This one isn't an April Fools, promise. CORRECTIONS AND DISCLAIMERS: 12:24 - I seemed to have had a stroke 8:57 - It's called the Eight Mile Bridge, but it isn't eight miles long
Russia in particular won about 900 000 km² without firing a single bullet. Comparing them to Russia's current leadership, I would prefer the one from the 1850s, as I don't understand what exactly happened to that nation in the last 170 years.
@@geoffreycharles6330 well, to surmise: Russia had Serfs, the Tsar decided to make them not serfs, but also, realistically still serfs some people tried killing the Tsar, they failed and were also executed, then the brother of one those people decided that he’s gonna overthrow the tsar, then with the help of Russian incompetence because of a tsar who wasn’t ready to rule, and said it straight up, they still made him Tsar, Russia became really incompetent, ww1 Germany helped lenin, two Russian revolutions later the Soviet Union became a thing, it spent its 69 year existence fighting everything, then in the 90s after Gorbachev thought “hey maybe being a dick doesn’t work” so he stopped being a dick, and then shortly after the Soviet Union stopped existing, yeltsin got involved but was too drunk to stop putin, putin then decided to continue the Soviet and Russians’ tradition of wanting every piece of land that’s ever spoken Russian (remind you of anyone?) So yeah. That’s what happened, poorly done by me.
@@kylephilipe8347 for instance, the entire history of Europe from the end of the migration period to the treaty of Westphalia. Or the entire history of Islam featuring internecine violence, enslavement of blacks and religious minorities, unprevoked invasions of Christian nations, and the current terrorism campaign against the Zionists in Palestine and their American puppets.
And conquering most of the world having the best navey on the planet and the most professional army and kicking the shit out of everything and everyone who comes against us 🇬🇧🏴🏴
8:57 it's the "8-mile bridge" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baliqiao) because it's 8 miles from Beijing proper, not 8 miles long, that would be absolutely mental even by today's standards.
According to Chinese websites the bridge is 8 Chinese miles (里, 500m) from Tungzhou (通州) on the outskirts, 30 Chinese miles from Beijing city. There is an underground station there with the same name.
While the Second Opium War ended in 1860, instability and uprisings would continue into the 1880s, where the Portuguese had the Qing agree to a treaty signing over Macau to Portugal “in perpetuity” in 1887.
The Qing made an unexpected victory at Taku, The British made an unexpected victory in turn. *Perfectly bal- lol, no, the British still roflstomped them.*
The allied lost very little to begin with, and invested a minimal amount of troups. It's not even comparable, they could beat China without even trying. The empress will improve the state of the Chinese army, which will be able to resist a bit more to western power, but they'll remain powerless against Japan, which as a close neighbour had little problem concentrated wall its might against China.
I feel like these videos often forget that the Qing dynasty wasn't viewed that favorably in China at the time. The manchurian ruling class was viewed as an external invader that forced manchurian customs and culture on China, far different than the preceeding MIng dynasty. China had a long history of many dynasties of domestic and foreign origin. The Qing dynasty always had a tenous grasp of rule, and the imperialist westerners only further weakened that rule. Cixi was able to hold the dynasty together for the rest of the century, but i am not sure if the path of total westernization, similar to japan, would have saved the Qing in the long run.
They don't purposely forget that, it's just that although the Chinese hated the Qing dynasty it was viewed much better in contrast to foreigners who invaded.
And also, they actually tried to modernize. Japan had several advantages that made the transition possible, but honestly I think it was impossible in China (too divided, too diverse/rebellious...). The Japanese populace had the tendency to tamely accept any change (even if, even them rebeled when the samurai cast was stripped of their raison d'être).
@@therealbaylee I know that history is complicated. But sometimes I should be able to make a joke about it without "amateur historians" trying to explain to me that I'm apparently a stupid peasant. So please let me have my fun or I'll go hang myself.
Frankly absolutly amazing, every episode is a step up and this was a leap, thankyou feature, i think once you said your name was Sam, thankyou. This was a gift in a trying time for me, you have always got this.
The Brits didn't lose 400 men dead at the Taku Forts - they lost 400 *casualties* (of whom 85 died). Still bad, but not quite as catastrophic as 400 dead!
Ci Xi was pretty influential, but she also worked with Prince Gong, who had many modernizing ideas, but the original regency system Xiangfan set up had a bunch of people who weren't willing to try new ideas. Ci Xi worked with the Xiangfan's wife, Ci'An, and all three of them implemented the policies.
The American steamship was commanded by US Comodore Tattnall who justified the neutrality violation by, "blood is thicker than water." Ironically he went to war with the US Navy two years later as a Confederate flag officer.
maybe an idea to add some extra levels of support on patreon? the price difference between the levels is quite massive. also the current link doesnt work?
After this war the Qing stopped calling Westerners barbarians, but they kept on calling the Japanese 'wojen' meaning dwarf people. The Japanese would eventually issue a riposte in the First Sino-Japanese War. :)
Funny the British would propose an alliance with Russia so soon after the Crimean War, kind of shows how removed from the actual bitterness of war leaders can be.
This one isn't an April Fools, promise.
CORRECTIONS AND DISCLAIMERS:
12:24 - I seemed to have had a stroke
8:57 - It's called the Eight Mile Bridge, but it isn't eight miles long
lol asking myself if there is an echo in here
Nearly got us there 😂
BRI ISH
By the way, the thumbnails just say episode 3, not 30 and 31
Understandable, still the best channel i ve seen
Russia & America: We're neutral guys, we're neither with China nor against the British
Russia in particular won about 900 000 km² without firing a single bullet. Comparing them to Russia's current leadership, I would prefer the one from the 1850s, as I don't understand what exactly happened to that nation in the last 170 years.
@@geoffreycharles6330 well, to surmise: Russia had Serfs, the Tsar decided to make them not serfs, but also, realistically still serfs some people tried killing the Tsar, they failed and were also executed, then the brother of one those people decided that he’s gonna overthrow the tsar, then with the help of Russian incompetence because of a tsar who wasn’t ready to rule, and said it straight up, they still made him Tsar, Russia became really incompetent, ww1 Germany helped lenin, two Russian revolutions later the Soviet Union became a thing, it spent its 69 year existence fighting everything, then in the 90s after Gorbachev thought “hey maybe being a dick doesn’t work” so he stopped being a dick, and then shortly after the Soviet Union stopped existing, yeltsin got involved but was too drunk to stop putin, putin then decided to continue the Soviet and Russians’ tradition of wanting every piece of land that’s ever spoken Russian (remind you of anyone?) So yeah. That’s what happened, poorly done by me.
@@aliabdallah102 😂😂
🤌 ... Nailed it
@@geoffreycharles6330 cry more westerner
I still can’t believe that the USSR lasted almost 69 years
Taiping Rebellion happens because some dude conviced a lot of people that he was a brother of Jesus Christ
That and literally most of the population despised the Qing by this point
Kinda morbidly funny that one of the most bloody wars in human history was because some lunatic thought he was jesus's brother or some shit
@@lovablesnowman all of the bloodiest wars happened because of roughly the same shit.
@@sheldoniusRex like which ones?
@@kylephilipe8347 for instance, the entire history of Europe from the end of the migration period to the treaty of Westphalia.
Or the entire history of Islam featuring internecine violence, enslavement of blacks and religious minorities, unprevoked invasions of Christian nations, and the current terrorism campaign against the Zionists in Palestine and their American puppets.
Last time I was this early Hong Kong was still a fishing village
Ah, yes. I always knew the Brits were fellow experts at clubbing seals.
And we haven't stopped since!
And conquering most of the world having the best navey on the planet and the most professional army and kicking the shit out of everything and everyone who comes against us 🇬🇧🏴🏴
@@welshman8954 based🇦🇨🇦🇮🇦🇺🇧🇲🇨🇦🇨🇰🇫🇯🇫🇰🇬🇸🇮🇴🇰🇾🇲🇸🇬🇧
@@roundduck7005 what about New Zealand’s flag
@@reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757 🇳🇿
The beginnings of the new blossoming Franco-Albion friendship after a near millennium of rivalry.
All good as long as either have a bit of tea, fancy silk and pottery. Cannons don't go puff puff anymore cuz of that
Profidious Albion. 😃
No it wasn't
At least in mutual interest areas. China found themselves caught between the British hammer and the French anvil (or vice versa).
no pride in evil.
8:57 it's the "8-mile bridge" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baliqiao) because it's 8 miles from Beijing proper, not 8 miles long, that would be absolutely mental even by today's standards.
According to Chinese websites the bridge is 8 Chinese miles (里, 500m) from Tungzhou (通州) on the outskirts, 30 Chinese miles from Beijing city. There is an underground station there with the same name.
Ah yes, The Expedition. The polite word of Invasion
Very clever comment, lol
So this is why he gave us the crash course on Bri ish history
I would have came here blind if he didnt
Let us commence forth
Meanwhile the Portuguese in Macau: "Oh no! Anyway."
While the Second Opium War ended in 1860, instability and uprisings would continue into the 1880s, where the Portuguese had the Qing agree to a treaty signing over Macau to Portugal “in perpetuity” in 1887.
Fun fact: everyone here hasn’t finished the entire video except feature history.
Many times in fact
@@FeatureHistory Well, I have now, too
No i did
I always watch all of the video ?
@just some random dude on the internet well at the time of posting it was very new
The Qing made an unexpected victory at Taku,
The British made an unexpected victory in turn.
*Perfectly bal- lol, no, the British still roflstomped them.*
The allied lost very little to begin with, and invested a minimal amount of troups. It's not even comparable, they could beat China without even trying. The empress will improve the state of the Chinese army, which will be able to resist a bit more to western power, but they'll remain powerless against Japan, which as a close neighbour had little problem concentrated wall its might against China.
All while people in Uk barely knew what happened. If it was Full mobilization 💀💀💀💀
the amount the firepower advantage the British could bring with their fleets was truly staggering
I feel like these videos often forget that the Qing dynasty wasn't viewed that favorably in China at the time. The manchurian ruling class was viewed as an external invader that forced manchurian customs and culture on China, far different than the preceeding MIng dynasty. China had a long history of many dynasties of domestic and foreign origin. The Qing dynasty always had a tenous grasp of rule, and the imperialist westerners only further weakened that rule. Cixi was able to hold the dynasty together for the rest of the century, but i am not sure if the path of total westernization, similar to japan, would have saved the Qing in the long run.
They don't purposely forget that, it's just that although the Chinese hated the Qing dynasty it was viewed much better in contrast to foreigners who invaded.
And also, they actually tried to modernize. Japan had several advantages that made the transition possible, but honestly I think it was impossible in China (too divided, too diverse/rebellious...). The Japanese populace had the tendency to tamely accept any change (even if, even them rebeled when the samurai cast was stripped of their raison d'être).
Britian: Hello there.
Chinese: who are you?
Britain: we are the most civilised nation on earth.
Chinese: what do you want?
Britain: we want *WAR*
That is a very simplistic view on the wars.
@@therealbaylee Otherwise known as a joke
@@therealbaylee I know that history is complicated.
But sometimes I should be able to make a joke about it without "amateur historians" trying to explain to me that I'm apparently a stupid peasant.
So please let me have my fun or I'll go hang myself.
wait no that's insulting i meant it like you wouldnt emotionally be able to
@@aramhalamech4204 YOU WANT FUN!?! HOW DARE YOU!!!
The arrow wasn't a pirate vessel, it was a vessel with crewmen who had been pirates in the past. Minor but still important detail.
DRUG WAAARRR
wait wrong century
For a second I thought this was also an april fools joke
Frankly absolutly amazing, every episode is a step up and this was a leap, thankyou feature, i think once you said your name was Sam, thankyou. This was a gift in a trying time for me, you have always got this.
Sorry man the names wrong, but I'm sure he appreciates the sentiment immensely!!
You should do a boxer rebellion vid
Two videos in a single day. Feature History really spoiling us
Ah the real Bri ish history
Feature History and Armchair Historian are severely underrated channels.
The Brits didn't lose 400 men dead at the Taku Forts - they lost 400 *casualties* (of whom 85 died). Still bad, but not quite as catastrophic as 400 dead!
British: Its even funnier the second time
The Opium Wars were pretty messy and humiliating for China. It’s unfortunate.
He is back, fully back, smart witty, and insightfullfeature history, welcome back man, thankyou
IT HAS BEEN LONGTIME NOT SEEN BUT YOUR BACK
Xian-Feng similar to Shian Feng, Ci-Xi similar to Tsi-Shi. So "X" similar to "Sh", "C" is actually exactly the same as "Ts"
Glad this isn't a April Fool's video
History God has returned
With all the concessions that Britain and France received at the end of the conflict, I'm surprised they didn't demand *All the tea*
Ci Xi was pretty influential, but she also worked with Prince Gong, who had many modernizing ideas, but the original regency system Xiangfan set up had a bunch of people who weren't willing to try new ideas. Ci Xi worked with the Xiangfan's wife, Ci'An, and all three of them implemented the policies.
Props for having both a joke upload and a real upload for April Fools.
Sweet, can't wait for the second Boer war
Imagine using Curiosity Stream. This post was made by the Furiosity Stream Gang
This is a very elaborate April Fools video. I don’t get the joke
The joke: The Second Opium war was fought without any opium being in it (except for its legalisation at the end)
Really liked the graphics and the narration. Nice video!!
glad i can follow this thanks to the bri ish history lesson, they really helps keep all this in context
this truly shows that technology matters more than population
The cheekiest historian on the ol' interwebs is back!
Great Britain: Wanna see me do it again?
More Chinese history please! Boxer rebellion and the 1911 revolution.
United Kingdom now:”NO!!!!! It is our sea not yours!!!!”
I think you forgot to put 31 in your thumbnail. As also of your last episode. As it was only the number 3 when it was supposs to be 30.
Nah it's a remake of episode 3 so he's intentionally put it as episode 3 cus he really fuckin hates the old one haha
Can we have the soundtrack?
Please do a video on the Romanian Revolution of '89.
catch us like the british, selling copium
Well... it is addictive.
He posted! Yes!
The time has come to cover 55 days in Peking
Dutch War of Independance/Eighty Years' War next?
Maybe a new video on the Sino-French War of 1883 as part of 19th Century Asia?
i wonder if tom cruise helped the samurai
The American steamship was commanded by US Comodore Tattnall who justified the neutrality violation by, "blood is thicker than water." Ironically he went to war with the US Navy two years later as a Confederate flag officer.
And exterminated Native American's
Good point.
YAY boxer rebellion next time (probably)!!!!!
Or even better, double 10 revolution.
Eight nation alliance:Kid,you ain't seen shit yet
Do something about Rome. Please.
A welcome surprise that’s for sure
April fools joke. No way they would fight two whole Opium Wars
maybe an idea to add some extra levels of support on patreon? the price difference between the levels is quite massive. also the current link doesnt work?
Can you do about Crimea war
After this war the Qing stopped calling Westerners barbarians, but they kept on calling the Japanese 'wojen' meaning dwarf people. The Japanese would eventually issue a riposte in the First Sino-Japanese War. :)
than they realized they were the barbarians🤣
Empress dowager Cixi also caused the downfall of the Qing...
He is back 🦀
2 in one day??
in the darkest hour, he came back
How do you draw these amazing portraits?
Great video, love your channel.
well, when the 55 day in peking history (or the boxer rebellion)
Austria has Sisi
China has Cixi...
Lol
guys i think he wants us to keep our eyes peeled for the next video when he makes it
Part 3 is just around the corner
Nah, Cixi was what held the Chinese bad. If the reformist emperors were able to do what they wanted China may have last longer
Are you ever going to do the 2nd boar war
Could you do a video on the Boxer Uprising?
Last time I was this early Canton Canton still had Opium warehouses
Those western powers are still at it. The only difference now, the lion awakens...
I suggest you should make about Vietnam war
Ah yes War for drugs
At least 9000 times better than wars *on* drugs.
Funny the British would propose an alliance with Russia so soon after the Crimean War, kind of shows how removed from the actual bitterness of war leaders can be.
of course the europeans were greedy but the way the chinese treated them was super brutal too
Good video but the only thing it should have is the year and dates of each slide explaining when each of these things happened
Feature History>Oversimplified
Wow, this is a treat!
Hope you’re doing well, Mr. History
It would be great to see a boxer rebellion episode
how did they get rid of the west?
He actually posted
Hey man, it seems that this is the 4th episode about the opium wars but the thumbnail says "episode 3". Might want to change that
There's take homes from the boxer rebellion in the museum in my town
I need more Bri Ish history!
The real War 'on' Drugs.
YES, The War "for" Drugs, the sequel, The War "for" Drugs 2 "tag-team to make them more High".
Finally
How tf did we go from trade routes and crap to burning down the imperial palace?!
Boxer Rebellion video?
Thank you.
I knew the Chinese lost, but I was kinda rooting for them troughout the video
If at that time the allied countries took the land or ripped the empire into many states, what would happen and no one knew.
Unequal treaties? Unequal how?
was this also done in the name of christiany