History of Britain in 20 Minutes

This is the entire history of Britain in a nutshell. From Anglo Saxons, Vikings, conquests, tea, the British empire, and current events

How long did it take you to make this video?
Short answer: Too Bleeping Long (well over 100 hours as I had to remake this)
(I started in around December and research before then)

What software/equipment did you use to make this video?
After effects, Illustrator, Premier Pro, Audacity, Yeti microphone,

Believe it or not this is in a nutshell compared to the amount of research that went into this
Obviously we've simplified some events just for the sake of time and missed people and events that can be covered in other videos

Do people still read? Eh if your reading this then yes.

The rise and fall of the British empire." By Lawrence James.
Scotland the story of a nation by Magnus Magnusson
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles by Michael Swanton
"England's Glorious Revolution 1688-1689: A Brief History with Documents" by Steven C. A. Pincus

Additional notes/video errors
2.06 3.13 the grey areas show how different the Britain coastline was back then
Bengal is a region not a city
At 18:42 the map doesn’t show the full extent of British rule in India

Music Used:
Local Forecast – Elevator
All this

Amazing music by Derek & Brandon Fiechter

Amazing music by Alexander Nakarada
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

Amazing music by Ross Bugden
Epic and Dramatic Trailer Music ♪♬ - Olympus
Dramatic Apocalyptic Music ♪♬ - The Wasteland
House Targaryen Theme - Game of Thrones Season 4

Amazing music by MultiMusic
Multi - Imperium

[dace]

Portugal: Hey Britain want this thing we found called tea?
*Longest-lived alliance in world history*

[cornflakesandmilk]

France *Exists
The British Isles: "And I took that personally"

[jayphillips]

Britain's history is so deep and enriched it's actually quite boggling

[tahutoa]

I love the magna Carta story. They took a guy to an island and wouldn't let him leave until he signed a piece of paper

[jamesp]

The rest of the world: exists

Britain: it’s free real estate

[invinciblereason]

Amazing how such a small country had such an impact on the world.

[jingjongjun]

Napoleon: Comes on screen

*PLAYS PRUSSIA'S GLORY

[itsad]

Love you British brothers, from France !

[essengeebee]

Seven minutes in and I've already learned more British history than I learned in 12 years of school. Thanks state education system!

[josephhunt]

As a Brit, I can confirm that Essex is now the furthest thing from a kingdom 😅

[jouukzg]

Brilliant! You've done a splendid job. As the title suggests, you did define Britain in 20 minutes. Piling that together must've been a job and a half for you. Well done!

[skeller]

Thanks for the super-short survey of British history. The small amount of it I learned (in the US) were isolated events without context. Nice that a succinct video can provide me with a framework to explore more history. Thanks, again!

[hyperomen]

“The 1860s brought the best food combination ever fish and chips”
Britons:dam right

[shay]

The world : exists

Britian : *So anyway, I started invading.*

[beingjane]

My stepfather is British. He tells me a lot about his beloved country. I always ask him bout UK because I’m fascinated of all those castles.

[hugsncuddles]

This video was incredible! Thank you for all your hard work creating this content. I learned so much! 👍

[alexshlag]

Nobody:

Britain: *I used to ruuule the world 🎵*

[zacharyhaynes]

I love the “Greatest drink ever, tea. The greatest combination ever, fish and chips” without a speck of irony

[zarakhawar_]

Thank you so much for making this video. It’s made me learn a lot about British history. 😊 Thanks again!

[nattm]

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