Feature History - Second Opium War
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- Опубліковано 31 бер 2021
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Hello and welcome to Feature History, featuring the video I said I was gonna make next, holy moly, who would've thought.
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SG and I did the writing and research. C. McLeod and I did the art. I did the narration and animation. That's why it took so long.
Music by Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com
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
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 🇳🇿
Last time I was this early Hong Kong was still a fishing village
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.
Ah yes, The Expedition. The polite word of Invasion
Very clever comment, lol
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.
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.
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.
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
the amount the firepower advantage the British could bring with their fleets was truly staggering
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 💀💀💀💀
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).
For a second I thought this was also an april fools joke
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.
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
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!!!
DRUG WAAARRR
wait wrong century
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!!
He is back, fully back, smart witty, and insightfullfeature history, welcome back man, thankyou
Really liked the graphics and the narration. Nice video!!
IT HAS BEEN LONGTIME NOT SEEN BUT YOUR BACK
Two videos in a single day. Feature History really spoiling us
You should do a boxer rebellion vid
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!
Feature History and Armchair Historian are severely underrated channels.
Great video, love your channel.
The Opium Wars were pretty messy and humiliating for China. It’s unfortunate.
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"
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*
The cheekiest historian on the ol' interwebs is back!
History God has returned
Sweet, can't wait for the second Boer war
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.
Ah the real Bri ish history
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
He posted! Yes!
Imagine using Curiosity Stream. This post was made by the Furiosity Stream Gang
How do you draw these amazing portraits?
Wow, this is a treat!
Can we have the soundtrack?
More Chinese history please! Boxer rebellion and the 1911 revolution.
Could you do a video on the Boxer Uprising?
Please do a video on the Romanian Revolution of '89.
United Kingdom now:”NO!!!!! It is our sea not yours!!!!”
Great Britain: Wanna see me do it again?
Great content
in the darkest hour, he came back
guys i think he wants us to keep our eyes peeled for the next video when he makes it
Maybe a new video on the Sino-French War of 1883 as part of 19th Century Asia?
The time has come to cover 55 days in Peking
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
great video
A welcome surprise that’s for sure
Are you ever going to do the 2nd boar war
He is back 🦀
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.
Can you do about Crimea war
Last time I was this early Canton Canton still had Opium warehouses
well, when the 55 day in peking history (or the boxer rebellion)
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)
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🤣
I need more Bri Ish history!
It would be great to see a boxer rebellion episode
YAY boxer rebellion next time (probably)!!!!!
Or even better, double 10 revolution.
i wonder if tom cruise helped the samurai
Part 3 is just around the corner
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
Good video but the only thing it should have is the year and dates of each slide explaining when each of these things happened
I suggest you should make about Vietnam war
catch us like the british, selling copium
Well... it is addictive.
There's take homes from the boxer rebellion in the museum in my town
Please do remember the Qing dynasty itself was an imperial power, brutal and cruel imperial power
Good old times
Wish we could get the bois back together and go for a 3rd round
Except they can't now. China makes all their stuff.
Eight nation alliance:Kid,you ain't seen shit yet
Do something about Rome. Please.
Do a video about the finnish civil war.
Empress dowager Cixi also caused the downfall of the Qing...
Thank you.
Finally
im commenting so you get more traffic, good video
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.
Hope you’re doing well, Mr. History
He actually posted
It was a sad event. I can understand why the Boxer War began. I wish my country, the US, had stayed out of it completely.
Us wasn’t a Major Player back
are you finally coming back
2 in one day??
Todo esto me recuerda a la Batalla de la Vuelta de Obligado
podria contar mejor sobre esta batalla,muchacho?
Nah, Cixi was what held the Chinese bad. If the reformist emperors were able to do what they wanted China may have last longer
Nice
0:10 Cowid ?
"Zhueng fong empura rah"
What is the el salvador civil war
Boxer Rebellion video?
You make good videos plz come back
If at that time the allied countries took the land or ripped the empire into many states, what would happen and no one knew.
April fools joke. No way they would fight two whole Opium Wars
Ahahah soooo chilll *cof* *cof*
7:30 good for him
9:02 damn, too bad