Rise and Fall of the British Empire (v2)

The History of England, and later Britain, from the rise of the Heptarchy to the transition from Empire to Commonwealth.
Music:
Celtic Music - Wolf Blood
Fantasy Medieval Music - Dance with Dragons
Thomas Bergersen - Ocean Princess
Liquid Cinema - Aeterna
Brand X Music - Fearless
ReallySlowMotion Music - Fearless

[@abandonne7188]

Everyone: lol this is absurd a company can't colonize a country East India company: observe

[@Andrea-mp1jw]

@Chungus Khan he did not colonize, but Conquered

[@abandonne7188]

@@Andrea-mp1jw this is not colonisation This is surprise conquest

[@redornament3248]

Dutch East India Company: Am I a joke to you?

[@abandonne7188]

@@redornament3248 oui

[@redornament3248]

@@abandonne7188 guten tag

[@Redslayer86]

Its actually kind of insane that such a small country controlled so much of the world at one point.

[@leanderlopez7652]

true

[@Heligoland360]

+DassKla4 Also a significant technological advantage.

[@92alexmaster]

There is also a snowball effect. After consolidating control over one piece of land or colony, they then aggregate those new resources (material and man power) to conquer even more territories.

[@991Weeman]

Not to mention intelligence and innovation of the European people is an advantage they had over the world which led to the technological advantages.

[@92alexmaster]

991Weeman Yeah, that wasn't really a thing. Europeans were no more intelligent or violent than other peoples 5 centuries ago. The advantage that Europeans had was that there was never a centralized authority in any part of the continent, this allowed a greater degree of flexibility for the implementation of laws that took advantage of greed (like intellectual property), and a lot of competition.

[@Snaut1]

Makes me want to play EU4.

[@G4MERM4D09]

+Finn Sandvich You're supposed to bring death to portugal and take dem colonies for yo self.

[@G4MERM4D09]

Finn Sandvich Your only true friends are your vassals.

[@soapegg]

i took over the hre and mamluks as the poope

[@AwayAtKeyboard]

My most recent game full game was as poland, after taking the teutons, I became the papal controller, called for 2 crusades against the ottomans before they died, i took northern anatolia and greece, and my ally in the mamluks took the south. then i took transalvania from hungary, then conquered and colonized russia. Not the best game as poland goes, but it was my biggest empire to date

[@soapegg]

this time i was the aztecs i blobbed mexico but then i saw how much doom i had 100% i get 100% doom each month i dont have any vassals i dont have any people to fight rip

[@Jinseual]

Amazing how a small country with a small population ended up owning the biggest empire in history.

[@YangSing1]

Actually we're a small country with a fairly big population

[@Jinseual]

YangSing1 Wasn't always like that

[@ThatIcelandicDude]

Actually it pretty much was. England in 1000 ad had a population around 1,6 million compare that to the vikings who were kicking there asses front and back, collectively had a population of around 1 million and they were never that united, Denmark who was the main player had a population of around 500k and Norway 200k Sweden who did not really attack England at all had a population of around 400k and the Icelandic commonwealth around 50k. so if you take out Sweden the people left fighting England were just over 750k vs their 1,6 million. But let's be fair and compare them to other nations at the time. france had the highest population in Europe during that time and were sitting roughly at 9 million and the HRE came in second place had a population of roughly 54 million. so yes compared to them they had a relatively low population. But when you compare them to countries relative to their size they had a pretty decent population.

[@Jinseual]

Óðinn Well I was comparing Britain to India when the British was fighting both in India, Europe and the Americas. Their population was tiny compared to India and they had to manage other places around the world ,yet, Britain managed to conquer it.

[@ThatIcelandicDude]

Jinseual well to be fair India was way back on tech. look i'm not undermining their achievements but i wouldn't really call it fair to compare their population to any other than European countries. plus India was split into many small kingdoms (some of which were still called tribal) Population matters very little if you don't have the tech to back it up, Look at it this way the Aztec Empire had a population of around 5 million when the Spanish came, yet they conquered them with very little effort (the Spanish having a population of 8,5 million. China had a massive population yet got their asses kicked in the Opium wars.

[@LiveWire276]

You forgot Hong Kong's independence and the Opium Wars against China, but otherwise good video.

[@chriscepticon7054]

Illyrian King though it acts as it's independent

[@chriscepticon7054]

Illyrian King some sources argue it is along with former Portuguese Macau 🇲🇴

[@theextractionsd5419]

@Peter Mitchell, it's still a crown colony of the British before!

[@adrianatgaming8640]

@Peter Mitchell aaaactually the british already took a bit of hong kong before the boxer rebellion

[@Brunjolf]

@Peter Mitchell Actually a good chunck of Hong-Kong was British but when the loan ended they decided to give out all of it anyway

[@tabinekoman]

Hippty Hoppety your land is the queen property.

[@hijinx6252]

@@trunestor nah theres is better

[@OnlyGrafting]

Hippity hoppety the Queen rules your property

[@theuniversalbandit1492]

Hippity Hoppety your land is now the tea's property

[@eros6644]

@@trunestor Hippity Hoppity, your land is royal property.

[@thequeenofengland3473]

The rise... BUT THE FALL YOU JUST GOT YOURSELF ON A LIST

[@grantherman7210]

Queen Elizabeth The second lmao

[@TomTom-gy7ov]

At least we still have a bit of Antartica

[@manojoogo5003]

Not really, it doesnt belong to any nation.

[@pontan8084]

Thats true, theres an agreedment which says no land can be owned on Antartica, countries just have claims, which dosent mean anything

[@barcelonacatalonya9383]

no u don't there's a treaty that says antartica belongs to nobody

[@faziekingz4617]

There is so many Countries making calims but it does not mean anything! The World made a treaty for it! Only for fantasizing sorry answer scientist works only

[@otterfan65]

We have a ton of places. The Falklands, Gibraltar, islands in the indian ocean, islands in the pacific, islands near africa etc.

[@21634345]

You have a mistake: in 1453, England wasn't pushed out of France. They still had Calais until 1479 I think.

[@OllieBye]

Michael Feldman They held Calais through much of the 1500s as well. I wasn't aware of this at the time.

[@justinlecroy6143]

Ollie Bye Cool vids man!!

[@OllieBye]

Justin Lecroy Thanks :)

[@justinlecroy6143]

Ollie Bye Where are you?

[@OllieBye]

Justin Lecroy As in, which country do I live in? The UK.

[@vatnidd]

9:57 Anything about Hong Kong?

[@OllieBye]

Samuel Lo I've had a couple of complaints about Hong Kong recently. Unfortunately, it was too small to be seen on the map, so I didn't mention it, but maybe I should've.

[@vatnidd]

Ollie Bye Didn't stop you from putting a circle around Hawaii in your US video. But anyway, great work! I'm sure that took you hours to research and animate!

[@OllieBye]

Samuel Lo Yeah, it did take a while. The reason I put a circle around Hawaii in my US video was because it was newer, and with animation you just kind of understand over time what works and what doesn't. In short, I'd improved by that point. Anyway, thanks for watching!

[@MichaelHayward]

Hong Kong '97 (Any AVGN watchers here?)

[@theextractionsd5419]

@@OllieBye just put a circle around hong kong so people would notice it

[@bellamckinnon8655]

This was so well-made!! I’ve seen some of your other videos (like the History of the World: Year by Year and the History of India) and I gotta say, your work is phenomenal. Don’t know how you have the patience to do it all but man, do we love your work. Here’s hoping to an awesome and fruitful 2020 for you and your channel!!

[@gbriank1]

Excellent historical rendering. The music really enhances the movements. Reminds me of the historical movements within Civilization.

[@nattapongkaewthanom4591]

Truly hard work and awesome job, you got a like and subscribe!

[@AdrielGreene]

Thank you for making these they are truly awesome.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

Wow just think about it this way: The very existence of the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and many others and the very people that live there all come down to England and her ambitions. Without England these places wouldn't have existed. The people there now would not exist. That's just mind boggling. Jesus Christ.

[@tHEMADGUY1000]

Sure there would be people you scumbag

[@EvenWaysMusic]

***** Yeah, but not the millions of people right now that call those lands home as we speak. They would not exist in this world would they...

[@onetwo6803]

They would, they'd just be in Britain. Their ancestors left Britain to go there, but if there ancestors stayed in Britain, it would just mean Britain with a much bigger population.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

Yics Hazard Nah man, it doesn't work like that. By that logic the UK now would have a population of like 700+ million.... Moreover, you're assuming the people alive now in Canada, USA, Australia and so on would all still be alive at this moment... No.... By that logic you're assuming everyone's parents at this moment in those countries would all miraculously meet somehow and produce the following lineage... No... Just no...

[@onetwo6803]

Well, if less people leave Britain, more people stay. Whatever happens the population would be bigger than what it is now.

[@John_Enclave]

Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.

[@seneca983]

Is it really something to smile about?

[@IsaacofOolacile]

@@seneca983 Yes unless you are the conquered then noone blames you for crying as its all you can do

[@seneca983]

@@IsaacofOolacile: I'd say some place getting conquered (or just most conflict in general) is a bad thing.

[@thefatassskeletonthatbefri3554]

Do you really think British empire is good ? Wow

[@IsaacofOolacile]

@@thefatassskeletonthatbefri3554 when did you Turks apologise? Yeah never so fuck yeah we ruled half the world

[@greenalpaca3802]

You still missing hong kong

[@utubelosers1]

These are cool. Thanks for making and posting them.

[@Halloweensmasher]

By 1970 the British Empire lay in ruins, foreign nationals frequented the streets - many of them Hungarians (not the streets - the foreign nationals). Anyway, many of these Hungarians went into tobacconists shops to buy cigarettes...

[@gabrielgarcia5339]

Much respect from a Spaniard.

[@lukejohns5900]

Wow, these Mercian dudes really have to take a chill pill

[@jainendraraghuvanshi8290]

Sir you have wonderfully compiled the history of British invasion...Thank you for sharing.

[@MrDaddynomates]

This is interesting. Thanks for making it. I live in the Southwest of England.

[@Demomaker]

Maybe some inaccuracies, but it is still some pretty good work :D, nice job

[@northchurch753]

18:06 We never removed Her Majesty from the Constitution. We simply renamed her as Queen of Canada.

[@jonasferencz8569]

Great job!

[@johnackermann766]

I LOVE MAPS, MAPS AND MORE MAPS!!! LOVED IT!!!

[@sylvali1046]

Do the same with France PLEASE!

[@gallopingghost1539]

gib aid?

[@cristerowarrior1450]

Why? This map is riddled with inaccuracies

[@alex_1880]

Yeah, a remake of the Rise and fall of french empire would be a great video.

[@thomasellis445]

Sylvali 2017 - France falls to Islam. The end.

[@eednb4257]

And Spain. And Portugal. And the Netherlands. And Germany. And Belgium. And the Ottoman Empire. And Russia. And China. And Italy. And Greece. And Poland-Lithuania. And-This is getting ridiculous.

[@joeclay9683]

and people say the British just fought savages with sticks for their land. most of the areas taken by the British were other European countries, that were just as advanced as Britain..

[@squiddi1393]

Yeah like the entire Western Hemisphere in which the indigenous peoples used sticks.

[@joeclay9683]

Squiddi so Britain took over south and north america now?

[@squiddi1393]

+joey clay No I'm just implying that the people there were defenseless.

[@SocialistFinn1]

No.... Most of the areas that they took were taken from defenseless natives that had weapons that Europeans had thousands of years earlier.

[@joeclay9683]

Donald Trump alot of the north american territory that the British took were French or Spanish or Dutch, just watch the video. India was not a savage backland, it was quite advanced, and they were taken over by the British. The Boers were taken over by the British and they weren't backwards savages. the Ottoman Turks that lost land to britain during and after ww1 weren't defenceless natives. England, before it united with Scotland, wasn't taking lands from defenceless natives, but instead powerful medieval kingdoms. Stop over generalising. alot of the land britain took were not defenceless natives. some, but not all.

[@AnnaMariaBarbastefano]

your is fantastic - unique and singular-subscribed

[@raykz543]

Amazing!

[@CyberDork34]

What about Jamestown in 1607?

[@OAMnez]

CyberDork34 Same here.

[@AshThunor]

Yea, that is a big error. Then calls it "Carolina colony" instead of Virginia colony.

[@JoshuaRellick]

As a Virginian, that was my biggest complaint with this video.

[@jordankillian9023]

Joshua Rellick us Virginians aren’t probably recognized as the OG Americans. Feels bad man 😔

[@rymara1]

"Britian grants independence to the 13 colonies...." that's not quite how it happened but ok we'll skip over that lol

[@AnnaMariaBarbastefano]

l mean ur channel is fantastic unique fabulous videos and subscribed

[@anaypradhan9679]

Dude you are a legend

[@chrisd4169]

jesse, if all the europeans nations didnt go to war in 1914 but all made an alliance with each other to invade the rest of the world together. it would have worked out great for them

[@madararyuzaki9233]

The only problem is that Russia can beat Europe single handedly.... So, no.

[@chrisd4169]

no way, they dropped out of the war in 1917

[@Joeby]

They couldn't beat themselves

[@tvpsycho1429]

Land mass doesn't make a difference mate, With all europes power and military. They probably would win.

[@Heligoland360]

Russia was a backwater country with a relatively low population, uneducated citizens and a poor economy. For god's sake, four Russian soldiers had to share one rifle. It's what made the USSR's rise to power so astounding.

[@xuelingliu1276]

You forgot the Virginia Company and Jamestown, but good video.

[@123TeeMee]

100k views! congrats

[@thomasshaughnessy9023]

I like how you kept Ireland independent for the whole video

[@citizenlizard]

The British left their mark in the world, perhaps the biggest mark of any nation in modern history. BTW I'm not British, it's just truth.

[@sergioponce7464]

Yes, the capitalism.

[@meltedicecreamsandwich]

The US left a bigger mark.

[@trashpanda8925]

us is an British mark

[@meltedicecreamsandwich]

Yeah but we can still leave a mark tf

[@MrGhost77757]

nbsp This guy gets it

[@chrobo]

There's an error here I think and that's that in 1607 British settled a colony in Hampton Roads/Virginia, USA. It was the first colony in the US and was the first time people began to explore northern america. I'm from Hampton Roads so I'm pretty sure this is correct, plus I was taught this in school and also wiki. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia I suggest you edit the video with annotations or something because this was not only there first colony but also the "birthplace" of the usa. EDIT: Just read a comment near the bottom of the comment section but you should still maybe put a annotation because it was actually considered a colony when Jamestown was founded which was in 1607.

[@christinestanding]

Fascinating!

[@scottishboi6035]

Good vid

[@georgeheld1901]

Huh I didn’t know the commonwealth was this big, I just thought it was UK, AUS, NZ, and Canada

[@skiteufr]

Very Interesting video, I liked the part in the 19th century which presented the development of the British Empire, a phase I didn't know much compared to the 18th century. However, England did not become the seat of real power after William the Conqueror's invasion. Normandy, and later Anjou (when the Plantagenets took over) were the places where the Kings of England spent most of their time. Henry II spent most of his life there and is buried in Anjou, Richard I only spent 6 months in England, did not know a word of English at all... Because these Kings were French in theory. They spoke French, came from France, and were vassals to the French kings for their lands in France. It means they were Kings for England, but vassal lords to the French Kings in France, and their counties and duchies part of France. This is what created this mess between England and France, the first one trying to defend the King's lands in France and the other one gradually seeing the Plantagenets as threats and foreigners. Therefore, we can't speak of the Angevin Empire as an English empire, or English possessions in France. Because the lands of the Kings of England in France were not considered english or part of the english crown... The Angevins were counts of Anjou, Dukes of Normandy, and married Eleonor for Aquitaine even before becoming King of England. England was part of the Angevin Empire but not the other way around. This is why we call it "Angevin", because the roots and seat of power was in Anjou, France.

[@asherweems2848]

Who else was wanting videos like this but couldn't find them?

[@shadowfang3272]

must have took you a long time to research and make this video , my hat goes off to you good work

[@VCYT]

18:25 - the state of the friendly empire ~ the commonwealth. Hello to viewers of this video from these nations :-)

[@lilacsbby4787]

VC YT hi from canada !

[@NemosHusbandswife]

The Americans controlled Kent? Damn... that's so weird because England didn't have any over sea colonies yet... xDD

[@OllieBye]

Nemo's Husband's wife Come on, we all make mistakes. It;s been corrected, anyway.

[@seneca983]

The Americans control: Kent, Elmore County, Alabama Kent, Pike County, Alabama Kent, California Kent, California, former name of Kentfield, California Kent, Connecticut Kent, Florida Kent, Iowa Kent, Illinois Kent, Jefferson County, Indiana Kent Island (Maryland) Kent Narrows, a waterway in Maryland Kent, Minnesota Kent, New York Kent, Ohio Kent, Oregon Kent, Texas Kent, Washington Kent (Washington, D.C.) Kent, West Virginia

[@Nilet98]

Hi from Spain! It is such a good video! But i found a mistake: in 1713, after the Guerra de Sucesión Spain gives Menorca to England for helping Felipe V de Borbón to get the Spanish throne, not Ibiza ")

[@Flutterzancelight]

very impressionant video

[@OllieBye]

MrRussianpony animator Thanks, I'm working on a similar one at the moment but for Germany. imgur.com/RVEQJRi%2cQ773PHZ#1

[@Flutterzancelight]

if you want , you can see my channels , there is projects

[@OllieBye]

Could you send me a link? Every time I click your name, it takes me to your Google+ page.

[@davidabrahams-edley8038]

Slight errors. England prior to 1089 did not include Rheged, Craven and Cumbria which were part of the Scottish/Celtic Kingdom of Strathclyde. Otherwise quite interesting.

[@jerosjulianjr.infante7971]

So, for a Hetalia fangirl this would technically be like looking at your bias' photo album

[@annatar6453]

impressive...very impressive

[@HB-ng9lb]

This video makes me cry

[@cameronthompson3364]

Who else felt good that they were in the history?

[@richardhughes4667]

Kind if a emotional video,even now so much of the world I'd united due to Britain. The British Empire surfers from a lot of bad press but it did so much for the world, until watching this video I thought the quote "Britain forged the modern world" was exaggerated but you can see how true it is from thus video.

[@Heligoland360]

Not to mention the industrial revolution, sewers, and many other inventions. And how Britain tended to trade for their colonies' goods, rather than just take, as this allowed those colonies to be built up and produce more goods in future.

[@NoName-im2fc]

Sewers? Sewers existed from the time of the Romans!

[@PikaPluff]

Sewers existed in the Indus Valley civilisation.

[@le0shadow]

@@Heligoland360 the Romans invented sewers. And your empire did no good to anyone, all you did was plunder, destroy local culture and enslave populations. Imperialism is only beneficial to the conqueror.

[@Heligoland360]

@@le0shadow The fact that there are still local populations and cultures shows that that is ridiculous. Also we ended the Atlantic slave trade (of which we had previously only been a small part of), and banned slavery across the empire. We came to those backwater shitholes and left behind hospitals, schools, railroads, and agricultural techniques all of which have allowed their populations to sky rocket. You cannot tell me that a continent like Africa which had previously struggled to sustain 40 million people in abhorrent conditions, did not benefit from the empires that conquered them, when afterwards the continent sustains a population of 1 billion people (which is still rapidly growing) in conditions that would've been considered luxury in comparison to China 2 centuries ago. www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/9valp9/gdp_per_capita_in_africa_vs_china_1980_2016_oc/ Honestly we should've left them in their squalar, most of the empire cost us far more than we ever got back, and we could've gotten nearly the same military value with military bases and port cities.

[@Jeremy-iv9bc]

It won't be long before someone is making a video like this about the US.

[@ATEG8374]

His tale at last... Shocking, Spectacular, Inspiring *ARTHUR KIRKLAND: THE UNTOLD STORY*

[@lilacsbby4787]

Jeros Julian D. Infante BRO I DIDNT THINK ANY OTHER HETALIA FANS WERE STILL AROUND (arthur is my favourite character :D)

[@joonker9607]

Makes me wanna play Victoria II 10/10

[@--Amal--]

eu4 has most 8f it tho but ya,me to

[@jakehughes6087]

13:49 The Largest Empire the World has ever seen

[@ChosenWarlord]

A huge chunk of it though is barren desert and ice that nobody really wanted.

[@reggie69.]

@@ChosenWarlord a lot of the ice and desert became oil the oil was found after they declared independence.

[@TallyhoJrIV]

Oh man, not just the largest but the strongest too.

[@jakehughes6087]

@@TallyhoJrIV Agreed

[@ChosenWarlord]

me h maybe so, but still it’s not difficult to take scarcely populated lands, well except India. Largest yes, but also the most boring empire of them all.

[@itibster]

One simple remark: The United States declared itself independent from Britain, it was not "granted" independence. The Brits had their asses kicked by the French and George Washington.

[@Joeby]

It is quite ironic how now the standard of living in England is higher than in the USA

[@jmunday7811]

Ivan Tiberkov 'Asses kicked' . This guy sure does know his accurate military knowledge.

[@deviladvocate21]

They declared independence, but the UK didn't *recognise* its independence until he end of the war.

[@axol5331]

nice

[@ultimateclassic4092]

Ladies and gentlemen, the empire that made and ruined the modern world at the same time.

[@zunfix1194]

EmpireGaming they did not ruin the world look at the good nations that gained independence

[@anicetusurban8516]

The USA ruined the modern world.

[@Chiefab22]

Anicetus von Obstfelder America the Greatest Country in the World!!

[@justarandomguywantingtostu6539]

Andy CowBoy Fuck no

[@justarandomguywantingtostu6539]

ZunfiX Both ruined it

[@Luboman411]

The tiny, backward, barbaric Kingdom of Wessex in 752 AD grows and grows and grows, gobbling up everything it can get its hands on. It gobbles up so much it becomes the vast, powerful, advanced, civilized British Empire of 1921 AD. Now that is immense growth in roughly 1,200 years.

[@nikanikuradze7437]

so gooood....

[@thewhaleking]

you should do a 2024 version of it, with much improved graphics

[@gallopingghost1539]

Mercia...

[@DeNihility]

The British Empire never fell or ended. It's merely asleep.

[@khorps4756]

wrong, USA took its place but disguised itself as a republic

[@kingofgoldnessr9364]

Khorps boi

[@khorps4756]

Kingofgoldness RBLX RR the USA is a dictatorship that's slightly free-er than a regular dictatorship it also is an empire with many colonies in the pacific ocean and also how it intervenes in things that have nothing to do with it

[@kingofgoldnessr9364]

Khorps Dude what kind of drugs are you on? Go to sleep lmao

[@khorps4756]

Kingofgoldness RBLX RR kk bby

[@arunkanwar79]

Guys, a thought from India , You can never become universal till you come out of the small idea to be global..merry Christmas and happy New year to all.

[@hotgamesex182]

Lmao how did the British conquer all of that in 18 minutes?

[@ossyable]

Vault Slav and lose it all in the last minutes lol

[@TallyhoJrIV]

Magic and how great the British are.

[@TallyhoJrIV]

@@ossyable Decolonisation act that was enacted by the USA, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy.

[@johnhay9729]

Then we just gave it all away for no fucking reason

[@wyattrox03]

@@johnhay9729 that's kinda dumb

[@mufsogamer9497]

I like it

[@mikespearwood3914]

2:10 Didn't the Danes reconquer England through Cnut? You skipped over that and went straight to the Normans in 1066.

[@nipplecollector7256]

I thought that aswell lol

[@jude62]

1:04 me: no doubt Mercia will unite england 1:31 me: What the

[@ronifirst8076]

I only came here for the music it is amazing

[@tungus-]

same, I occasionally come back only to listen to some epic music :D

[@beachcomber2008]

It's a great pity that you have pervasive typographical errors throughout your work. Otherwise this would be a marvellous and educative teaching aid. I wish I had seen this as a child.

[@OllieBye]

+beachcomber2008 That's what happens when you become too reliant of spell checker, I suppose.

[@beachcomber2008]

Ollie Bye I am an excellent speller, frequently more qualified than my stupid spellchecker. I wish you could be the same, but fear the worst. In order to save us both more grief, perhaps you could send me the text you propose to use, before you use it. That way we could both achieve Nirvana. At least until the day you learn to spell properly. This is a serious offer: I think your work admirable, in ALL other respects.

[@OllieBye]

beachcomber2008 My spelling isn't actually an issue anymore. If you look at when this video was posted, you'll see. Thanks anyway.

[@beachcomber2008]

Ollie Bye You are welcome.

[@YoHoOMirster]

+Ollie Bye (History) Haha! (Merican Lordship)

[@MichaelHayward]

Oh cool! 519, 'Murica was a kingdom of England! 😄

[@faque5634]

+MANTLE Who?

[@azik5607]

+MANTLE actually it's pronounced mur-see-ah

[@squiddi1393]

It's Mercia, but he wrote Merica xD

[@stevenjones4833]

Glad we seceded so that we could grow to become the world leader in business, innovation, and global poverty alleviation and save our former masters' asses during wwii and rebuild their economy free of charge, only to have them mock us :/ quite ironic.

[@MichaelHayward]

Steven Jones You guys only joined WWII after Japan flew their aircraft into your boats. The US wanted to stay out of that war and was very open about that!

[@basbruynzeel6614]

I cried while watching the “fall of the british empire” part

[@TallyhoJrIV]

"Fall", more like "Giveaway".

[@nytrex_yt7417]

TallyhoJrIV true

[@user-lp5cr6jw4b]

You must be british

[@FHIPrincePeter]

@@TallyhoJrIV The defeat of the British by the Japanese destroyed the myth of British superiority. That was the catalyst.

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

I smiled..because we got freedom :)

[@adamgoodfellow6813]

This is great - although your western border for Sussex seems to suggest that Winchester, capital of Wessex, was in Sussex.

[@MTCCrew]

I noticed a few mistakes, but still a very good job.

[@Review11110]

1700: India is the weakest 1700: uk is the strongest 1947: India is weakest 1947: Britain is the strongest 1948: India is the strongest 1948: Britain is the strongest

[@nipplecollector7256]

True story bro

[@comradep8519]

remove the fall part and it's good

[@Legionari3]

What Empire do we still have?

[@comradep8519]

@@Legionari3 The isles, of course. All we have to do is defend them now.

[@comradep8519]

@Jack Byrne Why's that?

[@theducc3203]

Your username checks out

[@lmao.3661]

@@comradep8519 uk will soon be no more

[@TT_1221]

Good job! - your final graphic should read "The united kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (not Ireland) and the common wealth of Nations - 2014" :)

[@OllieBye]

There wasn't really room.

[@123TeeMee]

Ollie Bye I think there was. it would still take up less than half of the box. adding one word (northern) hardly makes a difference. if you didn't know, tonyo1221 was talking about the info in the grey sidebar on the last slide.

[@EdinburghFive]

Interesting map. It is rather odd that the Virginia settlements do not show up until the 1661. Jamestown was established in 1607. Also the maps do not include the several occupations of Acadia prior to the 1710. It should be noted the map (1713) shows Prince Edward Island under British control. Under the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht France retained control of the Islands in the St Lawrence, excluding Newfoundland. The reach of British control in the Maine regions extends too far east. It should not extend beyond the Kennebec River until the Seven Years War.

[@Night_77_F7777]

where is Hong Kong when it gets handed?

[@dylantetreault3943]

Bruh I don’t speak British. I speak cheeseburger.

[@dylantetreault3943]

Marka Ragnos Southern New Englandish

[@dylantetreault3943]

Marka Ragnos Sorry I meant East Coastish. I get those two mixed up.

[@ilikechocolate3741]

I think that if you combine the british, the french, the spanish and the portuguese empires at their greatest extent you have like 95% of the world, or something like that

[@DharmaRecords]

It really needs a voice over as it is impossible to read the events history and watch the developments on the map at the same time.

[@superraegun2649]

Do one for Russia, and for the Romans

[@anglo6248]

The One Thing Everyone Misses, Our Amazing Empire.

[@ritasalengiene2706]

Get ready for the incoming angry; Indians, Irish, Chinese, Argie- Well.. you get the point. But eh, RULE BRITANNIA!

[@anglo6248]

@@ritasalengiene2706 True.

[@stefanvlad8472]

Rita Salengiene americans eqyptians canadians aussies South Africans americans etccccc . But fuck em GOD SAVE THE QUEEN ! RULE BRITANNIA !

[@williamolsen8464]

Britain is our little bitch. We've got military bases in your tiny sunless rock, and saved your country 3 times. Ww1, Ww2 and Cold war. Without us, Britshits would be speaking German or Russian. LMAO!

[@johnhay9729]

William Olsen all you did in ww1 was trade with us ww2 you didn’t save us nobody saved anyone it’s not like we were losing the war before you came and you mainly focused on the japenese which we really didn’t get involved in and you didn’t join the war because of pearl harbour and the Cold War wasn’t even a war to be honest it was more like a war of ideas and tensions between us and the Soviet Union and we have military bases in America to nob ed

[@silvanasmax965]

Missing is the Virginia Colony in 1607 at Jamestown, which was slightly before the Puritans, also English, and had parallel (and overlapping) development.

[@braydenstalcup3951]

Where do you get your music?

[@stokesy887]

Hate us all you want, but your nation has never come so close to glory as ours.

[@andresolmos8639]

Does Spain count?

[@maxmustermann9515]

Germany

[@referty0692]

@@witchdoctor9269 Lol, where is the US's history, you should be a colony again

[@andresolmos8639]

I mean everyone knows the greatest nation that has ever existed was Ulm but whatever

[@referty0692]

@@witchdoctor9269 Never realised that 200 years is nothing? You guys have your culture from England, France, and spain, and no, depends on where you think i am from lol

[@herpityderp154]

forgot Hong Kong

[@andrewstrawn4015]

Where do you get your maps from?

[@famouscryp4130]

So we ignoring that part of antarctica still belongs to UK?

[@EdinburghFive]

What? Since when. Antarctica is a scientific preserve as set out in the Antarctic Treaty System.

[@mememagician2228]

The top three most impressive empires (in my opinion) 1. The Roman Empire 2. The British empire 3. The Mongol empire

[@EvenWaysMusic]

+Darcy Puccini You see, the Mongol Empire, to me anyway, is just impressive in size. In reality they did nothing but butcher and massacre. Nothing really impressive or beneficial to mankind. The Roman Empire did much in the advancement of mankind and The British Empire was both impressive in size (obviously being the biggest in history) but also propelled technological advancement and the advancement of mankind like no other.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

***** When things like globalisation, massive advancements to shipping and transportation, connecting all the colonies with telecommunication, linking every corner of the Empire, and subsequently the countries themselves with rail roads, huge medical advancements and the biggest one of them all: pushing mankind into a completely new era and age out of the Renaissance Era, the Industrial Era: " The Industrial Revolution began in the United Kingdom and most of the important technological innovations were British" which subsequently has led to everything technological we have today and our very way of life. Saying the British Empire wasn't the entity of massive advancement is like saying the Sun isn't hot. It's just false. And yes, it was the largest. Both of these are indisputable facts. We all know about the deaths etc. That's what Empire's do. Name me one that's different. The only reason the British Empire has a figure of deaths higher than any other is simple: It was the largest so naturally that means more conquest which = more deaths. That's just a given and is no different from any other Empire. If you expand, you naturally cause more death. Secondly, during the days of the British Empire the world population was much larger which of course just translates into more possible deaths. All this when IN FACT the Mongol's, in regards to world population percentage, killed waaaayyyy more people. The Mongol's alone in their time reduced the world population by 11%. I don't even think Britain and France did that combined... So yes, all they did was destroy and butcher. That is a fact. Sure they had some literary stuff etc but yh, butchering... So get over yourself and stop crying.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

***** Hmmm. Throw everything electronic and mechanical out the window and set your car on fire. You know, because those inventions link directly to the Industrial Revolution...

[@EvenWaysMusic]

***** Was it planned by the British? No. Was it an effect of the British? Yes. Would the Industrial Revolution have happened without Britain? Yes. But not until much later in history. What does that mean? It means right now, if the British Empire hadn't existed, you wouldn't have internet to be on to bitch about your little, insignificant hurt feelings and living as it it was 300 - 400 years ago. Go pretend as if the British Empire wasn't the same as every other empire in history somewhere else you melodramatic pc bellend.

[@XxTeAmDaRkxX]

+Ronit Dhanphole advancement of mankind Europe you mean those 20 country's that kept fighting each other and equate to 80% of the worlds deaths to war? Those country's that tried to dominate the world through pure blood shed and army occupation? Those country's that back stabbed each other for 1000 years... Naaa Europe has done fuck all for the world England single handedly brought the 3rd world out of the Stone Age. So when you sit own and drink you tea or coffee remember it was because England traded with India and created the first railway and tea trade routes in the world... Guck europe

[@sonnydog830]

Found a mistake on 1607. In 1607 the Virginia Company of London settled in Virginia in a settlemeny they named Jamestown. That is never seen or mentioned in this video.

[@psammiad]

I hadn't quite realised that during the Civil War, England already had outposts in India and colonies in America.

[@piggo5645]

Oceans rise, empires faaaaall!

[@lilacsbby4787]

George we have seen each other, through it allllll

[@davidillarretasolans6970]

And when push, comes to shove...

[@fjz10706]

Broken World i will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love