This one isn't an April Fools, promise. CORRECTIONS AND DISCLAIMERS: 12:24 - I seemed to have had a stroke 8:57 - It's called the Eight Mile Bridge, but it isn't eight miles long

@chickenwarriorr

3 жыл бұрын

lol asking myself if there is an echo in here

@LookAtMyBud

3 жыл бұрын

Nearly got us there 😂

@erzar.1730

3 жыл бұрын

BRI ISH

@ytpanda398

3 жыл бұрын

By the way, the thumbnails just say episode 3, not 30 and 31

@kramp154

3 жыл бұрын

Understandable, still the best channel i ve seen

Russia & America: We're neutral guys, we're neither with China nor against the British

@geoffreycharles6330

Жыл бұрын

Russia in particular won about 900 000 km² without firing a single bullet. Comparing them to Russia's current leadership, I would prefer the one from the 1850s, as I don't understand what exactly happened to that nation in the last 170 years.

@aliabdallah102

Жыл бұрын

@@geoffreycharles6330 well, to surmise: Russia had Serfs, the Tsar decided to make them not serfs, but also, realistically still serfs some people tried killing the Tsar, they failed and were also executed, then the brother of one those people decided that he’s gonna overthrow the tsar, then with the help of Russian incompetence because of a tsar who wasn’t ready to rule, and said it straight up, they still made him Tsar, Russia became really incompetent, ww1 Germany helped lenin, two Russian revolutions later the Soviet Union became a thing, it spent its 69 year existence fighting everything, then in the 90s after Gorbachev thought “hey maybe being a dick doesn’t work” so he stopped being a dick, and then shortly after the Soviet Union stopped existing, yeltsin got involved but was too drunk to stop putin, putin then decided to continue the Soviet and Russians’ tradition of wanting every piece of land that’s ever spoken Russian (remind you of anyone?) So yeah. That’s what happened, poorly done by me.

@Alex-zs7gw

Жыл бұрын

@@aliabdallah102 😂😂 🤌 ... Nailed it

@WeebLord69

Жыл бұрын

@@geoffreycharles6330 cry more westerner

@Leo-ok3uj

Жыл бұрын

I still can’t believe that the USSR lasted almost 69 years

Ah, yes. I always knew the Brits were fellow experts at clubbing seals.

@5ryans

3 жыл бұрын

And we haven't stopped since!

@welshman8954

3 жыл бұрын

And conquering most of the world having the best navey on the planet and the most professional army and kicking the shit out of everything and everyone who comes against us 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@roundduck7005

3 жыл бұрын

@@welshman8954 based🇦🇨🇦🇮🇦🇺🇧🇲🇨🇦🇨🇰🇫🇯🇫🇰🇬🇸🇮🇴🇰🇾🇲🇸🇬🇧

@reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757

3 жыл бұрын

@@roundduck7005 what about New Zealand’s flag

@thefrenchareharlequins2743

3 жыл бұрын

@@reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757 🇳🇿

Last time I was this early Hong Kong was still a fishing village

Taiping Rebellion happens because some dude conviced a lot of people that he was a brother of Jesus Christ

@arwing20

3 жыл бұрын

That and literally most of the population despised the Qing by this point

@lovablesnowman

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda morbidly funny that one of the most bloody wars in human history was because some lunatic thought he was jesus's brother or some shit

@sheldoniusRex

3 жыл бұрын

@@lovablesnowman all of the bloodiest wars happened because of roughly the same shit.

@kylephilipe8347

3 жыл бұрын

@@sheldoniusRex like which ones?

@sheldoniusRex

3 жыл бұрын

@@kylephilipe8347 for instance, the entire history of Europe from the end of the migration period to the treaty of Westphalia. Or the entire history of Islam featuring internecine violence, enslavement of blacks and religious minorities, unprevoked invasions of Christian nations, and the current terrorism campaign against the Zionists in Palestine and their American puppets.

Ah yes, The Expedition. The polite word of Invasion

@sampuatisamuel9785

2 жыл бұрын

Very clever comment, lol

The beginnings of the new blossoming Franco-Albion friendship after a near millennium of rivalry.

@RodolfoGaming

3 жыл бұрын

All good as long as either have a bit of tea, fancy silk and pottery. Cannons don't go puff puff anymore cuz of that

@OrbitalAstronaut

3 жыл бұрын

Profidious Albion. 😃

@thefrenchareharlequins2743

3 жыл бұрын

No it wasn't

@thunderbird1921

3 жыл бұрын

At least in mutual interest areas. China found themselves caught between the British hammer and the French anvil (or vice versa).

@TheKeithvidz

3 жыл бұрын

no pride in evil.

Meanwhile the Portuguese in Macau: "Oh no! Anyway."

@Chris-pi3ze

3 жыл бұрын

While the Second Opium War ended in 1860, instability and uprisings would continue into the 1880s, where the Portuguese had the Qing agree to a treaty signing over Macau to Portugal “in perpetuity” in 1887.

8:57 it's the "8-mile bridge" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baliqiao) because it's 8 miles from Beijing proper, not 8 miles long, that would be absolutely mental even by today's standards.

@cmtwei9605

11 ай бұрын

According to Chinese websites the bridge is 8 Chinese miles (里, 500m) from Tungzhou (通州) on the outskirts, 30 Chinese miles from Beijing city. There is an underground station there with the same name.

So this is why he gave us the crash course on Bri ish history

@kramp154

3 жыл бұрын

I would have came here blind if he didnt

@nonautemrexchristus5637

3 жыл бұрын

Let us commence forth

The Qing made an unexpected victory at Taku, The British made an unexpected victory in turn. *Perfectly bal- lol, no, the British still roflstomped them.*

@xenotypos

2 жыл бұрын

The allied lost very little to begin with, and invested a minimal amount of troups. It's not even comparable, they could beat China without even trying. The empress will improve the state of the Chinese army, which will be able to resist a bit more to western power, but they'll remain powerless against Japan, which as a close neighbour had little problem concentrated wall its might against China.

@marcobelli6856

7 ай бұрын

All while people in Uk barely knew what happened. If it was Full mobilization 💀💀💀💀

the amount the firepower advantage the British could bring with their fleets was truly staggering

Fun fact: everyone here hasn’t finished the entire video except feature history.

@FeatureHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Many times in fact

@Julianna.Domina

3 жыл бұрын

@@FeatureHistory Well, I have now, too

@snaiper195

3 жыл бұрын

No i did

@justsomerandomdudeontheint9498

3 жыл бұрын

I always watch all of the video ?

@brandonthereviewer2597

3 жыл бұрын

@just some random dude on the internet well at the time of posting it was very new

For a second I thought this was also an april fools joke

Britian: Hello there. Chinese: who are you? Britain: we are the most civilised nation on earth. Chinese: what do you want? Britain: we want *WAR*

@therealbaylee

3 жыл бұрын

That is a very simplistic view on the wars.

@TheTfrules

3 жыл бұрын

@@therealbaylee Otherwise known as a joke

@aramhalamech4204

3 жыл бұрын

@@therealbaylee I know that history is complicated. But sometimes I should be able to make a joke about it without "amateur historians" trying to explain to me that I'm apparently a stupid peasant. So please let me have my fun or I'll go hang myself.

@potto1488

3 жыл бұрын

wait no that's insulting i meant it like you wouldnt emotionally be able to

@siechamontillado

3 жыл бұрын

@@aramhalamech4204 YOU WANT FUN!?! HOW DARE YOU!!!

DRUG WAAARRR wait wrong century

I feel like these videos often forget that the Qing dynasty wasn't viewed that favorably in China at the time. The manchurian ruling class was viewed as an external invader that forced manchurian customs and culture on China, far different than the preceeding MIng dynasty. China had a long history of many dynasties of domestic and foreign origin. The Qing dynasty always had a tenous grasp of rule, and the imperialist westerners only further weakened that rule. Cixi was able to hold the dynasty together for the rest of the century, but i am not sure if the path of total westernization, similar to japan, would have saved the Qing in the long run.

@akramibrahim8982

2 жыл бұрын

They don't purposely forget that, it's just that although the Chinese hated the Qing dynasty it was viewed much better in contrast to foreigners who invaded.

@xenotypos

Жыл бұрын

And also, they actually tried to modernize. Japan had several advantages that made the transition possible, but honestly I think it was impossible in China (too divided, too diverse/rebellious...). The Japanese populace had the tendency to tamely accept any change (even if, even them rebeled when the samurai cast was stripped of their raison d'être).

The arrow wasn't a pirate vessel, it was a vessel with crewmen who had been pirates in the past. Minor but still important detail.

You should do a boxer rebellion vid

Frankly absolutly amazing, every episode is a step up and this was a leap, thankyou feature, i think once you said your name was Sam, thankyou. This was a gift in a trying time for me, you have always got this.

@beachass

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry man the names wrong, but I'm sure he appreciates the sentiment immensely!!

British: Its even funnier the second time

Two videos in a single day. Feature History really spoiling us

He is back, fully back, smart witty, and insightfullfeature history, welcome back man, thankyou

Feature History and Armchair Historian are severely underrated channels.

Really liked the graphics and the narration. Nice video!!

Ah the real Bri ish history

IT HAS BEEN LONGTIME NOT SEEN BUT YOUR BACK

The Opium Wars were pretty messy and humiliating for China. It’s unfortunate.

Great Britain: Wanna see me do it again?

The Brits didn't lose 400 men dead at the Taku Forts - they lost 400 *casualties* (of whom 85 died). Still bad, but not quite as catastrophic as 400 dead!

Xian-Feng similar to Shian Feng, Ci-Xi similar to Tsi-Shi. So "X" similar to "Sh", "C" is actually exactly the same as "Ts"

History God has returned

With all the concessions that Britain and France received at the end of the conflict, I'm surprised they didn't demand *All the tea*

Imagine using Curiosity Stream. This post was made by the Furiosity Stream Gang

this truly shows that technology matters more than population

Sweet, can't wait for the second Boer war

glad i can follow this thanks to the bri ish history lesson, they really helps keep all this in context

The cheekiest historian on the ol' interwebs is back!

This is a very elaborate April Fools video. I don’t get the joke

@alinalexandru2466

3 жыл бұрын

The joke: The Second Opium war was fought without any opium being in it (except for its legalisation at the end)

Ci Xi was pretty influential, but she also worked with Prince Gong, who had many modernizing ideas, but the original regency system Xiangfan set up had a bunch of people who weren't willing to try new ideas. Ci Xi worked with the Xiangfan's wife, Ci'An, and all three of them implemented the policies.

He posted! Yes!

United Kingdom now:”NO!!!!! It is our sea not yours!!!!”

More Chinese history please! Boxer rebellion and the 1911 revolution.

Wow, this is a treat!

Please do a video on the Romanian Revolution of '89.

The time has come to cover 55 days in Peking

Could you do a video on the Boxer Uprising?

in the darkest hour, he came back

How do you draw these amazing portraits?

A welcome surprise that’s for sure

Can we have the soundtrack?

guys i think he wants us to keep our eyes peeled for the next video when he makes it

Great content

Can you do about Crimea war

He is back 🦀

i wonder if tom cruise helped the samurai

Maybe a new video on the Sino-French War of 1883 as part of 19th Century Asia?

catch us like the british, selling copium

@foundationofBritain

3 жыл бұрын

Well... it is addictive.

I think you forgot to put 31 in your thumbnail. As also of your last episode. As it was only the number 3 when it was supposs to be 30.

@beachass

3 жыл бұрын

Nah it's a remake of episode 3 so he's intentionally put it as episode 3 cus he really fuckin hates the old one haha

great video

April fools joke. No way they would fight two whole Opium Wars

It would be great to see a boxer rebellion episode

Are you ever going to do the 2nd boar war

YAY boxer rebellion next time (probably)!!!!!

@andro7862

3 жыл бұрын

Or even better, double 10 revolution.

Austria has Sisi China has Cixi... Lol

Good video but the only thing it should have is the year and dates of each slide explaining when each of these things happened

I need more Bri Ish history!

Part 3 is just around the corner

Good old times Wish we could get the bois back together and go for a 3rd round

@IllusionistsBane

3 жыл бұрын

Except they can't now. China makes all their stuff.

I suggest you should make about Vietnam war

well, when the 55 day in peking history (or the boxer rebellion)

Last time I was this early Canton Canton still had Opium warehouses

Please do remember the Qing dynasty itself was an imperial power, brutal and cruel imperial power

He actually posted

Hey man, it seems that this is the 4th episode about the opium wars but the thumbnail says "episode 3". Might want to change that

Thank you.

It was a sad event. I can understand why the Boxer War began. I wish my country, the US, had stayed out of it completely.

@marcobelli6856

7 ай бұрын

Us wasn’t a Major Player back

The American steamship was commanded by US Comodore Tattnall who justified the neutrality violation by, "blood is thicker than water." Ironically he went to war with the US Navy two years later as a Confederate flag officer.

@Rowlph8888

Жыл бұрын

And exterminated Native American's

@richardkeilig4062

7 ай бұрын

Good point.

Do something about Rome. Please.

Finally

Empress dowager Cixi also caused the downfall of the Qing...

Do a video about the finnish civil war.

are you finally coming back

Eight nation alliance:Kid,you ain't seen shit yet

2 in one day??

Hope you’re doing well, Mr. History

There's take homes from the boxer rebellion in the museum in my town

After this war the Qing stopped calling Westerners barbarians, but they kept on calling the Japanese 'wojen' meaning dwarf people. The Japanese would eventually issue a riposte in the First Sino-Japanese War. :)

@marcobelli6856

7 ай бұрын

than they realized they were the barbarians🤣

im commenting so you get more traffic, good video

"Zhueng fong empura rah"

You make good videos plz come back

of course the europeans were greedy but the way the chinese treated them was super brutal too

Nah, Cixi was what held the Chinese bad. If the reformist emperors were able to do what they wanted China may have last longer

Boxer Rebellion video?

Nice

0:10 Cowid ?

Unequal treaties? Unequal how?

Funny the British would propose an alliance with Russia so soon after the Crimean War, kind of shows how removed from the actual bitterness of war leaders can be.

Wait so if you're not Bri'ish and if you have no American nor Canadian accent... Does it mean that you're Australian ?

Those western powers are still at it. The only difference now, the lion awakens...