The First Opium War: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

[@HistoryMatters]

First non Ten-Minute episode. Which feels weird. Next episode is 'The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge' and will be out on Saturday. Thank you all for watching.

[@danielakinbobola3659]

Could you please do a video on the wars against Louis XIV and a video on the Punic Wars?

[@cattycyoutube]

And that explains the name change.

[@CannedBread-mz2tx]

Love the whole “New Direction” thing the channel is going in! Really excited for the new content!

[@justtheworst.6795]

I love your videos in general, and either way, shorter or longer, you still make great content! One side note, in 1839, the Qing Dynasty still had "Outer Manchuria," it would only cede it over to Russia after the Second Opium War.

[@fatehkhan9269]

It's ok good luck

[@danielw.8356]

"The British were furious that the Chinese could tell the British what to do in China" LMFAO

[@DomanicGamingYT]

They did it everywhere

[@peterjones8087]

@@liyi0708 of what exactly?

[@averagecoloniser4586]

Newtus minder they have a law saying it’s illegal to reincarnate so enjoy that snippet of knowledge

[@Admiral45-10]

Let's make it Eastern-European: ,,Soviets vere furious, that the Poles could tell the Soviets what to do in Poland"

[@flybeep1661]

Kinda the same reason why they left the EU. They were mad they couldn't tell the entire EU what to do according to what they want and somehow those crybabies turned that into them being "oppressed" by the EU. Never mind all the exceptions to rules the Brits were granted. Idiots.

[@alexpayne2764]

"Britain was furious that the Chinese thought they could tell them what to do, in China." I love this so much

[@croweater6814]

Angry redcoat noises.

[@captaincookie2785]

Timestamp for ya: 0:30

[@fuck_Russian_bots]

It's funny though he goes on to point out this is because of how the Chinese saw the British as barbarians. He doesn't cover the beginning when China was selling silk and tea to the British and all the silver British pounds were all ending up in China because China would not allow reciprocated trade. Hoarding to break the British empire. So the British fought back by selling them drugs and bombarding the Chinese coast line. The Chinese in China also were and are still very racist towards "round eyes". No one was on their best behavior back then. Britain did just take what it wanted and deployed less than honorable tactics, but all is fare in love and war. You should expect anything.

[@PhoenixTheEditor36]

That’s the British empire for you

[@Randi-h5q]

@@fuck_Russian_bots back in the old days I think just about every major civilisation / regional power from the Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Chinese and Japanese etc., deem foreigners of other ethnicities as barbarians. Frequent raids on the frontier by foreign enemies and the lack of international trade probably hardened those beliefs further. As for the trade imbalance with Qing China, I think it's because China had all the agricultural and natural resources to make whatever they wanted already; and what it really wanted was the industrial tech from the West which China didn't have. Essentially, the same trade imbalance reason as the West's current trade war with China.

[@adeptkhristossilvae2601]

Pablo Escobar: biggest drug lord to ever live. Britain: "France, hold my bloody Earl Grey"

[@botmexicanpatriot]

That would literally be El Mencho

[@Delgen1951]

@Zeke Spears Do not need Opium poppies just as big Pharma, they synthesize it from cheap stock. Also there bosses fear, after the FDA pulled liescine and sent the FBI to investage them, Noe Big Pharma bosses in jail.

[@simsportif]

France: *Throws Earl Grey into the channel* woopsie?

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

@@simsportif lmao that would be such a French move.

[@ericbrown1101]

@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ or the Americans. It worked in Boston lol.

[@rexcorvorum4262]

The Chinese: Can you please stop selling drugs. The British **drops tea** how dare you tell us what to do in your country!

[@graysonguinn1943]

Newtus minder How does the British boot taste?

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

They were all racist so they can get fucked for all the British care. False sense of superiority is why they got beaten so bad, irony is not much has changed

[@festethephule7553]

@@mrcaboosevg6089 Technically xenophobic.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

@@festethephule7553 Technically racist. They saw themselves above non ethnic Chinese people which is racism, Xenophobic is like the German hating the slavs who are the same race

[@arnold3768]

@@mrcaboosevg6089 what? Germans aren't slavs lol.

[@mattj.7756]

I love how instead of a field of daisies, you have a field of poppies because poppies produce opium seeds.

[@u2-tv899]

🤨 💭 Hmmm Oooh lord🤦‍♂️!… Any story about about Western nations invading Asia, Africa, America, Middle East, Pacific, etc… always excruciating… Afterwards, they’d send Priests into that territory to continue spread their evil spirits… Western civilization acting like world police officers but they’re the robbers, thieves, criminals, etc…

[@charlieross4674]

Not opium seeds... The actual unflowering poppy pods are scored with special knives in the morning and the latex that weeps out is collected with another curved knife-like tool in the evening. That latex dries and that is opium, not the seeds. Poppy seeds do contain a number of alkaloids though and a very dangerous tea can be stewed from them. Dangerous because the actual variety and amounts of the various alkaloids are impossible to know before drinking it, so it's possible and very easy to overdose on it.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I was travelling through China a few days ago. Beautiful mountains there. Now I'm in Hanoi watching this with Donald

[@samdoesvids1339]

Kim Jong-un are you using a VPN supreme leader?

[@kingusernamelxixthemagnificent]

Are you feeling ronery ?

[@shahsoftinc.2459]

U on honeymoon with trump?

[@j.fernandes6585]

Did you get Corona, supreme Leader?

[@Captain_FAIL]

HMMMMMMMM

[@baraxor]

Watching the mighty Chinese Empire being BTFO by the much smaller British forces forced the Japanese to re-examine their policy of isolationism, and the outcome of the First Opium War was a big factor in their accepting Matthew Perry's trading demands in order to gain the technology to defend themselves.

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

That's interesting. The Japanese really took advantage of that. Beating the Russian Navy decades later, building an empire, then attacking the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, then further expanding their empire. All within a 100 years or so.

[@TorontoWire]

@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ Japan really became infamous and regarded as one of the best armies just because China really botched their defense against Britain.

[@Rowlph8888]

@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ Isn't it amazing that if you trace the antecedents to virtually every eventual horrific action, involvving modern history, it's traceable to something the Brits did originally

[@benc.3128]

@@Rowlph8888 well yeah. That makes sense since the Brits were the dominant power on every inhabited continent, except South America and maybe Europe

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@benc.3128 they still dominated South America , blocked all the slave trading and literally entered ports of countries to seize slave traders. They just didn’t colonize beyond Guyana, instead opting to make deals with other countries to keep their navy there in exchange for money

[@johnronald9767]

When guns have been around for 400 years, but your emperor says that you can beat the barbarians with your pokey stick

[@hiimryan2388]

John Ronald Gun expensive Sharp stick cheap

[@AnkaraMessi-p8g]

@پیر الکساندر خان Agreed. If the military of China was anywhere near the Dynasty of Song, the British army would be frickin dead lmao

[@MrIronhat]

@@dauzlee2827 Ironically, gun's biggest advantage at this point is still the fact they are easy to train with. Given china's massive resources they could probably have trained an army of more deadly archer but at high cost. You still need good cannon, thou.

[@dauzlee2827]

@پیاده نظام خان Qing are not very corrupt before opium wars

[@JostVanWair]

@@MrIronhat More deadly archers? LMFAO, blow me if your army of arches can beat a highly trained army equipped with caplock muskets of which they can reload 4 times a minute...

[@Crystal_Moon248]

"China would pay Britian what is technically known as a buttload of money." "In return the Chinese got sweet nothing." Genius.

[@vlad-ns6yt]

I like that you are branching out, gettig rid of that name that was keeping your productivness in a cage. Hopefully, not only will you be able to post more often, but most importantly, also be able to make higher quality videos. NEVER FORGET Quality > Quantity

[@HistoryMatters]

That's the plan. Basically there'll be about 8 minutes of video per week but the topics will be much broader. For example next week I'm doing a video on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and then one why South Africa gave up its nuclear weapons. The format is allowing me to continue doing overview stuff and also branch into asking deeper questions. I'm thinking of doing a video on the historicism of Shield-Maidens, just as another example. It's very exciting for me.

[@pedrofecher]

also, slow down will ya? since now you're not restricted to 10 min you could talk more slowly, which really helps when the history gets complicated. Especially when there's text on the screen

[@ugosmith7529]

@@HistoryMatters Might I suggest a monthly, bi-monthly or ad-hoc, slightly longer format video to allow you to tackle more complex and packed topics?

[@alex_zetsu]

I actually prefer the 10 minute format. It was your Brand. I don't mind if your release times are slower if that's what it takes to go to the old format. I do agree quality > quantity, but it doesn't seem like shortening the videos actually improves your drawing or the script. If anything, the new plan on constant releases will make it more difficult to raise quality.

[@edwardglass9602]

The Chinese Army certainly forgot...

[@ElladanKenet]

Trade Official: Soooooo, they dumped our goods in the harbor again British: Wait, this feels familiar.... Trade Official: How should we respond?

[@gavinthegreatgavinthegreat97]

lol

[@mikicerise6250]

British: Oh, you know, the usual.

[@Swan_River_Cowboy]

@@mikicerise6250 *Rule Britannia starts to play as the british ships starts going in land*

[@Someone-mt7mp]

True but technically when it was dumped in Boston Harbor, they were British at that point in time. These were Chinese so the gloves were very much off.

[@ryansearle6157]

Well the British response to the Boston Tea Party was still very harsh. The British imposed martial law on Boston and basically banned them from importing anything until they paid for the tea which took quite a toll on their trade-based export economy.

[@oldgringo2001]

3:19 Nemesis wasn't "HMS"; it belonged to the British East India Company--and it was made of iron. Plus, it was a steamship, so it had no trouble chasing war junks up-river to finish them off.

[@akend4426]

*Ahem* I believe you meant that SHE belonged to the East India Company.

[@itaybron]

Tea: *exists* Britain: give me the plant.

[@agentwash1]

China: Destorys British Opium. Britain: Welcome to the Pax Britannica.

[@al-uc7cb]

will you cover the falklands?

[@HistoryMatters]

Definitely at some point.

[@johnanth]

@@HistoryMatters And yet you said you will never conclude your English/British history series :'(

[@sircoloniser5454]

Here il cover it Footy bois I want dem British islands Leafy bois NO Footy bois okay dictator bad dem islands should be mine

[@giovanni848]

Hello wait what when did he say tha

[@OGrandomunknownperson]

@@sircoloniser5454 hœ

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

“What do we get?” “Very funny” I love this channel and it’s British dry humour

[@cardenas8995]

“Pablo Escobar was the most powerful drug trafficker in history ” The East India company: * uncomfortable silence *

[@flashers.5212]

As a firm history buff & would be academic (because history really matters) I have to wonder....how do you manage this? I’ve never failed to be impressed by your brilliant mini documentaries.

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

moral of the story: never throw British stuff in the water unless you're American

[@jasonr8967]

To be fair, they were British before they were American.

[@derekchristenson5711]

That ONE time! How come nobody counts all the times we DIDN'T throw British stuff into the water!

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

@@jasonr8967 True. If I am not mistaken, the British supposedly spoke in an accent that the colonists spoke which is what current American English sounds like. The British accent evolved further since then. So yeah, basically they were British.

[@12jswilson]

Still started 8 years of grief for us. Even if you do win, the British make you suffer for it

[@12jswilson]

@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ more specifically I believe the modern southern American accent is closest to colonial era English, not Standard American English that's heavily influenced by German immigrants

[@iliakaikaci]

I didn't knew that you changed your name,i was suprised by familiar voice

[@BryanTerran]

Same. I saw that I had a video called History Matters in my feed and I thought, "I don't know that I'm familiar with that channel, but hey I like history videos so I'll give it a watch." As soon as I started, I immediately recognized who it is ^_^

[@juampapaleta]

What was the name before?

[@Heligoland360]

@@juampapaleta 10 minute history

[@spartanx9293]

1:15 arrogance like that leads to the death of empires

[@SU-452]

Poor America is declining

[@spartanx9293]

@@SU-452 eh we're fine I think everyone's just freaking out too much besides China's due for a complete and total population collapse in a few decades

[@bobjones2959]

@@spartanx9293 That's a bit of an exaggeration mate. A crisis, maybe. Going to be tough going for their economy. "Collapse" is stupid alarmist/sensationalist BS lol

[@spartanx9293]

@@bobjones2959 is it China has discouraged population growth due to their one child policy there is no stigma against having more than one child and girls were not favored so now there was a massive amount of Chinese men who will likely never get married as the women who do exist are extremely picky and considering you need to have at least two children one to replace mommy and daddy they're likely not going to be able to replace their population in time and as more and more of their population moves towards retirement age they're going to lose the majority of their workforce and they will immediately begin to stagnate that's a population collapse

[@bobjones2959]

@@spartanx9293 it's a decline.

[@johncarterofmars47]

I've been a big fan of this channel for a long time, It's great to see someone make such quality videos about times in history that are sometimes overlooked. Keep up the great work mate.

[@JoshSweetvale]

3:20 Did you catch that? That's a MODERN(ish) IRONCLAD. Against medieval wooden ships.

[@mukhtarsyajaratun1025]

To be fair the Qing military is still stuck in the 1600s especially their navy which was almost considered nonexistence ever since the isolationist policy began

[@Genubath1]

Step 1: Order guy to defeat British Step 2: He doesn't defeat the British Step 3: Fire guy Step 4: Hire new guy Step 5: Repeat

[@TheGhostbuster1989]

China: Destroys some Opium. *Rule Britannia plays in the background.*

[@gutsjoestar7450]

it's Called Pax Britannica

[@KnightSlasher]

Proves that the war on drugs is our greatest war

[@bilbobaggins4785]

Or if you are British the war to sell drugs

[@justafaniv1097]

Proves that the war on drugs can be won... If you're the one selling the drugs.

[@mankytoes]

@@bilbobaggins4785 Honestly we are almostly comically evil in this one. "Shit, we've got a cashflow issue". "Why don't we start selling heroin? I hear that's rather profitable". Breaking Bad- colonial powers edition.

[@bilbobaggins4785]

@mankytoes it was just a bit of colonial banter!

[@watching99134]

@Steve0 It has nothing to do with the war on drugs which has been an abysmal failure (and always will be, you cannot terrorize people into not wanting to feel good).

[@aragonnetje]

"Unequal treaties" well i don't recall many peace agreements after war being "equal" to the loser

[@Admiral45-10]

The ,,Riga Conference" was not equal towards the winner...

[@alexg4711]

there are some peace treaties were a country if was forced to give up land but was compensated with money

[@Admiral45-10]

@@alexg4711 in Medieval times, mostly in times of wars between Czechish Kingdom and Polish Kingdom, mostly in XIth Century. Czechish King Bretislaus let the Poles get the Silesia, but for the tribute for it (it was a tax, that one king pays to another).

[@mrbisshie]

The US at least paid Spain for their colonies, after they beat Spain in the Spanish-American war. Probably because the US actually slightly cared about their relationship with Spain, lol.

[@l.337]

a country that goes to war over its drug dealers, nothing to be proud of there.

[@AncientAccounts]

Narcos 2, china boogaloo

[@nickmcgargill6216]

*Lin Zexu:* "So I heard a story of these rebels in America who threw some tea overboard as an act of defiance against these British rebels. I'm sure we will experience the same amount of success." But fun fact: No.

[@AnkaraMessi-p8g]

yeah, but they were weakened by the opium. Though the Qing Dynasty's military was nowhere near the Tang and Three Dynasties, so I don't know if the Qing Dynasty's military are enough to hold the British Forces off. (they were already weak on their own)

[@fsdds1488]

@@AnkaraMessi-p8g if they still had the strength half a century ago, Qing military during Qianlong's time were still quite capable, but things degrades fast during peace time.

[@aylchan8248]

"Rebels" fighting "rebels"

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@La Côte Napoleon III learn from his mistake of his uncle smart not to do any serious enough that will angry the British in the long run.

[@mxcxrons5637]

"Britain was furious they could tell them what to do in china" That is the most british word i haver ever heard

[@calebsmith7633]

This is a great formula for your channel. I can see you doing 5 minute videos over singular conflicts or battles that can fit the format while retaining the infamous 10 minute format. Love the videos

[@PtolemyJones]

Not many wars with a less moral reason for starting, imagine in Mexico demanded the right to see Heroin in the US, by military force.

[@viesturs6321]

Times were crazy back then.

[@chocomilo1628]

@@viesturs6321 still as much as crazy in today times but more concealed

[@croweater6814]

Chinese supremacy attitudes was also a valid reason. Racial supremacists deserve everything they get. Her we are 200 years on and Han supremacist attitudes are back on the rise.

[@anderskorsback4104]

To liberals of the time, free trade and other economical freedoms were actually often seen as moral issues. As absurd as it seems, there were actually people arguing for the righteousness of British gunboat diplomacy based on such a premise.

[@maxthexpfarmer3957]

@@croweater6814 annoying, but not a valid reason for war or law-breaking

[@romeforeverr]

0:11 I’m pretty sure the Qing still owned outer manchuria at this time

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

Yes, they lost it after the 2nd opium war

[@dwong92464]

A few points: The Qing Dynasty was ruled by the Manchurians. To most Chinese, who are Han, the Qing was not considered a Chinese dynasty. It was seen more like the period of Mongol rule. Lin Zexu, while a Qing official, was a Han. Part of the reason he confiscated the opium is because he saw the damage it was doing. In fact, part of the reason opium was even being imported was that the Manchurians saw opium as a way of subduing the Han. Also, Lin is the surname, not Zexu, and he is revered among many Chinese. Lastly, the reason the Chinese army was so poorly armed is not because of a lack of technology, but it was because the Manchurian didn't want a strong army, since the bulk of the army were Han, and if well-armed, they could more easily overthrow the Manchurians.

[@dwong92464]

Otherwise, I appreciate this video, as I have the rest of your work.

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

Yeah its very possible a Han chinese empire would have done things differently

[@John-Larp]

Manchurians are Chinese so it's the same.

[@bcvetkov8534]

You have to do the second one now. I'm excited for the future of your channel. Honestly you blow extra history out of the water.

[@Ritz_Quackers]

The original ‘War on Drugs”.

[@absolutumiocus2749]

More like war for drugs

[@NmaeUnavailablesigh]

Britain entered the war on drugs, on the side of drugs

[@noytelinu]

It is so weird having it be not 10 minutes. :(

[@no.6660]

I miss the days when the videos where always 10 minutes. Now it’s just short form content

[@gcnelite5983]

The walk cycles are so funny because the characters just waddle out of nowhere holding signs

[@uchujin5881]

Ok so this has nothing to do with the actual history of any of this, but the name HMS nemesis is cool as hell

[@generaladvance5812]

Royal navy ships have pretty cool names usually. Illustrious, Victorious, Dragon & Victory etc. Mostly place names these days which aren't quite as exciting.

[@generaladvance5812]

@@curtiswhyte3297 I stand corrected those are in fact really good names. It's hard to pick a favourite out of those. Maybe Audacious or Ambush.

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

HMS Nemesis does sound cool. You know you are boned if the enemy has an advanced ship named Nemesis.

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

@@generaladvance5812 Also HMS Dreadnought

[@ascalon9913]

No mention of the preluding tea-silver crisis in Britain?

[@scarletcrusade77]

^ This is a big reason why they went to war because of the unfair middle men called Hongs, that made trade with china super expensive for China plates and tea which the UK wanted a lot of. So to balance this they sold loads of opium to a market that already was hooked on it, the Brits didn't just force it on none drug users there must have been a market for them to sell to in the first place. So they did that to get silver back from the Chinese since they only traded in silver so they could buy what they wanted. Shame that 10 minute history didn't mention all of this rather than making Britain sound like drug dealing imperialists who did it for laughs.

[@grantm6933]

Definitely an important context!

[@rebecca4680]

@@scarletcrusade77 You seem to have forgotten that OPIUM WAS ILLEGAL and Britain SMUGGLED it into China to sell it. The British had a monopoly over opium-growing in India and the British East India Company and other British companies smuggled it across the border in classic drug cartel fashion.

[@scarletcrusade77]

@@rebecca4680 Well yeah they smuggled it into china even though it was illegal, I never said the British were saints, they were doing it dirty because the Chinese ware doing them dirty. Having a monopoly on China wear and black tea which was in super high demand in Victorian Britain so they did what they did to get what they wanted, since Chinese traded in Silver only they have to get it somehow. So they sold opium to people who wanted it. Could have been easily avoided if they didn't make trade so hard with the British.

[@rebecca4680]

@@scarletcrusade77 . So China was "playing dirty" by controlling their own commodities and products? If it's your stuff, you can set the price; that's not "playing dirty". If you can't get business because the price is too high, well that's the consequence of setting your price, but it's still your right to set the price at whatever you want. The British were the only ones playing dirty by operating drug cartels and illegally selling opium in China.

[@Transmission_Rory]

1:22 And I say, England's greatest Prime Minister was Lord Palmerston.

[@bgclo]

Pitt the Elder!

[@Transmission_Rory]

bgclo LORD PALMERSTON!!!

[@mankytoes]

I have no idea if the Siimpsons writers are really interested in British 19th century history, or just picked some random names, but there's an extra nerdy joke there in that the debate is usually Disraeli v Gladstone in that era.

[@nandinhocunha440]

Churchill?

[@Transmission_Rory]

@@nandinhocunha440 Impeach Churchill!

[@MrDirigible]

If you pause at 0:20 you can barely make out "ags" on the box sinking, which I assume is "tea bags" well played. Love the attention to detail lol.

[@grimspound7981]

A ship like the Nemesis was the equivalent of having a B-29 Superfortress when your enemy had no aircraft to speak of.

[@dwaynecunningham2164]

Dude these videos are so awesome. Keep them rolling

[@overlordmgcover2262]

Virgin chinese conscript: I have fought some bandites with my pointy stick. Chad british professional soldier: I have seen things...

[@fsdds1488]

Superchad Mysorean firework man: And now we mount a big firecracker on our pointy stick.

[@FBI-A16]

The British Empire is literally the biggest drug cartel in history 😂

[@aleksandarvil5718]

3:00 **Gun beats spear** *S A V A G E!*

[@theRecOiil]

Love the new format, keep up the great work. Would love to see a video on the medici family or the history of florence

[@RowanProductions]

I really like this new format, teaching history in a concise way. Keep going with it!

[@Captain_Yorkie1]

Britain: War to sell drugs USA: War against drugs Britain: Be like your father and sell drugs USA: No drugs are bad Britain: Drugs = money USA: No Britain: Dam it

[@slaaneshshewhothirst9136]

Nah USA prefers to bring some of their Corpora... *cough* freedom instead.

[@OldWestGunslinger-vs9mx]

CIA: sweating nervously.

[@state_song_xprt]

I love that the China background just reads "China China China China China China"

[@specialunit0428]

Basically the Chinese and British had the same belief: "Everyone must live under the Emperor/King/Queen"

[@someiwong6066]

So you means Hong Kongers just leave one Kingdoms to other Kingdoms?

[@Rowlph8888]

@@someiwong6066 From what you constantly are now, they were much happier, as a British protectorate

[@LexIconLS]

The British Empire using a ship called Nemesis during a war where they're trying to force another country to let them sell a potent narcotic that's ruining their country is peak Bond villain. The irony.

[@laurenskoenjer84]

I'm often in a Wikipedia black hole, reading about historical events and people. And this happens with this channel as well. I LOVE IT!

[@CB0408]

You can do a Five Second History exploring the role of the Maginot Line in WW2

[@justafaniv1097]

Step 1: Discourage the Germans from invading Alsace Lorraine. Step 2: ? Step 3: Profit. Step one was a rousing success. Everything else though...

[@walsh9080]

@@justafaniv1097 Step 2, Germans invade Belgium and take France anyway.

[@exterminans]

Yeah this channel sold out and went down the drain!

[@nandinhocunha440]

France had a line It no good Belgium hate it

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

The Germans thought "fuck that" and went round, that's basically it

[@Roadtotekkengodkazuya]

Tell me why a 4 minute video is better than the 30 minute video that my teacher sent me to do a short summary on

[@vladimirchylik6754]

China: Most of our ships are so-called Junks. Britain: SEND THE BEHEMOTH. China: I hope you don't mean the HMS Nemesis. Britain: SEND THE NEMESIS.

[@Bigpossum45]

Not sure if this was the best rebranding. The name "Ten Minute History" was attractive to new subscribers. You can make content under the brand name that doesn't literally fit the name while staying in line with the mission statement of (I'm supposing), "The dissemination of historical knowledge". Yet, this is a good name. I wish you well in all your future endeavors.

[@Krasipol]

i want the "fun fact: No" stuff back. plsplsplspls. Fantastic video as always.

[@suhnih4076]

1839: britain invades china to continue drugs 2026: america invades mexico to stop drugs

[@DavidRSAT]

I’m just waiting for one of the figures to hold up a “lol opium” sign.

[@garyborg2345]

Loving your videos man! Will you cover the great siege of Malta 1565?

[@dudesayingthings]

"Civilizing force" my foot.

[@ggpavi]

China: "What do we get?" UK: "Very Funny" LOL

[@aaronmarks9366]

I'm digging this short format! You should do a short video on the Bear Flag Revolt, i.e. that month in 1846 when California was an independent republic.

[@Getachildouther]

I find this channel GREAT ! keep up the good stuff :)

[@tiggeesong]

0:16 The text on the back literately says China China China China China China China

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

[@decades1912]

Maybe you can do the War of 1812 or Reconstruction in US history in this style

[@Siptom369]

And Fun fact: There will be more unequal treaties.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

Britain: Countries protecting their own interests? *How offensive*

[@Narrative_Protocol]

I love these ten minute history breaks.

[@eduardo6380]

Opium War: "the most dreadful face of imperialism"

[@josephd.5524]

You know what, a ten-minute episode about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as a blow-by-blow account would be fantastic in your style.

[@jatna77]

Thanks for your vids they are awesome! Please do a video on the history of indigenous people in Siberia. It does not seem to get much coverage.

[@jdotoz]

I guess the British learned how to deal with that whole "getting your stuff dumped in the water" thing.

[@sao7967]

*Smokes Opium* Good video

[@charleshicks604]

3:09 Is this where the saying "piece of junk" comes from? Hmmmm

[@Hvllow99]

1:30 U FORGET. THE TEA

[@Gia1911Logous]

When you play Britain in Victoria 2: 11th Opium War

[@golden_smaug]

-What do we get? -Haha very funny. Wait are you serious?

[@marc9324]

Love the new name and thumbnail layout, keep it up.

[@drgn2580]

As Chinese is my second language, you're forgiven for your pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese (don't get me wrong it's a good attempt)! As for your videos, they remain top notch!

[@xanshen9011]

“HMS Nemesis” probably the most badass name in naval history.

[@DrunkenXSMonkey]

China: get off my lawn! Britain: wait, that's illegal....BUY OUR DRUGS!

[@dominicbuffa2457]

Glad to see you guys mixing things up, confident you'll keep up the quality content

[@jji6236]

Why does the Qing map show it without outer Manchuria? Russian annexed outer Manchuria in 1860

[@jesuschrist9513]

Chinese Emperor: destroy the British Every major European power: genius, why didn't we think of that before?

[@danielw.8356]

*Chinese Man exists* British Government: "Want to buy some Opium?"

[@gaevar66]

Good vid and I like the new thumbnail style!

[@killerOfMoons]

I know asking seems rude but if you could consider doing an episode on the Beaver Wars that would be nice.

[@swishercutterx7456]

0:19 I mean, look what happened to Boston when they threw British tea into the harbor, I'm sure that they'd take even less kindly to the loss of drugs, which are more expensive

[@amnont8724]

Chinese kick the Brits out of China European logic in the 19th century: HoW DaRe THey DoINg tHeIr AfFaiRs iN tHeiR oWn CoUnTrY!

[@vvvhhh6303]

china: no drugs here pls English: so you have chosen war?

[@FrankOceanLover3169]

After you r done with the ww2 episode I think one about the rashiduns and the umayyads might be fun or the latin american wars of independence

[@ValueNetwork]

This war can be summarised in the sentence “the other side is inferior and destined to be invaded by us”

[@wangkezhuo]

At 0:39 the Chinese characters 中国 are not historically accurate as this is simplified Chinese which was created by the communists in 1949. A better translation would be 中國, as that is traditional Chinese. 😊❤️

[@jerryrgzz1571]

I have a feeling that i now understand where the frase 'a pice of junk' as in 'trash' comes from.

[@DaisyGeekyTransGirl]

I love how a perfect peace plan that benefits both parties was ignored by both parties.

[@jonathanwells223]

Jackninja5 It was ignored by the Chinese first and then they escalated their situation into totally fucked