The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 2)

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  • @kentonembry
    @kentonembry 3 роки тому +11176

    Crazy how John Paul Jones was both an American pirate and one of the greatest bass players to ever live. Just goes to show you can never stop learning.

    • @farzanmunshi8054
      @farzanmunshi8054 3 роки тому +286

      Yep. Good times bad times you know he's had his share.

    • @speeklymaeve
      @speeklymaeve 3 роки тому +576

      Speaking of learning, *you* should never stop learning either. You know what can help you do that? Skillshare. This episode is sponso

    • @dragonoftheeast7572
      @dragonoftheeast7572 3 роки тому +69

      @bunkey so..... What you're saying is,...... that while he was raiding the English coastline for America in the 1770s he watched a Led Zeppelin documentary on DVD and decided to name himself after the legendary bass player who wouldn't be born for anthor 2 centuries??
      Dude that doesn't make any sense

    • @cajdoesstuff9454
      @cajdoesstuff9454 3 роки тому +35

      @@dragonoftheeast7572 yes that is what he is saying

    • @peanutbutter368
      @peanutbutter368 3 роки тому +9

      @bunkey WHO THE BASS PLAYER OR THE SCOTTISH PIRATE( basically)

  • @liamhodgson6202
    @liamhodgson6202 3 роки тому +9263

    I’m British. We don’t teach this in schools. I watched 17 minutes of the Turn and realised I needed to expand my knowledge so I could smuggly educate my wife. I’m now addicted to your videos.

    • @DugrozReports
      @DugrozReports 3 роки тому +168

      smuggly? how's that goin'?

    • @janereeds6817
      @janereeds6817 3 роки тому +367

      @@DugrozReports your history overlooks how unimportant this is to British history and how many defeats and losses you faced to the British and over glorify your win even when u had the French and Spanish (2 of the most powerful nations at the time, 2nd and 3rd only to Britain) giving u supplies troops a navy and the win.

    • @DugrozReports
      @DugrozReports 3 роки тому +329

      @@janereeds6817 My ancestors immigrated to the US in the 1870's to escape the King of Bavaria and the Franco-Prussian war . . . so . . .

    • @thelstan7424
      @thelstan7424 3 роки тому +421

      @@janereeds6817 yea I’m British and even though soo many countries have declared independence against us. American is the most important as it’s a cool story and now America and Britain are the most powerful and closest ally.

    • @addyred1861
      @addyred1861 3 роки тому +46

      @@thelstan7424 most powerful.....Afghanistan enters the chat

  • @funsea4167
    @funsea4167 5 років тому +7703

    Royal Navy: “Do you hear that?”
    John Paul Jones: “Row row row your boat, briskly oh so brave! lock n’ load time to blow, Britannia off the waves!”

    • @superduck2448
      @superduck2448 5 років тому +256

      I am actually related to John Paul Jones

    • @funsea4167
      @funsea4167 5 років тому +150

      Superduck He is by far my favorite founding father. When I go into the Navy, I too will be related to him 😂

    • @donsamule8249
      @donsamule8249 5 років тому +123

      British: What. The. F*

    • @VibeyViberson
      @VibeyViberson 5 років тому +17

      @@superduck2448 how

    • @pengoon9741
      @pengoon9741 5 років тому +15

      I’m dyinggggg

  • @yawcty6478
    @yawcty6478 2 роки тому +6682

    Fun Fact: during the siege of Yorktown near the end of the war, British General Cornwallis’s dog somehow got onto the American side, and George Washington paused the battle to return the dog back to him.

    • @TRCumbox
      @TRCumbox Рік тому +549

      a true hero

    • @Hellenic_Empire
      @Hellenic_Empire Рік тому +682

      Meanwhile in 1925 a Greek officer's dog escaped and crossed the Bulgarian border, and the officer tried to grab it. The Bulgarians fired, sparking a Greco-Bulgarian war and Greece got to sofia

    • @Somegoy
      @Somegoy Рік тому +449

      Crazy to think of a strait up war going on with guys bleeding amd screaming only for a puffy wigged dude screaming "TIME OUT TIME OUT!!" and everyone just stops so he can March a dog over to the other sides general. March back to his tent and yell "TIME IN!" bang bang back to the shooting 😂😂 I can just see it now

    • @briantresden2933
      @briantresden2933 Рік тому +44

      Boring Fact: That's Maine and not Massachusetts at 8:27

    • @zacharywooden2113
      @zacharywooden2113 Рік тому +197

      @@briantresden2933 Un-borifying the boring fact: Until 1820, that was part of Massachusetts

  • @mrsnrub282
    @mrsnrub282 3 роки тому +9342

    Apparently Benedict Arnold almost died at Saratoga. If he did, he would have gone down as one of the greatest heros in American history with statues erected everywhere and towns named in his honour.
    You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain

  • @thewhalelord8732
    @thewhalelord8732 4 роки тому +5718

    “You’re an angel now John Paul Jones”
    John Paul Jones in hell having a demon killing
    contest with DOOM slayer:

    • @swagmaster47625
      @swagmaster47625 4 роки тому +416

      Plot Twist : John Paul Jones IS the Doom Slayer

    • @mrbiggiecheese312
      @mrbiggiecheese312 4 роки тому +201

      @@swagmaster47625 that would explain a whole lot

    • @thewhalelord8732
      @thewhalelord8732 4 роки тому +112

      @@swagmaster47625 holy shit you’re right

    • @authermorgen3361
      @authermorgen3361 4 роки тому +35

      Damm so soon slayer is a American.

    • @authermorgen3361
      @authermorgen3361 4 роки тому +9

      @Jake Thomas oh i didn’t know that thinks

  • @Towelietowel
    @Towelietowel 4 роки тому +3511

    How John Paul Jones got his crew together:
    "Get in losers! We're going to Britain to do pirate stuff!"

  • @MG-ud2jo
    @MG-ud2jo 2 роки тому +587

    Now , thanks to Oversimplified and many other channels , I realise that history as a whole is better than any fictions works ever !
    ( This greatly upset Hollywood, who punished me severely )

    • @christoff124
      @christoff124 5 місяців тому +5

      who could make up a hero as stoic as big GW, or bad ass as john paul jones or as treacherous as mr arnold?

    • @TeejayAde
      @TeejayAde 3 місяці тому +1

      😂😂😂

  • @Gbeguzmann
    @Gbeguzmann 5 років тому +16759

    Benedict Arnold is like that one funny kid at school who isn't popular because his friends keep stealing his jokes lol.

    • @diabeticshaggy7434
      @diabeticshaggy7434 5 років тому +804

      are you describing me when i was in middle school?

    • @DeeJayFM
      @DeeJayFM 5 років тому +341

      @@diabeticshaggy7434 F

    • @windowcleaner4724
      @windowcleaner4724 5 років тому +248

      @@diabeticshaggy7434 F

    • @yung-sab6667
      @yung-sab6667 5 років тому +214

      @@diabeticshaggy7434 Ultimate F

    • @chungas3248
      @chungas3248 5 років тому +149

      @@diabeticshaggy7434 Same here fellow gamer

  • @justinbrower6370
    @justinbrower6370 5 років тому +6539

    British Empire: We have the most developed and massive fleet in the world
    American Colonies: We have a John Paul Jones

    • @KillBillK10
      @KillBillK10 5 років тому +140

      He was a lunatic... didn't he mentioned, he himself was a British.

    • @KillBillK10
      @KillBillK10 5 років тому +68

      @National socialist american Workers party NSAWP yeah but they were American born.
      He was Scottish and after American revolution he joined Russian army🤯

    • @thomasraymond7912
      @thomasraymond7912 5 років тому +35

      Screams of terror in british.

    • @mobzillahunter678
      @mobzillahunter678 5 років тому +19

      I... I understood that reference

    • @Jake-uf6gi
      @Jake-uf6gi 5 років тому +13

      Justin Brower that’s like having Lebron James on your team

  • @imaseagullgimmeyourfries2399
    @imaseagullgimmeyourfries2399 4 роки тому +5970

    John Paul Jones: * exists *
    Every American ever: *that’s one badass man right there*

  • @Infernon_IsntAvailable
    @Infernon_IsntAvailable Місяць тому +18

    4:31 I can feel the passion out of that John Paul Jones segment...
    And I cant blame it he sounds like a Napoleon Era protagonist

  • @gavinmitchell1328
    @gavinmitchell1328 3 роки тому +6238

    This entire comment section is basically just calling John Paul Jones a badass. And I love it.

    • @jasondyrkacz8270
      @jasondyrkacz8270 3 роки тому +106

      He was the Chuck Norris of the day.

    • @chasecraley8659
      @chasecraley8659 3 роки тому +14

      You are doing it to

    • @rbgerald2469
      @rbgerald2469 3 роки тому +85

      Dutch: "He's the best pirate I've ever seen."
      *Pirates Of The Caribbean theme intensifies*

    • @alexandertatpati2833
      @alexandertatpati2833 3 роки тому +19

      @@jasondyrkacz8270 he is an angel now

    • @Professional_street_hustler
      @Professional_street_hustler 3 роки тому +63

      That moment when you realize John Paul Jones was more of a threat to the British navy then both Napoleon and the nazis

  • @loganstewart3751
    @loganstewart3751 3 роки тому +9433

    Cool story:
    A few years ago, in my backyard, I dug up a cannonball that was probably a missed shot from a ship on Lake Ontario during the war of 1812

    • @why-bb8bp
      @why-bb8bp 3 роки тому +594

      HOW HAS NO ONE COMMETED ON THIS

    • @Engieman909
      @Engieman909 3 роки тому +523

      @@why-bb8bp I DONT KNOW WE MUST ALERT THE PUBLIC OF THIS COOL STORY

    • @user-ow2cs7fb5l
      @user-ow2cs7fb5l 3 роки тому +416

      @@Engieman909 WHY ARE WE SPEAKING IN ALL CAPS

    • @mydogdeli
      @mydogdeli 3 роки тому +367

      @@user-ow2cs7fb5l CAN'T WE JUST STOP SHOUTING???

    • @rainchase985
      @rainchase985 3 роки тому +336

      @@mydogdeli I HAVE NO IDEA IF WE CANNN

  • @Lux_._
    @Lux_._ 3 роки тому +5178

    The populair kid but with good grades: George Washington
    The badass kid: John Paul jones
    The forgotten kid: Benedict Arnold
    The nerd that keeps working during break: Jefferson

    • @jay_bleu1448
      @jay_bleu1448 3 роки тому +266

      The geek who speaks Klingon: Ben Franklin

    • @fxonevr
      @fxonevr 3 роки тому +68

      The Badass: John Paul Jones

    • @heartless_raven
      @heartless_raven 3 роки тому +103

      @@jay_bleu1448 more like the nerd who gets all the girls (like McLovin)

    • @DaffyDuck-f7k
      @DaffyDuck-f7k 3 роки тому +33

      Dang, u rlly gonna call me a Jefferson like that?

    • @Lux_._
      @Lux_._ 3 роки тому +28

      @@DaffyDuck-f7k Jefferson is a cool dude man no hate

  • @erichvonfuchs4858
    @erichvonfuchs4858 Рік тому +82

    3:29 I love how he said that originally videos abut French Revolution are set to come out in 2027, but he made them just the next year instead. Legend.

    • @IAlsoPlayKsp
      @IAlsoPlayKsp 7 місяців тому +4

      You know that was a joke about his slow upload schedule, right?

    • @Slenderman2011
      @Slenderman2011 3 дні тому

      French Revolution is gonna come in 2 years guys, mark your calendars

  • @GBV-
    @GBV- 5 років тому +4028

    *Thats called foreshadowing*
    French revolution video uploads today

    • @toddhughes2859
      @toddhughes2859 5 років тому +67

      Happy 2027. :D

    • @Alan_O
      @Alan_O 5 років тому +7

      Moneybags23 almost a year later

    • @VRC3118A
      @VRC3118A 5 років тому +32

      Viewer: 2027?
      Oversimplified: OOOoOoh NOoOoOo!

    • @vicpalmen585
      @vicpalmen585 5 років тому +2

      Hro hro hro 🥐🥖🍷

    • @korhol2065
      @korhol2065 5 років тому +5

      2027!
      It 19

  • @JG31392
    @JG31392 5 років тому +1911

    “John Paul Jones is handsome, Scottish, and absolutely insane.”
    But most importantly, he’s the bassist of Led Zeppelin

    • @siddhm3911
      @siddhm3911 5 років тому +7

      LOL

    • @gamingforaday5446
      @gamingforaday5446 5 років тому +33

      He stole so many things in Britain and gave it to France

    • @AvoidTheCadaver
      @AvoidTheCadaver 5 років тому +46

      Then a couple hundred years later a mad Scotsman fought in WW2 .... carrying a claymore

    • @kateoconnor30030
      @kateoconnor30030 5 років тому +13

      JG32 he’s also on the Bachelorette

    • @henta.i.3838
      @henta.i.3838 5 років тому +5

      @@AvoidTheCadaver Don't forget the bagpipes!

  • @scoot-scoot51341
    @scoot-scoot51341 3 роки тому +2350

    GB: I have an army!
    America: We got John Paul Jones, Paul Revere, William von Steuben, Marquis de Lafayette, Nathaniel Greene, Ethan Allen, Spanish aid, French aid, a thirst for freedom, George Washington, and a shit ton of luck.

    • @jenniferstoekle1100
      @jenniferstoekle1100 3 роки тому +26

      lol its so true

    • @spiritualdanger
      @spiritualdanger 3 роки тому +44

      Don't forget Paul Revere

    • @mikeor-
      @mikeor- 3 роки тому +76

      Gilbert de Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, never forgot George Washington. In fact, he had a son named Georges Washington de Lafayette.

    • @elhadj3475
      @elhadj3475 3 роки тому +12

      @@mikeor- george washington had no kids

    • @mikeor-
      @mikeor- 3 роки тому +58

      @@elhadj3475 I never said George Washington had kids. I said the Marquis de Lafayette had kids.

  • @idosounds
    @idosounds Рік тому +592

    Britain: "You can't defeat me!"
    America: "Oh, I know. but he can."
    *Led Zeppelin bassist sailing in*

    • @tonythegunk
      @tonythegunk 8 місяців тому +14

      I needed to read another comment about the John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin to understand this joke lmfao

    • @nocontext5590
      @nocontext5590 6 місяців тому

      Bro went full immigrant song on that bitch

  • @liver1865
    @liver1865 5 років тому +3187

    when you sneeze in America and the trees say "bless you"
    *tea time stops*

    • @entername9179
      @entername9179 5 років тому +88

      The British troops: Bye sisters

    • @cloudycool1815
      @cloudycool1815 5 років тому +5

      gg

    • @rukiaslvr
      @rukiaslvr 5 років тому +50

      The British: *runs in Gordon Ramsay*

    • @moncery_na
      @moncery_na 5 років тому +15

      @@rukiaslvr gordon ramsey is Scottish

    • @rukiaslvr
      @rukiaslvr 5 років тому +2

      THMC AwesomeSauce ok

  • @Jimothyjohns
    @Jimothyjohns 4 роки тому +9817

    Didn’t John Paul Jones also have a bounty out on his head by an English governor, and Jones put a bounty of the governor’s head as payback

    • @rollergirl2757
      @rollergirl2757 4 роки тому +590

      That is amazing

    • @drsilverium1048
      @drsilverium1048 4 роки тому +703

      the definition of badass

    • @ivanfelipe240
      @ivanfelipe240 4 роки тому +208

      @@drsilverium1048 that the definition of payback baby

    • @StValentine-uh5lv
      @StValentine-uh5lv 4 роки тому +693

      Yeah, even funnier is the fact that John's bounty was $1,000~, so he made the governor's bounty $15,000!

    • @Jimothyjohns
      @Jimothyjohns 4 роки тому +285

      @@StValentine-uh5lv the ultimate chad

  • @justinmcclung6030
    @justinmcclung6030 4 роки тому +4073

    Loki: I have an Army.
    Colonies: We have a John Paul Jones.

  • @AtlasBlizzard
    @AtlasBlizzard Рік тому +386

    Benedict Arnold is the story of how if you don't give your heroes credit, they'll become your villains.

  • @srig3649
    @srig3649 4 роки тому +3974

    The British Empire: We have an army.
    Rebels: We have a John Paul Jones.

  • @uma5467
    @uma5467 5 років тому +4339

    Britain: Exist
    John Paul:
    *Peace was never an option*

    • @sundeww
      @sundeww 5 років тому +7

      copied

    • @zjean3417
      @zjean3417 5 років тому +36

      @@sundeww Where? I looked everywhere for 20 minutes and couldint find it lmao.

    • @tav2678
      @tav2678 5 років тому +7

      @@zjean3417 4:43

    • @mikebather6688
      @mikebather6688 5 років тому +13

      jukebox that is not what he meant

    • @Youngbaconreal
      @Youngbaconreal 5 років тому +7

      Toby Jean if it’s a good joke people are going to say copies even if it isn’t

  • @Weaponator18
    @Weaponator18 3 роки тому +5701

    The British existed and were taxing the colonies without representation.
    This angered John Paul Jones. Who punished them severely.

    • @world1creator396
      @world1creator396 3 роки тому +206

      Official oversimplified fan

    • @chopin6087
      @chopin6087 3 роки тому +17

      Lmao

    • @hyljix
      @hyljix 3 роки тому +21

      So like what the US is doing to puerto rico?

    • @jkent9915
      @jkent9915 3 роки тому +6

      Sooooooo underrated!!!

    • @jagermaestro1
      @jagermaestro1 3 роки тому +3

      @@hyljix Except we aren't sinking their navy and they net more money from us than they pay in taxes but sure whatever homie. Apple to Apple.

  • @bebazZz
    @bebazZz 2 роки тому +428

    I was dead at the foreshadwing of the French Revolution 🤣

    • @eliljeho
      @eliljeho 2 роки тому +23

      He was able to complete it ahead of schedule!

    • @Strawberryshortqueen
      @Strawberryshortqueen 3 місяці тому +1

      And now he’s gone missing RIP oversimplified ✋😭

  • @C_seven7
    @C_seven7 2 роки тому +2450

    And 200 years later, John Paul Jones later retired from his duties in the American military, and joined a British band with his mates called "Led Zeppelin", and later became one of the best bass players of all time. What a legend.

    • @zyzzbrah1312
      @zyzzbrah1312 Рік тому

      It's not the same John Paul Jones! No one ever lived for 200 years, get a brain!

    • @sydneyknobloch4095
      @sydneyknobloch4095 Рік тому +9

      Your funny 😂

    • @brithebean4341
      @brithebean4341 Рік тому +64

      Ha nice
      As a die hard Led Zep fan yall do not know how hard I turned my head around when oversimplified said John Paul Jones

    • @C_seven7
      @C_seven7 Рік тому +14

      @@brithebean4341 Same bro. What’s your favorite album?

    • @catoctober8005
      @catoctober8005 Рік тому +3

      Wait.200 years?

  • @Johno143
    @Johno143 5 років тому +579

    Im 57, british and love history, i have to say if this type of educational tool had been available in my youth, i could have been a professor by now.. Simplified yes..but informative, funny , and fun... The best way to educate and inform young people .i will soon be introducing my grandaughter to these amazing videos...( As soon as i can keep the lil bugga still ) :)) Thank you .

    • @noot6614
      @noot6614 5 років тому +14

      I envy the Brits;- loose, intelligent and don't give a shit.

    • @jackcole8116
      @jackcole8116 5 років тому +8

      If your 57 why is your name Butt Scratcher

    • @Johno143
      @Johno143 5 років тому +18

      @@jackcole8116 your correct, it's a silly name..( it's a Peter Griffin sketch ).. heres my grown up name, for you to enjoy :)

    • @emutv4100
      @emutv4100 5 років тому +8

      @@Johno143 Hello Brit, sorry about the Revolution lol

    • @onedeeznutsjoke2296
      @onedeeznutsjoke2296 5 років тому +1

      Surpriseingly wholesome

  • @memebox6895
    @memebox6895 5 років тому +4077

    USA: come over
    France: Can’t
    USA: My parents aren’t home
    France: *runs in Baguette*

    • @moonroer2kr729
      @moonroer2kr729 5 років тому +76

      Will it be better to be a croissant

    • @Ribbital
      @Ribbital 5 років тому +16

      *Runs in Japanese*

    • @liiiiinx
      @liiiiinx 5 років тому +3

      *accurate*

    • @sojourner_303
      @sojourner_303 5 років тому +7

      How come they always say "yes" after the other person says "my parents aren't home?"

    • @sojourner_303
      @sojourner_303 5 років тому +14

      WOOF In this case it seems USA and France are in a romantic relationship that theyre hiding from their parents. Why are they hiding it from their parents? I mean I can understand wanting to hide it from England but Francia doesn't even exist anymore.

  • @NathanJG
    @NathanJG 3 роки тому +5449

    John Paul Jones is essentially the real life version of doom guy.

  • @JamesScholesUK
    @JamesScholesUK 6 років тому +2814

    I'm in the UK. I was born and grew up in the UK. We are told literally NOTHING about this in standard school history.
    We basically leap straight from "Woo, kings, British Empire, Global Superpower!" to "Boo, world wars!" handily skipping straight over any conflicts where the British aren't 100% victorious.
    So.... thanks.

    • @ТомасАндерсон-в1е
      @ТомасАндерсон-в1е 6 років тому +60

      Global superpower was around the Queen Victoria's reign. So, that's kinda right to do, because one followed the other.

    • @kameronrogers4000
      @kameronrogers4000 6 років тому +239

      Well hey in American public schools we only take two years of world history (one in middle school, one in High School), the rest of what we learn is entirely 1776 and upwards lol

    • @neb2777
      @neb2777 6 років тому +76

      Well everyone learns about this in school here in America LITERALLY

    • @memesmemes3529
      @memesmemes3529 6 років тому +134

      Yeah, the British military in the 18th century was well armed, well trained, and led by idiots. That was the huge problem and that was why America won. Superior leadership

    • @prosto_toster
      @prosto_toster 6 років тому +24

      James Scholes nevertheless, you’re lucky. Being born in a land with such history...

  • @DestructionOfRome
    @DestructionOfRome 4 роки тому +9193

    “He was scottish and absolutely insane.” You just said the same thing twice

    • @maxrichards3881
      @maxrichards3881 4 роки тому +264

      AnonR
      No, Scottish people have sharp wits that make them look insane to someone who can’t keep up.

    • @americancynic
      @americancynic 4 роки тому +355

      Insane in a good way

    • @danjarrett7097
      @danjarrett7097 4 роки тому +68

      jacksepticeye , I messed up bad.

    • @TobeeIsMee
      @TobeeIsMee 4 роки тому +33

      @@danjarrett7097 You are to correct

    • @EmilioReyes_97
      @EmilioReyes_97 4 роки тому +135

      @@danjarrett7097 Hes Irish

  • @chadchelo
    @chadchelo Рік тому +142

    For John Paul Jones to go to England and capture their ships, while also being the bass player for the greatest rock band of all time, what a legend.

    • @nocontext5590
      @nocontext5590 6 місяців тому +2

      Plant the whole time: AHHHHHHHHHHH aHhhhhhh

  • @webx135
    @webx135 4 роки тому +430

    "We were sent here on a diplomatic mission, not to philander with the locals"
    Ben Franklin: "You seem to be under the impression that those are two separate things."

    • @guydreamr
      @guydreamr 4 роки тому +5

      Brilliant.

    • @kikimariposa
      @kikimariposa 3 роки тому

      My favorite quote from someone's commentary on Ben Franklin: "There's Diplomacy by Night, and then there's being the Dos Equis guy."

    • @jgkitarel
      @jgkitarel 2 роки тому

      And it's France. They are not separate things more often than not.

  • @theresgottabeagermanwordfo903
    @theresgottabeagermanwordfo903 3 роки тому +742

    4:34 Fun Fact About John Paul Jones he once Joined the Russian Navy and Commanded a Russian Fleet Against the Ottoman Empire in the Russo Turkish war of 1768

    • @AsrielDreemurYT653
      @AsrielDreemurYT653 3 роки тому +6

      Cool pic.

    • @yessir2514
      @yessir2514 3 роки тому +6

      Just as nuts like Thomas Cochrane

    • @safiullahshah4848
      @safiullahshah4848 3 роки тому +3

      Hahhaa but not a tickle occurred to ottomons bcz ottomin ships were way stronger !

    • @MagnusTonitrum117
      @MagnusTonitrum117 3 роки тому +8

      @Артём К virgin Constantinople vs chad Istanbul

    • @AdamArBast99
      @AdamArBast99 3 роки тому +3

      "kicking up storms in the black sea, he is, kicking up storms in the black sea. Fighting the Turks for the Russian queen cause she pays him much more than the yankees"
      - The longest Johns, 'John Paul Junes is a pirate'

  • @hyperbolicraider4848
    @hyperbolicraider4848 4 роки тому +1687

    Someone: “I’m French and British”
    That person’s ancestors: Internal spirit war

    • @sulfur3684
      @sulfur3684 4 роки тому +3

      more like germany and france

    • @OmegaA1000
      @OmegaA1000 4 роки тому +27

      You could just say "I'm British" and there is an ancestral internal spirit war

    • @yandereharem979
      @yandereharem979 4 роки тому +16

      someone else: I'm Greek and Turkish
      that person's ancestors: *cultural war*

    • @K0uUraki
      @K0uUraki 4 роки тому +1

      I feel like saying “im Scottish and Canadian (me)” has similar energy

    • @_TotallyNotKai_x
      @_TotallyNotKai_x 4 роки тому

      agree

  • @dogemaster9676
    @dogemaster9676 14 днів тому +9

    can’t wait for OverSimplified’s son to cover World War 3 and the 2nd American Civil War

  • @SpagEddie8113
    @SpagEddie8113 5 років тому +3536

    Benedict Arnold “Wanna hang”
    US “No”
    Benedict Arnold “Wanna hang”
    US “No”
    Benedict Arnold “Aight ima hang with the brits then”
    US “Man I thought we was friends”

    • @nowhereman4319
      @nowhereman4319 5 років тому +33

      Well he did win the battle of Saratoga and got to French on our side.

    • @aaeve5676
      @aaeve5676 5 років тому +7

      @@nowhereman4319 did he or did someone else lead the troops

    • @nowhereman4319
      @nowhereman4319 5 років тому +36

      @@aaeve5676 well it's a proven fact that Benedict Arnold, was the reason they won at Saratoga

    • @ruben8490-d5w
      @ruben8490-d5w 5 років тому +6

      @@nowhereman4319 he still betrayed them just because he didn't get the full amount of he felt like deserve

    • @zhixci958
      @zhixci958 4 роки тому +80

      @@ruben8490-d5w hard to stay loyal when what they only saw was his failures and not the things that he did for them.
      What he did was still wrong but it is understandable.

  • @kaoniceli7096
    @kaoniceli7096 4 роки тому +3579

    Nobody expected an attack in the winter, so George planned an attack for the winter.
    Me: GENIUS!

  • @myscabula
    @myscabula 6 років тому +5382

    My US History Teacher: You're never going to learn this stuff anywhere else so you better pay attention now.
    oversimplified: ....hold my beer
    I forgot I posted this 5 years ago, I was just getting out of highschool then hah.

    • @ruatsangawhite7261
      @ruatsangawhite7261 6 років тому +25

      Haha right

    • @igorgrubor5867
      @igorgrubor5867 6 років тому +32

      he drinks coffee

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 6 років тому +120

      My history teacher: We're going to test you on names and dates. It's going to be really boring because you all suck, not because I'm a bad teacher.
      Oversimplified: I'm going to only talk about the really important stuff, so that there's still room for jokes and so that your eyes don't glaze over like it's history class.

    • @kraigthorne
      @kraigthorne 6 років тому +5

      The reason you will not learn it is because a great deal of it is FALSE!!!!

    • @neofulcrum5013
      @neofulcrum5013 6 років тому +5

      manictiger I wish he was my history teacher at the time

  • @Toxic._.GlitCh
    @Toxic._.GlitCh 9 місяців тому +13

    Whoever did the subtitles for this, thank you they are amazing.
    Also Scottish and Insane are the exact same thing, John Paul Jones you are my king

  • @AggressivelyMediocre
    @AggressivelyMediocre 3 роки тому +628

    My daughter came home from kindergarten all excited to have learned about George Washington. She then came to me asking if we could watch that silly video about George Washington which after some deducing (which just comes with talking to child) I realized she’d seen me watching this before and the two of us sat down and You held this kids FULL attention for the duration of parts one and two.
    I’ve never seen something informative hold her attention for that long. Well done sir.

  • @chasebritcher
    @chasebritcher 3 роки тому +7163

    “John Paul Jones is handsome, Scottish, and absolutely insane.” 😂😂😂

  • @bladesofderp4649
    @bladesofderp4649 4 роки тому +2070

    Benjamin Franklin : we're reliable with the L A D I E S

    • @kokishundo
      @kokishundo 4 роки тому +84

      Looks! Proximity to power!

    • @toasterlad5577
      @toasterlad5577 4 роки тому +91

      MARTHA WASHINTON NAMED HER FERAL TOMCAT AFTER HIM, that's true

    • @hesitantven
      @hesitantven 4 роки тому +28

      *I KNOW HIM.*

    • @Trollestiatumblur
      @Trollestiatumblur 4 роки тому +18

      Shou Mizuhashi You skipped a whole verse 😭

    • @kokishundo
      @kokishundo 4 роки тому +11

      Aquarius Amethyst Yea I realized right after I posted it 😭

  • @bluegek
    @bluegek 5 днів тому

    Thanks

  • @playerofgames6456
    @playerofgames6456 4 роки тому +2719

    this guy is a better history teacher than school can find EDIT: this comment is really old and i keep getting notifications for people replying to it lol

  • @chr0min0id
    @chr0min0id 3 роки тому +3336

    Everyone: “It’s nice that Washington gave up his term after two years…”
    Literally Washington earlier: *”Guys leave me alone I don’t want to be President…”*

    • @AllUpOns
      @AllUpOns 2 роки тому +358

      Yeah it's probably no coincidence that the greatest President we've ever had was the only one who didn't actively want the office.

    • @johndemesa5196
      @johndemesa5196 2 роки тому +72

      @@AllUpOns I'm not american, but I fail to see how Washington is a great president. Abe Lincoln I get but with Washington, I'm confused. What did he do that made him a great President? Didn't he owned slaves?
      P.S I'm not trying to start a political war here, I'm just really confused.

    • @darling9413
      @darling9413 2 роки тому +370

      @@johndemesa5196 His more active accomplishments stem more from his excellent military leadership skills, but what his true accomplishments are is his long term set up of how the presidency would work. His cabinet, the two terms, commander in chief… the man laid the foundation and precedent by which all other presidents would hold themselves.
      He did have some great accomplishments of course, helping to pass the bill of rights, the victory of the whiskey rebellion, trying to establish religious tolerance, and even creating the first copyright law. His greatest accomplishments was simply helping to pave the way for all other leaders and how they should act. Creating laws, leading the military, and protecting rights.
      Basically he his celebrated the same reason we celebrate the other founding fathers. He helped establish the foundation by which the country grew and evolved, he is the standard by which other leaders would compare themselves.

    • @johndemesa5196
      @johndemesa5196 2 роки тому +92

      @@darling9413 Thank you. So that's why. Now that I think about it, it is kind of impressive despite his flaws.

    • @darling9413
      @darling9413 2 роки тому +128

      @@johndemesa5196 It was a flawed time, but despite it all they worked with the best of intentions. They certainly did better than many other Revolutions. For example the French and the multiple Russian Revolutions. Now to be fair those situations had different circumstances, but still often revolutions like these can end up one step back.

  • @adosado64
    @adosado64 5 років тому +10789

    *The American Civil War - OverSimplified*
    P L E A S E

    • @justanotherasian4395
      @justanotherasian4395 5 років тому +319

      aa0201 that would have been useful 2 months ago when I had to take that civil war test in US history.

    • @coolingheat5644
      @coolingheat5644 5 років тому +28

      Van's Videos tell all the questions I’ll give you right

    • @dls20player72
      @dls20player72 5 років тому +68

      If he did a vid on the Revolutionary War, then he should do a Civil War video.

    • @burlbrown7167
      @burlbrown7167 5 років тому +9

      Yes

    • @exakins4014
      @exakins4014 5 років тому +10

      Look up Extra Credits, american civil war,

  • @rickyjames5739
    @rickyjames5739 Рік тому +49

    13:26 bro predicted Noah Lyles' statement. 💀
    WORLD CHAMPION OF WHAT!?

    • @bruh-po6fz
      @bruh-po6fz 7 місяців тому

      Of basketball I guess

  • @louiss129
    @louiss129 5 років тому +1364

    Britain: Let’s have good clean fight
    America: Agreed
    France: Y’all mind if I third party

    • @mohammedfahad3564
      @mohammedfahad3564 5 років тому +28

      louis- 129 America revolution war was legit the British (colonists) vs the British (Monarchy)

    • @canyonbruce8525
      @canyonbruce8525 5 років тому +8

      Naem Khan Britain vs Britain America

    • @tommyagosta30
      @tommyagosta30 5 років тому +1

      lol

    • @docsaaid2939
      @docsaaid2939 5 років тому +1

      Now here is what i THIBK French SAID
      THEY SHALL NOT PASS

    • @ussrsovietunion5561
      @ussrsovietunion5561 5 років тому +4

      louis- 129 yall mind if i 5 party

  • @Canguro2010
    @Canguro2010 4 роки тому +795

    Fun fact about the siege of Yorktown: The French had portable furnaces and used it to heat up cannonballs so they had fire cannons and used it to destroy many British ships in Yorktown.

    • @ZeroEagle667
      @ZeroEagle667 3 роки тому +13

      Interesting

    • @gabrielagustinhomas
      @gabrielagustinhomas 3 роки тому +10

      Damn.

    • @chrisb9143
      @chrisb9143 3 роки тому +78

      "French portable furnaces"
      They originally planned to use them to bake bread, didn't they?

    • @xX.Rintheemo.X
      @xX.Rintheemo.X 3 роки тому +8

      The battle of Yorktown 1781

    • @gabrielagustinhomas
      @gabrielagustinhomas 3 роки тому +6

      @@xX.Rintheemo.X Yeah, duh, he already said what battle it was.

  • @castlehill6717
    @castlehill6717 3 роки тому +2775

    I actually have an ancestor who fought in the revolutionary war as a black slave for the Americans and indeed was freed after. He apparently went on to start a brick making factory where he hired other freed slaves and became sort of wealthy via government contracts and bought his wife out from slavery; at least that was the story I was told by my family. Apparently there is a biography he wrote which still exists but I don't know his name. That's something I gotta read.

  • @Polite_Indifference
    @Polite_Indifference 2 роки тому +258

    This was hilarious and should be taught in every American (and British) school.

    • @WGGplant
      @WGGplant 2 роки тому +24

      in american schools its just
      "we used to be british and it wasn't the best, so we stopped"

    • @justarandomgothamite5466
      @justarandomgothamite5466 Рік тому

      Why should the british learn about it? It ain't their country anymore. There is a lot more stuff relevant to Britain to learn.

    • @DecimusCaesar
      @DecimusCaesar Рік тому +10

      @@justarandomgothamite5466The American Revolution was the start of the decline of the British Empire as it inspired many more colonies in Africa, Asia, etc to gain independence

    • @Polite_Indifference
      @Polite_Indifference Рік тому +7

      @@justarandomgothamite5466 Because it is part of British history... And history lessons tend to focus on teaching students...........history.

    • @justarandomgothamite5466
      @justarandomgothamite5466 Рік тому +1

      @@Polite_Indifference one country of over 60 declaring independence on them is part of their history, sure.
      But it's not like. Important history. There is other stuff that should be prioritized.

  • @Volvith
    @Volvith 6 років тому +307

    + "Who's your favourite angel? Mine is Gabriel."
    - "Mine is John Paul Jones."
    + "Who?"
    [scottish music starts blasting from the heavens]
    - "Oh god, what have you done. o-o"

  • @samiraperi467
    @samiraperi467 3 роки тому +4676

    "The country should stay neutral in foreign conflicts."
    That didn't age well.

    • @alwaysindanger2279
      @alwaysindanger2279 3 роки тому +213

      That aged about as well as the comment on the US having no problems

    • @jj6407
      @jj6407 3 роки тому +29

      Well depends if the USA was completely neutral in WW2. Nazi Germany would have won.

    • @_somerandomguyontheinternet_
      @_somerandomguyontheinternet_ 3 роки тому +70

      @@jj6407 if the US stayed neutral, that would have affected events far before WWII. Not in the least that without the US, Germany might have come out on top in WWI, so Hitler might not have ever come to power.
      That said, I do agree that - especially in today’s world - isolationism is a bad idea, and it’s good that the US hasn’t stayed neutral (even if I disagree with some of what we’ve done in other countries *cough* setting up puppet dictatorships *cough*).

    • @views-kb6sv
      @views-kb6sv 3 роки тому +69

      @@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ Not isolationist just neutral, like switzerland.

    • @DrIbtihajQureshi
      @DrIbtihajQureshi 3 роки тому +13

      @@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ Looks like I have found the first American who agrees to the USA setting up 'puppet' states with totally the intention of liberating people to preserve the peace around the world and not to steal their natural resources. **COUGH**

  • @bruhmomentum6098
    @bruhmomentum6098 6 років тому +312

    The amount of work and effort you put in these videos is really inspiring

  • @DumpLinXOX
    @DumpLinXOX 11 місяців тому +6

    Oversimplified: Name the most American thing you can think of
    Me with no hesitation: *GUNS*

  • @user-jj1qt3qv8x
    @user-jj1qt3qv8x 5 років тому +2393

    Who’s here after the French Revolution came out and realized it came out 8 years early! 3:29

  • @Memetastic
    @Memetastic 5 років тому +9448

    that's called foreshadowing

    • @j3rry808
      @j3rry808 5 років тому +41

      yes

    • @jojoo5169
      @jojoo5169 5 років тому +11

      Memetastic lol okay

    • @snorp6781
      @snorp6781 5 років тому +13

      Foreshadowing it is called.

    • @goodman6127
      @goodman6127 5 років тому +9

      Memetastic

    • @TheGreatCooLite
      @TheGreatCooLite 5 років тому +12

      @@ackewtful. That's called foreshadowing

  • @Galaar
    @Galaar 4 роки тому +684

    "John Paul Jones is handsome, Scottish, and absolutely insane."
    Revered by the Navy to this day.

    • @prind142
      @prind142 4 роки тому +39

      Any ship named John Paul Jones has a tendency to find itself up a certain creek without a paddle and still come out on top, this proves that JPJ is still tearing it up on the seas even today.

    • @rage1lazer507
      @rage1lazer507 4 роки тому +3

      and don’t forget an angel

    • @americanrebelking8337
      @americanrebelking8337 4 роки тому +1

      He is a God damn saint

    • @prind142
      @prind142 4 роки тому +2

      @Kate Johnson The guy from led zeppelin wishes he was the og john paul jones.

  • @Jackie_burnp
    @Jackie_burnp Рік тому +117

    12:26 "Using campaign funds to pay your mistress hush money"
    This became relevant again lol

    • @alyssa8525
      @alyssa8525 8 місяців тому +1

      and even more so right now lmao

    • @flavio7180
      @flavio7180 8 місяців тому +2

      Watching this as Trump's has been convicted on all 34 counts😂.

    • @Embersofthedark
      @Embersofthedark 8 місяців тому

      Ah yes, and here we have 3 idiots, a perfect representation of the democratic party, along with Potato head in office right now

  • @mueller9._.
    @mueller9._. 4 роки тому +4473

    “What’s the most American thing you can think of?”
    Guns

  • @lappelduvide2946
    @lappelduvide2946 6 років тому +3376

    Wars I think you should do a video on
    Cold War
    American Civil War
    Vietnam War
    Korean War
    War of 1812
    Hundred Year War
    Napoleonic Wars
    PewDiePie vs T-Series (as a micro war)
    Seven Year War
    6 Day War
    30 Year War
    Russian Civil War
    Russo-Japanese War
    Balkan War (1912)
    Indian Independence
    Russo-Turkish War

    • @Imrglop
      @Imrglop 6 років тому +137

      You forgot the Pewdiepie-T-Series War

    • @lappelduvide2946
      @lappelduvide2946 6 років тому +81

      @@Imrglop it is fixed

    • @Imrglop
      @Imrglop 6 років тому +65

      You actually put it in your list??
      It's a youtube war and it's going on now XD

    • @lappelduvide2946
      @lappelduvide2946 6 років тому +28

      @@Imrglop yes, lol

    • @AnTeaVirus
      @AnTeaVirus 6 років тому +29

      where's 4chan vs tumblr

  • @georgewynn7024
    @georgewynn7024 11 місяців тому +5

    Im 38 and no one ever explained this story like this. This channel is necessary very informal.

  • @soupshrek4203
    @soupshrek4203 4 роки тому +3042

    Britain: has a navy
    This enraged John Paul Jones who punished them severely
    edit: You know oversimplified does not post enough if my comment on a 4 year old video has 3K likes.
    Edit 2: Omg thanks for all the YOU FELL FOR IT FOOL, THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK.

    • @shuliu4804
      @shuliu4804 4 роки тому +12

      That joke is old now

    • @yizao9289
      @yizao9289 4 роки тому +88

      Shu Liu who cares it’s still funny

    • @Officer.K.
      @Officer.K. 4 роки тому +11

      You my good sir deserve a pat on the back for such a creative and well thought joke that isn’t old and hasn’t been said a million times before

    • @quipy9660
      @quipy9660 4 роки тому +2

      Eww what is that pfp?

    • @lucyslife2559
      @lucyslife2559 4 роки тому +1

      Why oh why are we still on this

  • @randomguy35671
    @randomguy35671 17 днів тому +13

    12:30 did he just predict a national scandal 6 years ago?

    • @SkyLuv.
      @SkyLuv. 14 днів тому

      That’s phenomenal, wonder if we’ll invade Canada like in his other episode.

    • @randomguy35671
      @randomguy35671 13 днів тому

      @ I’m just waiting for drake to win the election

    • @borris5991
      @borris5991 8 днів тому

      That was a national scandal in 2016 dawg

  • @evgeniblanchard675
    @evgeniblanchard675 5 років тому +748

    Britain : "hey we are winning battles"
    French : "BONJOUR"

    • @evryatis9231
      @evryatis9231 4 роки тому +21

      @Insomnia Blaze France would've been a super power if you didn't funded the whole of europe to attack us 6 fucking times just in fear that ideas might spread to your old monarchy. like, freedom you know..

    • @piggysew797
      @piggysew797 4 роки тому +8

      @@evryatis9231 Im pretty sure Britain's monarchy at the time was much more modern than all other monarchys at the start of the 19th century with the kings power being limited. And napoleon going around subjugating other countries isnt exactly freedom. Britain was fighting for other countries freedom from france

    • @evryatis9231
      @evryatis9231 4 роки тому

      @@piggysew797 Ehm? I dont know what you mean, when we annexed the netherlands, every citizen was equal, and freedom was introduced. And when we took croatia when we defeated austria for the 300000th time, it was the first time in these lands that every citizen was equal. (And after we got defeated, every citizen became a serf once again, but lets forget about that)
      So, no.

    • @poplee6478
      @poplee6478 4 роки тому +3

      Wow, big brain time.

    • @dandbclan8077
      @dandbclan8077 4 роки тому +2

      And if the Brits just excepted Britain as there name instead of the United kingdom, Us Irish would have the rest of our country back and the Scottish would still have a country.

  • @p7ytzxq
    @p7ytzxq 4 роки тому +821

    12:53
    "He stated that US should remain neutral in foreign conflicts"
    Oh....that didn't really go as expected

    • @mackenziewoloschuk7375
      @mackenziewoloschuk7375 4 роки тому +111

      George Washington: "If we tried to fight in every single revolution in the world,we never stop where do we draw the line?"
      Current Day America: ...did ya'll hear something?

    • @sotos-js4sf
      @sotos-js4sf 3 роки тому +10

      @Another Monke well tried to punish him severily

    • @chrisb9143
      @chrisb9143 3 роки тому +9

      @Another Monke who* got* punished severely

    • @sotos-js4sf
      @sotos-js4sf 3 роки тому +3

      @Another Monke good point

    • @NautilusSSN571
      @NautilusSSN571 3 роки тому +13

      @@sotos-js4sf The vietnamese took way more casualties tho, and their country is still a mess to this day.

  • @pieguy6992
    @pieguy6992 6 років тому +2300

    Washington's butt was sufficiently kicked
    This angered his father, who punished him severely.

  • @spinksinator1997
    @spinksinator1997 2 роки тому +57

    As a brit, I only ever really feel patriotic when viewing our nations past. Say what you will about the morality of it but in the words of Dave Chapelle - "don't judge a photograph because it wasn't taken today". All that aside, over the course of the two videos I've gone from feeling slightly scorned by the Americans basically mugging off the British to kick things off (knowing too how it ends of course), to now feeling like the American victory in this war was not only absolutely well deserved, due to intelligent strategy and British ineptitude, but also that the manner of the victory speaks so much to how present day America holds itself. Listing them would be mundane, but just thinking about the parallels is facinating

    • @Rivarya
      @Rivarya 11 місяців тому +4

      The concept of “historical relevance” doesn’t make any sense when you’re talking about morales. Causing human suffering e.g colonialism, slavery, sexism, etc is objectively bad as are the people or nations who did those things. Be proud of your country for its technological genius or something not it’s all encompassing imperialism.

  • @seandarager
    @seandarager 4 роки тому +435

    "i'd like to fly you as a kite, because you're electrifying"
    best one

    • @Bigdog5400
      @Bigdog5400 4 роки тому +14

      “Is this... is this what you’ve been doing?”

    • @afellowartist3713
      @afellowartist3713 4 роки тому +13

      @@Bigdog5400 "Yeah, why?"

    • @Bigdog5400
      @Bigdog5400 4 роки тому +12

      @@afellowartist3713 ​ We were sent here on a diplomatic mission to secure military support from France; not philander with the locals.

    • @afellowartist3713
      @afellowartist3713 4 роки тому +9

      @@Bigdog5400 "No, wait, ladies come back- ugh...."

    • @afellowartist3713
      @afellowartist3713 4 роки тому +11

      @@Bigdog5400 "WORST. WINGMAN. EVER."

  • @halicusnguyen8864
    @halicusnguyen8864 5 років тому +2199

    Britains when seeing John Paul Jones:
    _Oh no, he Scottish_

    • @alkha4711
      @alkha4711 5 років тому +19

      Sophia Nguyen Englishmen don’t have as much of a problem with the Scottish as much as we the Irish. 😂 If the Revolutionary War was a tad bit farther back in time than it was to the point where our Celtic ancestors still ruled Ireland, it would’ve looked pure bad for them. That lad Oliver Cromwell would’ve had wee of a chance.

    • @williamkeller5836
      @williamkeller5836 4 роки тому +36

      Britains when seeing John Paul Jones:
      OH MY GOD IT'S THE BASS PLAYER FROM LED ZEPPELIN!!!

    • @halicusnguyen8864
      @halicusnguyen8864 4 роки тому +2

      @@williamkeller5836 LMAO

    • @cherrybomb8120
      @cherrybomb8120 4 роки тому +12

      A Scotsman, like Hamilton

    • @YouknowwhereHughgo
      @YouknowwhereHughgo 4 роки тому +7

      Cant believe the replys to this comment... scotland is part of Britain 🙈 always has been, always will be...

  • @exudeku
    @exudeku 5 років тому +393

    "Remain neutral in foreign conflicts"
    *laughs in Woodrow Wilson*

  • @CelestialStellieStar
    @CelestialStellieStar Місяць тому +16

    13:23 GUNS !!!!

  • @maskedplayeralex2693
    @maskedplayeralex2693 5 років тому +3174

    USA: Everyone is born equal!
    Slaves: Hi
    USA: Most people are born equal!

    • @leviticuscornwall9631
      @leviticuscornwall9631 5 років тому +294

      Women: hi

    • @UltrAndrew
      @UltrAndrew 5 років тому +178

      Leviticus Cornwall USA: More than half of the people are born equal!

    • @TehUltimateSnake
      @TehUltimateSnake 5 років тому +25

      Uganda: y r u gey?

    • @babyduck4698
      @babyduck4698 5 років тому +31

      They did fight a who civil war just to end slavery so...

    • @quasarfly22
      @quasarfly22 5 років тому +12

      @Gagan Singh wh
      ...did you forget the /s buckaroo?

  • @X-SPONGED
    @X-SPONGED 3 роки тому +1654

    "John Paul Jones is Handsome, Scottish, and *_ABSOLUTELY INSANE"_*
    So........ He's Scottish?

  • @wazzupp1029
    @wazzupp1029 3 роки тому +3252

    Britain: We defended you from the French, give us money
    America: No.
    France: We saved you from the British, give us money
    America: No.
    Britain: Yes! That’s how it feels!

    • @Athenabadassinthearena
      @Athenabadassinthearena 3 роки тому +128

      I understood that reference.

    • @shockathlete8948
      @shockathlete8948 3 роки тому +17

      Lol

    • @abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186
      @abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186 3 роки тому +69

      I mean we saved them in ww1, ww2, and Indochina (didn't win tho), granted 150 years later but it's the thought that counts.

    • @grandmanitou6563
      @grandmanitou6563 3 роки тому +170

      @@abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186 France wasnt saved by anybody in WW1, France left Indochine because it was considered a total waste of money so American involvement, and latter loss, there hasnt benefited France in any way. The US did help a lot France on WW2 so yeah I guess it counts as returning the favor. But still you could argue that the contribution wasnt equal since the US wouldnt even exists without French help while France probably wouldnt have disapeared from the map.

    • @toby1061
      @toby1061 3 роки тому +14

      a bunch of iguanas with internet acces We saved France in WWI and WWII, the British was fine they had a superior Navy and Air Force and the only threat to them was ground combat and the bombing of London, but even then the British were holding their own.

  • @kittyaya3425
    @kittyaya3425 9 місяців тому +5

    4:47 he’s a madman. He captured eight prizes, sunk and burnt another eight, and towed to port several prizes to end the year. In June 1777, Jones was appointed to the newly built Ranger. Like I said, a madman.

  • @rider3312
    @rider3312 4 роки тому +2656

    "Name the most american thing you can think of"
    *Gun noises*

    • @thisguy9819
      @thisguy9819 4 роки тому +81

      A home run derby on the deck of an aircraft carrier, using an inflatable batting cage to hit baseballs into the ocean where they're caught by people on jet skies, afterwords they all eat a burger stuffed with a hot dog and crushed chips sandwiched between 2 peices of fried chicken.
      Top that

    • @browhy1129
      @browhy1129 4 роки тому +45

      A shotgun and a eagle

    • @browhy1129
      @browhy1129 4 роки тому +16

      John Doe top that

    • @Naharu.
      @Naharu. 4 роки тому +51

      @@browhy1129 obesity

    • @simulping4371
      @simulping4371 4 роки тому +38

      all the other kids with the pumped up kicks

  • @Infinite-if7uq
    @Infinite-if7uq 4 роки тому +1931

    US to France: If it weren't for us in WWII y'all would be speaking German
    France to US: If it weren't for us in your WoI you wouldn't exist

    • @Soap.--
      @Soap.-- 4 роки тому +92

      ww2:soviets were already at the gates of poland before usa landed in normandy all their involvment changed was that not whole europe was communist satelitr
      ww1:if not us involvment ithe war would most likely end with whitepeace since both sides werent close to winning and were stuck in line of trenches with no food and similiar casualties

    • @D1str1ct
      @D1str1ct 4 роки тому +107

      @@Soap.-- WW1 was already over by the time the US arrived and no one wanted them because they were terrible soldiers.
      WW2, the war was already over after the Russians took out the 6th army and the British took Africa, winning air superiority and already having a few enigma machines, knowing their enemy's plans and that they didnt have much left. The Americans only quickened the war, although it was already over. Britain also caught up and took over industrial production, and started hunting U boats with the invention of SONAR.

    • @Soap.--
      @Soap.-- 4 роки тому +14

      @@D1str1ct thats basically what i said but ww1 would just end with white peace in ww2 as u said their involvment didntchange anything

    • @Lolpy.
      @Lolpy. 4 роки тому +24

      @@Soap.-- Unlikely. The unfunded, unfed, and all around unorganized army would see the United States likely end up as being no more than a failed experiment in the annals of history. Plus, if it was white peace, what result would that even be? I would imagine it would just end up with Great Britain retaking the colonies, although with less taxes.

    • @mrwhatshisname2526
      @mrwhatshisname2526 4 роки тому +4

      I'm pretty sure no one says that.
      But then again I have metal plates planted in my skull so how the fuck should I know.

  • @realneontv
    @realneontv 6 років тому +1475

    Wow these two videos taught me more than I learned in an entire unit of US History

  • @alisaeed7838
    @alisaeed7838 6 років тому +459

    Me: "This video was made possible by SkillSh-"
    " *Brilliant* "

    • @jordandennis6794
      @jordandennis6794 6 років тому +2

      I hate SkillShare

    • @huh3404
      @huh3404 6 років тому +5

      Part 1 was sponsored by Viking war of clans and its pretty strange for him to have two sponsors in the same series of videos

    • @treehouses5778
      @treehouses5778 6 років тому +1

      Ali Saeed 😂

  • @jaredsergent857
    @jaredsergent857 5 років тому +1876

    Britain *exists*
    *THIS ANGERED JOHN PAUL JONES WHO PUNISHED THEM SEVERELY*

    • @bl1t7theprotogenhybrid72
      @bl1t7theprotogenhybrid72 5 років тому +21

      *Throws tea in Harbor*
      British: B how dare you
      Also British: no not the tea.
      Another British: QUICK DRINK IT.

    • @patrickstar2927
      @patrickstar2927 5 років тому +10

      Only true fans know this reference

    • @liver1865
      @liver1865 5 років тому +4

      Yeah... there's a tax for that

    • @Merxcii
      @Merxcii 5 років тому

      smack smack

    • @addust
      @addust 5 років тому +1

      *this angered the british empire who cannon-shot them very very severely*
      *this also angered a modern brit, who posted this comment severely*

  • @DaDa-ui3sw
    @DaDa-ui3sw 6 років тому +254

    For those who wonder, the "hole" on the map of France (5:34) is the Comtat Venaissin, a state belonging to the pope since the 13th century, annexed by the French during the first French Revolution in 1791.
    It was the region bordering the city of Avignon, which has been the residence of the pope in place of Rome during the 14th century - the huge palace of the popes still dominates the city.

    • @Galvanijo
      @Galvanijo 6 років тому +11

      Thanks DaDa! Very cool!

    • @DaDa-ui3sw
      @DaDa-ui3sw 6 років тому +1

      @@Galvanijo
      You're welcome !

    • @benjiii3407
      @benjiii3407 6 років тому +2

      DaDa nice little info dude. Great 👍🏾

    • @bobspot6534
      @bobspot6534 6 років тому +3

      Well you learn something new everyday. I was wondering that tbh

    • @johnroy5169
      @johnroy5169 6 років тому +1

      Knew that from EU4 B)

  • @Balloubalar
    @Balloubalar 10 місяців тому +10

    8:18 “your shoes look delicious” had my dead 💀

  • @dillonvandergriff4124
    @dillonvandergriff4124 3 роки тому +926

    You missed the american "mosquitoes" a group of small, fast ships that were equipped with a single 10 pounder gun. They were intended to slow and harass the British navy off the american coast. A single 10 pound gun wasn't much threat, but was just enough that the British had to be constantly on guard, otherwise these fast, hard to hit ships would slip close enough to sink them.

    • @thetiredworm2100
      @thetiredworm2100 3 роки тому +70

      Channel name: “oversimplified”

    • @dingusdingus2152
      @dingusdingus2152 2 роки тому +60

      And let's not forget actual mosquitoes, who transmitted malaria to 1000s of the soldiers on both sides. More troops died of various diseases than by combat

    • @jagx234
      @jagx234 2 роки тому +16

      @@dingusdingus2152 That's the case in aaaalmost every war in history.

    • @reginabillotti
      @reginabillotti 2 роки тому +9

      @@dingusdingus2152 And let's not forget the Mosquito fighter plane... wait, what are we talking about, again?

    • @dingusdingus2152
      @dingusdingus2152 2 роки тому +4

      @@reginabillotti I forgot, sorry

  • @tornadoace5437
    @tornadoace5437 5 років тому +2510

    The entire history education system: *Exist*
    OverSimplified: I'm about to end these peoples whole career.

  • @pandamilkshake
    @pandamilkshake 4 роки тому +479

    British: "WE FEAR NOTHING"
    John Paul Jones: "Oi lads...that's a fine ship you got there."
    British: "But that thing...it scares me"

    • @nielk.
      @nielk. 3 роки тому +5

      *I fear no man, but that thing

  • @tomodaphne
    @tomodaphne Рік тому +4

    The smash cut to "after a heated debate" with both of them covered in fruit is so underrated.

  • @JustMikuMiku
    @JustMikuMiku 6 років тому +529

    Benedict Arnold joins British
    Top 10 anime betrayals in the history of mankind

    • @_aragornyesyes_7171
      @_aragornyesyes_7171 6 років тому +15

      *shocker*

    • @anhvu2147
      @anhvu2147 6 років тому +11

      Couldn't handle all the ouchies

    • @JustMikuMiku
      @JustMikuMiku 6 років тому +2

      Holy crap 304 likes!

    • @rexhunter3342
      @rexhunter3342 6 років тому +1

      LORD Hydra Benedict Arnold joins game, Benedict Arnold switched teams 💀

  • @rov4950
    @rov4950 6 років тому +498

    TWO VIDEOS FROM OVERSIMPLIFIED IN ONE DAY?!
    Nice.

    • @SHAUNF904
      @SHAUNF904 6 років тому +3

      Beloved Croissant noice

    • @catgirlfant
      @catgirlfant 6 років тому +2

      You obviously haven’t studied his upload schedule

    • @aidanreynolds5993
      @aidanreynolds5993 6 років тому +2

      If a subject takes more than video to explain, he posts all parts to it at once

    • @rov4950
      @rov4950 6 років тому

      Wait he has an upload schedule?

    • @devinv7532
      @devinv7532 6 років тому

      Nice. And very unheard of. Amazing

  • @ethanragbir8311
    @ethanragbir8311 6 років тому +417

    Can you do Napoleon? Also his conquest of Europe?

    • @carterpisocky2394
      @carterpisocky2394 6 років тому +8

      @Project Scorpio that was of the french revolution

    • @mauriciosalas3415
      @mauriciosalas3415 6 років тому +1

      Yesss

    • @maxwelllevy5760
      @maxwelllevy5760 6 років тому

      Yes

    • @GiraffeFeatures
      @GiraffeFeatures 6 років тому +5

      Fun fact. British won the war of 1812 whilst simultaneously defeating Napoleon a couple of years later (for the second time), the British could have easily won the war of Independence if they fully committed.

    • @cianstrt88
      @cianstrt88 6 років тому

      armadillo daddy what happened after that revolution ..... exactly

  • @Yessa90
    @Yessa90 10 днів тому +1

    Only 2 more years until the French Revolution video drops! Can’t wait!

  • @l.u.i.s._.8452
    @l.u.i.s._.8452 4 роки тому +208

    John Paul Jones: *exist*
    The British: this is an avenger level threat

  • @slooshy2234
    @slooshy2234 4 роки тому +566

    Britain: We have the most developed navy
    Oversimplified: Yeah, tell that to John Paul Jones

    • @RustyUNITB
      @RustyUNITB 4 роки тому +8

      FB1_Slushy’s Channel he is Scottish, what could the brits do

    • @Jimothyjohns
      @Jimothyjohns 4 роки тому +6

      FB1_Slushy’s Channel that’s like the Germans saying, “We have the best military” and then
      And the British say, “Yeah, tell that to Mad Jack Churchill”

    • @RustyUNITB
      @RustyUNITB 4 роки тому

      Caleb Messinger i mean it’s true

    • @amyneverland2585
      @amyneverland2585 4 роки тому

      President of marvel

    • @crystxlzx6442
      @crystxlzx6442 4 роки тому

      @@RustyUNITB Scots are Brits though doesn't really help your argument

  • @devinwood2713
    @devinwood2713 3 роки тому +352

    Worth mentioning that when washington crossed the Delaware they were spotted and a messenger went to the hessian commander who at the moment was having a dinner party.
    He repeatedly blew off the messenger until he took the message out of annoyance and instead of opening it just stuffed it into his pocket and went back to his party.
    A stroke of pure luck was what saved our revolution

    • @jasondyrkacz8270
      @jasondyrkacz8270 3 роки тому +41

      It's not luck if the opposing commander ignores what his troops are telling him.

    • @MarikHavair
      @MarikHavair 2 роки тому +1

      You know what they about running away from bears.

    • @charliefarmer4365
      @charliefarmer4365 Рік тому +2

      @@MarikHavair what do they say?

    • @thefreemonk6938
      @thefreemonk6938 Рік тому +5

      Blowing off your messenger? That's cruel

    • @normie2716
      @normie2716 Рік тому +3

      @@thefreemonk6938 Not if you're the messenger.

  • @Andy_Babb
    @Andy_Babb Рік тому +9

    Ben Franklin has to be one of the most interesting men to ever live lol Brilliant statesman, scientist, inventor, scholar and an all out _DOG!_ I really think he would be one of the coolest people to be able to go back in time and spend a day or a week with… preferably in France when he was having freaky French fun

  • @AzureRoxe
    @AzureRoxe 4 роки тому +1930

    George Washington seeing what America has become: Dude.........SO UNCOOL.

    • @joshuahoffman1458
      @joshuahoffman1458 4 роки тому +149

      "I said no parties."

    • @silsilahwationg8908
      @silsilahwationg8908 4 роки тому +87

      He must be so dissapointed at america now theese days

    • @Ben-vl5ew
      @Ben-vl5ew 4 роки тому +43

      Modern day is better, no slavery

    • @TheOneWithComments
      @TheOneWithComments 4 роки тому +101

      @@Ben-vl5ew technically, the US still has legal slavery. "... except as a punishment for crime..." (from the 13th amendment) has made it so you can still do slavery as long as you call your slave a criminal. Ever wonder why the US has the largest prison population in the world? Or why for profit prisons are so popular? The US has gotten better in some ways and much worse in others.

    • @felizejulienne4413
      @felizejulienne4413 4 роки тому +15

      "History has it's eyes on you."