England: South Sea Bubble - The Sharp Mind of John Blunt - Extra History - Part 1

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  • @Centurian128
    @Centurian128 5 років тому +4109

    That moment you realize that Dan never got to cover Julius Caesar or the Spanish Inquisition before he left :(

    • @MYTRYAAIN
      @MYTRYAAIN 5 років тому +244

      Yo three months later, why'd he leave? Joined the channel after he left.

    • @dorkfish1275
      @dorkfish1275 4 роки тому +192

      @@MYTRYAAIN idk, but he did a wise move.

    • @darrenbutler9819
      @darrenbutler9819 4 роки тому +160

      @@dorkfish1275 why Wise? It's a great channel that talks about all kinds of history

    • @dorkfish1275
      @dorkfish1275 4 роки тому +334

      @@darrenbutler9819 Have you seen how downhill everything other than their history series has gotten?

    • @darrenbutler9819
      @darrenbutler9819 4 роки тому +101

      @@dorkfish1275 what do you mean exactly?

  • @MogofWar
    @MogofWar 9 років тому +696

    0:08 "This time it's going to be a daring tale of high seas, adventure, and romance--Nah I'm just kiddin' this is going to be all about finance, and economics."
    Most stories about the prior are really stories about the latter anyway.

  • @vicentetemes5793
    @vicentetemes5793 9 років тому +3286

    Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, but even less people expect the South Seas' Bubble.

    • @Greg_Ulmer
      @Greg_Ulmer 9 років тому +64

      fewer

    • @vicentetemes5793
      @vicentetemes5793 9 років тому +75

      eggertstwart Shut up Stannis.

    • @KennyHazy97
      @KennyHazy97 8 років тому +89

      +Vicente Parker It is a very odd topic for an Extra History series. Who could've possibly put forward so many votes on Patreon to choo--it was Walpole.

    • @byzantium1416
      @byzantium1416 7 років тому +17

      So negative amounts of people expect the south seas bubble? My god....

    • @yusufhussein1343
      @yusufhussein1343 7 років тому

      Vicente Temes I

  • @suneenough
    @suneenough 9 років тому +1543

    Yes, Mr. *Blunt* must have been very *sharp.*

    • @bliffity2692
      @bliffity2692 8 років тому +95

      A pun is a punishable crime alone, but when you use the already made pun on the video of the creator of the pun in which they made the pun, you must commit seppuku.

    • @MegaKoutsou
      @MegaKoutsou 8 років тому +59

      +Bliffity PUNishable action? Was that intended?

    • @bliffity2692
      @bliffity2692 8 років тому +44

      gijijijijijijijijijijji
      *FACK*

    • @mementomori1320
      @mementomori1320 8 років тому +52

      What if his rival Mr. Sharp was quite blunt

    • @privatemcawesome4782
      @privatemcawesome4782 8 років тому +9

      +Bliffity Sudoku* Common typo

  • @tomjack1000000
    @tomjack1000000 5 років тому +281

    When Dan talks about loving extra credits and following other topics it just makes me sad, miss ya dude

    • @W-I463
      @W-I463 4 роки тому +7

      Why did he leave?

    • @spiritorange8325
      @spiritorange8325 3 роки тому +10

      @Stellvia Hoenheim Dont be spreading false information

    • @itzbeendakavgaming5632
      @itzbeendakavgaming5632 2 роки тому +12

      @@W-I463 Not 100% sure, but he said Extra Credits was just a University project.

    • @CommissarMitch
      @CommissarMitch 5 місяців тому +4

      Considering he is now happy doing PlayFrame for years and talking a lot about animation and doing video games for a living, I would say he succeeded.

  • @TheManWithTheFlan
    @TheManWithTheFlan 9 років тому +1833

    In this case, they *did* expect the Spanish Inquisition.

    • @AegixDrakan
      @AegixDrakan 9 років тому +144

      That was their first mistake. XD

    • @Azmodeus87
      @Azmodeus87 9 років тому +97

      probably why there was no spanish inqusition.

    • @shack_em6752
      @shack_em6752 9 років тому +43

      NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

    • @Burkutace27
      @Burkutace27 9 років тому +13

      Blue Wolf Pack That's been driven so far into the ground it's burrowed through the crust, mantel, core and burst out through the other side.

    • @shack_em6752
      @shack_em6752 9 років тому +16

      Burkutace27 and found...
      THE SPANISH INQUISITION....AND DIDN'T EXPECT IT!!!!

  • @americana_incarnate1717
    @americana_incarnate1717 7 років тому +388

    British General: Sir who shall why fight next?
    The King: EVERYOONE!!!!

    • @jamesgors6650
      @jamesgors6650 5 років тому +22

      Cabinet: So which countries are we fighting?
      King: *Yes*

    • @Pikashockdragon
      @Pikashockdragon 3 роки тому +4

      *Insert The King being chased by a mob of Soldiers*
      The King: O.o EVERYONE BUT ME!!!!!!!

  • @joshuakusuma5953
    @joshuakusuma5953 8 років тому +854

    A Wolf of Wall Street style movie with Blunt would actually be pretty interesting.

    • @seanwilliam2856
      @seanwilliam2856 6 років тому +26

      How bout the south seas bubble but in the direction of inaucci

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow 5 років тому +15

      @@seanwilliam2856 HOOK IT TO MY VEINS

    • @gaycharles391
      @gaycharles391 5 років тому +13

      i was thinking the same. the original pump and dump scheme

    • @kamanashiskar9203
      @kamanashiskar9203 4 роки тому +9

      Blunt was the Lion of the Corporation of London.

    • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
      @MaxwellAerialPhotography 2 роки тому +4

      Does thou think any of these happening are legal?
      Absolutely fucking not legal my friend.

  • @kainebishop3970
    @kainebishop3970 9 років тому +297

    It's the educational TV I always wanted as a child.

    • @plyinglemon
      @plyinglemon 7 років тому +16

      Kaine Bishop I know I'm two years late responding, but you're onto something. If they made an educational history show for kids when I was a kid, I would have never stopped watching it.

    • @homemadefilms5718
      @homemadefilms5718 3 роки тому +4

      Way better than whatever the history channel is nowadays

    • @Exeggutor_Enjoyer
      @Exeggutor_Enjoyer 2 роки тому +2

      @@homemadefilms5718 The worst part is, it used to be good, but the stupid stuff is more profitable.

  • @fabiolean
    @fabiolean 6 років тому +52

    This entire series is my favorite thing right now. I LOVE obscure and interesting moments in history, and I feel like there are a lot of lessons to be learned in the spaces between the classical roster of Great Men and Wars.

  • @tjswanson7577
    @tjswanson7577 9 років тому +166

    Boy, who would have thought that Britain's centuries old financial practices could accurately be described as "Shenanigans"?
    REALLY looking forward to the rest of these!

  • @samwolfenstein5239
    @samwolfenstein5239 8 років тому +1342

    I T W A S W A L P O L E

    • @robertwalpole360
      @robertwalpole360 8 років тому +92

      It always is. ;)

    • @Redragonclaws
      @Redragonclaws 7 років тому +24

      Sam Wolfenstein Walpole was the first English PM, and his rule lasted 22 years. It's not surprising that he pops up everywhere.

    • @farenhite4329
      @farenhite4329 7 років тому +17

      God damn it Walpole.

    • @infamousempire8302
      @infamousempire8302 6 років тому +24

      This series is the origin of that meme

    • @youtubebackup3184
      @youtubebackup3184 6 років тому +4

      Sam Wolfenstein another man of culture I see

  • @TheJboy88
    @TheJboy88 9 років тому +209

    Do you mean to tell me that my country has been stuck trying to pay off the same debt for the last 300 years?
    Makes you wonder why all those Chancellors even WANT the job.

    • @falconJB
      @falconJB 9 років тому +41

      You get to control the money of the nation in country that is OK with you just ignoring 100s of years of debt, who wouldn't want that job.

    • @TheGerkuman
      @TheGerkuman 9 років тому +8

      Jeremiah B
      Plus you may get to be Prime Minister one day.

    • @1998anirudh
      @1998anirudh 9 років тому +28

      It's a job well done if you're able to placate angry creditors who demand immediate repayment by paying off debt by borrowing money in the hope that in sometime in the future you will have enough surplus to be able to pay off the debt created by borrowing money to pay of the original debt . Deep , isnt it ?
      The art of the job is pushing immediate debt into the future WITHOUT ending up in a debt trap .

    • @tibfulv
      @tibfulv 7 років тому +8

      In fairness, the old debt is pretty small now. The debt from the two world wars is bigger. And since the economy expands and inflation happens, even those debts are diminished so that the most recent debt dominates. Though austerity should handle that.

    • @mannerheommhagel6761
      @mannerheommhagel6761 6 років тому

      Jay I'm also british

  • @Riastrad-hq6ds
    @Riastrad-hq6ds 3 роки тому +39

    Hey, it’s happening again! Time to rewatch this series for the seventh time.

  • @ju.c1262
    @ju.c1262 5 років тому +548

    This single word covers the South Sea Bubble.....
    S T O N K S

    • @isfren5482
      @isfren5482 4 роки тому +6

      Yes

    • @m.suhaidi4966
      @m.suhaidi4966 4 роки тому +3

      Omg u made my spill my soymilk,hahahah

    • @zEr-ne5ri
      @zEr-ne5ri 4 роки тому +2

      @EmperorJuliusCaesar what do you mean?

    • @goose4919
      @goose4919 4 роки тому +4

      @EmperorJuliusCaesar Its a meme of a very unrealistic person looking at literal stock footage.

    • @josephpenarrieta9619
      @josephpenarrieta9619 3 роки тому +1

      Two words: Confused stonks

  • @ARSP333
    @ARSP333 9 років тому +294

    As someone who is in the process of getting their business degree (with plans to specialize in accounting) this seems extremely interesting. I can't wait to see more.

    • @TheSlimyDog
      @TheSlimyDog 9 років тому +25

      Yeah. I'm enjoying this a bit more than the Sengoku Jidai. All those names x_x

    • @shieldgenerator7
      @shieldgenerator7 9 років тому +9

      TheSlimyDog
      Oh those names! I could never keep track of who was who between episodes

    • @1998anirudh
      @1998anirudh 9 років тому +7

      TheSlimyDog
      I kept track by looking at the colour of their armour .

    • @TheSlimyDog
      @TheSlimyDog 9 років тому +2

      Pinkie Pie I tried but failed. Also kept forgetting which clan each one was from. Would have been a tiny bit better if they color coded it that way.

    • @mickeymalone7577
      @mickeymalone7577 9 років тому

      yeah so many lords at war and i have a feeling the lotto scheme i this episode is going to come back and bite britain in the butt

  • @Thorntonian
    @Thorntonian 9 років тому +155

    I actually realy want to see an episode on the wars of the three kingdoms. It's rarely talked about here in the UK despite being a radical & vitally important part of our history. The most we get is "english civil war" history, which goes something like this-
    "Charles 1 was ignorant, and he didn't listen to people, and then all these puritans-who were boring and wanted to ban christmas- decided to fight the king, and the king lost, so Oliver Cromwell- who was boring and banned christmas- took over, but then he died, and Charles 2 took the throne, and everyone loved him because he threw lots of parties!"

    • @headlesswaifer5797
      @headlesswaifer5797 9 років тому +1

      Thorntonian Why do the war of three kingdoms? Why not the battle of five armies?

    • @Thorntonian
      @Thorntonian 9 років тому

      Tristan Phillips... I honestly don't even know what you're trying to say here.
      Possibly an unrelated note, but have we met? Your name seems familiar.

    • @headlesswaifer5797
      @headlesswaifer5797 9 років тому

      I don't believe we've met. But I'm making a joke about the Hobbit.

    • @Thorntonian
      @Thorntonian 9 років тому

      Tristan Phillips I got the joke, i'm just not sure how it relates.

    • @TimCheong
      @TimCheong 9 років тому

      Thorntonian Three kingdoms war will be awesome. That's what got me into loving history in the first place.

  • @shropshirec
    @shropshirec 9 років тому +711

    So apparently, Britain was the modern American stereotype before America got it's independence.

    • @branhan215124
      @branhan215124 9 років тому +155

      Like mother like daughter

    • @TheBespectacledN00b
      @TheBespectacledN00b 9 років тому +175

      There was a writer who claimed "an American is an Englishman left to his own ends" around that kinda time.

    • @Sahsa590
      @Sahsa590 9 років тому +51

      The two cultures are more alike then different. Hell Americans cared about the royal baby for some reason.

    • @Farscryer0
      @Farscryer0 9 років тому +18

      Alexander Kamensky Monarchies, even constitutional ones like in Great Britain, have always been a curiosity for us Americans. I imagine said curiosity is even more pronounced over in Australia, though I doubt its various news centers cover it overmuch like ours do.

    • @TheBespectacledN00b
      @TheBespectacledN00b 9 років тому +13

      Farscryer0 I am not sure, because Australia has the Queen as their head of state.

  • @MakotoCamellia
    @MakotoCamellia 8 років тому +3244

    Still paying on the debt 300 years later? Sounds like England graduated from an American private college. ;)

    • @azelfdaboi5265
      @azelfdaboi5265 6 років тому +23

      yea

    • @bigo8647
      @bigo8647 6 років тому +108

      Well, too many wars, too many Colonies uprising, too many soldiers to be fed and paid and transport, too many guns needed.
      And then the Colonies achieve independence so the money King George III spent in the American Revolutionary War gave him no revenue.
      And then later on we have to consider the debt with China before the Opium Wars.

    • @lunag.1521
      @lunag.1521 6 років тому +16

      r/woooooosh

    • @jonathanhardy2345
      @jonathanhardy2345 6 років тому +12

      Americas economy can only work by maintaining a certain amount of debt

    • @billyosullivan4514
      @billyosullivan4514 5 років тому +4

      Or an England uni

  • @thewayfarer8849
    @thewayfarer8849 9 років тому +339

    The funny thing is that the rumour is that a similar note was made when Osborne took his job, left by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the Labour government scrawling "good luck" underneath it. And another fact, our Chancellor of the Exchequer has *no qualifications in economics, he studied as a journalist
    My country

    • @MrCubFan415
      @MrCubFan415 6 років тому +10

      The Wayfarer Hello from across the pond in 🇺🇸!

    • @dkupke
      @dkupke 6 років тому +20

      Hey, right now here in the states we have a secretary of energy who’s educational background is in animal husbandry.

    • @thegardenofeatin5965
      @thegardenofeatin5965 6 років тому +23

      The United States and the United Kingdom seem to be in a competition over who can perform the biggest political fuckup. Brexit was a good try, but I think the United States won.

    • @ReaverLordTonus
      @ReaverLordTonus 6 років тому +3

      Leftover problems from the fall of the RBS?

    • @TheOmegaXicor
      @TheOmegaXicor 5 років тому +3

      @@thegardenofeatin5965 The game isn't over yet, wait and see our next move... :P

  • @kevinbasantes6363
    @kevinbasantes6363 3 роки тому +47

    With the Gamestop thing going on I think it's a good time to rewatch this series

    • @NerrawGnap
      @NerrawGnap 4 місяці тому +1

      What “Gamestop thing”?

  • @yalfaharr4395
    @yalfaharr4395 8 років тому +122

    1 year later and we haven't seen either Cesar or the Spanish Inquisition

    • @luska5522
      @luska5522 5 років тому +18

      4 years now

    • @chipua2230
      @chipua2230 5 років тому +18

      At this point I’m expecting the Spanish Inquisition

    • @russellbrown6888
      @russellbrown6888 5 років тому +10

      @@chipua2230 That's probably their tactic. Wait until everybody has forgotten they mentioned the Inquisition and then spring a series on them out of nowhere.

    • @ianhamilton9600
      @ianhamilton9600 3 роки тому +2

      June 2021 Jewish pirates is the closest we’ve gotten to Spanish Inquisition and cleopatra is closest to Julius Caesar

  • @CoolExcite
    @CoolExcite 9 років тому +18

    This is probably my favorite extra history so far. I am also suprised you explained something like this without getting me confused

  • @snakes3425
    @snakes3425 8 років тому +1512

    Suggestions
    The War of the Spanish Succession
    Golden Age of Piracy
    Great Depression
    The Three Kingdoms Period of China
    The Chinese Civil War
    Russian Revolution
    The Gallic Wars

    • @adventureinc1568
      @adventureinc1568 8 років тому +30

      +snakes3425 The War of the Quadurple Alliance?
      (1718)

    • @snakes3425
      @snakes3425 8 років тому +46

      +Captain Inc
      That would be good also a few more
      The English Civil War
      The Greco-Persian Wars
      The Panic of 1857
      The Life of Simon Bolivar
      The Mexican Revolution
      The Nine Years War/League of Augsburg
      Great French War/French Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars
      German Unification
      Italian Unification
      Classical Greece
      The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
      The Hundred Years War
      War of the Roses
      Franco-Prussian War
      Napoleon III
      Crimean War
      The Rise and Fall of Napoleon I
      The French Revolution
      Louis XVI-XVI
      The Seven Years/French and Indian War

    • @adventureinc1568
      @adventureinc1568 8 років тому +32

      snakes3425 Pretty good, here are mine.
      Russian Civil War 1921-1923
      War of 1812.
      Warring States Period
      El Capone
      Black Beard
      War of Texan Independence
      War of Mexican Independence
      Haiti Rebellion
      100 Years War
      30 Years War
      Anglo-Russian War 1812
      Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire
      Rise of the Ottoman Empire.

    • @JoPauloSo
      @JoPauloSo 8 років тому +6

      +snakes3425 Portuguese Discoveries!

    • @richmondcabunilas2199
      @richmondcabunilas2199 8 років тому +1

      +snakes3425 World's First Circumnavigation by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian de Elcano (1517-1521)

  • @bentoth9555
    @bentoth9555 8 років тому +158

    Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition... to be beaten by the South Seas. I'll see myself out.

  • @JordanSmith-yi3ji
    @JordanSmith-yi3ji 9 років тому +160

    Hooray! Economics!

    • @sumguy0110
      @sumguy0110 9 років тому +46

      Hooray! Soul crushing depression and confusion!

    • @crabbington7736
      @crabbington7736 6 років тому

      Today's story will be about pirates and action.NOPE JK its about economics n boring money stuf

  • @WhatJoUp2
    @WhatJoUp2 9 років тому +148

    OMG I'm getting hyped over financial history! What have you done to me!?

    • @FonVegen
      @FonVegen 9 років тому +21

      They did what teachers should do

    • @WhatJoUp2
      @WhatJoUp2 9 років тому +2

      FonVegen Well, I think teacher don't do this because of the audience. If theachers did this the whole class would be like whatever and there would be one or two like us extremely exited. That would be nice but their job is to ensure everyone learns. That's why I'm proud of making part of an audience full with people like you :D

    • @FonVegen
      @FonVegen 9 років тому +1

      João Pinto Well, thank you ^^
      I wasn't trying to criticize teachers, although I guess it looks a lot like it; I just wanted to say that this is a lot more fun than learning numbers all the time; of course it isn't a realistic method for scholl as it is, but it would definitely be awesome ^^

    • @WhatJoUp2
      @WhatJoUp2 9 років тому

      Sory then, I thought you were. Hope I didn't sound too harsh

    • @FonVegen
      @FonVegen 9 років тому

      João Pinto No problem there ^^
      I tend to say things differently than I intend to, it's alright to correct me :)
      Only way to learn, after all ;)

  • @IIxIxIv
    @IIxIxIv 9 років тому +11

    What a great episode, showing that you don't need combat to see awe-inspiring actions, morally wrong but very influential decisions and masterminds at their best. I'm really looking forward to the next one!

  • @passonthestar3689
    @passonthestar3689 8 років тому +33

    rewatching this exquisite series

    • @gonzapra1
      @gonzapra1 8 років тому

      Same here :)

    • @vizthex
      @vizthex 8 років тому +1

      Binge re-watching all of the Extra History series (While checking out the NMS Update) :D

  • @strategicgamingwithaacorns2874
    @strategicgamingwithaacorns2874 8 років тому +93

    Can you do an Extra History series on the Thirty Years' War?

  • @kuatokuatokuato
    @kuatokuatokuato 9 років тому +580

    But ... Nobody expects the inquisition :(

    • @vavakxnonexus
      @vavakxnonexus 9 років тому +6

      I am.

    • @riquelme3764
      @riquelme3764 9 років тому +26

      Well i certainly didnt expect the inquisition in this episode.

    • @Aragorn195
      @Aragorn195 9 років тому +13

      Not Even the Spanish Inquisition

    • @stabosaurus
      @stabosaurus 9 років тому +29

      Next episode will look like it's a continuation on the South Seas Company, but halfway in: BAM! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! I'm calling it.

    • @AnthonyPaoliMasakiSays
      @AnthonyPaoliMasakiSays 9 років тому +12

      Perhaps it's a ploy to keep you from expecting them?

  • @Overhazard
    @Overhazard 9 років тому +456

    Interesting that the Tories and Whigs could not get along at all and attempted to block anything the other party tried seemingly out of a pure sense of rivalry. Reminds me a lot of the Democrats and Republicans in the United States today, who can't get anything done because they see the other party as enemies to be defeated and subdued. That's the impression I get reading and watching the news, anyway.

    • @David-fm6go
      @David-fm6go 7 років тому +76

      The interesting thing is about the way it ended. The Whigs won. I don't mean they won two elections or three. They won, all of them. They destroyed the Tories. So much so that the Tories never existed against in real terms. Those people from 1783-1840 who were called "Tories" (Pitt, Addison, Wellington, Burke etc) were actually Conservative Whigs . One of them even said, "the government of the last century is and could only have been a Whig Gov't", despite the fact that since 1783 Pitt the Younger and his "friends" had basically run Britain for 30 years at that point, with only a short interlude after Pitt died in 1806.
      Part of this was because the Tories were barred from gov't office for several decades, another is because they associated themselves twice with the Jacobite pretenders, which is not a way to ingratiate yourself to the loyal voters of the land, and especially younger generations. And indeed once the older generation passed away in the 1750's, the Tories went from having a significant enough presence in Parliament during Bonnie Prince Charlie's uprising, to having nothing by the 1760's.
      A similar thing happened in the US, with the Federalist Party in place of the Tories and Democratic-Republicans in place of the Whigs. There were actually many similarities between the Federalists and Tories and between the DRs and Whigs. The most important of which was the former holding on to anachronistic view of government. Tories to Jacobitism, the Federalists to elitist over populism.
      Just like with the Whigs, when the DRs owned the whole political landscape, they split in two. And the Democrats strained every effort to label their National Republican and later American Whig counterparts as latter day Federalists and elitists, just like dissident British Whigs would label their opponents as Tories. Lord North was labeled a Tory when he was Prime Minister, though he ended up forming an alliance with Charles James Fox that formed the basis for the Whig party in the 19th century (later forming the Liberals). Meanwhile, Pitt and eventually after maneuvering between both sides, Edmund Burke, formed the basis of what would become the Conservative Party.

    • @sor3999
      @sor3999 7 років тому +12

      No, you're absolutely right. It's not just the impression you get on TV.

    • @lividphysics1237
      @lividphysics1237 6 років тому +2

      Agreed

    • @PennyDreadful1
      @PennyDreadful1 6 років тому +11

      The republicans are way worse actually. If you are even mildly moderate. You are either very rare or a democrat.

    • @dkupke
      @dkupke 5 років тому +3

      And also worth pointing out: its in a situation like that where bottom feeders like Blunt see opportunity.

  • @CappuccinoGuil
    @CappuccinoGuil 9 років тому +32

    Another part of history I NEVER heard of. Seems promising. Can't wait to learn more about it :D

  • @tbestig4164
    @tbestig4164 7 років тому +7

    Hard to make economics entertaining, but this series did great with it. Always my favorite extra history episodes

  • @DomyTheMad420
    @DomyTheMad420 3 роки тому +2

    the best part about this series is the whole intro
    "we threw it in on a lark"
    BOI. this is my GO-TO historical fun freaking mind-blower.
    i tell a shortened version of this story several times a year

  • @Zerepzerreitug
    @Zerepzerreitug 9 років тому +16

    "Look mom! I'm learning economics and I'm not snoring while I do so!"
    "so proud of you son!"

  • @BrentZeimen
    @BrentZeimen 9 років тому +5

    After this episode, I'm way more excited for the rest of the series than I have any right to be. Great job EH!
    As a side note, also great choice of ending music.

  • @Borzogo
    @Borzogo 9 років тому +5

    YES! Back already! I love Extra History. Sometimes even more than the original series! :)

  • @Bopl_
    @Bopl_ Рік тому +2

    This in my opinion is the best EH series they have made

  • @jonathananderson3618
    @jonathananderson3618 9 років тому +2

    I've showed all your videos to my friends, they love your history segments because they find how you teach it amazingly interesting.

  • @Theprimescollective
    @Theprimescollective 9 років тому +4

    This seems really awesome, and I've never heard of it before, so good on you guys.
    Keep up the good work!

  • @buntado6
    @buntado6 8 років тому +65

    You know, I would inmensily thank you if someday you made a series regarding South America, specially the independence of countries brought for by Simon Bolivar. But the reason I ask this is because I want to test something: I am venezuelan myself, and sometimes I wonder if the reason the history of my own country is unnapealling to me is because of the way it has been teached to me, the grudge it generates in me by seeing how this nefarious government uses it in it's own political campaign, or that I simply wish to hear stories that I haven't heard before. Your videos are very inmersive, so... I'm kinda putting my hopes on you on this matter.

  • @Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD
    @Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD 8 місяців тому +9

    It’s 2024, and we have apparently learned NOTHING from the South Sea bubble….
    Money printer go BRRRRR

  • @Quasimodo1957
    @Quasimodo1957 6 років тому

    John Blunt. What an SOB. Thanks for making the financial story of how people were screwed so simple. I'm a history buff and you guys are great!

  • @EchoL0C0
    @EchoL0C0 9 років тому +18

    You guys read the UA-cam comments? That's awesome!
    I love the way you guys cover important historical events that are often overlooked.
    Also, this episode also reminded me of a game about the opium war called High Tea that is on Kongregate. No idea why.

  • @MarcusDarkstar
    @MarcusDarkstar 9 років тому +10

    I like how sympathetic Extra History makes Mr. Harly when otherwise we'd view him simply as a purely corrupt politician...However it shows sometimes in imperfect political systems corruption and sketchy practices is the only way forward. (Note personally such measures should always be temporary until government reforms etc are enacted)

  • @DoubleATam
    @DoubleATam 9 років тому +15

    It really does feel like an "action-ey" exciting thing despite there being no combat involved! In a way reminds me of Phoenix Wright and the like.

  • @Kreiser_VII
    @Kreiser_VII 5 років тому +1

    I can't stop watching this, I must've watched this whole series like 10 times this month alone

  • @ethanomcbride
    @ethanomcbride 4 роки тому +1

    This is the series that made me fall in love with Extra History.

  • @amyreynolds7244
    @amyreynolds7244 9 років тому +4

    I am so excited about this series! I've already watched the video twice. Goodness, how do you make "X-treme Finance!" look this cool?

  • @mariuspontmercy2736
    @mariuspontmercy2736 9 років тому +7

    Gotta love some good old-fashioned 1700's-style Enronomics.

  • @JDubs1464
    @JDubs1464 2 роки тому +9

    It’s crazy how over half a decade later, we have yet to see the life of Caesar or the Spanish Inquisition

  • @sevenb9495
    @sevenb9495 6 років тому

    The fact that this was one of your EARLY episodes is what I adore about this channel.

  • @jakefletcher8311
    @jakefletcher8311 9 років тому +1

    i found your channel last night and i love it can't wait for the crusades part 2

  • @Liletter
    @Liletter 6 років тому +29

    PLEASE do Marie Curie, she’s my idol, and she deserves a lot of recognition, why? Because:
    -First woman to ever win a Nobel Prize.
    -First person to win two of them.
    -First woman in all of Europe to earn a doctorate degree.
    -Discovered Radium and Polonium.
    -Coined the term “radiation”.
    -Is generally awesome.

  • @wintermute93
    @wintermute93 9 років тому +4

    Great work guys, who knew debt could be so interesting? (But plz talk about caesar too)

  • @Voxavs
    @Voxavs 9 років тому +17

    I'm surprised this story is not a major motion picture yet.

  • @jonasgeerthsen6005
    @jonasgeerthsen6005 3 роки тому

    Coming back to rewatch this series (again), just because it's so, so awesomely made.

  • @troyzema4014
    @troyzema4014 9 років тому

    I freaking love extra history. I don't care what historical event you guys do, the videos are so informative and entertaining I cant get enough

  • @notcatisa
    @notcatisa 6 років тому +64

    Damn i didn't know England was Greece at one point.

    • @vasilykatuma5689
      @vasilykatuma5689 6 років тому

      Can you like not N BECAUSE IT! turned others nation's into...greeceS,ISNT anymore...

    • @HistoryNerd808
      @HistoryNerd808 5 років тому +3

      @@vasilykatuma5689 Do you even English?

    • @vasilykatuma5689
      @vasilykatuma5689 5 років тому

      @@HistoryNerd808 THANK GOD, after your LEAVING, in a generation or two,our children wont have to, PIMPS of nations!

    • @HistoryNerd808
      @HistoryNerd808 5 років тому +5

      @@vasilykatuma5689 What are you talking about?

    • @vasilykatuma5689
      @vasilykatuma5689 5 років тому

      @@HistoryNerd808 This will happen after brexit...finally your england will show its ROTTEN TEETH behind its polished (with the blood of others...) front...that.

  • @JoshSweetvale
    @JoshSweetvale 8 років тому +103

    Is Blunt the guy Littlefinger is based on?

    • @pontuslidekil6840
      @pontuslidekil6840 8 років тому +11

      would not surprise me if he was.

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 8 років тому +20

      You'd probably have to go much further back, since GoT is based loosely on the Wars of the Roses

    • @dragonkingofthestars
      @dragonkingofthestars 8 років тому +10

      that would be Walpole.

    • @arrasvonschlieffen9286
      @arrasvonschlieffen9286 7 років тому +17

      if you think of it, Littlefinger was based not on a certain man, but on an image that one man created - Machiavelli

    • @JoshSweetvale
      @JoshSweetvale 21 день тому +1

      ​​@@arrasvonschlieffen9286Nooo.
      No.
      Machiavelli lesson #1: The only thing worse than being a tyrant is being petty.
      Littlefinger is everything Machiavelli warns against.

  • @Mountain_Man_
    @Mountain_Man_ Рік тому +3

    It amazing its been 8 years since the video came out I remember when it came out when I was a freshman in college

  • @lukeblondell6358
    @lukeblondell6358 8 років тому +2

    This 3-episode series was awesome! It was fascinating as all hell.

  • @bluewarbler9034
    @bluewarbler9034 Місяць тому

    As one of my junior seminars (spring 2023), I wrote a paper on the effects of the South Sea bubble on Irish economics and how it led to (1) the immediate delay of a plan for a national bank and (2) the eventual creation of a national bank despite prevailing public sentiment. A fascinating sequence of research.

  • @mithingthooth_5449
    @mithingthooth_5449 2 роки тому +44

    I miss this narrator

    • @Sclerus
      @Sclerus Місяць тому +1

      Me too

  • @williamhowland9977
    @williamhowland9977 3 роки тому +5

    revisiting in light of recent news in stonks

  • @Duncan23
    @Duncan23 9 років тому +5

    I'd love to see a series on the history of the HRE/ hapsburg monachy

  • @Intothemarket101
    @Intothemarket101 5 років тому +1

    Thank you so much sharing this useful data ! Greatly appreciated.

  • @이용재-b2h
    @이용재-b2h 4 роки тому +1

    I read that story in the book, but i couldn't find this extra story in UA-cam Korea. So thank you for making this video and subtitle :)

  • @EthanDyTioco
    @EthanDyTioco 6 років тому +42

    I’m watching this to get to the bottom of the Walpole meme

    • @Ttæœ
      @Tt朠4 роки тому +1

      what is that meme and feel free to meme me to death for not knowing

    • @EthanDyTioco
      @EthanDyTioco 4 роки тому +2

      @@Ttæœ I think Walpole gets mentioned in episode 5 of this series, but tl;dr he's a mad lad who was the reason behind a lot of things happening

    • @Ttæœ
      @Tt朠4 роки тому

      @@EthanDyTioco thanks

  • @Stounyx
    @Stounyx 2 роки тому +6

    This feels very relevant in relation to the NFT bubble

  • @MonzennCarloMallari
    @MonzennCarloMallari 9 років тому +12

    Wow. I wasn't expecting anything about economics with this series. Thanks :)
    Gives me hope that maybe they'll do the Great Depression one day. Or maybe the robber barons.

  • @drizzt102
    @drizzt102 6 років тому

    This entire series is magic. This type of financial magic is beautiful

  • @JayLeePoe
    @JayLeePoe 6 років тому

    Mark of a good video, young lady: I'm watching it again having known the history before. Because I think you tell it well and it's a sadly undersold part of our shared histories as Americans.

  • @MetalSmith
    @MetalSmith 9 років тому +3

    Love the use of FFXI Music. Selbina's theme works beautifully here :D

    • @joebot86
      @joebot86 Рік тому

      Years later, thanks for helping me find the song, I swear the used to say what it was in the end credits.

  • @VixVixious
    @VixVixious 9 років тому +138

    Ahem... there was already Great Britain in the very early 1700s, because Great Britain is the geographical name of the island. You mean there was no United Kingdom yet! (thanks CGP Grey)

    • @falconJB
      @falconJB 9 років тому +26

      You are thinking of the modern idea of Great Britain they are talking about the Kingdom of Great Britain, Grey's video does not apply to this period of history.

    • @VixVixious
      @VixVixious 9 років тому +4

      Jeremiah B In the beginning of the video they imply that Great Britain arose after Scotland and England were reunited, and that's still a wrong implication, given that Great Britain is a geographical term.

    • @Treviisolion
      @Treviisolion 9 років тому +10

      VixVixious When it was first united it was called the Kingdom of Great Britain as it did not include the Kingdom of Ireland and as such only was the Kingdom of the island of Great Britain, hence the name. After 1801 the Kingdom of Ireland was merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. After most of Ireland seceded, the name was changed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which CGP Grey explains.

    • @Wiccanwolf08
      @Wiccanwolf08 9 років тому +4

      VixVixious An argument in semantics really, as Great Britain is BOTH a geographical and political term. "Great Britain" refers to the island and it also refers to the kingdom. It should be known that "Great Britain" is also the name of the island, but considering that we are dealing with the relationships of countries and kingdoms here (and since most people associate the term with a kingdom *anyway*), it isn't really necessary.

    • @Pilgrim1st
      @Pilgrim1st 9 років тому +6

      No, Great Britain James the 1st of England/6th of Scotland came up with the term.

  • @DomyTheMad420
    @DomyTheMad420 Рік тому +3

    3:00 it took me 6 years before i thought to myself:
    "wait. isn't National debt one of those debts that is virtually never actually paid off? they just keep adding onto it "for ever" ("as long as the country's GDP grows more then the debt, we're fine") ?"

  • @jordancadiz6095
    @jordancadiz6095 7 років тому

    Idk why but this extra history episode makes me feel warm and fuzzy like Christmas.

  • @eldermoose7938
    @eldermoose7938 5 років тому

    This is honestly my favorite series in the entire extra history library

  • @Rakned
    @Rakned 9 років тому +7

    It would be cool if somebody threw together some sort of diagram describing Blunt's plan in more detail than it receives in the video.

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza 9 років тому +24

    South Sea Company won the vote? I was expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

    • @vavakxnonexus
      @vavakxnonexus 9 років тому +19

      The shall make the Inquisition Episode right after this one. Because nobody expects the Inquisition.

    • @Sticker704
      @Sticker704 9 років тому +11

      Everyone expects the Spanish Inquisition.

    • @DarthSears
      @DarthSears 9 років тому +23

      Nobody was expecting the Spanish Inquisition!
      ...To lose.

    • @cielopachirisu929
      @cielopachirisu929 9 років тому

      Sticker704 Seems he did.

    • @e443
      @e443 9 років тому +1

      The Spanish Inquisition is a conspiracy invented by the jews, you guys!

  • @CommissarWallace
    @CommissarWallace 9 років тому +14

    Can I suggest the War of Spanish Succession? That's a lot of political chicanery and incredibly influential.

    • @historybuff222
      @historybuff222 9 років тому +7

      No, all the 18th century, when one could see a European in its natural habitat.

    • @CommissarWallace
      @CommissarWallace 9 років тому +9

      Robl Nathan the 18th century, where Europeans spent most of their time in other peoples' lands.

  • @Kreiser_VII
    @Kreiser_VII 6 років тому

    I keep coming back to this series, it's amazing how many times I've watched it

  • @duncanproffitt9399
    @duncanproffitt9399 7 років тому

    I love history and wish to be a history teacher after high school and Extra History is one of my favorite resources to find about different moments of history.

  • @martinsto8190
    @martinsto8190 7 місяців тому +4

    Anyone want a extra H. series on the life of Ceasar?
    They kinda covered the Spanish inquisition with their Jewish Pirates episodes, so that's not needed anytime soon.

  • @darkside9020
    @darkside9020 6 років тому +4

    Just rewatched this after seeing the film The Favourite (with the incredibly talented Olivia Coleman) it was interesting to names from the film pop up in this, and to see Harley's motivations to lobby for peace in the war with Spain

    • @AtlasNovack
      @AtlasNovack 6 років тому +1

      Refreshingly Cynical dude, me too. Love when there’s crossover between EH and other things I’ve seen, or hell, when EH crosses over with EH.

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow 5 років тому

      I too got a lot of enjoyment out of knowing the insane, movie-worthy story happening just offscreen.

  • @militantnoobs5075
    @militantnoobs5075 3 роки тому +4

    0:13 Whew! I thought this was going to be exciting or something.

  • @xenonnboy
    @xenonnboy Рік тому

    Still the best series this channel has done!

  • @DJMichael356
    @DJMichael356 5 років тому

    You know you guys have the best channel on UA-cam it’s the only one that does anything useful

  • @TycoonTitian01
    @TycoonTitian01 4 роки тому +4

    Who knew that four years later Walpole is still causing mayhem?

  • @pyepye123
    @pyepye123 7 років тому +16

    Suggestion:
    Han empire in china
    Yue fei chronicle
    Great videos. Keep up the good work!

  • @luckyc4t110
    @luckyc4t110 7 років тому +6

    You know what would be brilliant? Uploading Episode 1 of a series, and then uploading Episode 1 of the Spanish Inquisition, the next week.

  • @blakestewart2700
    @blakestewart2700 5 років тому

    Hands down the best series you've done

  • @lonewolfwfk
    @lonewolfwfk 9 років тому +2

    Awesome series! Thank you for correcting the mistakes and explaining the various nuances of that period and of Japan's historical recollection. As a history buff myself, I find your history story telling to be the best I have ever heard! Thank you! By the way, if you want to study up on some more interesting times in Japanese history, look up the history of my ancestors, the Ouchi clan (I am half Japanese and my Japanese side are direct descendants of Ouchi Yoshinaga). The internet incorrectly says that the clan was completely wiped out by the Mori clan but this is untrue. We did survive and still survive today. Again, thank you for a great series. I do hope you will grow the ExtraHistory series and I look forward to any future episodes. I will be having my daughter watch your series to learn about important historical events. Great JOB!!!

  • @Simon-xi7lb
    @Simon-xi7lb 9 років тому +8

    Wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

  • @KorboQ
    @KorboQ 9 років тому +13

    This is real life Spice and Wolf. I'm prepared.

  • @PennyDreadful1
    @PennyDreadful1 5 років тому +5

    0:36 Well the internet is both nihilistic AND curious.

  • @wavegunner2323
    @wavegunner2323 7 років тому

    This is the best series of all the extra history's.

  • @khalidolenja8028
    @khalidolenja8028 3 роки тому

    Years later this is still 9ne of if not my favorite topic covered.

  • @benaran
    @benaran 8 років тому +10

    "When you´re busy lending money to the government, who exactly is going to punish you for bending the law?" 7:20