British Couple Reacts to The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)
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Paul Revere never said, "The British are coming." What he actually said was "The regulars are coming" because saying the British are coming would be foolish because the rebels still thought of themselves as British subjects at that time.
eh some of them thought themselves as british def not most of them. they saw them as british colonials maybe but they knew the brits didnt see them as barely human unless they were born in the uk
but i know paul said that tho you right
Not what Paul told me, but alright
@@baddbabylonWell, you know Paul! Now that he’s getting kind of old, he’s getting a little more mixed up. What do witnesses say?
Also Revere and a second rider got caught. It was the third rider that got through. The reason Revere gets the credit is the poem. He name happened to fit the rhyme. 'Listen children and you will hear the famous ride of Paul Revere...'
One thing Britain did better than anyone else was creating the most "Independence Days" around the world. Thanks! 😝
That's an old one, but damn it's still funny 😂😂
@@WalterWD I only just heard it like yesterday! LOL It's a good one.
Now this is a throwback!
We would appreciate it if you could watch it all
@@JamesandMillie For you guys, happy to do my part.
@@JamesandMillieiced tea like Snapple is what I like to drink you should try it on hot days
@@gobirds4362 Snapple Peach Tea is the BOMB.
As a bostonian, "the shot heard round the world ", was a metaphor that america would no longer accept britains rule of a king. We had rights that he could no longer take away from us. If you go to Lexington Massachusetts you can still see a musket ball hole in the door of a pub when the shooting started. The battle of Lexington and Cncord is the first first place Britain tried to militarily force us to their will. It's a gorgeous part of Massachusetts where they reenact the battle, red coats and militia. Its where you learn how the story unfolded. Texas is cool, but the birth of a nation began here
You are right about what the term the shot heard round the world means, but it’s also a reference that it was the beginning of revolutions that took place all over the world in the next few decades.
the context of it being heard arpund the world was less the wprld thibking wed ve some new important rhing and more, wow colonists are standing up to the biggest world power and kicking ass and making them run away back to boston.
@@omalleycaboose5937 To be fair, the US had some victories. But without the French the US would not have been able to beat the world hegemon at the time.
How dare you bring Texas into this?
@@omalleycaboose5937Bro spell check and proofreading is a thing...
My 5th and 6th great grandfathers fought in the American revolution. My 5th great grandfather was taken as a prisoner of war up in Quebec City and was almost traded back in a prisoner exchange. He ended up giving up his spot for another solider to go back home. He ended up passing as a prisoner, but I could not be prouder of his sacrifice to that man he let go. The man that was freed gave a good enough description that his wife found out of his passing.
Since you had to move this. Thought you'd find it interesting that back on December 16,2023. It was the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. There was a reenactment. Countries from all over sent loose leaf tea in trunks. Including tea from The East India Company. Just so we could throw it into the harbor again. 😂
Give that adorable Archie a smooch on his little cheeks for all of us!! ❤😊
Americans still like tea we just have so many other options.
Exactly. Cold tea was developed as an option , especially in warm areas such as the South and during the summer months. No one was in the mood to drink hot beverages in the summer.
We like tea but we love coffee☕️
@@mackl8305 This differs from person to person and family to family. No one in my family ever grew up drinking coffee, except for safety reasons like on a long trip where you needed to stay awake. We always preferred the taste of tea to coffee! And yes we have some English, Scottish and Irish ancestors, but more of our ancestors come from German speaking countries.
Something interesting about the whole "taxation without representation" thing is that at the time, the dominant definition of "representation" in the British Parliament was that of "virtual representation," which essentially held that every member of Parliament was representing every citizen of the British Empire all at once. The North American colonists developed their own definition of representation, direct representation, which is the one that we're all familiar with today. Instead of each chosen representative representing ALL citizens, they would only be representing a given region, whether that be a town, a county, a general area, a defined district, etc. When the colonials made the complaint to Parliament that they were being taxed without any representation, Parliament disagreed because they thought they WERE representing the colonies. This difference in definition of representation is one of the main things that pushed the rift wider between the British government and the North American colonies.
The American definition made much more sense. How could somebody who's never been to any of the 13 colonies claim that they represent them?
It’s crazy how history plays out and all the “what ifs”. France saved our ass against Britain and then the British and US saved France’s ass in WW2.
And Mexico saved U.S. ass against the French on Cinco de Mayo.
Fun fact, yes the americans militia was poorly trained however what led to thier wins against british. Included they used their terrain advantage, hit and run tactics which was very successfull in the woods. Also they got training from native americans who kept knowledge of their long history of superior close and mid combat abilities
Also, it was a war of attrition. Nathaniel Greene said, "We fight, get beat, rise and fight again."
I always heard, Paul Reveres' famous warning during his Midnight Ride of April 18,1775 was, "The Redcoats are coming" which I think sounds far cooler than the Regulars! 🤣
There are a couple of things to keep note from this video. First the phrase “The British are coming” that Paul Revere would have been “The regulars are coming” since at that point in time they were all still British. Second The shot heard Around the World is supposedly referring to the battle of Bunker Hill.
At the point of Lexington & Concord, the tensions had reached a level that nothing but combat could have happened. I have no evidence to cite this, but I can't imagine that a single British soldier was unaware of the fact that colonists instigated the Boston Massacre, then had the audacity to put the British soldiers on trial for murder. Cool fact though, John Adams, the second President of the US, defended those soldiers in court and 6 of the 8 were acquitted, and the other 2 found guilty of manslaughter and given further reduced sentences. Adams was integral in the inclusion of the 6th Amendment, guaranteeing a fair and expedient trial, as well as legal representation.
Fun fact about the Green Mountain Boys. The Vermont National Guard is still referred to as the Green Mountain Boys, and the blue and green flag that was used back then is still representative of the forces (I am one of them!).
Yes, we (US) stopped drinking tea after this. If you drank tea at this time, people thought you were on the side of the British. So that is how coffee became our beverage!
Beesley's rule they can't stop this train we will help y'all get through this
Let's be honest, at its core, EVERYTHING done in History "is about how much MONEY they could get"! (In ONE form or another)
The Declaration of Independence is the best depiction of the situation.
'When, in the course of human events...'
Note that tea was extremely expensive back then so this wasn’t just a symbolic dump.
Well, when you don't own the tea you're dumping it's less of a statement. But yeah.
A lot of the issue is that, while they didn't have germ theory, they did know that if they drank water right out of the ground they would often get sick, and that making tea was safer.... so they all drank tea, alcohol (beer, cider, whiskey), or switchel (vinegar water with ginger and sugar). There are a few letters from people on the frontier who were shocked when natives showed them that the water coming out of the ground outside of towns was safe. Come from a place where the ground water is contaminated and you will be afraid to drink water that isn't boiled. It's also why soldiers are given a whiskey / rum ration... to add to the water to make it safe to drink.
There were newspaper articles during and after the war discouraging tea drinking, claiming that the alternatives were patriotic.
the tea that was dumped in the harbor was worth millions. it was no small gesture.
The Americans were seasoned in Indian Warfare, they were also good shots because they hunted game. They had rifled barrel muskets.
The 1st Pennsylvania was a rifle unit, but for the most part commanders didn't want men with rifles unless they had no other option. The issue with using rifles in military combat of the time are complex. They don't take a bayonet, and most fights are won with a bayonet charge. They are also much slower to load, with the low quality gunpowder of the period making driving shot down the barrel very difficult after one or two shots.... where it remains easy for a smoothbore military weapon. Also, every rifleman needed to carry his own ammo and most had to cast their own balls, since the caliber of the weapons varied, where the mass-produced smooth bore muskets were more uniform.
An ancestor on my Mother’s Father’s side was one of the signers of the US Constitution. 😊
It would have happened eventually. The tension had been building up for years. In fact, an entire generation had grown up with the tension by the time we got to Lexington and Concord.
Most of the Native Americans died not from fighting against Europeans or the fledgling USA, but from disease. People originating in Europe had gradually built up some level of immunity to various diseases, but the Native Americans had never been exposed to those diseases and what might make a European slightly ill was often fatal to a Native American.
People also act like the Natives were all best friends and at peace. They were at constant brutal war with each other.
Hi local Massachusetts resident here. I had lots of family from the town of concord and we here pronounce it like Con-Curd not Con-Cord. Like the word conquered. We say stuff weird. Ps it’s not just me but like 95-99+% of people in the state.
Boston massacre: John Adams the 2nd president defended the British soldiers at trial. Knowing they deserved a fair trial and that it wasn't a fair situation.
are you british
1 term president who's really only lauded for not owning slaves. Accomplished nearly nothing of import as president
@@chrisvibz4753 nope. American.
@@alboyer6 oh im a brit they should have never fired on a crowd just bc they threw rocks and oyster shells. oh snowballs too. no need to act like we only did it in self defence friend no we hated colonials
Throwing rocks is deadly. (If you don't believe me stand there while I get a rock🤦♂️) Throwing shells is a makeshift ninja star. @@chrisvibz4753
Note that the very first battle of the Revolution was due to British troops coming to take the colonists weapons away. I know many Europeans are confused by why Americans cling to their guns so hard, but perhaps this little piece of history helps you realize why we value that right so much.
I used to live, not in Boston but ~48 km (30 min) away, and Boston has still has a reenactment and low-key party for the Boston Tea Party every year.
Sybil Ludington actually rode further/longer than Paul Revere.
Her cry was: The British are burning Danbury!"
And she was only 16 years old, as I recall!
the mini series John Adams was really great
Glad you got a backup channel.
Mad King George would never co-sign anything the colonists wanted, no matter how long they begged for it.
Would love to see you watch part 2.
The tea thing is real. Due to the boycotts on British goods drinking tea was unpatriotic. Colonists switched to herbal teas that didn't come from the British (dandelions, ginseng, mints and other native plants), which are still fairly popular. And eventually coffee took over.
From Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
Think of the Revolutionary War this way, this is Britain’s civil war. We weren’t Americans yet. Our Founding Fathers, British! I am 50% English. My ancestors came over from England in the late 1700’s. And I drink couple cups of hot tea every morning. I do not like coffee. Just tea!
You're right that most of the American colonists (the English-speaking ones, anyway) thought of themselves as English/British, but the English had already had a Civil War before this, in the mid-1600s. King Charles I got his head chopped off, and Cromwell ruled as "Lord Protector" or something like that, but he was basically a dictator. He was smart and efficient, though. His son was an idiot and got deposed, and the English brought Charles II back to be king, and they've had monarchs ever since. But they already did the Civil War thing before the American Colonies rebelled.
@@angiepen Really just trying to clarify the OverSimplified video to the Beesley’s. I, also, watch reaction videos of l3wg, and he commented about not being taught about it in school. In the OverSimplified video, they refer to us as Americans, I am sure to not confuse the sides, but when I listen to the reactions on both channels, I wasn’t getting that they fully understand the majority of the people here came over from England, at the time, and were already The King’s subjects. Sorry, I just wasn’t focused on any of England’s other wars, just this video.
Taxation without representation. That's the main reason the Colonists rebelled. We had fewer rights than other British citizens and taxes kept increasing. Parliament and the King ignored our problems and just taxed us more whenever we petitioned them for anything at all. If we had been treated like British citizens and had representation in Parliament, we would still be a part of the UK today.
In many ways you can trace it to the British Revolution of 1688 which shifted the colonist from subjects of the Monarch to subjects of the Monarch-In-Parliment and this left the authority of the British Parliment vs the say the House of Burgesses in Virgina unclear. Traditionally the colonist were taxed at a lower rate and now they wanted to tax them at a higher rate and usurp Colonial Legislatural authority without granting representation in the British Parliment.
Fun fact: North American British colonists paid less tax than mainland British citizens!
Its the main reason the rejected certain policies and protested, the main reason they rebeled was the king disbanding Massachusets elected governments
No taxation without representation. That, and Don't tread on me. The two main philosophies behind our casting off of the tyranny of British rule! Joey Biden should listen...
Taxation without representation.
Hi Legends!! Upstate NY here..
I loved watching this!!
Fort Ticonderoga is just up the road from me!👍
❤️from Glens Falls NY, aka Hometown USA & Lake George New York’s Adirondack Region 😎✌️
The thing about the founders, Washington, Jefferson, etc. is they they were well off and were literally risking everything, when they could have just gone with the flow (as some loyalists did).
The 10,000£ of tea they threw over is the equivalent of 2.3 million £ today just for reference.
Comment for the algorithm hopefully your situation gets turned back around
Glad to see an upload by the Beesleys! Even if it is an old video!
I hope things are progressing to where UA-cam favors you, and gets rid of the strikes that are wrongfully added.
(Only if Fluctus would've politely asked you to get rid of, or stop reacting to his videos.)
You seemed to have missed the part that it wasn't just about being taxed.
It wasn't "no taxation" it was "no taxation without representation" the colonies had zero voice in the parliament. So they had no say in what's happening with all the money from the taxes they are being made to pay. If the colonies had a voice in parliament things could very well have been very different.
The same concept was basically a driving factor behind the secession that lead to the civil war. The southern states didn't feel they had equal say as the northern ones. Even with the northern manufacturing and textile Interests being dependant on the products and raw materials grown and produced in the south. They felt they deserved more of a voice, just as the colonies did.
Make sure you check out the French Revolution one, even if you don’t upload it and watch on your own time. I’m American, but the French revolution is easily 10 times crazier and more interesting, it will blow you away. Seriously, it’s nuts.
As an American, I'm still a big fan of tea. :D
We have plenty of hot tea as well, I drink Irish Breakfast in the cold weather.
blood was drawn long before "the shot heard around the world" it's in the video "the Boston massacre" there was no escaping the war other than a full retreat from the British and representation in parliament
1. I'm an Anglophile, I'm afraid, & I drink a fair amount of hot tea. No sugar or cream. I'll have a cup of coffee (also no cream or sugar = black) maybe once or twice a year.
2. This history lesson is told so fast, it would be amazing if you learned anything.
3. The British was still standing & fireing their guns. The Americans learned to fight the way the Indians did. Hide behind trees, rocks, hills, buildings, then fire their guns. Also, jump out and ambush the "Red Coats".
4. Americans didn't want to be taxed without having representatives in Parliament. That's why they rebelled.
The crazy thing is if they had just given the colonies representatives in parliament this could of all been avoided
It's wonderful to see you 😊❤
Part 2 please…
So, one of the things they left out here was tha tWashington wanted to fight a conventional war. He wanted to stand in a straight line and shoot it out with the British. In addition to this mistake, he also ordered Americans to change out their rifles for muskets. Rifles had longer range and were more accurate. This would change as the war went on but combined with poor training, it lead to some steep losses for the colonies in the beginning.
All the king had to do was give two parliament seats to the colonies. Then he could tax them without them rebelling.
For all you non-Massachusetts folk, Concord rhymes with conquered.
Taxation without representation the great tea party.
My Second cousin 8x’s removed, on my mothers side, Richard Henry Lee, made the Motion to Declare Independence. Benedict Arnold is a Second Cousin 9 times removed on my Dad’s side.
What amazes me about you guys not learning about the American revolution is that it started a chain of revolutions that started in France and then all through South America. Basically what happened here changed the world.
Have you all started a new channel we can all follow in case this one gets taken down? You all need to post the name if so. It will be hard for us to find once you can’t get on here and tell us!
In one of the community tab posts there are links to their other socials & channels
It wasn't all that bad in the South until the British decided to PO the Ulster Scotts on the Western frontier. They had grown up fighting Native Americans, and their fathers grew up fighting the Irish. They climbed up the trees and shot all the fancy uniforms on the horses...the comments written by British officers at the time are pretty hilarious.
Quoted from other sources...
British Commander-in-Chief Sir Henry Clinton lamented the Battle of Kings Mountain was "the first link in a chain of evils that followed each other in regular succession until they at last ended in the total loss of America."
Translation...The Over Mountain Men whopped us good.
People forget that Maine was part of Massachusetts until it was spun off as it's own state in the Missouri Compromise. Today only Michigan is the only mainland state that is in two parts.
We do actually drink hot tea. It's just not nearly as popular as coffee. Iced tea is very popular all over the US. Sweet tea is more popular in the south, but you can get it all over the US as well. The next time you come to the US, check out a grocery store. We probably have more types of tea than the british do. I just went online to my local Vons store and they have 179 different teas available. And that's only loose tea or in tea bags. 😉
The shot heard around the world
The sequel will have a happy ending. :) Keep going Beesleys
Hot tea without whiskey and honey is just leaf water...
Seeing your facial reactions while watching this was just as entertaining as the info of the video! I was probably making the same faces as well, so no mockery there.
Love the vids from you two and will be watching any channel you do!
You're right, actually. The hatred of the British led to coffee being embraced rather than tea in the US. And it remains to this day that coffee is king in America, and tea barely used in comparison.
I suggest the "School House Rock" series. It aired on the tv channel ABC as a part of their Saturday Morning cartoons in the 1970s. School House Rock covered subjects like English grammar, Mathematics, and US history. These subjects were taught by songs set to a folk music vibe. FYI: In my high school civics class, our teacher required everyone to memorize and recite the Preamble to the US Constitution. The recitation replaced a written test. Civics was the final class of the day for me. The classes before us all passed their recitations. Three students in my class recited the Preamble. Then one kid began his recitation and forgot part of it. So what does he do? He starts singing it, to our horror. There was a collective groan, because he blew it. Our teacher was in shock and asked if this was something we learned in when we were younger. So we all began singing the Preamble, we all passed. lol
I enjoy those videos, which reminds me to recommend the movie The Patriot 🇺🇸 , which is exactly about The Revolutionary War.
Living for y’all releasing this in the 2nd 😂
You guys should react to Hamilton the musical. It’s on Disney+ and gives a really good history lesson on the Revolutionary War but in a fun and consumable way. It’s SO good and so well written! Lin Manuel-Miranda wrote the songs/script and originated the role of Alexander Hamilton in the show. The Disney+ version has the original Broadway cast! I don’t know anyone who has watched it and been like “it’s just meh”.
You’ll need subtitles bc they rap parts of it and Daveed Diggs set the record for most words per second in a Broadway production (6.3 words PER SECOND).
Understand that at this time it was illegal for America to buy any goods from anyone else other then a British monopoly. These monopolies had charters from the Crown awarding them areas of exclusive trade, for instance the East India Trading Company controlled all trade from India and China. This was brought to the UK, where it was taxed and then shipped to the Americas (with a goodly mark up) where it was taxed again (with a goodly mark up). No American ship could go, for instance, to France or Spain to buy anything.
Just so you know, originally the colonists used the British red ensign as a flag, as the war started it was decided they needed to put some distinguishing characteristics on the colonial flag, so they sewed white stripes onto it, causing the white stripes to contrast with the red of the ensign, making red and white stripes. it was still hoped that the colonists could reconcile with England so the Union Jack was retained, they used a flag called the grande union flag which turned out to be almost identical to the East India company flag, with a union jack in the canton and red and white stripes. but I don’t think it was planned that way. Later on, once the colonists realized that reconciliation would be unlikely to impossible they replaced the Union Jack with a blue field of stars to represent a new constellation among the nations. so it’s probably just a coincidence that the US flag and the Malaysian flag look so similar.
Millie,make sure transfer your engagement,earlyArchie,and videos you did with the moms just in case.
One of the big what if's is that unfortunately for Britain is that this was NOT a period of great statesmen who could've patched it up. It was just after Pitt the Elder who was dehabilitated by gout by this time, and just before Pitt the Younger. Either would've made less a hash of it than Lord North. It was also a bad time or the Brish military, pretty much after Wolfe and Rodney but before Wellington and Nelson. What if Britain had competent leadership during this period?
The British didn't come in to take over, they were trying to put down a rebellion by their own colonies which they had established starting back in the early 1600s. This video covers this back story and how, in the middle of the rising conflict, these British colonies decided to declare their independence, and THEN the USA was born, July 4th 1776. It's not like the USA had already existed before that date.
A few other issues regarding the beginning of the " *Seven Years War* "/ " *French and Indian War* " (*1754-1763* ) = Great Britain v.
France (with both countries supporting their allied Native American tribes) [Quick history ="Watch Last of the Mohicans" (1992) the
characters are fictious but the setting and the history ... British army, Colonials, Native American tribes/rivalries, a slaughter, Fort
William-Henry, Fort Ticonderoga, Ft. Edward , Fort Orange (now Albany, NY) etc. are accurate] *and the*
*American Revolutionary War* ( *1775--1783* ) = Great Britain v. 13 Colonies (later aided by France, Spain, with financial aid from
the Netherlands (who were still ticked-off against the British who won "New Amsterdam"/New York city and the larger area -- north to
what is now Albany, New York i.e. the Hudson river valley = "New Netherlands" from them!)
*1.) Most Native Americans died of diseases* (the same diseases the Europeans were suffering) *that the N.A. had no natural immunity!*
There is no proof that they were ever given blankets contaminated with Smallpox (Although some British military leaders discussed
doing so ... But nobody, not even the soldiers wanted to handle/transport those blankets = Dumb idea)
*2.) Americans wanted to settle in the area where they were forbidden to settle ... Because ... As more and more people arrived from*
. *the British Isles --England, Wales Scotland, Ireland* (because of Land Clearances in UK and the very early stages of the Industrial
revolution in the UK) *land along the 13 colonies' sea coasts and the* " *safe* " (from N.A. - Native American raids) *inland areas*
. *was becoming very expensive and unaffordable for most!*
. *Furthermore, many, if not most of those dispossessed farmers from the British Isles arrived as indentured servants.* ( *That means*
. *that someone paid for their passage to the Americas.* ) These men's and women's indenture was auctioned-off when they arrived
in the Americas. This process was very much like the process for enslaved people from Africa, with pre-auction inspections and
biding on the indentured servants' passage fees. In return these people had to work "x" (usually 3-7) number of years for their
"master". After that point they were given their freedom. *The only place these people could obtain land was on the Frontier.*
*3.) Cash/coins were in very short supply in the 13 American colonies* (that produced no manufactured goods -- Industrial revolution
had not begun in the Americas .... It was just beginning in England) Most of those outside of the big cities (and even in the
few American cities, among the lower socio-economic classes) used the barter system. *Americans were hard pressed to pay*
*the imposed taxes* ( *required in coin* , not barter) for tea, paper (including legal documents --Stamp Act)
*Fabric (imported from UK) was also taxed.* Regarding clothing, many Americans made do with animal hides, Linsey-Woolsey (i.e.
hand woven fabric of linen/wool) or locally made linen or wool cloth made on hand looms. *To European visitors who ventured outside*
. *of the upper-class society of the colonies, the Colonials looked rather ragged!* (contrary to Hollywood depictions) British soldiers
(clothed and paid cash by the empire) often mocked the Colonial's poverty and lack of manufactured goods. (Also with songs like:
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" *Some of the Colonials living on the Frontier dressed like the N.A.'s*
. *Most in the 13 colonies had enough food; only because most lived on farms and they grew it themselves!* However, those who
worked in low-paying jobs (in cities) really were poor (Many of these were Irish-Catholic immigrants who worked on the docks of
Colonial sea ports (Boston, Massachusetts; NYC, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Charleston, South Carolina; Savanah, Georgia)
*4.) British citizens living in Britain were highly taxed!* (as were the citizens of France). *In UK, the Hanoverians were not popular kings!*
*If Britain had not had the* " *safety valves* " *of Canada and the USA, Australia* (and other colonies) *for their* " *excess population* "
*Britain may have faced a revolution much like the French Revolution of (1787 -- 1799)*
[Perhaps even, although I doubt it; a reign of terror as in France1793-1794? I think that Britain was in better shape, overall than France.]
The French Consulate (1799--1804) managed to gain control of the country then there was a brief French Republic (1804--1808)
Napoleon consolidated power in France from 1804 but the First French Empire is dated 1808--1814, 1815.]
The rebellion was more about control, and not really taxes. The entire colonies had been self governed since their inception, and this attitude still persists today. Most of the rest of the world says how can I do that, and Americans say I can or why not! Great reaction! One more comment, technology was mentioned in this video, but the Brits lacked rifles. They used muskets, which had a very short range and were very inaccurate, which is why they had to line up and shoot in mass. But the Americans had an invention made by some Germans, which was brought over to America in the first half of the 18th century (the 1700's). While the American army did not use rifles in the most part, a group called the Sharpshooters did. This weapon gave the Americans with that weapon a clear advantage and could shoot very accurately (500 yards). They aimed at the British officers often.
I will be looking for you over here. Been a long time since we have been over here, eh?
Yeah aha! We will be bringing old content across while we try to fix our main channel!
@@JamesandMillie Really hope you get it fixed so you don’t have to start over.
Boston tea party
When I was in the UK and visited homes of my friends that I stayed with it was always cup of tea. Don't you guys have coffee machines?
Until 1775 it was a British civil war. That's when the American "war for independence" began, set off by the actual "shot heard round the world". I watched p1 and I think the guy said the "shot" set off the Boston tea party, but I'm not sure lol. It would be nice though if Brits were taught about this in school so we could get their insight, as written by Britain.
It kinda mentions it, but taxes weren't really the cause. It was changing the social contact between parliament and the colonies. Levying taxes like colonists were British citizens, meant they wanted to be citizens then and the response was, "we'll just hang all the traitors then you can do as you're told" kinda rubbed the wrong way. If they gave colonists a seat in parliament we'd still be british.
Lol the British say "The Bri Ish"
brits one of our original enemies we remember
I’m an American! But my family history is English, Scottish, and Irish! I love the so called “Old World “ because that is my family history! My ancestors fought against the British to gain independence! Today we’re just companions! I love my Canadian, British, Australian, and New Zealand compatriots!!!!
And you have to remember that George Washington and all the others had British accents.
I've visited Fort Ticonderoga. It was originally French. Then the British captured it during the Seven Years war. The Colonials captured it then the British took it back then the Colonials took it again. Not surprising. It's not an imposing fort. The most impressive thing I saw was The large ovens the French built for baking bread. The French had their priorities!
Part of the reason for the early success of the colonial forces was one major difference in tactics. They military strategy for the time was to line up in ranks and advance while putting out what was called volley fire. The colonial forces would hold back and pick individual targets to shoot. This created more life threatening injuries to the British than the volley fire would cause. Then the colonists really started fighting dirty by using hunters who had a high skill for killing shots to target the British officers. This was considered to be almost a war crime but really caused chaos on the battlefield when the leaders of the troops were getting killed.
The British army came to put down political unrest, but the British were not invaders; these were their colonies. The issue was complex. Many of the colonists were 5+ generations on the American continent, but they still considered themselves British. They were fighting to be treated as full English citizens, with a voice in how they were governed. It is important to remember that at the outbreak of the war they were willing to lay down their lives for liberty, but were not seeking independence (yet). The taxes were offensive to them not for how high they were (they were not that high), but because English common law guaranteed a person being taxed the right to help decide how they were taxed. But as a colonist they didn't have representation in parliament.
Representation was a difficult matter. With the American population approaching 50% of that of England and growing fast adding the American colonists representatives directly to parliament would be a major shake-up in the balance of power. And to make matters worse, if land ownership was used in any formula for calculating representation the massive amount of land in the American colonies could turn them all into voters. Intelligent people foresaw an England where the population at home would become a minority dominated by British citizens living outside of the homeland. There were attempts at compromise, but they were poorly designed and failed.
Another thing to understand is that each colony was effectively a corporation from the English point of view. They often treated each separately and the colonists themselves had little loyalty collectively. When dealing with the post-7 Years War issues Franklin advocated that the colonies needed to negotiate collectively. Many of the images used during the war were based not on rebellion, but on failed attempts at collective bargaining, like the chopped up snake "Join or Die" isn't about joining the army.
George Washington was an officer in the colonial army, not the redcoats. After the 7 years war (We call it the French and Indian War in the U.S.) Washington wanted a commission in the royal army, but was rejected... another colonial 2nd class citizen. It is very important to understand that George Washington did not join the continental army to fight for independence. He and most others felt that they were fighting for their rights as English citizens when the conflict started. Kill each other for a few months and the idea of independence became more popular - but it never became extremely popular. Most people just wanted the fighting to stop regardless of outcome.
I do living history presentations and sometimes portray a loyalist. It is surprising to Americans today to learn that the idea of independence wasn't popular at first - they're fooled by the modern media into thinking we hated England. We didn't - we hated parliament - and who doesn't at any point in history? Sure, after the fighting had started we would turn a statue of George unto bullets... but certainly not before.
This was a civil war, with families being very split on the issues. Brothers fought brothers, literally at times.
The 1st thing you need to understand is this war was more of a civil war than our civil war since we were all British at that time. It literally tore families apart while the civil war had clear regional loyalties. The 2nd thing that really set it off wasn't the nit-picking so much as it was their (British Parliament) utter refusal to allow the colonists to expand into the Ohio Valley even though they owned it after the French-Indian War.
Yeah, go do part 2. Lets finish the lesson.
the British troops at the Boston Massacre were found not guilty and were represented by John Adams
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They always kinda get the proximate cause of the Boston Tea Party wrong. Yes, there was a lot of unrest over the Stamp Act and other taxes without representation, but what really caused the BTP was a tax cut. To explain - a lot of businessmen in the colonies made a lot of money by smuggling in tea - largely from Holland - and avoiding the taxes on the tea so they undercut the price of the tea coming from Britain. The British East Indian Company was owed a lot of debt by the British government for financing its wars, so the government not only gave the company a monopoly on tea imports to the colonies, but also gave them a special exemption from paying the taxes on tea. This allowed them to undercut the price of all the American businessmen who were smuggling in the tea and basically put them out of business and ruined their profits. They couldn't compete legally or illegally. So they started unrest among their countrymen and formented the riot.
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We are starting to bring old content across just in case as its not looking good
@@JamesandMillie How do I find the other backup channel? Also, still watching even though it is a rerun.
My family was here through it all.
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EDIT: Having tead that videos are being moved from the main channel to this contingency channel, I now have to say that I hope things get sorted out with the main channel and that this is seems like a prudent action to take.
James and Millie, speaking for myself and the majority of us Americans, we love you Brits! 🇺🇸🇬🇧
I personally don't think it would have happened too differently if no one shot first at Lexington. It would have happened somewhere else, the tensions were far too high and there weren't any signs of changes to help them back down.
It's good to see both of you back, you are one of my favorite channels hang in there, UA-cam can be a bully sometiimes and it takes bravery to keep on going.