerated. Adams referred to it as one of the most important services he ever rendered to his country, to prove that "there will be justice, even in Boston!"

[@sandrad9695]

Absolutely. One of the things he did to make him legendary. Isn’t this the trial where he said, “Facts are stubborn things”?

[@tereseshaw7650]

As an attorney---I agree. The British should have a plaque in his honor explaining all this in the Inns of Court. It was attorney ethics at their finest.

[@HelloIamCloudy]

Two of the soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter and had their right thumbs branded, but he did save their lives.

[@angiepen]

Something most people don't know (I wrote a paper about it at uni) is that during the Seven Years War, the colonists were happy and grateful to have the British soldiers there fighting and protecting them. They took them into their homes, gave them gifts, threw them parties with tons of food, eager to show their appreciation. What the soldiers didn't know was that these people, who were living a hard and often marginal life, were essentially beggaring themselves, clearing out their larders of all but the barest minimum they'd need to get along until the next harvest, in their determination to show gratitude and hospitality to the soldiers. So after the war, the soldiers went home and told everyone how great it'd been, how well they'd been treated, showed off whatever gifts they'd been given, reminisced about the wonderful dinners with tables piled high. So after the war, it was common knowledge in London that all the colonists were very wealthy. :P So shortly thereafter, when the gov't started taxing the colonists and the colonists were all, "Wait, what? No! Screw you!" the feeling in England was that the colonists were just being selfish. After all, Everyone Knew that they were wealthy, and had plenty to spare, so their refusal to help pay for the war, and protests against the taxes, could only be selfishness and spite, right? Which made Parliament that much less willing to compromise or try to see the colonists' POV. From the American POV, the King and Parliament were behaving in a thoughtless, tyrannical fashion, trying to squeeze blood out of colonial rocks. While from the British POV, the colonists were acting like irresponsible, greedy misers, unwilling to share the bounty of wealth they were sitting on. It's really not a shock it came down to war. :/

[@BritPopsReact]

@Angie Penrose Thanks Angie for the great comment and all the information and as always we should never take hospitality for granted. All the best to you

[@craigplatel813]

Just wonder what might have happened if England had sent up representation for the colonies in parliament. So many of the wealthy revolutionaties initially felt they were trying to get their rights as British subjects, i.e. representsion.

[@thomasphillips4906]

is that how they spun it for you? Taxation with out representation? Heard of that? The old British Empire...

[@hastur-thekinginyellow8115]

@@craigplatel813 As an American, I often wonder what would have happened if the revolution never happened and we instead got representation in parliament (with perhaps even one representative per colony, or more). America and Great Britain, after the war, would still go on to become the two most powerful nations the world had seen since the Romans. Great Britain would enter it's height, the Victorian Era, and become an undisputed master of the world's oceans as it continued to settle new colonies in Africa and Australia while expanding it's holdings in Canada, while America would (after a bit of a speed bump in the form of Civil War) go on to realize it's manifest destiny and establish one of the world's largest nations at that time, a country stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and it's industry would absolutely blow up after the industrial revolution leading the United States to have the world's largest industry and among the world's largest economies pre-WWI. But I can't help but wonder... imagine a flag, thirteen red and white stripes to represent the original colonies, but instead of a field of stars, the Union Jack flies in it's corner. A unified Anglo-American nation (with perhaps Prime Minister's often alternating between a citizen of one of the two nations to serve as Head of Government), the might of the British Navy combined with the massive economy, ingenuity, and bolstered population size of America. You think the Victorian Era was a period of greatness now? Imagine what it would have been like in that timeline. A Royal Navy that has so many docks and shipwrights at it's disposal that every time one of the European powers builds a single Ship Of The Line, the British Admiralty reveals to the world that they just built another dozen. Then, the Gatling gun and Ironclad were both American inventions, and probably would have been pushed out slightly earlier into field use with the backing of British government and inventors. Think about it, Napoleon is already having a rough time facing the British Empire on the seas, but suddenly news hits him that the British just demolished his English Channel fleet in one blow after ships of iron crewed by British and American sailors with turreted guns sailing under the Royal Navy flag smashed through the entire French northern fleet, their Ships of the Line's cannon fire bouncing harmlessly off the iron shells of the British ironclads. That's ok, he's got superiority on the land, right? Turns out a recruitment drive was ran in the states, bolstering the British Army to sizes in which it's capable of matching Napoleon's army one for one in the European theater AND still maintaining sizable garrisons in it's African, Caribbean, and Australian colonies world wide. Meanwhile, steelworks in both the Americas and Britain are pumping out 12 pounder canons at a rate that Napoleon can't even fathom. It get's worse when he hears of a new rapid fire "machine gun" capable of firing 80 - 100 shots a minute are being rolled out against his troops, and now there are rumors of British officers and cavalrymen being given a interesting new side arm, capable of firing six shots in quick succession due to it's rotating cylinder. Speaking on the topic of cavalry, the large horse population that had been bred in the United States gives greatly bolsters Britain's many cavalry corps. Eventually, the climactic Battle of Waterloo is fought, and later a painting is made by one of the officers present in the battle. Depicted: a British Highlander regiment marches forward, it's flank covered by a Massachusetts "Minuteman" regiment, it's flag bearer flying the Massachusetts state flag, a field of red with a union jack canton. Later, a small British Navy fleet under the command of an Virginia born admiral arrives off the coast of Japan, flying the colors of the Royal Navy. A ironclad fires a single turret as a British emissary rows to shore under guard of a contingent of "Continental Royal Marines". The emissary hands the daimyo who rides out to meet him a letter, penned in Japanese dialect, and the translator with the British emissary tells the daimyo that it's specific purpose was to be delivered to the Tokugawa Shogun. The fleet remains off the coast until they receive a reply, as the letter makes it's way to the Shogun. He opens it, and begins to read. A demand: "Open your nation for trade. This is non-negotiable." Insolent swine! Who do they think they are, to dare speak to a man such as he in this way as if he were no more than a peasant. And yet, as his anger begins to subside, a still calmness sets on his mind and he begins to think. Even from Japan's self-imposed isolation, he had heard of the might of the British Empire. Samurai had been banned from owning swords for awhile under his predecessor's laws, it's been a long while since Japan had seen war and the majority of it's current Samurai know no combat outside private sparring and illegal duels. Any army raised quickly enough would be a ramshackle one of peasants who had never held a firearm before, and inexperienced Samurai. Not to mention, the British rifled-muskets are leagues above the current ones Japan has, they shoot further, straighter, and faster. And now he's hearing reports that the ships currently sitting off the coast of the Japan are not of wood, but steel? Japan would not stand a chance in war... perhaps it is time to open more than just the one port to European trade, and end Japan's isolation. ... Now, I'm very very well aware I'm probably over-estimating and very much over playing what a united Anglo-American British Empire's 19th century would look like, but still... not only is it interesting to contemplate, but there is no doubt in the world that such a nation wouldn't have absolutely dominated that time period in every respective field.

[@AIHumanEquality]

The typical Brit might have thought that but the officials would have known the economic situation of America and not believed they were just super wealthy. And the thing is, America had the money to pay for it. They literally did pay what they owed as part of the peace agreement at the end of the revolution. So they had the means.

[@ExUSSailor]

Oversimplified's videos are great. He keeps them fun, light, and, entertaining, while staying factually accurate.

[@ExUSSailor]

There's a great story told of a conversation at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, most probably apocryphal, but, good none the less. As the delegates were gathering to sign, John Hancock said, "Gentlemen, we must all hang together on this." Hearing this, Ben Franklin, with characteristic dry humor, quipped, "Absolutely! For, if we don't, we will most assuredly all hang separately."

[@Neaptide184]

Well, factually accurate implies a bit more facts and accuracy than this well done cartoon has in it. Fun, but lots of short cuts.

[@chriswhinery925]

...Well, MOSTLY accurate. There are definitely times in his videos where he does a bit of, shall we say, editorializing by deciding which specific facts to leave in and which to cut out.

[@DistortionSociety]

The British like: You can harass my entire family, try to kill me, refuse to pay my taxes, but the second you waste even an ounce of tea, thats where I draw the line!

[@BritPopsReact]

@DistortionRequired A Brit and his Tea are never parted. Thanks for the comments

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

​@@BritPopsReact stale leaf water

[@kizunadragon9]

fun fact, there is still no taxes on Tea in America to this day... can't imagine why

[@rodneysisco6364]

My grandfather 8 generations back was given a land grant in Kentucky for his service in the revolutionary war by the Continental Congress . He was ALREADY a 6th generation American at the time and the family still spoke Dutch .

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

FINALLY! A BRIT LAUGHS AT THE "Not the tea! Quick, drink it!" JOKE! I've watched so many Brits reacting and nobody has laughed at that. I get it, not every Brit is a die hard tea drinker but still, after so many people, I needed to find at least one lol

[@scottydu81]

Reminds me of the joke about an American, an Englishman, and a Scottishman having a beer in a bar, when a fly lands in each much. The American asks for another beer. The Englishman picks the fly out and yeets it. The Scottishman picks it out and shouts SPIT IT OUT. 😂

[@xXRazorbacksXx]

@@scottydu81 Never heard that one. Thanks for the laugh, man.

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

Do you understand the Irony here, throughout the south/south-east you can grow sugar cane and Sorghum for Molasses, where it's processed sent to Britain then sent back for the colonist to Buy at a Markup (where as before they could almost get it for free).

[@sandrad9695]

Exactly. Same with iron and furs such as beaver pelts and hats. And it was law.

[@DistortionSociety]

The one thing that this video got wrong, is the part where he said the guy ran in the streets yelling "the british are coming" the guy did not yell that, he yelled "the red coats are coming" because back then, everyone in America were considered British, so that would not have made sense.

[@williamnorton1569]

One thing about the various taxes that most of us Americans have never learned - the taxed money was intended to stay in the colonies, not be sent to England. Parliament was trying to make the various colonies self-sufficient. (And it was mainly Parliament, not King George, that remained obdurant.) However, many Americans, both they and their ancestors having left England for more freedom, neither needed nor wanted England's "help", as it came coupled with taxes and trade restrictions.

[@sandyboudreaux-barber9586]

Absolutely fantastic! I’m anxious to see part 2! Thank you!!!!!

[@sandrad9695]

If you guys want to really learn a lot about our “family squabble” that led to the split, the HBO series called Adams is brilliant. The American Colonists were British and saw themselves as being denied their natural rights as Englishmen.

[@tereseshaw7650]

...as set forth in the 1689 English Bill of Rights. Thomas Jefferson copied parts of it verbatim; the rest ended up in the Constitution.

[@sandrad9695]

@@tereseshaw7650 Yes! That’s why Brits should feel proud of any American accomplishments. We’re literally an offshoot of them. We took all their ideas on liberties and individual freedoms and simply expanded on them.

[@iamjenniferjames]

♥ Yay, so glad you decided to do some oversimplified! I knew you'd enjoy it. Looking forward to more.

[@The_Stoned_One]

My 5th Generation Great Grandfather Enos Bissell (Bizzell) fought in the American Revolutionary War. He was born a FREEman here. His parents were running for their lives because they were a mixed couple. He was in one of America's First "mixed" military units in American History. He was captured and held as a POW and escaped with the aid of The Swamp Fox. He was at the battle with Cornwallis, present during the surrender, but was K.I.A. in scurmashes with loyalist that refused the surrender. On my Mothers side. Fathers side was Naval a Commander John Davis.

[@capstan50g]

The Oversimplified team are geniuses. I enjoyed sharing the content with my BPR pals. Cheers, guys! I'm looking forward to Part II.

[@SebasTian58323]

I was about to mention that the colonists themselves were poor, and really couldn't afford the taxes but someone else made the comment already, so instead I'll just say I enjoyed the video

[@Anon54387]

They weren't as poor as the English. They produced goods at incredible rates, and they didn't want the fruits of their labor taxed especially since they had no representation. England was hampered by feudalism, and the Americans didn't want to be impoverished by that same system.

[@galacticlava1475]

⁠@@Anon54387no they were much more poor than the Brit’s.They had just been fighting in the seven years war, and were required to give hospitality to any British soldier. Even though the Americas had a surplus of natural resources and opportunities, they really weren’t taken advantage of until the early 1800s.

[@ranger-1214]

Really enjoy your channel and glad you got to this one. Can hardly wait for your take on part 2! Cheers.

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

Paul Revere, the man who made the famous ride from Boston to Concord, is credited with saying, "The British are coming!" to warn the colonists. However, I think a more correct phrase is "The Regulars are coming!" That was the group known for the famous red jackets during the Napoleonic Era.

[@tereseshaw7650]

You are correct. But, the "mistake" has persisted. Legend is funny like that.

[@mikecarew8329]

Oversimplified does a great job with the us civil war, the world wars, etc.

[@TheGoudaGoblin]

I like how they say “we” when talking abt the British in the 1700s like “man we were kinda dicks back then.” it’s okay we don’t blame you two you don’t have to take responsibility lol

[@BritPopsReact]

@The Gouda Goblin Ah, cheers for the nice pep talk, we have both been carrying that around for a while now 😀 Thanks for checking out the channel too

[@craigplatel813]

Of note John Adams a revolutionary and 2d US president defended the British soldiers and got most of them off of manslaughter charges. Except for one or two and the sentence was reduced to branding of the thumb.

[@Chrysalis-uu5ec]

Minutemen...having folks armed & ready led to the Second Ammendment...and why it's so ingrained in the American identity.

[@handimanjay6642]

Few people know that at the outset of the war fewer than 1/3 of the militia had firearms. They were told to find any weapon they could knives, pitch forks, axes and spears and to go take a musket from a red coat and they did.

[@iKvetch558]

Their series on the American Revolution is one of Oversimplified's better (best?) productions, and it was great to see your reaction to this. Looking forward to seeing more of you guys watching this kind of stuff. Obviously from the name of the channel, there are definitely large chunks of history left out or glossed over. Oversimplified basically skips pretty much everything that happened between Columbus discovering the Americas in 1492 and the 7 years war that started between the French and British in North America in 1756...they cover that entire 250+ years in 1 or 2 sentences, depending on how you count them. But that is a period of time that most American History videos on YT pretty much skip over as well, so it is not surprising at all that Oversimplified would not cover it. The major things happening in North America during that time were mostly the Europeans failing to colonize over and over, until after the diseases brought by all the European visitors had time to very much depopulate a great deal of North American territory, but this disease spread was entirely accidental.✌💯

[@BritPopsReact]

Cheers and thanks for the great information. All the best to you.

[@SilvanaDil]

OS is fantastic. His American Civil War video is even better than his one. His WWI video was his first, so a bit underwhelming. His WWII is good. His Cold War is good, too. (His Pig War is overblown, but in a good way; its potential audience is narrower -- US, UK and Canada.)

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

I just watched your reaction to this today and I really enjoyed it. Very few countries fought and defeated what was then the dominant world power of England in this time. It’s a fascinating story how it happened and has a lot of parallels with America and Vietnam. I’m hoping you’ll do the second half soon. The most interesting fact nobody knows about: When England sent 25,000 troops to America to really kick off the war, that was 1/4 of their entire army worldwide.

[@livetosurvive4558]

"The thing that sets the American Christian apart from all other people in the world is that he'll die on his feet before he'll live on his knees." -George Washington

[@masonsteele1674]

Had this video been around when I was in school, it might not have taken me three years to get through the sixth grade !! 😉😉

[@stevendonovan4296]

You ask why did Britannia stick her nose in American affairs. Well , America was Britain at the time

[@jacobjones4766]

They had been ruled as proprietary colonies for well over 2 centuries. Then in the 1740s onward they were "crown colonies" yet nearly every state acted as an independent country all ready. Many even went to war with each other. Yet if I were to ask English people about my states (pennsyvania) war with Connecticut they wouldn't know anything about it. In fact the british hardly ever intervened in american affairs in the american colonies. Most colonies were left to their own defense against natives and other colonies. Even during the seven years war the uk relied almost entirely on american raised units for the entire theater of the war. The seven years war was just as destructive in america as it was in Europe and Americans were stuck paying to rebuild the empire. So yeah after 300 years of being left to their own devices with most "colonial" efforts being economic in nature you tend to get salty when a king assumes direct control over a government he previously allowed what was essentially "home rule" for. Before the seven years war most of america still operated as a feudal state in many places with entire governments being controlled by one family usually of the british nobility.

[@kimberlys8422]

Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer was the first documented to discover _the Americas_ hence the name. There were a few episodes of the Sopranos where the Italians didn't take too kindly to Columbus Day 😄😄

[@SleepDeprived002]

The British looking at most of pre-modern history: “Are we the baddies?”

[@johnalden5821]

Washington was not a brilliant battlefield tactician. In several battles, he got caught by flanking attacks. The American forces were fairly routinely beaten in open battle. But Washington was an excellent chief of staff, campaign commander and logistics master. He was able to keep an army in the field, in the right place at the right time, throughout the war. Doing that with a scratch army was a brilliant accomplishment. Plus, he knew that one of his strengths was support from the local population. When he was backed up several times against rivers, he had a network of contacts that could get boats for evacuation in a matter of hours. He ran an effective military intelligence operation. Things like that, which often go unmentioned, are where he excelled.

[@brgilbert2]

[johnalden5821] I would partially agree with your assessment of George Washington's battlefield tactics. I think, as time went by, he became a much better tactician. I was taught when George Washington was a commander for the British he wasn't very effective at all which is not implied here. And other details like the Prussian General (mentioned in part 2 but still can't remember his name) who George Washington chose to train the rag tag militia which became the Continental Army. And the help of France of coarse.

[@johnalden5821]

@@brgilbert2 In fairness, GW was given a Virginia militia command before the French and Indian War mostly as a political fetching bone. He had zippo training, and he was in his 20s. In other words, your average Starbucks barista had as much military experience as Washington did, although he certainly did know how to survive and navigate in the back country.

[@brgilbert2]

@@johnalden5821 Thanks for the added info. Information was given in the text books in my U.S. history class (8th grade) about GW being a surveyor and had surveyed the area around Kentucky when he was young. The more I learn about George Washington the more I appreciate why he is called "The Father of My Country". I also read somewhere that King George III was quoted, "if George Washington does not declare himself to be King, he is a better man than I". Didn't verify whether the quote to be true but I can imagine it to be true, considering the circumstances at that time.

[@sandrad9695]

@@brgilbert2 I own the compiled Writings of Washington. It’s a curated collection of his commonplace books, his letters, his speeches, some of his orders and instructions to the troops, and his journals. Super cool to read. He was an amazing man. And it seems to me that it was his sense of duty and honor that made him amazing, combined with his practicality and ability to learn from his and from others’ mistakes. He was a steady-Eddie type, faithful, methodical, hardworking, super practical and traditional. The play about the famous Roman Cato was his favorite play. That’s very telling about his paradigm. Nice to see others who appreciate him.

[@brgilbert2]

@@sandrad9695 Thanks for the additional information. I wish, as a young person, I had chosen a different path. More along the lines of a teacher, specifically history. There was an incident I read about, where after the surrender from Cornwallis and after his men learned that the promises given to them by the Continental Congress would not be honored, wanted to march against those in the congress to get what they were promised. Washington, in trying to reason with those men pulled out his spectacles. Apparently his men had never seen him use glasses and watching their reaction he knew he had them. I think his little speech went something like, "like you I have given up much in the service of my country" and that was the end of that possible revolt. I assume that it actually happened. I also have read that Abraham Lincoln's favorite president was George Washington.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

10:22 It is debatable if the colonies would have minded paying taxes so much if they had representation. Maybe not? Either they know they owed taxes and they used it as an excuse not to pay taxes. Or they really were angry not having a place in parliament.

[@radioactive_sunflowerz2450]

As an American its pretty funny how the tax on tea and boycotting has made a generational impact where tea really isnt a popular drink in the US to this day. Yes there's people who drink it but it definitely takes the back seat to coffee, to the point where the common theory/joke about American coffee consumption and culture is due to this incident 😂

[@tereseshaw7650]

Most successful boycott--ever. When i grew up, two kinds of people drank tea--sick people and old ladies. The hippies brought tea into the mainstream.

[@golfr-kg9ss]

Looking forward to part 2. Pay close attention at the end to what the powers of the President should be. You guys should also check out some "Epic Rap Battles of History".

[@lauren3224]

Also, Oversimplified’s Civil War videos.

[@alexpeters3328]

Can’t wait for part 2 :)

[@livetosurvive4558]

Brit: Why do Americans need all these guns? Yank:Mmmm.... really?

[@livetosurvive4558]

@@cygnusx-3217 critical thinking American: That's why they won't.

[@livetosurvive4558]

@@cygnusx-3217 lol. I don't need. The absence of the fact is enough for me. Oh, plus the bill of rights. Thou it does amuse me that you are so spiteful about the subject.

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

@@cygnusx-3217 Because you have all the guns.

[@megatwingo]

Very nice reaction. Thumbs up and subscribed! :) Constructive criticism: When you are continuing with the video after you've stopped it for a commentary...go back one or two seconds in the video before you are continuing to watch the video. On that way you are not hacking apart some informations and jokes. I've seen it very often with other reactors, who are simply continuing without going back one or two seconds, that they are by coincidence ruining the best jokes and important informations by stopping in the "wrong" moment and are not going back one or two seconds when continuing with the video. Thanks in advance! :) BTW: I hope you will react to other parts of international history, too, in the future. Greetings Mega

[@kimberlys8422]

Centuries ago my family came from the UK and Germany; but I'm glad we don't have to have a monarch on our money. King Charles?! Why not King Henry the VIII?

[@bjcee1108]

The important thing is that now, we are good friends.

[@jonathonfrazier6622]

I wish the vikings had stayed and left more of an influence. Instead of America we would call it Freedomheim. It'd be gnarly.

[@kenbattor6350]

"Britain pokes it's nose into everyone's business". So that is where the US got that.

[@patricequinn7733]

The Declaration of Independence is a good description of the situation .

[@elainehoward8822]

Hi both, this was fun, if a little confusing, we are portrayed really badly as conquerors but the British Empire (a tiny island) ruled such a large part of the globe. History wasn’t my subject at school. An interesting upload ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@fenrir7878]

One quarter of the world. They can be argued to be the world's first true superpower.

[@sandrad9695]

Don’t feel guilty about your nation’s past. Maybe you don’t, and that would be good. Lol. Great Britain is one of the greatest countries ever. Like you said, a tiny nation and “The sun never set on the British Empire.” It was a time when the mightiest nations were all trying to conquer the non-European parts of the world and rule them. One major reason was for the natural resources of the colony. But if Britain had not played the game too, its rivals like France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Portugal would have used the natural resources they were getting from their colonies to attack Britain and conquer them. It was literally a time of conquest. And if you were going to be conquered and colonized by a European power, you wanted it to be the British. The Dutch and Portuguese were brutal. And the French didn’t run things as well. The British were organized, clean, and operated according to the rule of law. Yes, some aristocracy got away with a lot, but there was just more honorable behavior among the British than the rest. As an American, I’m thankful to live in a nation that was a former British colony.

[@AdamSanchez-cd6wx]

If all history in schools had this in the classroom, I bet students would learn something

[@Idol76]

This is why we have a 2a and won't give it up.

[@dab0331]

Now you know why us Americans love our guns

[@chueysmama2622]

Now, WHY do we value our right to bear arms? Ummmmm..... But seriously, my gorgeous giant husband IS a TRUCK DRIVER. For real, I laugh every time you mention the "Trucker Hat".

[@BritPopsReact]

I bet you your man mountain of a hubby looks just the part as a trucker as for BP1 in his hat he cracks me up and is more of a mother trucker 😂

[@chueysmama2622]

@@BritPopsReact 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Blondie42]

2:01 He also brought back corn 🌽 or more specifically the vegetable that came to be known, in the modern world, as corn. He even brought some back to Europe for cultivation and many who ate it got sick and died because he failed to take along the concept of Nixtamalization. Which is a process for the preparation of maize, or other grain, in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater, washed, and then hulled. The term can also refer to the removal via an alkali process of the pericarp from other grains such as sorghum.

[@scottydu81]

This explains America’s gun culture, as it was a symbol of their independence from Britain. It also explains why coffee is the preferred drink as opposed to tea.

[@davidcampbell6079]

They underestimated the colonies

[@Bar-l7w]

Boston massacre the British officers lawyer was John adams I did not know this until I watch the series John adams. Samual adams was John’s cousin.

[@BritIronRebel]

Hahaha.... On the 4th of July, I send my American friends a meme that says: "Happy Treason Day Ungrateful Colonists!"

[@stillracer2514]

If things would have come out differently I wonder if Britain would still be taxing the hell out of us?

[@BlacksteelBlades]

Yes They would

[@Adplusamequalsadam]

They let Canada go peacefully, so we’d probably be independent too by now.

[@lordlockdown64]

Great video, but I fear it will all end badly in part 2. I think the best way to make a decision is to have a game of football (or soccer as they call it) It's got to be better than all that fighting and bloodshed, shall we say Friday 7pm (gmt) in a neutral country, perhaps in Qatar? Yeah all agreed? ok see you there! 😉😎

[@fenrir7878]

What's interesting to me given the long history of American intervention in foreign countries (near and far) is America kicked off it's War for Independence by invading another country (Canada). What bitter irony that is.

[@tereseshaw7650]

French Canada has JUST been seized by Britain and America during the French and Indian War. The Amer. believed that they were liberating these people. When France did enter the war in 1878, taking back Canada was one of their goals.

[@lucycurci-gonzalez7968]

It was the largest troop landing until D-Day

[@QuisletEsq]

Further on the Boston Massacre. The soldiers were charged with murder. They were defended by John Adams who got them off.

[@firefighterchick]

You should also check out Oversimplified The American Civil War.

[@Belleplainer]

Had Howe pressed his advantage at Brooklyn Heights, the rebellion probably would have been snuffed out. Even if it had continued, the likelihood that France would have ever entered the war would have been reduced to almost zero, and it was French intervention that ultimately tipped the scale. But Howe had been given a dual remit to both win the war and to negotiate a settlement that was at least as good for the British as the status quo ante. He likely eased up on Washington at this stage in the hope that doing so would encourage the colonies to submit. The British just didn't understand how fully committed the colonies were to independence by this point.

[@rodneysisco6364]

One is always a product of the times in which he lives ,and being too close to something tends to narrow one's perspective . GOOD history looks at things which are past and offers a better perspective , HOWEVER ,as Mark Twain said , " The very ink with which history is written is fluid prejudice " .

[@dripcaraybbx]

Is as much made of George III's madness in the UK as it is in the US?

[@BritPopsReact]

@Drip Caray HI and thanks for the comment. To be honest, no not really, he doesn't get a lot of press. Now Henry VIII on the other hand, he gets all the glory.

[@dripcaraybbx]

@@BritPopsReact Thanks for the reply! Maybe it's overemphasized in our education. When I see that very painting with the yellow robes, I immediately associate it with the "mad king." OS hinted at it without being overt.

[@allenhill1223]

Very well done. And they did put individuals personal history you just have to know American history. ❤

[@connorthompson8376]

You were right to notice parallels to the modern day, regarding how France in Spain helped the rebellion. However, I don’t think it’s right to consider that automatically negative. We Americans wouldn’t be here in the same capacity today if it weren’t for them.

[@ryanhilton9401]

If it weren’t for a few critical twists of fate on the battlefield in the early years of the revolution, Canada could’ve easily ended up as one of the original 13 (would’ve been 14th) United States.

[@lonniehhenson7925]

John Adams defended the British Soldiers for the Boston mascara they where found not guilty

[@MrEnclaveTasla]

Lol! Uhhhh ...no spoilers!

[@kimp.5853]

Yall should watch the movie 1776. It's a musical based on the signing of the declaration of independence. I think you would find it a fun movie.

[@harrystinefelt8765]

I want you to see some cards I'd gone and had printed up. Oughta save everybody here a lot of time and effort, considering the epidemic of bad disposition that's been going on around here lately. "Dear Sir, you are without any doubt, a rogue, a rascal, a villain, a thief, a scoundrel, and a mean, dirty, stinking, sniveling, sneaking, pimping, pocket-picking, thrice double-damned no-good son of a bitch." and you sign your name - what do you think?

[@kimp.5853]

@@harrystinefelt8765 I will take a dozen right now.

[@kimp.5853]

Aw c'mon did that get took down? It's a direct quote from the movie. Smh

[@harrystinefelt8765]

@@kimp.5853 I missed it. Let me guess, New Brunswick?

[@stonewall01]

You are right this is definitely "oversimplified" but the overall picture this video paints is largely correct but historically these events were just a little bit more complicated. 1. The first thing is taxes. The American resistance to the taxes were not necessarily on the taxes themselves but rather the way they were implemented. Up until the Sugar Act, taxes were raised by the local governments of the various colonies. What the Sugar Act and following Acts did was an attempt by the King and Parliament to remove the middle man (the local legislatures) and raise taxes directly. They also couldn't leave well enough alone and like all other governments they added many more regulations and provisions that were not tax related into the acts. So the Colonists were angered by that and resisted. That also explains the famous line "No Taxation without Representation." The idea of taxes wasn't the issue, it was how they were being raised and the colonists wanted a say or representation in the Parliament. 2. The Boston Tea Party. I read a paper one time that claimed that the Sons of Liberty that dressed up as Native Americans during the Boston Tea Party were not doing it to disguise themselves, rather it was an act of Political Symbolism. See at that time there were two main personifications of the North American colonies that were used in newspapers and pamphlets and such. One personification was "Columbia", a goddess-like female. The second personification used was one of a Native American. So the argument goes that the protestors did not dress up to disguise themselves but rather to symbolically say "America" is rejecting the tea. This video is good I just wanted to expand on some of the issues and just remember that while this video is largely correct it is definitely oversimplified. lol

[@BritPopsReact]

@King Henry I Beauclerc Thank you very much and we appreciate it too. All the best

[@stonewall01]

@@BritPopsReact You are very welcome. I didn't say it previously but I really enjoy your reactions as well. *Another thing about the Boston Tea Party is that it was very orderly. It was a merchant ship and had other goods onboard other than the tea. The Sons of Liberty were only after the tea. They left all other goods alone and when a lock was accidentally broken on a chest that didn't contain tea, they actually went to the local locksmith and had the broken lock replaced with a new one. That is another reason why I like the idea of this action being seen as symbolic. They knew exactly what they were protesting and limited it to that. Finally the Boston Tea Party is the most famous Tea Party but it certainly wasn't the only one. It was the first and it inspired others throughout the colonies. In some places they unloaded the tea from the ship and locked it up in warehouses under guard, so to prevent it's sale and distribution. Why? They wanted to send a message to the King and Parliament but didn't want the Captain of the Merchant ship to be harmed economically. He needed to unload cargo (tea), load more cargo and set sail again, in order for him to make money. So they allowed the tea to be unloaded, so not to imposition the captain and crew, but were not going to allow the tea's sale. The last thing to keep in mind is that many of these resistance movements during this period started in Massachusetts, specifically Boston, and then those ideas spread to other colonies through newspapers, pamphlets, and Committees of Correspondence. These Committees were located in most if not all of the 13 colonies. Their job was to inform other colonial committees of the actions of Parliament against them and then to disseminate that information throughout the colony itself to the people. This is one reason why the United States is set up the way it is today. Most people are confused as to why one state has a different law or tax rate compared to another state. It is because at the country's beginning these colonies were separate and independent colonies, North Carolina was Independent of Virginia, with it's own charter and legislation. All of the colonies were. They had different reasons for being formed, Massachusetts for example was founded for religious reasons, while most of the Southern colonies were organized for economic reasons. This is why Massachusetts were often the origin point for many of the resistance movements and why the Parliament focused on punishing them, because their own founding was in it's own way a resistance movement against the Church of England. When the United States was becoming it's own Nation from the United Colonies, the Colonies/states were very wary of losing their own sovereignty to a Federal Government, so during the debates on the Constitution they finally found away for States to maintain their sovereignty while also becoming members of a larger Federal Republic. The Federal Government's authority was limited to interstate issues (so commerce, trade, roads, etc.) between different States, Minting Money, and Foreign Affairs. Everything not specified as a power of the Federal Government in the Constitution is reserved to the States (10th Amendment), so education, sales tax, state courts, etc. are all under authority of the State and/or Local governments. That is also why there is no Nationalized Healthcare or National sales/tax rate, that would be the Federal Government overstepping it's bounds and would be Unconstitutional. That one reason for the resistance and frustration from many people in the U.S. today, it is because the Federal Government has been seen as interfering in areas that it shouldn't such as education for example. Whew!!! Okay I am through. Sorry about all of that. I just wanted to explain that things don't just happen there is a reason for them. And once I started I couldn't stop. Thanks for indulging me. lol

[@sandrad9695]

@@stonewall01 I’m a history lover too and you explained it all so well! It is tough for other countries to understand us today without understanding federalism and not knowing our unique history.

[@johngalt156]

Blackadder!!!!!👍

[@SweetBrazyN]

Is there are part 2 reaction to this?

[@BritPopsReact]

Yes it’s on the channel, go to the channel page and it’s only been out a week so it should be easy to find :) thanks for reminding me to add it at the end of the video :)

[@scottydu81]

The slaves that Jefferson owned came from a marriage, and was illegal for him to sell them. Jefferson was against slavery, even though the details are a little complicated. Think of it like someone who has had an abortion but is now against them.

[@gursimransingh1229]

Please do this Sadhguru video, The Four Parts of the Mind - Vinita Bali with Sadhguru This one is 13 min 22 seconds long. Sadhguru is world famous, we have reached 3.9 billion people, With sincere thanks and gratitude.

[@romankowatch7404]

It would seem when they teach British history they don't spend much time on the British empire and colonialism.

[@BritPopsReact]

@romankowatch7404 When your 13 years old, you don't really care too much and we don't bang on about it to be honest

[@joycequillen5782]

Please react to the new MV- mini movie of Dimash. It’s almost 14 min long and took 7 million to make. He composed, wrote the screen play and stars in at. He worked on it for 3 years. It’s a MASTERPIECE!

[@armanii4005]

Where TF is part 2???

[@BritPopsReact]

@Armanii That is a great point and it is on its way. Cheers

[@SweetBrazyN]

@@BritPopsReact is the video up I cannot see it

[@christiangonzalez5619]

React to oversimplified the pig war

[@MrDarkblader97]

Apparently Fort Ticonderoga is in Vermont lol

[@robertlindenbaum8338]

2022 you brit our my cousin

[@robertlindenbaum8338]

God bless AMERICA

[@debbiereynolds8906]

❤️ Great History lesson. Take the swear words out & butts out. Then cool for children maybe 🫡💥🖤