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  • @MasterofRoflness
    @MasterofRoflness  2 роки тому +804

    A summary of British History but you know what this video needs...
    More tea!
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    • @CafeX473
      @CafeX473 2 роки тому +1

      This video was private.

    • @shinsenshogun900
      @shinsenshogun900 2 роки тому

      Maybe a bit of Civil Warring and Rival Naval Armada Hunting

    • @Keiranful
      @Keiranful 2 роки тому

      You didn't even mention the time they went to war twice(!) for the right to sell drugs to fuel their own tea addiction.

    • @19yearold63
      @19yearold63 2 роки тому

      A video on Nepal

    • @megalodon3655
      @megalodon3655 2 роки тому

      You should have mentioned that the British then lose their empire and colonies after fighting some Germans in two world wars.

  • @kd6788
    @kd6788 2 роки тому +7471

    At this point its far easier to list the countries that Britain didn't colonize....

  • @nicorozner7417
    @nicorozner7417 2 роки тому +2226

    List of places colonized by Britain
    This list is incomplete. You can help by
    E X P A N D I N G I T

    • @zyberschlegelsteinhausenbe2317
      @zyberschlegelsteinhausenbe2317 2 роки тому +25

      @Morbius time omg, it really is 😱😱🤯🤩🤪

    • @Damian_1989
      @Damian_1989 2 роки тому +40

      Named "morbius time" while having a picture of cowbelly. These bots can be baffling sometimes.

    • @ekosubandie2094
      @ekosubandie2094 2 роки тому +9

      Let's just they invented the faster than light space travel technology centuries ago then they'd probably be the first nation to colonize the entire nook and cranny of the known universe

    • @Grissbane
      @Grissbane 2 роки тому

      TALLY HO LADS!

    • @CommanderM117
      @CommanderM117 Рік тому +2

      @@ekosubandie2094 give it time and the Mother of all Tea Bags and the British empire will get it done.

  • @Peter_Turbo4
    @Peter_Turbo4 2 роки тому +5478

    >Functionally dominates the planet effortlessly
    >Hyperoptimises the spice trade
    >uses none of said spices
    >refuses to elaborate
    >dissolves

    • @CunkGungler
      @CunkGungler 2 роки тому +992

      Yes, we conquered a third of the world in search of good food, then decieded we liked our shitty cuisine better anyway

    • @derbyblade9572
      @derbyblade9572 2 роки тому +282

      @@CunkGungler Consume jellies eel and crumblebrapton

    • @WisdenWard
      @WisdenWard 2 роки тому +314

      @@derbyblade9572 Fish, chips, mashed potatoes, bacon, sausage and mushy peas are all you need to sustain a good life

    • @yammoto148
      @yammoto148 2 роки тому +230

      You could say British cuisine is the colour of London, grey and plain.

    • @butterchickenmasala2433
      @butterchickenmasala2433 2 роки тому +30

      @@CunkGungler bangers and mash moment

  • @suckme1547
    @suckme1547 2 роки тому +829

    Belgian history be like
    >conquered by the Celts
    >conquered by the Romans
    >Conquered by the Franks
    >Conquered by Burgundy
    > Conquered by the Holy Roman Empire
    >Given to the Dutch
    >Conquered by Spain
    >Conquered by Austria-Hungary
    >Conquered by France
    >Given to the Dutch
    >INDEPENDENCE
    >Conquered by the Germans
    >Independence
    >Conquered by the Germans
    >Independent country consisting out of two different demographs who hate each other

    • @emmanuelfernandez04
      @emmanuelfernandez04 2 роки тому +35

      Repet

    • @omarelmorsy139
      @omarelmorsy139 2 роки тому +108

      You forgot colonization of congo

    • @pranavkanttripathi2971
      @pranavkanttripathi2971 2 роки тому +30

      The last step is a common Colonial tactic to hamper the growth of the colonies they once occupied.

    • @AttaBek1422
      @AttaBek1422 2 роки тому +28

      Oh you’re Belgian? Name a single time in history when Belgium was a sovereign country before 1830.

    • @omarelmorsy139
      @omarelmorsy139 2 роки тому +1

      @@AttaBek1422 iam egyption

  • @nickpanko7318
    @nickpanko7318 2 роки тому +2296

    Looking forward to 'Polish History be like' it's gonna be glorious.

  • @redeye4516
    @redeye4516 2 роки тому +629

    Britain: *builds one of the largest empires in history*
    Also Britain: "right, so what does it do?"

    • @theenjeneer2792
      @theenjeneer2792 2 роки тому +92

      Literally the largest

    • @matthewhalstead8817
      @matthewhalstead8817 2 роки тому

      Gives everyone Independence then fucks off back to blighty.

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 2 роки тому +8

      Me as French : Not so fast

    • @korakys
      @korakys 2 роки тому +67

      Two things:
      1. Grows tea.
      2. Prevents others colonising instead.

    • @jazzy4830
      @jazzy4830 2 роки тому +61

      @@christophermichaelclarence6003 90% of all battles the British fought historically were just them and France being petty. Without the other either country would have pretty easily have achieved global conquest.

  • @alexandros1711
    @alexandros1711 2 роки тому +953

    That's a nice looking island it would be a shame somebody colonized it.

    • @Hemdael
      @Hemdael 2 роки тому +69

      Britian: It's free realestate!
      France: Wait thats mine!
      Britian: Like I said, free realestate.
      Native Population: ...can you all just leave?

    • @songcramp66
      @songcramp66 2 роки тому

      @@Hemdael Sure, we'll leave right after we share some of this lovely diseases we just brought and bring 1000 times more European immigrants.

    • @cristobalsapiain2709
      @cristobalsapiain2709 2 роки тому +4

      Argentina crying on a corner

    • @blizzardgaming7070
      @blizzardgaming7070 2 роки тому +7

      *TEA DRINKING INTENSIFIES*

    • @1MAAGNUS1
      @1MAAGNUS1 2 роки тому +1

      USA

  • @chroniquesJDR
    @chroniquesJDR 2 роки тому +837

    British history be like :
    - Building a navy
    - Fighting France
    - Colonizing
    - Forming an alliance with France when the german nation attacked

    • @suckyourdeadnan4805
      @suckyourdeadnan4805 2 роки тому +30

      Beating the German nation twice losing there empire abd letting there oldest son take over 🇬🇧🇺🇸

    • @NUFC4LIFE-1
      @NUFC4LIFE-1 2 роки тому

      @@suckyourdeadnan4805 🇬🇧🤝🏻🇺🇲

    • @hen5526
      @hen5526 2 роки тому

      And now getting colonized by Africans

    • @eudacye709
      @eudacye709 Рік тому +23

      And losing against France again, again, again ... again and A G A I N.

    • @Falkenhayn.Hamburg20
      @Falkenhayn.Hamburg20 Рік тому +9

      @@eudacye709 they had the largest empire and navy and conquered Canada, they may have lost wars but they invaded France 100 year war and won battles so really they France just had the manpower and resources to beat a tiny island nation

  • @CodaMission
    @CodaMission 2 роки тому +1294

    On average, a nation celebrates independence from the British Empire every 12 days

  • @ValueNetwork
    @ValueNetwork 2 роки тому +1926

    You missed the part when All of the colonising gets put on hold for a while because a king was killed/upset the nobles/died without a heir so the entire kingdom gets involved in a massive war (Viking England/The Normans/the wars of the roses/the Civil war) But then suddenly another king from a different nation realises "This is stupid" and singlehandedly wins the war to become king themselves and continue the progress towards the empire (Canute, William the 1st, Henry the 7th, William the 3rd)

    • @fusionreactor7179
      @fusionreactor7179 2 роки тому +105

      Almost all of those were pre-colonial. After the English Civil war there was hardly any internal conflict in Britain.

    • @darrendin2050
      @darrendin2050 2 роки тому +14

      We hadn't colonised anywhere for 3 of the 4 of these events like.

    • @LeviathanSpeaks1469
      @LeviathanSpeaks1469 2 роки тому +33

      England: The fat kid who got bullied in school and grew up to be that muscle bound bruiser in the gym…

    • @robzsarmy5471
      @robzsarmy5471 2 роки тому +46

      @@LeviathanSpeaks1469
      England went from being bullied (the vikings and romans ) to being the biggest Bully ever ( biggest empire ) to saying Bullying is bad (Abolished slavery in the west )

    • @takecourage92
      @takecourage92 2 роки тому +6

      eh I mean most of that shit happened before coloanialism

  • @DeadlyLazer
    @DeadlyLazer 2 роки тому +163

    Britain pre-colonialism:
    "What's wrong with the world today?"
    "That it isn't ours."

    • @hiheyxd
      @hiheyxd 2 роки тому +7

      We gave y'all independence so y'all can be independent
      Be independent and deal with it

  • @PriaGuy
    @PriaGuy 2 роки тому +123

    The ">repeat" implies the return of the British Empire

  • @iattacku2773
    @iattacku2773 2 роки тому +190

    Britain: I’m tired of being invaded it’s time to pimp out my navy
    * after pimping out navy
    Britain: now it’s time for me to do the invading
    * conquers a quarter of the earth

    • @videowilliams
      @videowilliams Рік тому +9

      That's a very tidy summary. Good show!

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat Рік тому +4

      Builds biggest navy.
      Someone invents gunpowder.
      "Where we dropping boys?"

  • @evermæn
    @evermæn Рік тому +29

    Britain: I would rather force the world to speak English than learn a language

    • @nilodelmundo
      @nilodelmundo Рік тому

      And they actually did it.....well with the help of the United States continuing their legacy of conquering

  • @thedukeofchutney468
    @thedukeofchutney468 2 роки тому +144

    The British empire began with a Queen Elizabeth and ended with a Queen Elizabeth. It’s rather poetic when you think about it.

    • @DesignGeek06
      @DesignGeek06 Рік тому +24

      Just like the Byzantine empire started with a Constantine and ended with a Constantine.

    • @ardel-4964
      @ardel-4964 Рік тому +12

      @@DesignGeek06 yeah but it was Constantine XI, There were only two Elizabeths, the beginning and the end.

    • @НиколайРоманов-л6ю
      @НиколайРоманов-л6ю Рік тому +4

      Didn't England start colonising Americas under Henry VIII?

    • @thedukeofchutney468
      @thedukeofchutney468 Рік тому +9

      @user-jf5qw6vg3h Usually Jamestown is considered to be the first English settlement in the New World. This happened after Elizabeth died and James was king (hence the name) but since Elizabeth laid pretty much all of the ground work for this you can arguably say she started the empire.

  • @OpelsiSq
    @OpelsiSq 2 роки тому +158

    You unironically made me wanna read a thicc ass book about all of the Brittish colonization

    • @dantemaquiavelli9039
      @dantemaquiavelli9039 2 роки тому +1

      Please do, but you are going to end up extremely depressed, mad or incredulous with the amount of bullshit done

    • @goonsdoona2979
      @goonsdoona2979 2 роки тому +3

      Inglorious empire is a good one but it’s only ab India

    • @internetenjoyer1044
      @internetenjoyer1044 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/AYYy9GrSByI/v-deo.html this is an excellent overview, thank me later

    • @kwkwkwkw6411
      @kwkwkwkw6411 2 роки тому +24

      @@goonsdoona2979 ...it's also incredibly one-sided and engages in the good guys vs the bad guys, ethnoresentment version of history, as opposed to actually telling you how the Empire came to be and how it worked. Scramble for Africa is good, though not specifically about Britain. Empire of the Deep is alright for a Naval History. Ron Hyam's book 'Understanding the British Empire' is one the few books on the BE I'd describe as excellent.

    • @sampackman69
      @sampackman69 Рік тому +6

      You would be reading for so long the British empire would return
      And then you would have to start reading it again

  • @BossBattle21
    @BossBattle21 2 роки тому +397

    "The sun never sets on the British Empire, because God doesn't trust 'em in the dark."
    -One of my Irish ancestors

    • @nwahnerevar9398
      @nwahnerevar9398 2 роки тому +75

      if the Irish didn't want to be colonized for 800 years they should've learned how fight better.

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 роки тому +28

      I’ve seen everyone and their dog try and claim this quote to be their own, and it’s still the corniest quote I’ve ever heard besides the one with those two fish fighting being Englands fault (fish literally fight all the time, English people walking past doesn’t change that)

    • @carterjones8126
      @carterjones8126 2 роки тому

      Bollocks. Most overused quote known to history. Your ancestors were turnip diggers, same as mine, probably.

    • @rini9325
      @rini9325 2 роки тому +17

      the sun never sets on the British empire, because it never rose there to begin with. So fucking cold all the time.

    • @bs6894
      @bs6894 2 роки тому

      It's not your fucking quote, nor your ancestors. Stop claiming it

  • @germfromthegermcommercia-qu5cs
    @germfromthegermcommercia-qu5cs Рік тому +19

    In Star Wars, everyone speaks English, suggesting that the british colonized space.

  • @blam320
    @blam320 2 роки тому +209

    You forgot the part where England invaded/colonized many of these places for exotic spices, which they then proceeded to not actually use.

    • @lightfootpathfinder8218
      @lightfootpathfinder8218 2 роки тому

      Who needs exotic spices when Britain has salt,vinegar,lard and deep fat fryers lol ...the full English,fish and chips and deep fried mars bars are culinary masterpieces ...far better than the French that kill an animal and shove a ton of garlic up it's arse 😂

    • @daquaviousbingleton9763
      @daquaviousbingleton9763 2 роки тому +26

      And how they abolished slavery world wide but no one till this day really knows 100% why they did it Cus they could??

    • @lightfootpathfinder8218
      @lightfootpathfinder8218 2 роки тому

      @@daquaviousbingleton9763 they did it because it was immoral. The britons and the English had been enslaved themselves in the past.

    • @horrace818
      @horrace818 2 роки тому +11

      I don't think there's actually any substance to this "colonised for spices" trope. I'm not a historian but as far as I understand it the EIC primarily set up in India for exporting fabrics then later diversified into crops, the Americas was mostly about sugar and tobacco, southern Africa diamonds and gold and Malay etc primarily rubber. So you know, I don't really get why it gets said over and over.

    • @boxinabox6608
      @boxinabox6608 2 роки тому +4

      @@daquaviousbingleton9763 the French did it and the British were the ones that were meant to be free so they freed their slaves to be free-er than france

  • @gabrielcastillo9745
    @gabrielcastillo9745 Рік тому +13

    At this point, I am almost convinced that Brits only surrendered their empire because they got bored of taking care of all their colonies and thought it would be funnier to conquer them all again in the future.

  • @alexrexaros9837
    @alexrexaros9837 2 роки тому +151

    Pirate History be like :
    >Captain Chadvery makes a bold move and captured 100000 pound worth ship and lives like a king
    >Chadvery is searched by authorities but disappears without leaving a trace
    >suddenly dozens of pirates from all across Europe, England, France, Norway, Danemark, Spain, Ireland and Portugal move out to the new world
    >Economy is growing and the isles are unguarded
    >French bucanneers capture fort de la Isla muerta San Pellegrinos Santa Maria de La Cruz and the Spanish crown flees the scene
    >Suddenly thousands of spanish ships hoarding gold crash into rocks
    >black market is instaured as soon as pirates get their hands on them
    >Colonies led by Captain Gigagold and Colonel Chadaverick keep on growing as sailors keep on coming along with the doctors and contre maîtres they capture
    >Pirates go plunder, get gold, and then get drunk and get prostitutes
    >Managing to terrorize the richest merchants using nothing but heavily armed pirogues and sloops
    >Suddenly British King Henry Wallerton the VIIIIIIIII claims pardon for all pirates who surrender
    >they all surrender
    >The end

  • @compatriot852
    @compatriot852 2 роки тому +323

    British history be like:
    Conquer lands of spice
    Don't use any of the spice on your food

    • @JJaqn05
      @JJaqn05 2 роки тому +38

      imagine your food being so bland that you have to add thousands of spices

    • @Skyhigh864
      @Skyhigh864 2 роки тому +8

      Tbf spice trade was huge for medicine not just food

    • @zokam7792
      @zokam7792 2 роки тому +1

      @@JJaqn05 isnt the whole point of adding spices to the food is to enhance and increase the flavour of the food?
      Oh maybe because you are too slow to understand that 🤡🤡

    • @songcramp66
      @songcramp66 2 роки тому +11

      @@JJaqn05 By your logic Indian food must be the blandest in the world since they use the most spices.

    • @doyugen465
      @doyugen465 2 роки тому +4

      @@songcramp66 i mean, have you ever tried dhal without spice? its not dhal anymore :')

  • @progamingbrosyo5068
    @progamingbrosyo5068 Рік тому +40

    As a British student studying A-level history, I can indeed confirm this is true.

    • @intesllar
      @intesllar Рік тому

      You guys are lucky to have A/O level history. The subject is severly limited to some schools and colleges in Pakistan, I am a history geek and had to cope with O level Environmental management

    • @progamingbrosyo5068
      @progamingbrosyo5068 Рік тому

      @@intesllar compared to other countries education system we are pretty lucky.

    • @intesllar
      @intesllar Рік тому

      @@progamingbrosyo5068 that is true tbh, my nation's matric system is nothing more than a circus

    • @archivesoffantasy5560
      @archivesoffantasy5560 Рік тому +2

      @@kelvinekline5950Every powerful kingdom, country or empire committed atrocities. Conquest is not all Britain did. British inventions changed the world and are used globally daily. That doesn’t mean atrocities should be forgiven or forgotten, but the history of nations is more than just their invasions.

    • @ibrahimihsan2090
      @ibrahimihsan2090 Рік тому

      @@intesllar Us bhai us.

  • @nanoboso3656
    @nanoboso3656 2 роки тому +85

    French medieval history be like :
    > Louis XLVII die of a random case of diarhea
    > his son Louis XLVIII the Chad get to power at the age of six
    > goes through a regency and decentrelize the country to apease the nobles
    > nobles rebel anyway led by Phillipe Soyrepel of Boulogne and Pierre Coomclerc of Brittany but get crushed by his mother Blanchade of Castille
    > centralize the country, makes huges reforms through more war with nobles
    > Get married with Chadette of Provence and live a happy marriage
    > name all of his children Louis to make sure every French king has the exact same name
    > win a war against Henry XXI of England to reclaim the duchy of Aquitaine, Anjou and Normandy
    > go to crusades because why not, travelling is fun but guet his ass beaten by Chadlik al-Salih Ayoub
    > dies of a random case of diarrhea
    > his son Louis XLIX get to power at the age of six
    > repeat until the revolution

    • @callthepolice4988
      @callthepolice4988 2 роки тому +1

      Beuh what are these Roman numbers, u sure u werent drunk when writing this comment

    • @nanoboso3656
      @nanoboso3656 2 роки тому +12

      @@callthepolice4988 It means 47, 48 and 49 and is a joke about the fact that France got a lot of kings named Louis
      However, the whole story is largely based on Louis IX the saint

    • @nanoboso3656
      @nanoboso3656 2 роки тому +2

      @Thomas Also one Raoul, one Eude, and two Robert (arround the same time period as Hugues Capet)
      The Raoul one is special because he belong to no dynasty

    • @JoeWithTheHoesBiden
      @JoeWithTheHoesBiden 2 роки тому +6

      @@nanoboso3656 if you think the frenchies had a naming shortage look at the prussians
      the only 3 names were william, frederick, and william - frederick

    • @tiernfrenchkroissan
      @tiernfrenchkroissan 2 роки тому

      @@JoeWithTheHoesBiden Otto too

  • @davigondim8850
    @davigondim8850 2 роки тому +633

    Brazilian History be like:
    -Thousands of native tribes just vibing
    - Chief Chadmim of the Tupi tribes conquers Chief Tunivirgin of the Tupinamba tribes
    - Conquered tribes eaten alive
    - Portuguese arrive in 1500
    - Convert, assimilate and massacre the natives and bring 5 morbillion african slaves
    - 300 years later Napoleon forces the Portuguese royals to flee to colonial Brazil
    - Colony becomes full-blown Kingdom
    - Prince Pedro the 1th ''the madlad'' declares independence against himself and becomes emperor
    - Coups his own goverment for more constitutional power
    - Leaves his 5 year son as emperor to reconquer his old kingdom and dies
    - his son Pedrochad the 2th becomes 18 at 14, and creates golden age, his daughter and regent abolishes slavery
    - Emperor Pedrochad gets deposed in a coup
    - Republic. Corrupt officials rule the country
    - Brazil figths in both world wars for some reason
    - President Cumtulio Vargas creates 15-year long proto-facist dictadorship but gets ousted from power.
    - Gets back to power democratically
    - Has a random military officer assasinated in broad daylight for no reason then Kermits suicide
    - Brazilian democracy gets couped by chad military junta
    - 500 billion left-wing figures tortured
    - Chad military get bored with torturing left-wingers and allowDemocracy returns
    - Status: Come to Brazil

    • @IIIhenriqueIII
      @IIIhenriqueIII 2 роки тому +30

      Chad military junta foi foda kkkkkkk

    • @Damian_1989
      @Damian_1989 2 роки тому +87

      "Pedrochad the 2th becomes 18 at 14"

    • @youbelonginamuseum0
      @youbelonginamuseum0 2 роки тому +29

      the most progressive bolsominion

    • @emmanuelfernandez04
      @emmanuelfernandez04 2 роки тому +8

      Hosts 2016 Olympics

    • @AttaBek1422
      @AttaBek1422 2 роки тому +16

      Naked Natives: *Bing Chillin*
      The Portuguese: OH GOD IM COOOOOOOOOOMLONIZINNNNNNNNNGGGGG AHHHHHHHHHHH

  • @OrionGuards
    @OrionGuards 2 роки тому +34

    Ancient Chinese history be like:
    >new dynasty
    >corruption
    >splits apart like glass
    >repeat

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat Рік тому

      Modern Chinese history be like: We hate Japanese and Western imperialism, but we hate our democratic government even more. Communism.mp4

    • @DibbzTV
      @DibbzTV 5 місяців тому +1

      China has this weird thing where it does like a decades long brutal war every century. Like, you guys make up 3 of the top 6 deadliest events in history. I’m American and only know cuz my major, but I see you

  • @SolidBlueBlocks
    @SolidBlueBlocks Рік тому +5

    - get colonies
    - oh no German Empire is attacking
    - lose some colonies
    - oh no German Empire is attacking
    - lose all the colonies

  • @drrizzla4557
    @drrizzla4557 2 роки тому +32

    As a French man I must admit I'm a bit disappointed France does not appears though we had much fun together

    • @songcramp66
      @songcramp66 2 роки тому +5

      You can sleep tight knowing a Francized Viking created the England we know and love today.

    • @matthewhalstead8817
      @matthewhalstead8817 2 роки тому

      An an english man I commend your ancestors for creating england. I Also disavow them for creating france.

    • @tiernfrenchkroissan
      @tiernfrenchkroissan 2 роки тому

      @@songcramp66 we create Germany...

    • @adamthetired9319
      @adamthetired9319 2 роки тому

      @@tiernfrenchkroissan, who?

    • @tiernfrenchkroissan
      @tiernfrenchkroissan 2 роки тому

      @@adamthetired9319 when the French Empire of Charlemagne has been divised, the Kingdom the Eastern Francie and the lotharingia have "born"

  • @Cab00se90
    @Cab00se90 2 роки тому +20

    You forgot the part where Elizachad dies after starting two colonies and then the rest get achieved by her upstart Scottish nephews whose Mum/Grandmother she had killed.

    • @archivesoffantasy5560
      @archivesoffantasy5560 Рік тому +4

      Elizabeth chose not to marry and have children, so she can be somewhat credited with the Stuarts becoming monarchs of England.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat Рік тому +1

      @@archivesoffantasy5560 The original femcel unleashed.

  • @weygand7221
    @weygand7221 2 роки тому +13

    you forgot to include fighting france for fun

  • @MajesticDemonLord
    @MajesticDemonLord 2 роки тому +6

    Queen ElizaChadess is now a Thing.

  • @NoQuestionsAskedd
    @NoQuestionsAskedd 2 роки тому +79

    Britain itself was a Roman Colony and the Romans underestimated them as most of them lived in the forests

    • @songcramp66
      @songcramp66 2 роки тому +16

      Underestimated them how? More like they underappreciated their value as a colony since as soon as shit got real they peaced out while the Germanics were like it's free real estate.

    • @theveryproudmoroccan2834
      @theveryproudmoroccan2834 2 роки тому

      Retarded Naruto hater

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 роки тому +17

      They didn’t underestimate them… they built two separate walls that went across the entirety of Great Britain to try and block them out lmao

    • @abhi5504
      @abhi5504 2 роки тому +2

      @@XXXTENTAClON227 key word try

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 роки тому +2

      @@abhi5504 tbh even a cripple could probably climb the walls, I’m not surprised

  • @JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly
    @JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly Рік тому +3

    It’s kinda crazy how being kicked out of the 13 colonies only made the British Empire even stronger

  • @invisibleman4827
    @invisibleman4827 9 місяців тому +4

    What blows your mind is that Britain was one of the last to get into the colonial game, the big reason they outdid all the orhers was because their economy was better, so they could afford a bigger and better navy than the others. That's what it boils down to.

  • @daveandoldsport8339
    @daveandoldsport8339 Рік тому +4

    how to be a colonial power:
    > build ship
    >use ship
    > find new land
    >build ship with the new land you got
    >loot the new land like a clash of clan village
    >Repeat the process
    enjoy😊

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight 2 роки тому +166

    Nobody :
    British : *"Nobody expects the British invasion! Now give us your tea and spices!"*
    It's much easier to list countries that British didn't invade back then 😂

    • @civilizedhuman7875
      @civilizedhuman7875 2 роки тому

      @its Time your dick is as long as the Arab league survived against israel
      Which is 0.6

    • @CommissarChaotic
      @CommissarChaotic 2 роки тому

      wait... were they countries at that time?..

  • @caspianhorlick4529
    @caspianhorlick4529 2 роки тому +176

    As a British person, I can confirm that this is how you create the superior global empire, but you did miss the part about kicking the shit out of the French, very important that.

    • @swarajkar3086
      @swarajkar3086 2 роки тому +19

      Or getting kicked by farmers?

    • @tersecleric2
      @tersecleric2 2 роки тому +2

      @@swarajkar3086 ???

    • @swarajkar3086
      @swarajkar3086 2 роки тому +3

      @@vatsal7640 So French defeated you too then?

    • @JoeWithTheHoesBiden
      @JoeWithTheHoesBiden 2 роки тому +1

      @@vatsal7640 you like to forget you were on the USA's side during that ordeal

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 роки тому +15

      @@JoeWithTheHoesBiden Britain didn’t send a single troop into Vietnam for the USA. Not even a ship. All they offered was a “good luck” tbh. If that’s your idea of support… idk what to tell you

  • @misterwolf3817
    @misterwolf3817 2 роки тому +12

    Love how 90% of the video is just the place of colonies.

    • @royasturias1784
      @royasturias1784 2 роки тому +1

      As Britain itself (mostly modern-day England and Wales) used to be a colony of the Roman Empire

    • @fishyfish6510
      @fishyfish6510 2 роки тому

      @@royasturias1784 Britain: "He(Roman Empire) lives in me doesn't he"

  • @pauliewalnuts5803
    @pauliewalnuts5803 Рік тому +4

    *Sips tea in satisfaction*

  • @danjudex2475
    @danjudex2475 2 роки тому +11

    >Decide to end the slave trade single handedly.
    >succeeds.
    >goes into debt.

  • @Four-S
    @Four-S 2 роки тому +6

    As soon as he started listing out the country's England has colonized, I just sat there waiting for my country's name to get called out

  • @SillyLittleMan55
    @SillyLittleMan55 5 місяців тому +2

    Hey britain, how many colonies did you have?
    “Yes”

  • @fabulouschild2005
    @fabulouschild2005 Рік тому +5

    I am British. This is the most comprehensive illustration of our history ever

  • @shourryasrivastava7459
    @shourryasrivastava7459 Рік тому +4

    The sun never sets on British Empire because even God can't ensure that what they will do in dark....

  • @stuartsollis1602
    @stuartsollis1602 2 роки тому +4

    We went round the world saying "fucking stick em up" and it was glorious

  • @cb-hz6dm
    @cb-hz6dm 2 роки тому +21

    >steal all of the worlds spices
    >only make shit food

    • @PieisDaBest1
      @PieisDaBest1 2 роки тому +2

      "They can't call my cooking bland if food has no flavour."

    • @sliftyy
      @sliftyy 2 роки тому +5

      ww2 rationing and it's consequences have been a disaster for the briton race

    • @Letnistonwandif
      @Letnistonwandif 2 роки тому

      Sigma Chad move right there.

  • @oenrn
    @oenrn 2 роки тому +5

    "The entire Indian subcontinent"
    Goa: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @CamembertRun
    @CamembertRun 2 роки тому +2

    >Conquer 1/3 of world
    >acquire untold spices and herbs
    >fuckthatwhere'sthebisto.jpg

  • @phillip_iv_planetking6354
    @phillip_iv_planetking6354 2 роки тому +29

    The UK was weird.
    Had the largest empire and lost it faster than any other too after WWII.
    You would think they would fight to keep it.

    • @commemorative
      @commemorative 2 роки тому +15

      No, the empire was bad for the UK. It was only kept for prides sake. Being overtaken was the world's greatest power before you even lose most of your empire makes you reconsider spending all your budget on a profitless empire. Not to say the British didn't exploit their colonies, or aren't still exploiting their old colonies, but fighting for them wouldn't have been worth it.

    • @ShireTommy_1916_Somme-Mametz
      @ShireTommy_1916_Somme-Mametz 2 роки тому

      Easy for those who never had an empire to say. And if the Brits had fought to keep the empire, another world war would happen with USSR/China

    • @mojowwwav4357
      @mojowwwav4357 2 роки тому +1

      They tried that with france during the Suez Crisis, unfortunately, the US and USSR saw it as a chance to support Egypt to basically gain influence in their cold war and threatened both, denouncing it as Neo-colonialism/Imperialism, whatever that means idk sounds like libtard nonesense you'd expect from gay r*publics.

    • @ShireTommy_1916_Somme-Mametz
      @ShireTommy_1916_Somme-Mametz 2 роки тому +16

      @@mojowwwav4357 the suez crisis, where the Americans backstabbed the British/Israeli forces, only to lose in the Vietnam war

    • @pranavkanttripathi2971
      @pranavkanttripathi2971 2 роки тому

      The empire in a way got transferred to the USandA aka Amerrrica.

  • @kartikgkalita
    @kartikgkalita 2 роки тому +4

    At 0:24 you can see even the elephant is pissed off by the bri*ish

  • @altymogo3781
    @altymogo3781 2 роки тому +7

    imagine colonising parts of every continent

  • @emperor6878
    @emperor6878 2 роки тому +2

    you forgot they bully anyone with more than 5 ships

  • @Controlqueen31
    @Controlqueen31 2 роки тому +5

    If u ever do a Spanish one, I hope it goes like: War - > Renaissance cool - > then getting down until you reach the point of civil war and civil war and civil war and... You guess it: CIVIL WAR!

  • @restunic2905
    @restunic2905 2 роки тому +8

    Irish history be like:
    - Settlers arrive in Ireland
    - Build churches and Christianity flourishes
    - Raiders arrive from overseas and pillage everything
    - Raiders establish themselfs as the dominant force
    - Convert to the local culture
    - Preists arrive to convert everyone to christianity
    -Repeat

  • @JJ-gr7gl
    @JJ-gr7gl 2 роки тому +6

    Funny enough Anguilla literally had to start a war just to stay with the British Empire

  • @Random-ld2qx
    @Random-ld2qx 2 роки тому +2

    This video sums up the past 4 years of my life studying history.

  • @FakeAnarchist
    @FakeAnarchist 2 роки тому +19

    Its good to be British and to have been from a place formerly part of the British Empire.

    • @KnowTheWWE
      @KnowTheWWE 2 роки тому

      No. British sucks. 🇪🇦

    • @aman-hl9re
      @aman-hl9re 2 роки тому +1

      Malaysia/Singapore?

    • @arakami8547
      @arakami8547 2 роки тому +6

      @Morgan Wheeler Year 11 🇦🇺🇬🇧 Don't forget us.

    • @matthewhalstead8817
      @matthewhalstead8817 2 роки тому +6

      @@arakami8547 how could we forget you? Aussies are just desert Brits and Brits are just cold Aussies.

  • @bumpermanthesecond615
    @bumpermanthesecond615 2 роки тому +2

    conquering the entire world and be the most powerful nation of the world only to be mocked for preposterous cuisine and shanking in London in the modern days

  • @thehelllord4458
    @thehelllord4458 2 роки тому +6

    I’m pleased that the British lore’s been revealed (I live there)

  • @kargaroc386
    @kargaroc386 10 місяців тому +2

    Where's Yakko's World when you need it.

  • @youngling3937
    @youngling3937 Рік тому +4

    What haven’t we conquered!

  • @theunknown2669
    @theunknown2669 2 роки тому +3

    *Proceeds to name all the countries in the world*

  • @Brunch65
    @Brunch65 2 роки тому +3

    "Hippity Hoppity, Your Land Is Now My Property"
    -British Empire

  • @archise3191
    @archise3191 2 роки тому +1

    >Be British
    >Conquered 1/3 of the world for spices
    >Doesn't put spices on food
    >Mfw food taste like a cement mix

  • @mcpadraigpearse749
    @mcpadraigpearse749 2 роки тому +3

    A video on irish history would be cool, it's just rebel, fail and repeat

  • @EngincanAlgul
    @EngincanAlgul 28 днів тому +2

    and exploded cars in london

  • @ElonMuskrat1930
    @ElonMuskrat1930 2 роки тому +14

    Their 1922 borders are what it should be rn

  • @StrawberryMilkk224
    @StrawberryMilkk224 2 роки тому +3

    It kinda became an inside joke with my 6th grade social studies (basically geography) class because most countries we talked about were controlled by them at some points.

  • @danielvicentemartinez497
    @danielvicentemartinez497 2 роки тому +2

    Spanish history when? By the way, great video as always!

  • @rahmanbah8302
    @rahmanbah8302 2 роки тому +3

    People a 1000yrs from now will probably be looking back at the british empire the way we are looking back at the romans.That is if humans are still around at that time of course.

  • @christophersiregar2814
    @christophersiregar2814 2 роки тому +2

    British when mars don't colonized yet:

  • @UnfunnyGoose
    @UnfunnyGoose 2 роки тому +8

    As Britain is the country most known for *invading* conversely there should be a country most known for *getting invaded*
    I'm looking forward to that country's history...

  • @bigybop
    @bigybop 2 роки тому +1

    and we're coming back for round 2

  • @coolbunny
    @coolbunny 2 роки тому +6

    Don't forget the part where eventually most of them were like: "Aight, imma head out" and started several revolutions.

  • @NS-er1gd
    @NS-er1gd 2 роки тому +2

    “The sun never sets!”
    *sets*

  • @HistorysHaven
    @HistorysHaven 2 роки тому +14

    German tankers in WWII: *"Why do I hear boss music?"*

    • @Chestyfriend
      @Chestyfriend 2 роки тому

      Ironically England lost the most terrain by far out of all countries after ww2.

    • @Spygon
      @Spygon 2 роки тому +2

      @@Chestyfriend Its what what happens when you have to fight every part of two World Wars.

    • @tak4043
      @tak4043 2 роки тому

      @@Spygon It's what happens when you refuse all offers of peace in which you don't feel like you've won anything. Works until it doesn't. They didn't have to fight, they just didn't want not to win when they finally got the war started.
      Or like Churchill put it:
      "Received on January 24, 1944
      Most Secret and Personal
      Message from Mr Churchill to Marshal Stalin
      ...
      I am sure you know that I would never negotiate with the Germans separately and that we tell you every overture they make as you have told us. We never thought of making a separate peace even in the year when we were all alone and could easily have made one without serious loss to the British Empire and largely at your expense. Why should we think of it now, when our triple fortunes are marching forward to victory?
      .."
      and Stalin's reply:
      "January 29, 1944
      Personal and Secret from Premier J. V. Stalin to the Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill
      ...
      To come to the gist of the matter, I cannot agree with you that Britain could easily have made a separate peace with Germany, largely at the expense of the U.S.S.R. and without serious loss to the British Empire. I think that that was said rashly, for I recall statements of a different nature made by you.
      I recall, for example, that when Britain was in difficulties, before the Soviet Union became involved in the war against Germany, you believed that the British Government might have to move to Canada and fight Germany across the ocean.
      ..."
      Source:
      Correspondence
      Between the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and the Presidents of the USA and the Prime Ministers of Great Britain During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
      Volume 1
      Correspondence with Winston S. Churchill and Clement R. Attlee
      (July 1941-November 1945)
      Progress Publishers
      Moscow

    • @Spygon
      @Spygon 2 роки тому

      @@tak4043 yeah its a shame the British empire didnt just give up trying to stop Nazi's overrunning Europe. But i guess sometimes you got to sacrifice things to stop Nazi's

    • @tak4043
      @tak4043 2 роки тому

      @@Spygon Yes, would have been a shame if the worst country on planet at the time(one could argue even now) would have fallen. Better fight to the end for Russia!
      Thus refusing German offer to withdraw from Western Europe in exchange for peace. As evidenced by Rudolph Hess' adjutant and to which Churchill referred to.
      It's a shame also that no one was allowed to talk to Hess himself about it and the documents he brought with him are still to this day secret.

  • @bhuvanasri7976
    @bhuvanasri7976 2 роки тому +2

    Well fun fact the kingdom which conquered quarter of the earth also was the most invaded kingdom in Europe

  • @cpp3221
    @cpp3221 2 роки тому +50

    As a frenchman I would like to ask...
    WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "REPEAT ?"

  • @Plaazzzz
    @Plaazzzz 4 дні тому

    You know you made it when theres only 22 countries that haven't been invaded by you

  • @20thCentury_Turtle
    @20thCentury_Turtle 2 роки тому +8

    Entire subcontinent? Didn't Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim resist colonial rule?

    • @someguywholikestalking4196
      @someguywholikestalking4196 2 роки тому +1

      No they didnt

    • @kubershukla5252
      @kubershukla5252 2 роки тому +3

      @@someguywholikestalking4196 Yes they did as a matter of Fact Nepal never became part of empires

    • @sliftyy
      @sliftyy 2 роки тому +1

      their foreign policy and trade was restricted by british treaties, in bhutan iirc the british had the right to cut down trees

    • @Letnistonwandif
      @Letnistonwandif 2 роки тому +4

      Prépare yourselfs guys there comes thé Indians Who are gonna cry about thé British empire.

    • @RyanFennec
      @RyanFennec 2 роки тому

      @@Letnistonwandif xd

  • @adamoneale4396
    @adamoneale4396 Рік тому +1

    You forgot that we taught them all how to play cricket whilst we were there

  • @RayCookItUp
    @RayCookItUp 2 роки тому +3

    0:15 Poggers my country XDD

    • @Cj_496
      @Cj_496 2 місяці тому +2

      MAltA

  • @kanishkdhanker0280
    @kanishkdhanker0280 2 роки тому +1

    This video is so much British it Colonized my PC

  • @anchiit
    @anchiit 2 роки тому +3

    V E R Y A C C U R A T E

  • @SXLSkyya
    @SXLSkyya 2 роки тому +2

    Mad respect for counting all colonies 🙏😂

  • @Faygo2215
    @Faygo2215 2 роки тому +15

    everybody always talks about how the British contoured half the world but none ever talks about them loosing it all in the span of 10 years

    • @lightfootpathfinder8218
      @lightfootpathfinder8218 2 роки тому +7

      The empire was basically "rebranded" as "the commonwealth or British overseas territories" after ww2 purely because colonialism was seen as archaic. Even today the UK literally does have an empire. Its not as big as it was but it is still there

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat Рік тому

      @@lightfootpathfinder8218 All of these countries have independence though. They are self governing and have their own currency. Unlike some French colonised countries in Africa who even still speak French.

    • @lightfootpathfinder8218
      @lightfootpathfinder8218 Рік тому +1

      @@cattysplat some former parts of the empire are completely independent but countries like Australia, Canada, new Zealand, Jamaica etc still have the British monarch as their head of state. it's just they have their own government. King Charles iii is the king of Canada, Australia,new Zealand etc just as he is the king of England and Scotland. The British overseas territories are the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom they are not independent countries they belong to the UK and their citizens are British.

    • @Darrenski
      @Darrenski 11 місяців тому

      'Losing'

    • @Faygo2215
      @Faygo2215 11 місяців тому

      @@Darrenski I mean they gave it back yeah but kind of pussy ass country just gives shit back

  • @Historicage1134
    @Historicage1134 Рік тому +1

    What a great video!

  • @dingusdean1905
    @dingusdean1905 2 роки тому +6

    Mexican history be like: General Blanco de San Sebastian led the revolt against Emperor Juan Carlos Pablo Javier Braganza IV de Hapsburg y Orleans and established the Mexican Empire. His rule was marked by corruption and endemic poverty which led to the Revolution of Feb. 12 where peasanty under command of Francisca Maximiliano overthrew the Junta and instituted a dictatorship, which was marked by corruption and endemic poverty. After loosing the 12th Mexican-Comanche-American war, Francisca was overthrown by General Raul Pedro de Gorgonzola, who established a oligarchic dictatorial republic marked by corruption and endemic poverty.

  • @vhistory4353
    @vhistory4353 2 роки тому +10

    Reconquista be like:
    - Romero San Patrón de Virgindez request for help to ChadHamza-almaguyai in a campaing to invade other cristians territories
    - Succed in the campaing
    PLOT TWIST ; chadhamza almaguyai invades Romero San Patrón territories too
    -A little castle remains in control of the Christians
    - Literaly a random soldier says that santa maría de los cristos renacidos y por renacer appeared inself in his room saying that he is Jesús christ II
    - the soldier tells the story to all the remain troops, they believe him
    - Chad el campeador rodrigo Díaz takes the control of the army that remains in the Castle
    - It goes to a legendary Battle VS chadhamza
    - Chad campeador wins
    - The peasants start saying that Chad campeador is being help by literally all the saints in heaven, and that is killing one trillion moors with his hands (lmao)
    - the others christians villages support his campaing
    - he conquers territories, kill all the muslim generals and creates a superChad reign
    - Chad Campeador dies in a campaign and all the reign brokes in a lot of feudal states.
    -repeat

  • @abdullahmuhsin7339
    @abdullahmuhsin7339 2 роки тому

    Thank you for mentioning Singapore!

  • @anymea5159
    @anymea5159 2 роки тому +4

    British history be like: 300 years to build an empire, only 30 years to destroy it.

  • @FederationOfEarthNations
    @FederationOfEarthNations Рік тому +1

    British Empire when they somehow annex every country, and realizing the only land left is their island / isle:
    BRITISH BRITISH EMPIRE

  • @squigg7107
    @squigg7107 2 роки тому +3

    Imagine having food so bland that you conquer the whole world for spices

    • @funwithfish1507
      @funwithfish1507 2 роки тому

      Then just use Indian food (best in the world) to eat after you get pissed as newts at 2am

    • @treeismyusernamewhyjustwhy
      @treeismyusernamewhyjustwhy Рік тому

      i'd take british or scandinavian food over american food, unless it's from the southern united states. those west african immigrants can cook darn good food.

  • @kiptran1772
    @kiptran1772 2 роки тому +1

    *5 seconds into colony names*: "That's the whole video right there"

  • @haroldtheraccoon.haroldelm247
    @haroldtheraccoon.haroldelm247 2 роки тому +2

    British history be like....PIRACY

  • @duckofallbananas
    @duckofallbananas 2 місяці тому

    "Ok chaps! Today we have the new to invade list! Let me see... ah, like last time,
    conquer E A R T H ."

  • @atocanboi409
    @atocanboi409 2 роки тому +4

    Sealand History be like:

  • @britannicgeneral7460
    @britannicgeneral7460 2 роки тому

    Yes splendid video my goodsir.

  • @gabrielzak.7942
    @gabrielzak.7942 2 роки тому +6

    -Fight two horrible and costly wars
    -Become vassal of one of its former colonies

    • @unknowuser9821
      @unknowuser9821 2 роки тому +1

      What are you talking about? UK as vassal state?

    • @gabrielzak.7942
      @gabrielzak.7942 2 роки тому

      @@unknowuser9821 yes, of the US