Ten Minute English and British History #19 - The Early Stuarts and the Gunpowder Plot

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This episode covers the rule of the James I and the Union of the Crowns which saw both England and Scotland ruled by the same monarch. It covers James' early rule which saw the Gunpowder Plot and the attempts to create a religious consensus in England. James managed to keep England out of war but after his death in 1625 his son, Charles I saw to war with Spain and intervention in the Thirty Years' War. Charles was an abrasive king and his heavy handed rule and corruption led to opposition which culminated in the Bishops' Wars and set the stage for the English Civil War.
Recommended Books:
John Morrill - Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction. Very good introductory book and extremely cheap too, good for people new to the period. Much better at covering social and economic trends than the political and religious stuff but still very good.
Barry Coward and Peter Gaunt - The Stuart Age: England 1603-1714. Much more detailed (and expensive) and an extremely good work. Better for things like the personalities of James, Charles and Cromwell.
Ten Minute English and British History is a series of short, ten minute animated narrative documentaries that are designed as revision refreshers or simple introductions to a topic. Please note that these are not meant to be comprehensive and there's a lot of stuff I couldn't fit into the episodes that I would have liked to. Thank you for watching, though, it's always appreciated.

[@vroomkaboom108]

Drinking game: watch every video on english history and take a shot everytime parliament denies money to a monarch

[@JS-iu3ce]

Robert Widdowson dead*

[@geronimo8159]

Or everytime where's war with France 😌

[@P45K141N3N]

oh my poor liver

[@Cjnw]

Ok tumour

[@yodathe900yearolddyslectic8]

Another name Death by alcoholism

[@LightAnkou]

James seems like a surprisingly sensible monarch, especially compared to his successor. No war, budget before glory and almost nobody totally angry at him. Pretty cool.

[@samdoesvids1339]

Koldo Estrada yer but he created hysteria over witchcraft and wizardry, so...he was still kind of insane. (Even religious people back then didn’t believe in that crap), but he did patron Shakespeare’s work on ‘Macbeth’, which is superb choice in my opinion,

[@DrunkenStorm118]

Yes, James didn't pull a Charles I and directly make terrible decisions. However, indirectly James hurt England's reputation and it's treasury. James spending habits created huge problems, not necessarily solely within his reign, but led to parliament having much more leverage over English kings than in the Tudor period. Yes, Charles was the one who lost his head, but James wasn't a perfect king, he had many personal shortcomings regarding his personal life and intimacy with favourites, his lackadaisical foreign policy, which alienated Protestants who wanted England to champion the Protestant cause in Europe, and his overly moderate religious policy which pleased no one. James wasn't a bad king, but wasn't a good one either. It's rather telling that the most famous quote attributed to him is the "wisest fool in Christendom" title.

[@LightAnkou]

@@samdoesvids1339 And how do we know they were not real witches?!?!!

[@TheKeithvidz]

@@DrunkenStorm118 Unfair for instance 'lackadaisical foreign policy, which alienated Protestants who wanted England to champion the Protestant cause in Europe' - sounds u favor war. But in much else u appear to have meaningful critique.

[@brotherhoodknight6951]

@@LightAnkou witches arnt real that's why.

[@F22onblockland]

"Buckingham would retire from politics in 1628, and by retire, I mean he was stabbed to death." lmao.

[@fulcrum2951]

Death is a type of retirement

[@thatperson1009]

blood in a history matters video !!!

[@joshportie]

This entire video leaves out all the Catholic church assassinations and wars.

[@joshportie]

Wow nevermind he flat out lies.

[@jasonmartin4775]

@@joshportie ok, what actually happened?

[@hf3923]

3:01 "A newt?" "I got better..." I love this channel for its history and occasional Monty Python references

[@thhseeking]

And Batman...climbing the castle wall :P

[@andreyazevedo683]

There are so many references that i'd doubt anyone would be able to catch them all.

[@GhostBear3067]

Funny thing about the Gunpowder plot is that when he was discovered Guy Fawkes was trying to dry the gunpowder... with an open flame. That means there was a chance that instead of us learning about a grand conspiracy to kill the King that was thwarted we might be learning about the great historical mystery of the night Westminister suddenly exploded.

[@Erik-ko6lh]

At lest they did not call it New Boston.

[@BlandSpagetti]

Voltaire of Paris it just sounds wrong doesn’t it

[@Cjnw]

Normie PFP

[@josephleonard6695]

lol swipe at New Amsterdam

[@jamiebarba5701]

@@josephleonard6695 England change name of New Amsterdam to New York.

[@speedypichu6833]

That sounds weird, especially since I actually live in Boston

[@NearSpace04]

"Puritans weren't the most creative bunch" "Sue me" Lmao

[@Locutus]

It wasn't that funny. It was a nice attempt at humour, but it definitely isn't going to win the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

[@chiefjohnson2642]

@NearSpace04 I can't im not american.......cmu

[@panzhubnikaz7335]

@@chiefjohnson2642 americans are tthe one sueed for puritans stealings names

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

430th like!

[@stephenlaarkamp7344]

So they decided to leave Boston and head to North America to found... Boston. Puritans were not the most inventive bunch lol.

[@hf3923]

"We don't like to so we'll do it ourselves!" - also they weren't too fond of the arts so no wonder why they weren't imaginative

[@scarletcrusade77]

"Sue me"

[@merrittanimation7721]

They even called the area "New England". I'm pretty sure if they could've gotten away with it they wouldn't have even added the "new".

[@JustyHakubi]

Go Red Sox!

[@hallamhal]

We'll found our own Boston... without blackjack or hookers!

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Cromwell at the end: "Soon..."

[@ultra_epic_guy5966]

Sinapth ikr

[@crossleyskinfill9601]

" She turned me into a newt!" "A newt!?!" " I got better..."

[@northchurch753]

BURN HER ANYWAY

[@adamkerman475]

Monty python

[@baldbread3693]

Fun fact: James the first was named after the great James Bizonet

[@spudsdavenport]

I did not know that!

[@NmaeUnavailablesigh]

Jameses are zero-indexed

[@stephenroney2366]

James VI (1567 to 1625) was named after his Grandfather James V of Scotland. James. James V (1513 1542), was named after his father James IV of Scotland. James IV( 1488 1513) was named after his father James III of Scotland. James III (1460 1488), was named after his father James II of Scotland. James II (1437 1460), was named after his father James I of Scotland.(1406 1437). Its a family thing with the House of Stewart.

[@user-jq4sp6hv9k]

​@@spudsdavenporthe is wrong

[@snakey1315]

​​@stephenroney2366 who was named after the great glorious god given james bizonet

[@armorsmith43]

This series sets you apart among history edutubers and is what leads me to recommend you to others in person and on reddit. I know you have thought about abandoning this because it has less-good metrics, but I would take a look to see if that is true in the longer term.

[@UpcycleElectronics]

2nd, The British picket line picture-show is the TMH hallmark and branding IMO. It's easy to replicate what others do when it comes to general business practices. It is much harder to forge your own path. If a business forges it's own wholely independent identity it is in control of its own destiny. Following in the footsteps of others will always result is comparisons and limitations. I don't think there's anything wrong with doing what works and what you need to do to pay the bills, but as I see it, this has independent and unique potential. That said, I am a poor gimp, that can't back up my words with my wallet. If anyone really believes in this British history content, please pay a pound for a picket on patreon -Jake

[@dams6829]

I agree. I love these series since it covers history of England starting from Rome which explains all these transitioning periods which is awesome. Shame and I don't understand why it isn't as watched as his other videos.

[@keeganmoonshine7183]

people just don't appreciate all these quality history channels. They deserve way more views.

[@1ukjunglednbraver]

@@keeganmoonshine7183 agreed most people are dumbed down these days.. they would rather gossip or do some other basic shit that most likely has something to do with their own "fame" on the interweb.

[@alexforbes6011]

Three years on from this comment, I’m new to the channel and I’ve literally binged all these videos in chronological order. I love them! Some of the best history videos on YT

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

Very happy to see the return of the British history series. I hope we keep getting them.

[@ultra_epic_guy5966]

WheresWallace4883 I agree

[@Boredmf09]

This didn't age well

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

@@Boredmf09 Yeah I guess he decided that it takes too much effort to make longer videos.

[@Boredmf09]

@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 (sorry for the late response) It's actually because of KZbin demonitizing his videos. He lost half his revenue because of that, so he stopped doing 10 minute history so if one video is demonitized, not half of his revenue would be wiped away like the snap.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

@@Boredmf09 It's a shame he prioritised making money over making good videos.

[@giladpellaeon1691]

They also sailed from Plymouth and started their first settlement at...Plymouth. Puritans, no imagination because imagination is fun and fun is a tool of the devil.

[@intergalactic92]

Love that the witch trial included a guy saying "she turned me into a newt!"

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

You over-simplified the ‘Guy Fawkes confesses’-thing - *everyone* does; the guy was tortured for _days_ before he even admitted to his name - by the time he confessed to everything, the other conspirators were already either apprehended, or dead.

[@richeybaumann1755]

I never noticed this before, but I love how when you are talking about James, you use IR instead of JR. It's a small detail but it's really cool.

[@RealLifeW0rld]

*_Finally, Ten Minute English and British History is back!!_*

[@feelsbradman6793]

She turned me into a newt! ... I got better

[@RapierNeedleCrime]

BURN HER ANYWAY

[@gabrielaubry1334]

If she weighs as much as a duck, that means she's made of wood, and therefore...

[@jasonpade4949]

A WITCH!!

[@chrimbo90]

That’s a fair cop...

[@firstconsul7286]

Who are you, that are so wise in the ways of science?

[@Jodonho]

8:30 "[Wentworth] made promises to all groups that he couldn't keep and managed to unite all Ireland against him, which is frankly impressive. "

[@DanielgtaLaw]

4:39 The Pilgrims left their Plymouth and discover the "Plymouth" Colony in Massachusetts Bay

[@merrittanimation7721]

Again, the Puritans weren't the most creative of peoples

[@blurp1235]

sue me

[@thhseeking]

"Founded", not "found".

[@Heidepixie]

Anyone else thought it was absolutely adorable when he said "I lied, I'm sorry" in the last video? I'm always happy to see these videos on my feed.

[@Criispy___]

I legitimately love this English/British History series, good job, can't wait for the next World History video too!

[@JohnnyLodge2]

With such a simple animation design it is always amazing to me how you are able to display so much emotions through the eyes

[@adamkerman475]

It’s all eyebrows

[@spudsdavenport]

Especially, "Soon".

[@mcajita]

Time for some of those world-famous thuds!

[@starsjosephfrost]

Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot; for there is a reason why gunpowder and treason should ne'er be forgot.” -V

[@oscarmatthews879]

Great video!!! Just want to say that please continue with the series. Your videos on British history are amazing and are helping me to do a much needed revision on British history that I need for class. Honestly, the ones you've already made have been great and helpful. It's the only channel I know of that centers on British history this way.

[@NeiltheNotSoBrave]

Kind sir (don't know your name). Your videos have really rekindled my interest in history. This is the series I was looking for and so much more. someone else has done all the hard dreary work of mining this huge impure ore of all conflicting historical accounts , smelted out the BS then forged it into a perfectly balanced rapier. Particularly enjoy your even handed humour in both your animations and your narrative. Can't even begin to imagine how much time goes into creating your content. Thank you!

[@jgonascar]

American here, Love this series keep it up!

[@blurp1235]

What makes us dittos?

[@JustyHakubi]

Dittos!

[@Valencetheshireman927]

@Blurp 123-Ditto means the same thing again so naming the colonial town of Boston after Boston (England) would be considered repetitive.

[@user-fi2fk2ei7o]

Traitor to the throne 😡

[@PugnaciousProductions]

@@user-fi2fk2ei7o go cry in your bangers and mash

[@williamjones7163]

Famous Monty Python quote: She's a witch! She turned me into a newt! I got better.

[@Sammy1234568910]

long awaited for. Although I wouldn't have called the plantations a failure, I mean arguably Northern Ireland remains part of the UK today largely because of plantation. I also would have liked to have seen a note on the creation of the Union Jack but I guess that can wait until 1707.

[@Simonskilamb]

Depends on your persperctive but I suspect many view the plantations as nothing other than a terrible, regrettable period of history that has left a nation unnecessarily permanently partitioned and divided

[@Sammy1234568910]

@@Simonskilamb many might. There are no doubt various perspectives; others might look at things like the towns and cities founded during the period, the introduction of new cultures and ideas, the architectural heritage or even Bushmills Whiskey. Like you said it depends on perspective and there is no single right or wrong perspective.

[@happycommuter3523]

As a resident of the US Boston, I found this very amusing.

[@theEWDSDS]

2:59 love the Monty Python refrence!

[@anttibjorklund1869]

"And by retire I mean he was stabbed to death" XD

[@paulkingtiger]

Loved the Gustavus Adolphus cameo!

[@ay2257]

I just want you to know that I absolutely love these and I've watched the whole series. Every time you show someone dying I always laugh it never gets old

[@stay10578]

“Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.”

[@cameronarmstorng7666]

That is so primary

[@henryvkingofenglandandfran7220]

Please please keep continuing these series regularly they are great

[@andrewmulhearn1234]

Your icon seems pretty familiar...Genoa right?

[@ragael1024]

Guy Fawkes gets discovered with a bunch of gunpowder, enough to blow up a mountain, and is simply asked "Whatcha doing?" Bwahahha i love these animations :))

[@AndyRKuyt]

Love both of the ongoing series! I would love to see a video on the thirty years' war on this channel, but I could imagine it being a real struggle to fit into the time frame.

[@pyromanic8]

2:38 That guy is one hell of an effective torturer

[@ValerianLincinius]

Great video. I hope you keep this series up!

[@Map42892]

Yesss so happy these are back. Best english history series on youtube

[@Supermunch2000]

Is that a cheeky little Lord Protector in the corner in the end? BTW, as a non-brit anglophile, I love this series!

[@seanodonovan5974]

Great vid but the pronunciation of Connaught made me die

[@szymongorczynski7621]

And Tyrone in previous videos.

[@davidpanton3192]

And Covenanters

[@seanodonovan5974]

Trz conn-ocht

[@danielkaster2648]

Great videos, I love how short yet info-packed they are. Keep up the great work

[@MuchWhittering]

I'd love if you did a full video on the Gunpowder Plot next month.

[@danielwright2767]

Can u do the gunpowder plot in detail? Cause here in the uk we have an entire day dedicated to it . From my knowledge people outside the uk don’t really know y. I think it would be interesting for people outside the uk .

[@thhseeking]

There was a doco a few years ago, hosted by either Sir Baldrick or Richard Hammond (I think Hammond) where they tried to re-create the kaboom of the plot with a model of the then House of Parliament. It would have made a mess of King Charles I.

[@kingt0295]

@@thhseeking what was their plan after the explosion? I doubt blowing up an entire building worth of nobles would change that much for catholics

[@avatarlui9195]

@@kingt0295 their main hope was for a Catholic monarch to succeed the throne and make things better for the Catholics but all it did was convince people that the Catholics were not to be trusted.

[@PugnaciousProductions]

@@avatarlui9195 and even if it had succeeded, there was so much hysteria in England st the time surrounding Catholics, that they’d be blamed wether or not they actually knew.

[@Victor-iq5rd]

@@PugnaciousProductions HYSTERIA????? I don''t think they are hysterical...

[@sweiland75]

You may be surprised at English who migrated to other countries and founded what became a city named after a city in England. Here in Canada, we have a city named London, which is by a river called...*drumroll* The Thames. It's in southwestern Ontario and so is the city of Windsor.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Here in 🇳🇿 we have a Thames, and a Cambridge, and we even had not one, but *two* Oxfords, one close to Cambridge. The two Oxfords held a competition to decide which one had to change its name ... guess which one lost.

[@CuratorOfRealities]

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 the one that is no longer named Oxford?

[@JohnnyLodge2]

You know it’s going to be a good episode when not even 5 seconds in and someone already dropped dead!

[@littlejoe9478]

Very much enjoy the style of which these are created. Well done sir, I hope you are considering a Rome series, from the beginning.

[@kovn4992]

8:17 i like your humor and the fact that you still hold on to the content. there are people who overdo it a bit and drag it out

[@yuval159100]

Please continue with this playlist to the present.

[@SARHistories]

Short and sweet! You learn all you need to know in 10 minutes! Another great video 👍

[@kerblo]

Great series. Please continue.

[@votedonbypatrons]

Love your videos! Could you at some point do the Yalta and Potsdam conferences? Much love

[@anthonyelenga8939]

Fun fact, robert Catesby is an ancestor of Kit Harrington, the actor who plays Jon Snow in game of thrones. He also plays the role of his ancestor in Gunpowder, an HBO series based on these events

[@SweetMelodeeASMR]

I love these!! History can be interesting and funny.

[@DarrellDaEmperorCeasar]

I honestly like the mind craft guys holding the sings I be reading them geeked up and stuff plz keep this Channel growing

[@TuvyahJ]

Love your stuff man!

[@DCdabest]

It's funny that James's belief in witches was considered so extreme as to be unseemly even then. He wrote a book hysterically decrying the presence of witches in England and set up courts to persecute them; but mostly people where rather embarrassed by his interest in the topic and convictions were relatively rare.

[@walboyfredo6025]

8:21 LOL - love it!

[@jdstreeter]

great job as always!

[@sealofapoorval7437]

This is the first known reference to Sir James of the house of Bisonette.

[@TheFranchiseCA]

First Lord of memetic donors.

[@jgonascar]

2:34 The barrel says "Not Gunpowder" XD

[@countdown4725]

I'll never get tired of those "dead" sound effects

[@Churhli]

This channel definitely deserves more subscribers...

[@yoshiman1221]

I actually like this series and I'm wondering if you are going to treat every existing country like this and give them their own series. If so, I am excited.

[@oscarredfearn3492]

this is so good man

[@nikolaytsankov9066]

This one took way shorter than usual. Good job. Keep up the good work

[@tomgreen7618]

Really good

[@noblefjn]

"she turned me into a newt" "a newt?" "i got better..."

[@beastieman4207]

love ur content👍👌🏻

[@SethTheOrigin]

It has probably been said already but Connaught is pronounced 'Con-acht' where the stress is on the first syllable.

[@MorganKydd]

Gahh! A Cliffhanger! Haha. Awesome vid as always :D

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First time here, and i can't watch it because im losing it over the text on the boards Subscribed

[@honestiago4738]

Genuine laugh out loud moment at 'Make Me'

[@cz.gazz.]

I know of Sir Walter Raleigh because he was Fitzthistlewits' pseudonym when he played Facade

[@peterhiggins7998]

That was intense

[@InvisibleTower]

Whoa mate, you should have put a warning before that hardcore torture scene!

[@davebowman9000]

3:02 That sweet, sweet reference

[@xangpee8271]

It would be nice to see a video on the Act of Union 1801 between Great Britain and Ireland

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

Damn Cromwell

[@paulabbottii1220]

Iacobus Rex and Carolus Rex are a nice touch.

[@greenbutter3190]

Stable video 👍

[@DemonetisedZone]

Great stuff

[@Illjwamh]

Woo! Cromwell next episode! Glad this series is still going. It's honestly my favorite thing on this channel, though I do like everything else as well.

[@MrSpy-jo4je]

I love that sass sign😂 you had one job 🤣

[@alexwilkin]

I would like to add that the King James Bible also ticked of the Welsh and Cornish as well as the Scottish

[@SportyMabamba]

At the time those most in those areas would’ve spoken Welsh / Cornish / Scots so couldn’t read a book printed in Latin or English.

[@alexwilkin]

@@SportyMabamba exactly

[@rafaelmelo2576]

I always knew that it was Scotland to conquer England, and not the other way around.

[@feelsbradman6793]

'conquer' implies military action. In this case there was none. The king of Scotland inherited the throne of England.

[@unholyxeras8182]

Whilst true that it wasn't a military takeover, it does sort of imply that perhaps it should be England thinking about independence from Scotland, rather than the other way around

[@reinatr4848]

@@unholyxeras8182 it was a personal union, not a political one.

[@cigh7445]

@@reinatr4848 Aye but Scotland's Parliament later voted for the Union of Parliaments to create the UK anyway.

[@tescomealdeal9901]

I’m in the town where the gunpowder plot ended at Holbeche House in Kingswinford, West Midlands

[@davesy6969]

I like the idea of dissolving parliament-in acid.

[@cattycyoutube]

I was worried another one of these wasn't going to come out for a long time.

[@codex3048]

Excellent

[@ianirungu3659]

Just here to tout Mike Duncan's Podcast 'Revolutions' - Season 1 is on the English civil wars

[@juhisingh2704]

Superb

[@Tgogators]

Nice addition! Of all the studying of British monarchy this Stuarts tend to be the dullest reading of them all, but you good sir, made it entertaining!

[@wfcoaker1398]

Tyler L But they gave us all those great Jacobite songs, though. Lol

[@Tgogators]

True, I am sure they were much more interesting in real life (woman's literature was getting steam, start of modern medicine, group sex, end of authoritarian systems) just the literature is a bit dry. Subjective, but it was around George III when English playwright and literature starting to take off again

[@brbjuke45]

So addicting

[@royharel2147]

With respect, when will you release the Thirty Years War video? i am greatly anticipating it because a find this conflict really interesting

[@aegonii8471]

Search up the topic yourself. That would do more good than watching a 10 minute video, and even still there are tons of other channels that have already covered it.

[@royharel2147]

Sir Devil thank you for the statement....I do read about this topic in books and articles and I just wanted to see ten minute history’s take on it because I enjoy his content

[@davidmitchell3881]

The pronunciation of Connaught is most interesting. Never heard that one before.