The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1) REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!!

[Music] hi guys welcome to office plus reacts i am davey redcoat i'm office bloke mike i am phantom of the opera phantom of the opera nice to meet you you're welcome good so uh this is from one of our patrons um it's one of our super patrons super patron yeah we're not going to say how much you're super patreon it's more than anyone else but not enough to get a dick pic not yet [Laughter] so uh go on mike who's this yeah this is from uh shannon leger american revolution uh part one i think this might pertain to us as brits a little bit does it really i think i wasn't born okay i think you might remember i remember that remember that whenever when i think when people start talking to me about world wars and wars and different yeah remember that skit by um doug stanhope yeah whereas like you did just before you say it yeah i'm conflicted with things like this because i like if i watch braveheart and it's like all my family is scottish and irish really but then i'm english and it's like whose side are you on but then you watch braveheart and it's painted out that the english are the bad guys anyway yeah i still have in general aren't we no no we civilized the world we're not going to say how i think we stole quite a few countries at the same time anyways we're civilized we now have boris johnson putting us all in tears yeah true in lots of ways oh yeah so yeah we'll get straight into it uh cheers for the request and the generosity is really really really appreciated and uh merry christmas yeah yep thanks very much holy smokes christopher columbus that is no way to address the king and queen of spain what is wrong with you okay okay so you know how we're looking for a new trade route to india right right and the earth is round right right so i'm thinking we can just sail the other way around the planet right yeah so i set sail right and i reach india right right wrong wrong i did not reach india i did not all right no all right get to the point did you know there's a whole nother freaking continent out there okay and do you think i should care about this why oh i'm sorry did i forget to mention there's gold everywhere gold columbus landed in central america in october 1492 and he had the time of his life and by that i mean he went on a huge theft in murder spree he stole gold jewelry people and a hammock and then he returned to show off all of his riches including a few previously undiscovered items such as tobacco the pineapple turkeys and a hammock now i know what you're thinking but oversimplified columbus didn't discover america the vikings did and you'd be partially right in the 11th century leif erikson was the first european to land in america but hey if you love vikings so much then why don't you check out today's sponsor oh god segway that was a good segue i'm gonna do that just wait a bit just wait you went into that check out our sponsor yeah you know already though i'm loving how this has been done yeah it is great and it must have been a lot of work going into this yeah this is the best way to teach history to kids it is it really is but we'll stick to textbooks on like kids falling asleep and stuff we need for office blokes try we need some sponsors don't we that'd be nice yeah where was oh yeah columbus time of his life hammock and suddenly the race was on to explore and conquer the new world after a couple centuries of warring with the natives and each other the european powers had claimed quite a lot of land including this area which both the english and the french claimed is theirs one day the french said i'm gonna build some forts along here and the english were like could you not and the french said sorry but no i could not not and they went ahead and built their forts which pissed off the english so they sent an up-and-coming british lieutenant colonel by the name of george washington with a combined force of british troops and native americans after a short battle i didn't know george washington was english is that the same george washington that's like you know family friend america like when you're one of the founding fathers at the washington memorial and all that stuff just notice i suppose shall history is my worst subject yeah i was never bigger than i must admit it's that bad i don't even know what i have for lunch yesterday the french commander said all right all right we surrender okay boys pack it up there's surrender oh sorry was i not meant to split his head open with the tomahawk don't worry it's not like this will start a seven year long major global conflict and what happened next was a seven year long major global conflict which great britain won at the peace negotiations spain gave up florida while france gave up all of its territories in north america britain's victory came out surrendering that easy okay this is great i'm really enjoying it really enjoying it a 60 million pound cost they were now broke in a lot of debt and had to come up with some way to repay it so they went to the colonies and said okay listen up so a huge part of the war was spent protecting you from the french and now we have no money because of it so i'm not sure what you're saying here okay so we spent a lot of money protecting you from the french right right and now we're broke [Music] that certainly is a pickle listen to me we spent all of our money protecting you and now we need money [Music] can you please pay us back some money no okay we're just gonna go ahead and tax you in 1764 britain introduced the sugar act forcing the colonists to import sugar and molasses exclusively from the british and to pay duties on them then a year later they introduced the extremely controversial stamp act and it worked a little something like this hello shopkeep hello mr bungleberry here's the deep for your new shack stamp that'll be three pence please wait what was that it's the new tax i get a stamp on any paper documentation i make and you have to pay for it would you like to see this pamphlet that explains everything is that where is that where stamp duty comes from yeah it could be but you know when you go to the middle east yeah they love a stamp in the middle east everything's got to have a stamp really you pay for it yeah yeah so it's like that now yeah still to this day it's probably where they got it from them yeah yeah interesting yes please okay stamp two pens please this is awful you know what just give me a deck of cards so i can go gamble my paint away okay no [Laughter] god don't do it obviously the colonists were like hey my dudes this new tax legislation right here this is bs until now they have enjoyed relative freedom to rule themselves and now suddenly britain was asserting its control they were especially unhappy because they didn't have any representatives in the parliament that was levying taxes on them so they protested or raiders gave fiery speeches british goods were boycotted and anyone loyal to the british found themselves increasingly harassed the whole thing actually began to take quite a toll on british business and after just a couple years the british were forced to repeal the stamp act but we still desperately need money what should we do we could try taxing the colonies great idea wait didn't we literally just try that and it failed miserably man look at me i look fabulous have you ever seen such a handsome boy no siree georgie no way you're the handsomest smartest most popular king that ever lived and everybody likes you you're doing such a good job your majesty oh you're still here this guy's just getting the hell out so in 1766 the british made a declaration saying we can do what we want because we're in charge and you can all go suck it then they levied a whole bunch of new taxes on the americans via import duties glass there's a tax for that lead there's a tax for that paper tea oil there's isn't that the way the whole world works now though that you have to pay import taxes export taxes or pretty much so everything's taxed in it nothing's not taxed yeah you this is stuff that you pay duty tax yeah so in a way we were pioneers but there's a lot of stuff that's duty-free probably yeah so yeah that's what the trade uh agreement is yeah yeah so all we did was just invent it everyone else did it tax for that and once again the americans boycotted british goods british business felt the pinch and the british had to back down all right this is ridiculous they're my colonies and i have to be able to assert my control repeal all the new taxes except for the one and t also send 1 000 troops to boston to take control oh and make the colonists pay for them and as british troops arrived the tension in boston was palpable you could cut it with a knife and it was all about to come to a boston tea party in this yeah yeah ed on march 5th a band of local patriots began heckling a british guard at the customs house more and more americans joined in the heckling while more british troops turned up in support of their comrade snowballs were thrown at the british the snowballs turned to rocks the rocks to oyster shells the soldiers outnumbered panicked one thing leads to another and you can see where this is going five civilians were killed the patriot press throughout the colonies declared the boston massacre an unwarranted crime committed against the people of boston by the cruel british and the anger continued to grow a british revenue schooner that ran aground in rhode island was burned by the locals when it came to light that the governor of massachusetts supported the suppression of the colonists his house was burned by the locals and next the colonists would set their sights on the remaining tax on tea on december 16th 1773 a band of patriots known as the sons of liberty disguised themselves as native americans marched down to boston harbor boarded a british merchant ship loaded with tea and in front of thousands of spectators through nearly 10 000 pounds worth of fee overboard the british were disgusted when they're showing that crowd there i was just imagining like 50 billboards one surprise isn't philadelphia has not been mentioned yet yeah not yet give me time i'm sure it'll be there but come on everyone likes a brew don't put in the seed or salty brew they punished massachusetts with a vengeance they dissolved its general assembly revoke their charter and sent 3000 more troops to occupy the city meaning boston and massachusetts were now essentially under the direct rule of great britain and oh boy were the people pissed the other colonies saw what was happening and worried they might be next so they called a brain trust to decide what to do 56 delegates from 12 colonies gathered and met in philadelphia and the royal wed like a who's who of america's finest thinkers i'm talking lawyers extraordinaire johnny a and johnny j experienced military commander george washington businessman and future so these but these are all um like the the colonists they're all sort of first second generation american aren't they because they will have been british irish british irish scottish yeah nordic that have gone over there and the second colonies yeah i'm just trying to get my head around it so it'll be like the brits are trying to kick off on you were the brits two generations ago but now you're americans so it's almost like fighting ourselves to always fighting your uh i think they'll fight anyone if they don't get the taxes i suppose that's what the you know that's what they're getting at i've heard a lot of bits about a lot of this but i've never really looked into it yet i think it'll make more sense as it progresses to yeah the independence if we get to that yeah yeah and someone said something about uh it's just gone i'll remember it while we're watching it holy beverage samuel adams fiery or raider patty h guy who married a rich lady big j dickinson that's what i was going to say someone made a comment about we want to know i'm interested to find out how you're taught this in your schools we're not there was a lot of world war one and world war ii when i was in school anymore war of the roses um it's mainly the european wars it's mainly you go back to the eighteen hundreds and stuff and it's just granted i think it's a bit more diverse wasn't it history in school these days i don't think it used to be like say world war one two that's pretty much it but now i think they do a lot of different things now don't worry so yeah which is probably good good thing yeah well they weren't present at the first congress soon names like james madison benjamin franklin thomas jefferson and much later alexander hamilton would all serve time in the continental congress the question now though was what to do about the british after much bitter debate and disagreement they eventually agreed on an amazing solution they would simply ask the british to stop can you stop no it didn't work okay then tell the local militias to start arming and be ready at a minute's notice and across the colonies these minutemen stood ready for the beginning of the american revolutionary war now having your colonies in open rebellion is one thing once they start arming themselves that's when it really hits the fan so british general thomas gage ordered 700 troops from boston out into the rebel-controlled massachusetts countryside to destroy stores of arms and ammunition held by the rebels in concord the british set out in the middle of the night patriots including paul revere wrote ahead to warn that the british were coming giving the rebels time to prepare the two sides met in lexington as the sun began to rise they faced off against each other and in the confusion somebody shot first the shot heard around the world marked the beginning of the american war of independence the rebels were outnumbered and had to fall back to concord as the british split up to search for rebel supplies however more and more patriot rebels kept showing up and this time it was the british who were outnumbered as more fighting kicked off in concord the most professional army in the world was forced to flee back to boston at the hands of local poorly trained militiamen and all along the british were back to boston patriot rebels continued to gather and open fire on the retreating british when the british reached boston the rebel militias surrounded them boston and the british were now under siege as small land and naval skirmishes continued around the city and the british would suffer another embarrassing blow this time in upstate new york colonel benedict arnold concocted a plan to take the british stronghold fort ticonderoga which held a large amount of guns and ammunition he set off towards the fort alone hoping to recruit men along the way when he came across the green mountain boys led by ethan allen who as it turned out had the exact same plan he did so they decided to work together but i'm in charge no i'm in charge no i'm in charge no i'm in charge no i'm in charge no i'm in charge no i'm in charge this went on for some time until the green mountain boys threatened to go home and arnold had to concede the group raided the fort at night while the redcoats were asleep and they caught them completely by surprise taking the fort and all of its munitions with almost no resistance wow great job ethan very impressive by the way what happened to that other guy we sent to take the fort who benedict arnold never heard of him ouch what the [ __ ] nobody knew what was going on the colonies were an open rebellion and for now this is absolutely brilliant i could just sit and watch this instead of watching tv and yeah love it absolutely love it even seem to be winning so king george fired general gage replaced him with general william howe and ordered the rebellion to be put down immediately okay the british are definitely going to retaliate for all of this so we should probably put together a proper army first we need to pick a commander-in-chief and i think we can all agree that that job should go to the man the myth the legend george washington my friends i am humbled and honored that you would consider me for such an important role i did not expect for this all right you've been showing up in a military uniform every day for the last 10 months we all know you wanted this so cut the crap george dude uncool so washington began his journey up to bob but he's english george washington didn't he they said that they were saying that's what they were saying it was settled yeah settlers wasn't it and then it was the colonies i know it's going for independence of the using him as the uh hmm to take command of the newly established continental army just as the british made their first major attempt to break the siege they made plans to take the high ground on bunker hill but spies warned the continentals of the british plans so they fortified bunker hill and set up defensive positions on nearby breeds hill the day of the battle came and as the british advanced a barrage of continental gunfire was opened up on them twice they tried to climb the hill twice they were pushed back the battle lasted three hours until the continentals finally ran out of ammunition and had to retreat allowing the british to take the hill while technically a british victory they suffered nearly 1 000 casualties to the continentals 400. the colonists showed the british that this wasn't just a rebellion it was war and they were ready for it but one thing they weren't sure about was why they were fighting well some radicals were starting to throw around the eye word most hoped to eventually repair their relationship with great britain so they sent a letter to king george saying hey man looks like things aren't going your way remove the taxes and let's be friends i'm going to kick your ass send that to the colonies your majesty your hand thank you very much i've started saying ass now i can't what does it say he's gonna lick my gross so for the remainder of the year small engagements continued to occur around the colonies the british burned down the towns of falmouth massachusetts and norfolk virginia as revenge for earlier anti-british incidents these actions played right into the hands of patriot propaganda overseas the british were seen as brutes and the french and spanish would soon begin sending supplies to the rebel cause during this time there was also minor fighting going on between patriot and loyalist militias in the southern colonies benedict arnold was still on a mission to win some personal glory for himself so he headed up an attempt to invade canada in a two-pronged attack the continentals managed to capture some british forts and the city of montreal but a hard snowstorm with some smallpox on the side saw them defeated and pushed back at quebec city and they were forced to retreat all the way to fort ticonderoga speaking of which remember all those guns and ammunition well this guy's got a plan for what to do with him he uses oxen to drag 120 000 pounds of artillery for two months through the harsh winter 300 miles all the way to washington and his continental army surrounding boston boom washington's got himself some big guns which is fortunate because up until now his army had been suffering through the cold winter not knowing when the siege would end now they could make a move washington wanted to launch a full assault on the city but as junior officers felt the british were too fortified and to his credit washington was great at hearing and taking on board the ideas of others instead the continentals worked through the night setting the guns up on dorchester heights overlooking the city and when dawn broke and the british saw the guns they knew they were toast their positions were completely exposed it was checkmate they had no choice but to abandon the city 120 ships carried 9000 redcoats and 2000 loyalists away to an unknown fate and washington had his first victory of the war washington then moved his army to new york knowing that when the british returned they would probably land there in the meantime a friendly looking old man by the name of thomas payne had written and published a pamphlet called common sense in which he advocated for total independence from great britain it spread across the colonies like wildfire and to this day remains the best selling title in america it was read aloud in taverns and meeting holes and brought the idea of independence into the mainstream congress began to seriously consider the idea thomas jefferson was selected to write up an official declaration of independence and he went hard writing that all men are created equal with certain inalienable rights including life liberty and the pursuit of happiness of course jefferson had over 100 slaves but we don't have to talk about that on the 2nd of july congress voted unanimously in favor of independence and john adams declared that the 2nd of july would go down as the most remembered day in american history then a couple days later independence actually came into effect the united states of america was born there was no turning back now the americans tore down a statue of king george in new york and melted him down into 42 000 musket bowls to the british it was treason and if the king had his way washington and all of congress would be hung speaking of the british guess who's back the king sent an intimidating force of 130 warships and 25 000 men to new york washington knew that taking on the most powerful military in the world wouldn't be easy the british set up camp on staten island as the americans dug into defensive positions around brooklyn heights waiting for an attack to come but the british just waited wearing down their opponent's nerve while building their own strength at one point they launched a big scary artillery barrage and then said you know if i was you right now i'd probably sue for peace but washington told them to shove it the americans kept holding out for what was coming and when they finally hit they hit hard fifteen thousand british troops approached the american position and the two sides fired on each other in massive rows but what the americans didn't realize was they were only fighting a decoy the main british force was going around to flank the americans from behind and when they arrived they inflicted heavy casualties the americans panicked and retreated back to brooklyn heights where they then found themselves trapped between the british army and the river it looked as though the war was already lost but luckily instead of attacking the british decided to dig in for a siege and then a thick fog set in allowing washington's army to escape across the river unimpeded the british continued to chase and engage the americans out manhattan and the americans suffered defeat after defeat after defeat it was a disaster washington's leadership was called into question as thousands of american pows were left to rot as traitors washington's army fled through new jersey all the way down to pennsylvania rarely had an army been so badly beaten yet survived to fight another day [Music] i really enjoyed it how good was that it's engrossing it yeah i didn't know an educational yeah it's like you said that's how they should teach kids you can really commission this guy to yeah you can learn so much a short space of time kind of when it's done like this you know the pace of it and everything is absolutely spot-on so much of it is uh things are half no names i've heard before yeah but you don't put two and two together the americans are kind of showing us how brexit should be handled though aren't they [Laughter] [Laughter] yeah it's really good i can't wait for part two to be honest coming up soon i hope this guy's got quite a lot of i mean there's like default ones what's that three kingdoms american civil war yeah we'll get into this we'll deep we'll deep dive onto this give us all a history lesson yeah definitely world war ii oversimplified i love how it's done yeah yeah it's like watching south park in just music like i say kids kids a certain age would enjoy watching that yeah and listen and pay attention to yeah you keep the attention yeah i i think i could get my kids to watch that if at five and two i think they'd sit down and actually pay attention i thought you would but yeah just keep going as well just like you have to look like much at a certain time what do you mean five and ten five and two yeah that's how you drive my jokes on youtube you drive i got it you try it okay you drive at five and two yeah that's right anyway i hope you guys like that too yeah thank you shannon for the yeah for the great uh suggestion yep and we'll catch you on part two bye

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Published: Tue Dec 22 2020