'Legends, Lore and Legacy' American Reacts to History of Britain in 20 Minutes

American reacts to and tries to understand the history of Britain in 20 minutes!

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[stuartcook]

To say that British ships had a monopoly on transporting West African slaves is wildly and offensively inaccurate.

[markhutton]

Part of the reason the Empire couldn't fund itself any more was the debt it got itself into

1. Fighting Slavery (paid off in 2013)
2. Defending the World against Napoleon
3. Defending the World against the Kaiser
4. Defending the World against Hitler (and the loan from the US which took until about 2003 to pay off).

[ratowey]

The Magna Carta was indeed the document that your Constitution was based on. It was writen 800 years ago.

[stephenwaters]

The Domesday Book was pretty much a census. A survey carried out by William the Conqueror. Listing lands livestock and peoples of Most of England and parts of Wales, They still have the book.

[johnrundle]

A small country that ruled the world 🌎.. invented more things than any other country.. discovered more than any country.. 🇬🇧

[petervenkman]

There were a lot of issues with the war of independence, I would argue that taxes were the excuse, not the reason, the taxes were much higher in England. As I understand it,
one of the reason for the War of Independence was that the Empire had made treaties with the native people in America not to colonise west of the Appalachians, a treaty the colonists wanted to break.

[michaelatkins]

As well as the doomsday book he also outlawed slavery within the country ( in 1066 ) which led to the Somerset case in 1772 where it was stated that any slave sets foot on English soil becomes free…. How cool was that 👍🏻

[jonathanparry]

Funnily enough trial by combat is still part of British law even today, and only recently a man facing a speeding ticket for driving demanded a trial by combat when challenging the fine, although he was told to not be so stupid and made to pay his fine

[dasReAlvloc]

Yes we stood against slavery and our navy enforced the freedom of slaves

[BikersDoItSittingDown]

Well done, you can see the flaw in the producer's bias in this video. He was keen to educate everyone on the bad of the UK and fleetingly mentioned a small percentage of good, if he mentioned it at all.

[bobyouel]

great video Britain is thousands of years old fighting all the way even today

[Captain_Scarlet_SIG]

You could probably do the history of the USA in this format in about 45 seconds.

[tonybmw]

Very oversimplified but a fairly good overview of our history. The War of the Roses which resulted in the Tudors taking the throne was the inspiration for George R R Martins Game of Thrones.

[Slavir_Nabru]

16:55 There was a famous court case (Somerset v Stewart) just before the Revolutionary war that basically said that any slave who sets foot on English soil is immediately free.
There's some suggestion that this was one of the factors that encouraged the (mostly slave owning) founding fathers to rebel.
In practice, the judgement only applied to Britain itself and not the colonies, but many believed the colonies would eventually be required to follow suit.
Pro-slavery colonists wanted independence so they could keep their slaves, but abolitionist colonists also wanted independence because Britain wasn't granting the same rights to the colonies.

[generaladvance]

17:14 Quite a few reasons. One reason being Britain had agreed treaties with the natives in the US not to expand further west, the colonists still wanted to.

[danlynch]

Love that you’re interested in our little island.

The history of the UK is definitely difficult to compress into a 20 minute video. After WW2 the whole of the UK went through drastic changes in terms of social reform.

Even now, nearly a quarter of the way into the 21st century, the UK is still evolving and trying to figure out who it is as we emerge from Brexit, Covid, passing of the queen, a crumbling economy and a series of strikes.

In regards to this video, the magna carter is the foundation for most constitutions around the world, including the United States of America.

The Doomsday book was the first census conducted if you will. An amazing inventory of all the land and its people living on it and what they owned.

And finally, tea is the best drink in the world. #fact 😂

Loving your videos. Subscribing and eagerly awaiting your next upload. 😊

[The_Butler_Did_It]

Stonehenge was built over a span of over 1500 years, That's roughly the same timespan as between the fall of the Roman Empire and now. It's probably safe to presume that the peoples who started it were not the same as the ones who finished it.

[lesjames]

In 1939 Winston Churchill loaned a copy of the Magna carta to the USA, it was on display next to the declaration of independence in the library of Congress.

[Iluvantir]

Little poem I learnt to remember what happened to Henry VIII's wives:
"Divorced, Beheaded, Died. Divorced, Beheaded, Survived."
Wife #1 started the whole mess, with the split from the Catholic Church. Wife #2 was accused of treason (I think) and lost her head over the matter. Wife #3 died 6 days after the birth of Henry's only surviving male heir, and he grieved her loss for the rest of his life. Wife #4 was ousted. Wife #5 was shortened by a head for some reason or another. Wife #6 managed to survive, by outliving Henry.

[davidbrown]

Small Island - big heart. We have and always will defend our Island!