British Couple Reacts to The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 2)
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6 to 8 weeks to sail from England to America at that time.
On average, the sailing trip from England to America used to take a minimum of 1.5 months to a maximum of 2 months during the 1700s. Factors like ship speed, wind conditions, and crew experience influenced the duration, resulting in voyages lasting anywhere from several weeks to several months
It could be much longer if there was no wind. I remember reading in the David McCullough book "John Adams" that once, when John Adams was in Paris, he received a Christmas letter from his wife Abigail during the following summer.
So 6 to 8 weeks @@jontastic
In the 1980s if you ordered something that was going to come in the mail the ad said "please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery."
Under good sailing conditions you're absolutely correct. Roughly 6-8 weeks westward and 4-6 weeks eastward depending on the specific vessel. In less ideal conditions it could take 3 to 4 months to go either direction. And there was no guarantee that you'd make it for a variety of reasons.
"Benedict Arnold" is a derogatory slang for TRAITOR
Now let's remember a traitor is a traitor you can't call someone you disagree with politically a traitor. Just throwing that out there because it seems like a lot of Americans forgot about that.
@@scottbivins4758 That's just what a traitor would say....
@@Markleberry no that's actually something a true American would say. I don't consider anybody a traitor because they don't politically agree with me. Are you really going to act like a child over a fucking picture?
It's only derogatory if you're not a traitor. It's a synonym for traitor.
It's definitely appropriate to Republicans currently😢@@scottbivins4758
When King George III heard that Washington intended to give up the Presidency after his second term, he said, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."
During the Revolutionary War, the time it took the British to sail to the United States from England could range from five weeks to two months, depending on weather conditions. Without modern weather prediction technology, the length of the voyage was largely based on luck
That Prussian army guy that whipped Washington's troops into shape was Frederick von Steuben who was also a gay man who wrote the army manual that was used until World War One changed all military tactics due to new, more dangerous weapons being developed.
They gave me his blue book when I got to my duty station in 2008
No, his manual was used as inspiration for the works of General Emory Upton who wrote the reforms (basically saying "Hey, America needs an actual standing army led by career officers") that would get America into proper shape in the late 1890s.
I'm his descendant. Our family also invented the washing machine. It's now the Whirlpool company.
Washington was one of the few people in the world who willingly gave up power. He modelled his life from Cincinnatus who was given total power by the Roman senate to defend Rome from a barbarian army. He successfully defended Rome and afterword relinquished his power and gave it back to the senate. Washington modelled his life after Cincinnatus.
All American presidents gave up their power after two terms except for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It wasn't the law that compelled them to do that until after FDR, it was just a tradition based on Washington's example.
@@musiclistsareus1029 You're talking about American presidents. The U.S. constitution limited the power of the president on purpose because they knew in world history how few people gave up absolute power. How about other world leaders? How many kings, pharos, popes, and emperors willingly gave up power? I'm sure you could find a few but not many. George Washington was the exception. Of course he did not have the absolute power but he wanted to set an example.
@@prischm5462My point was that Washington wasn't the only President to not attempt to stay in office after a second term. I wasn't trying to object to your main point in general, but only as it relates to the American presidency
Friedich Wilhelm von Steuben, essentially US Army's very first drill instructor and laid the groundwork for still much of US Army basic training to this day, was originally a decorated Prussian officer. At the time, one of the best military trainers you could ask for, yet despite his talents he was discharged and forced to flee to America for being homosexual.
What's also amazing is how young our "Founding Fathers" were! Some of their ages on July 4, 1776: James Monroe, 18 Aaron Burr, 20 Alexander Hamilton, 21 James Madison, 25 Thomas Jefferson, 33 John Adams, 40 Paul Revere, 41 George Washington, 44
The Declaration of Independence is the best depiction of the situation at that time.
The Marques of Lafayette is our hero! I read a story describing his visit back to the USA around 1824. He received an overdone hero's welcome that he richly deserved.
The British used more slaves than the Americans. Slaves were property, so only escaped slaves could enlist. The problem for them is, after the war, they had no home or visible means of support. A no-no back them.
The British also recruited slaves. After the war the British took most of the slave with them and resettled in Nova Scotia Canada. I'm descended from the Black Loyalists of the Revolutionary War.
Thank you for that info!
Made all the funnier that England had outlawed slavery hundreds of years earlier. If a slave could make his way onto a British ship he was instantly a free man.
There's even an instance where a slave owner who had brought a slave to England was extradited back to England to face punishment for having ordered a "free man" around as a slave while in England.
The Southern British Campaign is the basis of the movie "The Patriot".
Loosely based.
As a Native American I can tell you, there’s 50+ different tribes who were fighting over land in the area as well.
It's because it's the greatest land that's ever existed!
😂 if you’re native my Yaqui ass is Sudanese
Keep watching these history videos. Great format to teach people. History is more than just dates of events. It teaches us why certain events happened and how we can avoid the same.
a traitor or back stabbers are now known as a Benedict Arnold in America.
I've heard Brits say "Judas" recently or "quisling" in the past (Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian who collaborated with the Nazis).
Et tu, Brutus?
That came to my mind as well.
It should probably be counted in the "British list of commonly known traitors" because the popular modern reference is Shakespeare.
We use Judas in America too.
Thinking you could sail across the Atlantic in one week is wild lmao
i would have made the journey in half that
10:41 there are more slaves in the world today than any point in human history
The definition of slave has changed quite a bit though. Chattel slavery was basically annihilated. The current estimates of, e.g., 50 million slaves today, relies on labeling things like lower castes in India as slaves, or debt slavery in China, India, Middle East, etc.
It took 6 weeks to cross the Atlantic, going from England to New York, back in the colonial times.
The French and English pissing on each other goes back to 1066.
Ever read "1000 Years of Annoying the French" by Steven Clarke? Amazing book that sums this up really well, and funny.
I loved the representation of that in Monty Python's Holy Grail movie.
Back to William the Bastard
The Queen Mary 2 takes 5.5 days (4.25 days if they haul ass), a sailing ship took 40 to 70 days depending on winds (generally closer to 60).
Most historians believe Von Stueben was dismissed from the Prussian military because he was gay. Neither Ben Franklin nor George Washington cared about rumors regarding his sexuality- they valued him for his expertise. This man basically created the US professional army.
Travel from America to England was usually 6 weeks, sometimes 8 if the weather was particularly uncooperative.
France provided basicly ALL or our weapons and powder from the very outset. They actuallybset up a shell company and apointed a merchant to sell arms ...so that they could remain "not at war," with England. They did later on officially throw in.
Wikipedia: The Anglo-French War, also known as the War of 1778 or the Bourbon War in Britain, was a military conflict fought between France and Great Britain, sometimes with their respective allies, between 1778 and 1783. As a consequence, Great Britain was forced to divert resources used to fight the American War of Independence (the rebellion by the Thirteen Colonies in North America) to theatres in Europe, India and the West Indies, and to rely on what turned out to be the chimera of Loyalist support in its North American operations. From 1778 to 1783, with or without their allies, France and Britain fought over dominance in the English Channel, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean.
There are always more to something than what a quick read of history might tell you. In this case you guys were fighting the French and allies .. the US was basically a side note.
Crossing the atlantic took between 6 to 12 weeks, depending on the weather, the type of ship, and the route taken.
10:40 Hate to burst your bubble - there are definitely still slaves in the world (“human trafficking” = slavery) 😓
@caiawren6100 Slavery is still legal in the USA in specific circumstances.
@@gk5891Prison labor for one, which makes for-profit prison businesses extremely problematic.
No it is not. We aren't russia.
@@reaperbsc
Thirteenth Amendment
Section 1
"except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted".
@@gk5891 LITERALLY: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
So: "We don't have SLAVERY anymore - but we still have the right to put people in chains, or cage them in metal buildings, and take away all their rights for the duration of their sentences, if they've been convicted of severe enough crimes." This is not a hard concept to grasp. It's just legalese to prevent people making dumb claims like you would seem to want: "Slavery is illegal so even though I'm a mass murderer you can't put me in chains, or a cage, or take away any of my rights. Nyah, nyah!"
Between a month and two months depending on the weather.
I’m an American history teacher. I teach at length about the American Revolution. For us, it’s so much more than, “we don’t like being taxed, so we’re revolting.” We had 150+ years where the British crown, keep in mind this is where most of the settlers were from, completely left the colonists to do whatever they wanted, also known as “salutary neglect”. This is how I teach it to my students. Think of the worst teacher you’ve ever had. You can picture them in your head, because they let you do whatever you wanted in their classroom. Imagine if, out of the blue, they suddenly screamed “STOP RUINING MY CLASS”, after they’ve let you for 7 months. You would be shocked, and so were the colonists.
I believe Section 10, in the US Constitution states that no one, citizen or government, could declare themselves a monarchy and bequeath titles upon others.
Not word for word, and I'm not sure if it was section 10, but that's why we don't have any royal titles or a monarchy in America
Just wait . . . Trump wants to crown himself. My ancestors who came here on the Mayflower and those who fought under Washington and Ethan Allen must be rolling in their graves. Pray for us!
The battle for Trenton, NJ took place on December 26, 1776 when the Hessian soldiers were recovering from their Christmas celevration.
Depending on the size of the ship. The one way trip from America to Britan took around 25 - 30 days. The distance from the American coast to the English Channel is roughly three thousand nautical miles. And the average ship in colonial times could travel around 100 - 150 nautical miles a day.
It takes about a month to 3 months to cross the Atlantic in a sailboat. So it takes a long time.
1:10 This place is about 20 minutes from me. Those little huts are still there and you can go inside them.
Another fun fact (first one in the previous vid). I live about 5 minutes south of where the Battle of Saratoga took place. Lots of great history!
These day, 3-6 weeks by sail boat, US Navy aircraft carrier about 6 days, and everything in between depending on what type of vessel and conditions.
It took over 1 month to two months to go across the Atlantic. Also, as far as the connection between the US and France goes, this was returned many times over in WW I and more so in WW II.
Plus, the French gave the USA the statue of Liberty!
@@user-ei1mu6dr4r The Statue of Liberty was 100 years later.
Ship trip: Multiple Weeks generally.
Gotta see the Civil war Addition 😂
You have to remember; The Red Coats were fighting fellow Englishmen. It was the English vs the English. And The English know how to fight. At the time of the Revolutionary war, 90%of the Colonies population was from Britain.
Like others have mentioned being a traitor is sometimes called being a "Benedict Arnold " in the US. I believe that is why while the name Benedict is still popular in Britain, I've never met a single American with that name.
Fun fact, if George Washington had gone the royalty route rather than President one potential future American King would have been Robert E. Lee as Washington's adopted son's daughter married Lee's father and Robert E. Lee was that man's oldest son. It also would have meant that the United States could potentially have had not one but two kings named Bushrod.
This is a very different time period than 1770s but my grandfather and some of my uncles came from Italy to The US on a boat in the 1960s/70s and that was a two week trip one way. I can only imagine it would be around a months journey minimum 200 years prior
In regards to the Native Americans, there's something not mentioned in many historical accounts. Many of them were at war with neighboring tribes before Europeans arrived. When Europeans showed up, they "hitched their wagons" to whoever they thought would help them defeat their own enemies.
When the European wars got to the Americas, they were drawn in.
In these days, by ship the journey can be made in 7 days....at that time it was a month at minimum, usually longer.
Love your New York City shirt. I live in upstate New York. Proud New Yorker!
My Hometown of Wilmington, NC was mentioned in the Video. It was when British General Cornwallis was heading to Virginia. He made his Headquarters in a Mansion in downtown Wilmington and its now called the Cornwallis House. Many Years ago in the 1970's my Junior High Class toured the Cornwallis House. It had a Dungeon where prisoners were kept.
In the United States if you are Called a Benedict Arnold means you are being called a Traitor.
During WW2 in 1940’s, my Dad was in the US Army. Right after D-Day he was shipped to France via boat from around Virginia. He used to tell me how rough and long of a trip it was Rossi g the Atlantic. I don’t think those transport ships were set up like cruise ships of today! 😳😬
The supplies from the Spanish and French was crucial to the victory.
You guys should react to a movie called "The Crossing" which is free on youtube. It's a detailed short movie about how ballsy Washington was to cross the Delaware and attack the Hessians on Christmas night was. It's actually a really good movie, and depicts just how desperate the American army was under Washington during that first year, as well as the struggles of troops and infighting with rival generals.
Benedict will never be forgiven.
Now, for a really fresh perspective on the American Revolution, you should watch the musical “1776.” Just be sure to get the director’s cut, however, as it restores a couple of key songs and scenes that had been cut from the original 1972 theatrical release.
Definitely do more of these! They're all like this - entertaining and an easy watch. And very accurate considering how oversimplified they are. I love these. 💚
These are funny. I wish they would teach in the schools this way. 😂
Another fun fact ia that not all Americans were on the same page with independence (the people you see getting tared and feathersd
What he doesn't mentionn is the African Americans who wer "FREED" by the British were free to enlist to go to India Or wherever.
England was a major country against slavery.. give them credit.
@@creinicke1000 Not till 1834.
Actually, slavery was outlawed in England by the Normans in the century following the the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Some of the Founding Fathers wanted to get rid of slavery, but they realized they couldn't fight the British without the southern agricultural industry.
If Washington Wanted to, he could've decided to be a king, that is how much support he had. Instead, he handed over his power and retired peacefully.
I believe it’s 2-3 months to sail.
Sailing a clipper ship from the US to England (roughly 3250 miles/5000Km) would have taken 21 *days*.
The Oversimplified script didn't note the British leaving the city of Boston! (Which they may have occupied the longest.) After the influx of Irish, that date became a BIG deal, and was made a city holiday, first called "Evacuation Day", now called "Patriot's Day". Why did the Irish care so much? Because the Brits left on St. Patrick's Day. The whole city still celebrates!
It took around a month to sail from the UK to the east coast of the US back then; it could be a little less than 30 days if the cargo was light weight and the ship had been large enough to have more sails.
6:53 travel by sea at the time from North America to England was about 3 months
Pretty sure one of the Frenchmen fighting for America in the war, Lafayette, spent about two months to America (He might have first gone to GB and sailed to the colonies from there, but I´m not entirely sure about that one). So, sailing the distance between America and GB would take about that long.
6 to 10 weeks to go from the UK to the US in 1777
One third of the the slave owners in New Orleans were black international slave owners, free men during our civil war and fought for the Confederacy . Also the first slave owner in the U.S. was black, Anthony Johnson.
Yeah! You guys should totally react to the Civil War video!
I'm so thankful for your relationship developments semicolon you both are so respectful to each other. And I think you're going to be fantastic parents! I'm sure you already are
Semicolon?!
If Benedict Arnold had died in the battle of Saratoga, he would be remembered to this day as one of America’s greatest heroes instead of a synonym for traitor.
So...there’s detail that gets missed here, the Spanish joined the war against the British for another reason, Gibraltar. France and Spain ran a concurrent siege of Gibraltar at a the same time as they joined the war in North America. There was also some conflict in the Caribbean, but it was mostly the British navy bullying the local Spanish and French colonies
With 1700s technology, it took them about 6 weeks to 2.5 months, depending on the weather and course. The time frame of the crossing dramatically dropped as naval technology improved over the years.
Probably about 30 days. They had no motors. All wind powered.
Well, in my opinion, Benedict Arnold lost his title when our 45th president showed up and took it from him.
And next up… The Pig War!
6 weeks to 2 months to sail from the U.S. to the U.K. back then.
Well in a modern sail boat it take about a month so I’m gonna say 1.5 to 2 months
Just giving my obligatory comment to help the algorithm. :)
It won’t happen today nearly as easily! And I’m from Pennsylvania! The amount of firearms in private hands is unbelievable! Top quality weapons in the hands of the world’s largest militia!!! The numbers are over 2 million citizen militia members along with a standing 1.5 million military! We don’t shoot muskets anymore lol !
Generally, it would have taken about a Month to sail from the UK to the colonies that’s if you survived. Second, the colonies specifically George Washington knew they couldn’t take on Britain alone they needed foreign aid to secure their independence. It’s the same thing with the American Civil War Lee knew the south couldn’t win the war without the help from the European powers. Lastly, George Washington was not a a good commander he was great and motivating his men, and listening to advice. Part one didn’t specify, but a large reason why George Washington was chosen to lead the Continental Army was to gain southern support.
It could take months to cross the sea thats if you make it
Even a Fast Packet (the Air Express of the day) took five weeks to deliver the Declaration of Independence from Philadelphia to London.
Allowing for calms and storms, it normally took an eighteenth-century sailing vessel a month to cross from America to England and twice that time to return. (Westerly winds prevailed.) Four months would be a reasonable time for a British official to wait for a reply to a dispatch sent to America.
I was pleasantly surprised the video mentioned the Native allies of the Colonists. I guess the stereotype is that they never really got along with the Colonists due to hollywood bs. However tribes, such as the Cherokee, have been staunch allies of the colonists and Americans pretty much forever. They were allies with the British and had representatives meet with the King regularly.
The Cherokee stayed allied to the United states until the US Civil War, which split the tribe in half. The Cherokee also had amazing influence on North/South Carolina settlers which created traditions many in Appalachia enjoy to this day. These traditions are vaguely Scots-Irish and Cherokee in nature and even today can be somewhat recognized by the keen eyed.
Sure the Cherokee always had a smaller group who distrusted the Europeans. Most notably was the "Chickamauga" or "Lower" Cherokee lead by the likes of well respected chiefs like Chief Dragging Canoe. However the larger group of Cherokee supported the Colonists and saw mostly good in what they brought. They were even great allies to General Andrew Jackson during the war of 1812 and the Red Stick Wars. A lot of Cherokee named their sons with the first and middle names of "Andrew Jackson" due to they admiration. Not to mention being given old Muscogee lands were definitely seen as a good thing by the Cherokee at the time. Though about 20 years later all of this would be shat on due to the Indian Removal Act under now President Andrew Jackson.
By this time the Cherokee had adopted many things learned from the settlers. Written language, woven clothing, African slaves, and many also assimilated. In fact during removal their slaves were also forced to relocate. Though the Cherokee were NOT the only South Eastern tribe to adopt settler ways such as language, clothing, and slaves. This would be something the Five "Civillized" Tribes would be known for. Today their slave descendents are MOSTLY given rights of the Citizenship of their respective tribes. Except for a thing with the Muscogee Nation a few years back who tried to purge their roles of "Freedmen" or descendants of their slaves.
Isn't history fun?
Should check out his video on the American revolution. It’s so funny.
What's really interesting about Benedict Arnold is that when I was a kid in the 1970s and 1980s, here in the US calling someone a Benedict Arnold was a HUGE thing, and you had betrayed someone to the n'th degree. But now, I pretty much almost never hear it, like people seem to be more understanding of why he did what he did.
Also, world population in the 1780s was just a little over 1 Billion. So 7000 men then would be like 56,000 today.
I don't think it's that people are more understanding of what he did but more about changes in what people are being taught. Would be interesting to see what % of younger people know who he is and what he did.
I enjoyed it. 😂 ❤
France played a pivotal role in the US independence.
You ought to watch the other Oversimplified account of U.S. - British conflict; The Pig War.
By Tall Ship like they used it would take 25-30 days minimum likely it was probably more like 45 days from New York to london. The modern Queen Mary II takes 7 days.
The Brits werent abolishing slaves they were using them as soldiers. Read some of the stories of what happened to those slaves once they Brits took them back to England.
The humorous side: There is a famous painting of “George Washington Crossing The Delaware” in full truth that mighty river was frozen due to the extreme cold and this was how the entire Continental Army, horses, men etc. attacked the Hessians at Trenton. This famous American Painting has a horrible error right in the center and most people do not know or can’t see the error. Do you know what the error in this loved painting is? Our Flag has 48 Stars. Oops!
I dunno where you learned that useless bit of trivia, but it can't be true. The American artist completed the work in 1851 when there was only 31 US states. The American flag of 48 wasn't a thing until after the painting was long complete. Oops indeed.
Wishful thinking.
See, we caused the first true world war, that spanned continents, the entire Atlantic Ocean and saw 3 empires fighting each other, us fighting one of them, and making all the natives in that part of the Americas fight each other, and the Brit’s and French, Spanish and us. Plus there were various small nations that helped one side or another, some sold stuff to all sides…may as well profit of all the major empires are going it, especially when most fighting is far away.
No War is Civil
Lands End to Cape Cod with perfect conditions 5-6 weeks. There are NEVER perfect conditions in the North Atlantic.
Back then you could count on about 2 months to sail across the Atlantic.
A week? They didn't have speed boats.
Um i think this guy didn't color their map very well because they forgot Georgia in the blue color as it was part of the Original 13 Colonies that all participated in the Revolutionary War
You should watch the civil war..
Is this a re-upload from the other channel? This looks like pre-baby beesleys
This channel's name is "The Beesleys (if worst case happens)" . I think that answers it :) They're preparing.
There are more slaves today than at anytime in history.
It's still a horrible time for us. Land back.