Why did Scotland and England unite? (Animated History Documentary)
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- Scotland and England spent most of the Medieval and Early Modern period hating each other but as you'll know they unified to create Great Britain in 1707. So why did two countries which loathed each other so much end up unifying into a single state? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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The problem with the Panama colony is that the land belonged to Spain and if Spain was not busy fighting England the Scots would have been removed sooner.
Seriously I wonder why they believed colonizing Spanish territory would’ve been profitable
"The problem with the Panama colony is that the land belonged to Spain"
@@TheDanEdwards Don't be coy, you know how colonialism works.
@@TheDanEdwards *Should* Spain have owned it is a different question than *whether* Spain owned it. On the world stage, guns and practicality outweigh morality. This is a bad thing, naturally, but it's the fact of the matter.
It didn’t help that the Scots were also not very good at settling in rough, tropical terrain and chose a region which is to this day sparsely populated due to the unforgiving terrain.
If only Kelly Moneymaker had bailed out the Panama colony. I mean, controlling the Panama isthmus is a pretty solid idea on paper.
If you're going to do things at places far away with lots of water in between, you need lots of ships with guns. England had already figured out that part, and so had Spain. Scotland hoped to prove that it wasn't necessary, and Spain proved them wrong.
That would have made everything a little too easy, I'm afraid.
He was busy with saving Nederlands 😂
The Scots couldn't have picked a worse spot in central America. Tropical rainforest, mountains, and swamps. The Darien Gap, even in the 21st century, is still untamed. With malaria and other tropical diseases, it's still a hell hole for human beings native to the area. For European settlers, it was a disaster waiting to happen. There's a break in the transcontinental road as the Darien Gap is still uncrossed by any kind of paved road.
Even if the Scots settlers had unlimited Moneymaker and a large Navy to protect them, I suspect that the colony would still have failed.
Spinning 3 plates had already colonised them
2:58-It was just the Kingdom of Great Britain. The "United" part wouldn't be added for another century, when the Acts of Union of 1800 merged Great Britain and Ireland.
It was on occasion referred by united kingdom of Great Britain
If you read the 1707 Act of Union, you will see the new entity referred to as the "united Kingdom of Great Britain," (though some online copies capitalise the U).
In the 1801 Acts, the new entity is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland."
There are many fascinating debates online about the capitalisation (or lack thereof) of the "u" in the 1707 Act and when the country actually became the "United Kingdom."
@@zarabada6125 So like in the US Declaration of Independence, "the united States of America" since our own name hadn't been finalized yet and it was more a description than a name.
Incorrect, the acts of union themselves specifically refer to it as the “United Kingdom of Great Britain” numerous times.
actually, dumbass, it wasn't even the kingdom of great britain even if you get semantical, just "Great Britain". go outside
When it comes to why things happen is usually comes down with one idea: To Hell with France.
Good boy.
that's just in the UK. That's how you ended up with brexit.
I mean, that's true for England, but usually not so much with Scotland.
1:05 "too busy having his head cut off to really give it a go"
Did not expect this and giggled about it
I know History Matters has a lot of iconic lines
But it would be hilarious if one of his videos had his “But Fun Fact…” followed up by a “Yes” instead of a “No”
It would be the most paused/replayed line as 1.7M viewers go, "What??"
Yes! It should be for some unexpectedly positive decision someone made. "No one expected Napoleon to agree to Britain's peace offer, but fun fact...yes!"
If that ever happened, the world as we know it will end.
Last time I was this early japan was ruled by a Shogunate
How The Actual Fuck Are You One Hundred And Fifty Seven Years Old? Secondly, How The Actual Fuck Was UA-cam A Thing In The Eighteen-Sixties?
Thats what she said!
They still let the emperor dress like an emperor
@@Amaan_Zargar You can also dress like an emperor. It's not illegal. Nobody's stopping you. Do it.
Yup
I thought James Bizonet just asked them to politely play nice
I like that spelling!
@@jamesbissonette8002the legend himself.
Who is James Bizonet
How do you think the english managed to bribe all those people? Obviously James Bissonette funded it.
I like how they probably avoided any naming disputes by naming the new kingdom after the island.
Well the monarch was already styled king/queen of great britain so it was a no brainer
@@RoyalRegimentofScotland And the seven old Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (despite only controlling England’s territory) would grant the most powerful of the seven kings the title of “Bretwalda” meaning wielder, or ruler, of Britain, despite not controlling Scotland nor Wales.
Not strictly true, the island at the time was known as ‘Albion’. The name ‘Britain’ comes from the Latin Britannia/ Greek ‘Britanios’ which were the lands south of hadrians wall i.e. modern day England and Wales.
@@johnnyxrcfc You're completely wrong. The island was known as "Prydain", which is where the Romans got the word "Britannia" from. Albion only consisted of England, Alba consisted of Scotland, and Cymru consisted of Wales.
@@togerboy5396 Bretwalda wasn't actually a title. It was more of like a very generic term for strongest guy in britian. Its effectively just king of the Britons in old English
One of these days he’s gunna hit me with a “fun fact Yes” and I’ll be floored
Being Welsh, it’s depressing to watch an entire video where my country is referred to as England. It’s even more depressing given how historically accurate this is.
Indeed. Diolch, Harri Tudur! :pouting_face:
Because the english refuse to admit after they ran out vikings that really liked brie and yorkshire, they got conquered by the welsh.
Well that's what violent annexation does to you. Instead of peaceful personal union. Which reminds me, is that why Wales is referred to as Principality? Or was it the title Prince used be a bit more prestigious than King? 🤔
Ironically merged by Henry VIII, a Welsh King, if you get what I mean...😅
@@ToastieBRRRNBecause prince of Wales was already a title. Wales wasn't actually a kingdom
Elizabeth: Aight, I don't feel like getting married or having kids
Parliament: But those are literally your two jobs
Elizabeth: Oh well!
The Kingdoms United, stopped trying to conquer each other and decide to see what they could conquer together - turns out they could conquer, a *LOT*
Love the sign of Elizabeth I reading, "Buns in the oven: 0." At least she didn't lose her head over it like her mom.
Very underrated comment it should be pinned.
The video I have been waiting for.
One thing I will always regret was that he didn't make the Acts of Union video in the English history series. It could have been a nice ending considering that England would then cease to exist and become Great Britain.
Correction: Feelings on the union were mixed in Scotland, not overwhelming against. They favored the union when the King was Scottish, but turned against his son who grew up in London.
Politics aside, you gotta admit the Union Jack looks a hell of a lot cooler than its individual constituents.
The union flag has to be one of the coolest flags there is.
The Scottish flag is the second oldest in the world, the Welsh don't get represented on the Butchers Apron but do get to war under it
@@alistairmrkerr1336 Obvious anglophobe located
nah whales has the best flag with its dragons
@@brad5426 is Wales represented on the Union Flag ? Do Welsh soldiers fight under the Union Flag ? Where did I mention England?
My 7th great grandfather came to America as a deserter Scottish soldier in 1746 after the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Culloden, I'm actually interested in that.
Hating each other is fine but hating the continent is stronger
Because uniting would allow them to establish the James Bisonette empire
Glory to he❤
Bisontium Empire
Because James Bizonet wasn't there to prevent Scottland's bankrupcy.
Its obviously Napoleon, of course its him.
Nah it was failing to colonise Panama and going broke
Boring
Fun fact:No
Yep, Napoleon gets credit for uniting two separate countries unrelated to France and doing so nearly a full century before Napoleon’s rise to power.
Make it make sense! 🫠
Him being short meant that the English & Scots wanted to one up him by making their nation taller than him!
Wow! An accurate summary of the Darien affair. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
England: "And then, after hundreds of years of fighting me, all it took was some bribes. Funniest shit I've ever seen"
Scotland: "Worst Mistake of my Life"
To be fair, bribery is a lot easier if your enemy has blown 20% of their entire wealth on trying to colonise the single worst choice they realistically could have ever made.
@@randomguy-tg7ok 8/10 on choice 1/10 on actually being able to supply said choice
The Scottish better be lucky that they are even in the Union. In a Scottish better be lucky that the English themselves want to keep Scotland identity. Because it seems that other Scottish want to import foreigners in to erase Scottish identity all in the name of international socialism. Damn shame
Tbh this is a bit simplistic it was more complicated than that
I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land,
Cap in hand
🏴
Island version of *France & Bretagne* !!!
42 secunds is maybe the quickest ive ever discovered a video like this.
Because James Bissonette was the one pulling the strings all along.
He was truly 2 steps ahead
Boring
“It was Bisonette All Along!”
Can't believe James Bissonette was the Bay Harbor Butcher all along.
Who is James Bisonette
You are just awesome. Thank you!
I did a paper of this in 2007, and had to go back and read the minutes from the debates in both parliaments from these ponderous tomes that were copied and published in 1707. I can still smell those books today.
Because England tickled Scotland until she finally relented and joined in the fun.
1:29 funny. On some advanced history classes (In Poland we don't talk THAT much about it) I was told The Navigation Acts were designed to fight Dutch traders being everywhere back at the time.
Both can be true
Because they were
Only reason they stopped fighting Dutch traders is because the Dutch seriously defeated and humiliated the English navy after which the aenglish parliament plotted to replace their monarch by the Dutch Prince of Orange in the "glorious/bloodless revolution. (Who wasted no time in subjugating those in Scotland and Ireland who opposed in a far from glorious or bloodless series of battles as well as outright murders)
@@jeroenimus7528 This literally just isn't true. William wasn't even the one invited he was literally a couple monarch because he had a hissy fit when he was going to be made a consort
Make a video on why polish-swedish union didint happend
Long story short: John III of Sweden had married a Polish princess: Catherine Jagiellon and their son: Sigismund, was elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania when Stephen Bathory died, becoming Sigismund III. He was then guaranteed to also become King of Sweden since Sweden had a hereditary monarchy. John III dies, Sigismund becomes King of Sweden as well and so we have a personal union. But Karl, John III's younger brother and Sigismund III's uncle, wasn't very happy about this because Poland-Lithuania (and Sigismund) was Catholic and Sweden was Lutheran. So, he started a rebellion leading to the deposition of Sigismund from the Swedish throne in 1599. Karl then became "riksföreståndare" (regent) of Sweden until 1604 when he was officially crowned king as Karl IX.
@@TrocaTheNero Sweden wasn't entirely Lutheran back then. It became Lutheran due to attempts of Charles IX.
After the collapse of polish-Swedish fusion cuisine it was decided humanity would be better off without
You gotta love that the most unlikely alliance ended up becoming the most powerful nation on earth
Rules for Conquest:
1. Never invade Russia in the Winter.
2. Don't settle the Darien Gap.
And never get in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!!
I just searched history matters and you upload a video at the same time lol
It’s important to mention that the Scot’s were basically given Jamaica too. Which at the time made more money than all the 13 colonies combined
Because James bissonette wanted to see Great Britain united
0:53 is one of the many reasons that some people in Scotland campaign for independence
I enjoyed this! Thank you!
Finally one about my homeland 🏴
As you said in a previous video, the Scots were afraid of being Wales’ed
0:28 buns in the oven is absolutely absurd
Because James Bisonette wanted to drive from the north coast to the south
Last time i was this early Argentina was part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
It would be worth mentioning that partaking in the exploits of the East India Company in India played a role in strengthening the bonds of the union ... and the scots were disproportionately employed within the EIC.
WALES: "Am I a joke to you?"
ENGLAND & SCOTLAND: "Well, yes actually."
Been waiting for this video for a while.
Man I sure hope there isn’t any modern political discussion under this video…
The last time I was this early Scotland was still independent.
Last time I was this early, the Scots was still in Ireland.
I expected Scots to yell *"FREEDOM!!"* here.
Oh flower of Scotland
When will we see your like again
Yay! I'm early! Love the vids!
buns in the oven is wild
Insert "You had one job"-joke here.
Can you please make a 10 minute history video on the 7 years war?
he stopped doing 10 minute history because youtube's monetization systems changed, meaning he would lose money on longer videos
@@SuchDarkness
Ah, with "The UA-cam Algorithm" audience desires and quality are secondary.
The main metric is "engagement".
So shorter videos give more viewers, maximizing revenue for both UA-cam and the channel itself.
But, when looking back in history, the best videos would include the additional depth OOP and many of us are looking for.
So that's where the Darien gap comes from, interesting
All this lore is necessary to understand that clip of Scottish old lady's distaste of Magaret Thatcher at her funeral.
Babe wake up, HM uploaded
This video makes me think there should be a video on why Castile and Aragon merged together into Spain?
They had been ruled by the same monarch since 1516 for some 200 years until the Bourbons got rid of their privileges.
Because of Caesar.
love how they very well could have joined peacefully multiple times but it just couldn't have ended in any way but force.
For a follow up to this, perhaps a vid on why did Ireland and Great Britain unite?
Settler colonialism
oh thats simple: Because Great Britain said so
Subjugation, with the goal of supplanting the Catholic majority of Ireland in favour of Anglo-Irish Anglicans and Ulster Scots Presbyterians, ultimately for the goal of full access to the pastoral land, agriculture and lumber, and a pacified neighbour. Much of Ireland's woodland was exploited for industrial expansion in the North of England and in the Scottish Lowlands. A lot of land in Ireland was owned by England and Scottish landowners.
Good video.
Happy to have come from CGP Grey
"SCOTLAND FOREVER!!!"
Englands better except Blackpool I fucking hate it there
Watched your Communism in Russia 10 minute video in class recently.I had to explain to my teacher in leaving cert history who you were and the benefits of watching your content. Keep up the great work.
Wow, 20 seconds and I'm in.
W video 🔥
Correction: Your graphic shows the Isle of Man as being part of England, and latterly Great Britain. It has never been part of either and remains a separate Crown Dependency to this day.
Nice
But hey, the benefits are glorious. a single British market, English market access, no more significant territorial conflicts, more focus on innovation, Britain starts to look outward instead of inward constantly...
Thanks!
It's nice to finally learn all the stuff that was missing from CGP Grey's video on the topic from like 12 years ago.
I was literally just researching this yesterday. Get out of my head!
Even though the answers to most of these videos are essentially “because it was easier”, “because money”, or “because they’re French”,
It is still entertaining to watch the information dive leading up to the answer. Fun as always!
Very interesting. I'd only been taught the anglified version (essentially we saved scotland from their debt by doing it). I guess with us English being nice to our neighbours was just too good to be true
"United" was added when Ireland "joined" the kingdom in 1801. It was just "The Kingdom Of Great Britain" when Scotland and England United.
So "The United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland" from 1801, then from 1922 "The United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
Who knows, maybe we'll change again at some point.
Because Kelly moneymaker said so
She should've named James Bizonet to be her heir
Thank you for this. This was always a gray area for me.
And they state happily united for the rest of time *nervous glances*.
2:11
It's only a matter of time before we get thrown a curve ball: *"But fun fact... Yes."*
Cool
A surprisingly accurate telling, although you ,missed out England encouraging Spain's blockade
It's a bit simplistic but it's a good basic description
@@RoyalRegimentofScotland agreed, it doesn't shy away from placing the blame where it lies but does neglect to point out that it wasn't just the Scottish population that were against the Union - the English were too
Welcome to the history matters channel. It’s surprisingly very accurate for the length of his videos
He does say that the English of James I's time were against it. It wasn't too clear how those in Queen Anne's time felt, but I imaginethey were easier to bribe @@midkemian1
@@midkemian1 I mean, I am pretty sure at the beginning of the video he states that the populations of both nations were reluctant to that.
England: stop asking questions, we’re happy!
Another idea
Why and how both halfs of ireland got divided
The English confiscated the lands of Irish Catholics and gave them to English Protestants in an attempt to establish a firm grip on Ireland.
Which resulted in a pro British community establishing in the north who opposed independence
Already done I think
Pretty simple Scottish colonists
@@martinmorles1 Most of the Protestant ancestry in the North is Scottish, not English. Hence the existence of the Ulster Scots dialect.
Always wondered lol
Damn that was one of the worst places to start a colony.
It's pretty funny how stupid the sceme was. Little Scotland practically decided to declare war on the Spanish empire 😂
Let's see, it's not a bad idea if you take into account that it was the location of the Panama Canal. The problem is that you didn't have the technology or tens of thousands of slaves to finish it in a reasonable way. It also wasn't a great idea to do it when Spain was not yet the dead body that it was during the 19th and 20th centuries.
@@segiraldovi the Panama canal failed the first because of yellow fever and malaria. Only after the role of the mosquito as a disease vector was realized were they able to actually build it.
Malaria has a 20% mortality rate and yellow fever up to 50%. That's some attrition for the workforce
@@sciencefliestothemoon2305 This is a solid case of "hindsight is 20/20". Without knowing about the disease-ridden nature of the area, the Spanish would seem to be the only real opposition to the Scottish (not getting into the morals of colonization here) and maybe they thought their fellow Catholics would give them a break to spit in England's face.
They united because it’s part of England’s mission tree and England had admin tech 10 by it, not to mention Great Britain’s ideas are so much more better than England’s. Not to mention Scotland likes to go wild with colonization, it disrupts good borders when they make a new colonial nation in North America and the “Stop subject from colonizing” button doesn’t work.
Here I was expecting them to be done in the 1400s.
I will never understand why Paradox would never implement a system where:
1) My PU does not make colonies where one of my colonies already exists
2) I could tell them where to colonize (with Spain it would be excellent)
3) Peacefully join 2 colonies in the same region if I am the owner of the PU
@@segiraldovido i need to remind you that paradox locked behind a paywall the feauture to transfer occupied land during wars? (Till some months ago, so 11 years)
Translation?
@@nicolad8822 Europa Universalis 4 stuff
Ahh my daily dose of great history slop
Oh a really interesting tid bit - the English did actually send supplies and such to the colony in Darien, and they arrived two weeks too late. The colony held out against all odds for two years and in its last hours was so close to recieve support it didn't know was coming but the colonists had bailed by the time it arrived, and only just.
Source: Read 'The Man Who Saw The Future' a book about William Paterson who was the schemes founder. (He also founded the Bank of England) Also, the colony was new Caledonia, not New Edinburgh.
Why ? Because two small countries on a tiny island makes sense . Simple.
"The anti-British sentiment in Scotland didn't last too long." *Looks at watch, day-planner, calendar, decade counter, century measure*... Yup. Checks out.
Scots may bash on England, but still vote to remain in Britain and will get offended if you say something bad about the people in the UK
And the reason the Darien colony was so expensive was because it was in the Darien Gap, one of the most inhospitable places for humans on Earth.
Do the Northern Ireland bit! Do the Northern Ireland bit! The Uni-Ted Klingerdom Ov Brate Gritain And Norvern Ireluhnd!
It always seems like the main reason why any country does anything is that it is convenient or cost effective. xD
Britain/England bribing it's problems away is a common tactic of ours.
James bissonette promised them both funding if they united
Wales: 😢
Fun fact, despite being beheaded in this episode Charles the 1st, he still supported this video!
Another thing that may have helped is that Queen Anne had no offspring that survived her pregnancies/infancy. An heir may have complicated things.
It was remarkable that part of King Charles III coronation's duties included telling the Scottish he promised to respect their church and laws.
Personal union = geographical schizophrenia 😅
@@jeremywilliams5107 its not a personal union - the UK is one kingdom, not 2 or 3 or 4
@@DaDARKPass it was in the time of Charles II
@@jeremywilliams5107 the commenter said charles III
Here I thought the story ended where it began, but thus is the folly of only reading the first chapter.