The Opium Wars - Simplified
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- During the Opium Wars, Britain fought China to force it to open up its markets. Watch the animated story!
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Animated in After Effects - Designed in Adobe Illustrator - Edited in Adobe Premier Pro
Produced by Nick Heumann
Directed by Cameron JC
Narration - Nick Heumann
Lead Animator - Cameron JC
Sound Design - Nick Heumann
Thumbnail Design - Cameron JC
Environment Design - Nick Heumann and Cameron JC
Character Design - Nick Heumann
Edited by - Nick Heumann
Cinematography - Cameron JC
Script - Nick Heumann
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Investigation
Sneaky Adventure
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Do the Chinese Revolution.
I found one mistake at 33:09 with the animation (I suggest you to check it out) but apart from that it was an amazing video
Great video, you are getting closer and closer to oversimplified level quality. (Without taking a year to make it.)
One thing though, you do something weird at the end of your sentences that makes them sound unnatural (adding some accent?).
If I remember correctly this accent is not there in your other videos and it seems to dissapear after the initial parts of the vid.
I don´t know if others feel the same though.
Great end of the year surprise.
Many thanks.
May you be able to be convinced to list your used tools/ programs or make a little video on your creation process a someday soon...? The quality is just great.
oh he still alive,i thought fbi get rid of you
you're my replacement for oversimplified when he doesn't post for another year. Edit: Thanks for the 1.3k likes! This is the most likes i've ever gotten!
what if i told you he is also the one behind this
@@khoradust wait... Really?
He’s also undeniably better.
@@almogkesti disagree with that
Real.
Idk what’s more exciting Oversimplified uploading every year or things I care about uploading every 2 months
Both
Stayinganti uploading every week or so
Definitely i care about because its way more frequent
Oversimplified has more quality. But this guy is a great replacement
We will grant him seat in Simplified history, but will not grant him the rank of Oversimplified.
“The Opium must flow.”
-Queen Victoria 💀
Trapper of the year
Reminds me off....Britain as Mexican Cartels and China as the US
It's definitely the other way around. America is literally in this video supporting the import of opioids. @CubickThePro
Oversimplified: I am about to upload the video about......
This guy: Already done
Oversimplified: *OHh NooOOoo*
frieza did it
That a "Simpsons did it" reference?
@@Charlie_the_Robot-01 it's from the dbz abridged movie cooler's revenge
@@ItachiOtirrawhich was a reference to "Simpsons did it" from South Park
17:15 "Both governments were furious at Napier's action, but luckily for him, he died of Typus shortly after."
_Phew_ dodged a bullet right there 😂
oversimplified at home is uploading more vids more than the real one and i like it
First Hitler failed art school and then Stalin did not become an Orthodox priest but this guy fails three tests and jumps the shark immediately proclaiming I am Jesus younger bro.
It was the only way to advance, and your entire family could work to get you one chance to pass. A nervous breakdown sounds about par.
@ yeah true but dammmm that escalated quick.
I think you're a little better than oversimplified, but thats because your vietnam video made me cry and thats good history telling
small rainy island goes to war with some big kingdom in the other edge of the world by selling addicting poppies to people
>And wins because they have powder that goes boom on ships that go vroom
Rather than the modern day War on Drugs, it’s a War FOR Drugs.
@DrippyPootisBoom Vroom powder they got from one of the big kingdom who used it for just boom, pretty flash over there, ignore corruption over here 😂.
@DrippyPootis
China had both
They just heavily neglected their military due to their superiority complex (well earned, they controlled most of their neighbors)
They didnt count on some madlads from what used to be a backwater mastering it and surpassing them
I think the last time Chinese envoys were in contact with Europe was during the Roman Empire and the Sassanids tried to block that our of sheer terror
@DrippyPootis gun power was invented in China Einstein!
Funny Thing is, I learned Chinese a while back and i can read all of this stuff, so this makes me very happy :D
As an American, I can say with certainty that a letter asking the British monarch to be nice and come to reason will just provoke a war. 😅
As an Indian, I can second this.
As a Brit we don't care😂
finally a subject i know nothing about but is meme to death
Was it not taught in your high school world history class?
@@joshualeespiny7172It was taught in mine but often summarized in a few minutes/one paragraph due to time (United States).
@@DiamondKingStudios they don't teach us it in the UK or atleast not in my school, in my school we were taught about ancient greece, the romans, the anglo saxons, the vikings, the middle ages, ww1 and ww2 aswell as the russian revolution
@@Jack-Neguswhy lm l actually not surprised
"You will not apologize but you will be sorry" is sick dialogue writing
This was amazingly well made, put together and narrated. Legit thought it was a million sub channel and am baffled it's not, but it will be.
And you're gonna LIKE IT! Just like I liked this video.
Thank you for the kind words!
The Oversimplified Step-Dad is back 🎉🎉
Step son*
Full son*
The oversimplified itch has finally been scratched thank you
As a Chinese, good video. I also hope that you can talk about the rise of Qing Dynasty.
I have always been a student of history and I am so elated that videos like this one is so easily available.
In next to no time, I get to learn about stuff, that I didn't know alot about.
Great work.
4:54 the soundtrack of every country's existential crises for the past three hundred years xD
Finally i can watch history in this format again, thanks dude
Bro the second I chose to write about the opium war for a school passion project this beautiful son of a dog comes and he always gives me new info that others gloss over thanks you for helping me with my research
Me but I have a quiz on it.
Just a little correction. Portuguese actually yoinked Macao during the Ming dyansty. They set a trading outpost their and joined Ming navy in combating pirates.
4:08 There's Waldo. He can be seen in the top-left corner of the video, just across the river.
Lmao! Good eye
The Taiping Rebellion needs its own video dude. It was such a long and insanely brutal conflict the small mention of it near the end just doesnt do it justice. It wasnt just another peasant uprising, it was a full-scale civil war and one of the deadliest in all of history.
Hope you all enjoy our video on the Opium wars! As its a much less discussed topic on youtube, I and Nick have loved bringing to light the history behind the topic. enjoy!
This is awesome, the Opium Wars in China were/are always an interesting and crazy point in history.
"At first, addicts were mostly young men from rich families, but the habit soon spread" - wait a minute...
Precursor to the "War on Drugs" was the "War for Drugs".
More like "The war for right's to sell drug's"
It has always been for drugs (the one on drugs was and still just a scam cause if any country wanted to stop drugs in their territories, they would have gone to length with special laws to fight it as they do with terrorisn to nullify it. But there is no true intent to stop drugs anywhere its only to keep in check coming from affiliated fellas like the ones under CIA influence).
Not many channels I know explore the Opium Wars, its nice to know you covered them as its a important topic.
It was basically a War on Drugs with Britain being on the opposing side.
@@carlbirtles4518I actually genuinely agree with you
i mean, they really didnt explore it at all. what possessed the english monarchs to ignore the golden rule? who were the "Opium Kings"? why was a literal who island so invested in disrupting a self-sufficient sovereign country? why are the peaches i buy at the store from thailand and packaged in peru, when there are peach groves across the street from my house?
all of these questions, and more, would have been answered in an exploration of this topic. but this is more a common core, made for kids version.
Glad i found your channel!
Really great Video!
The minecraft death sounds already gets me
🤣
“You’re gonna do drugs
And you’re gonna like it” 😂👎
It is nice to have an oversimplified video about China. Love from history nerd Chinese student studying in the UK.
Seriously awesome video man! Will also try Oreate Ai as well!!! Thanks
close enough, welcome back oversimplified
Like many of us things i care about waited for oversimplified to post on his favourite topics, but he got tired of waiting and literally said,
Fine i will do it myself
Oversimplified posted!!!!!!!
Nice video! Keep up the great work! :)
Bro cooked & made a 5-star Michelin Menu & served it in a golden plate
You had me at dab and flossing.
Absolutely loved it. You, sir, are a man of history. If I had an award, I would give it to you. And i would definitely appreciate if you in future make a video about Mongol Empire.
This is why you dont do drugs kids. The british are comin for you
I clicked immediately thinking it was a new oversimplified upload... disappointed but willing to give this a chance
Amazing video! Thanks for foreshadowing my idea, the Chinese Civil War, you’re an amazing replacement for oversimplified!
Should also mention Russia was going to invade from the north, but settled on annexing eastern Manchuria instead, and getting their crucial port if Vladivostok in the process.
amazing video, although I would say that the sponsor is a bit questionable, but hey, you gotta make money! also better than raid shadow legends LOL
The fact I got an anti opioid commercial before watching this makes this even funnier.
Great video. I once visited Lin Zexu Memorial Home in Fuzhou. There he was hailed as National Chinese Hero for his action against the Opium
4:08 WALDO!
Also amazing video, this really does highlight the pinnacle of British shenanigans
Another great video, keep it up!
You should cover how the Qing conquered the Ming next.
I had no idea that the Qing had an emperor who was willing to actually improve the country. Empress Cixi really was the unsung villain of the story.
What can I say apart from beautiful video, very engaging. You have to do something right to keep me engaged for 37 mins.
This is amazing! Just to note for future videos: at 5:12 you used the Modern day Portugese, British, French and Spanish Flags instead of the Flags used in the 1600s. The shape of China at 26:37 is also the Modern day Borders and not those of the Qing Dynasty. Britain also has it's Modern Day borders which do not contain Ireland at 26:42.
An excelent video. Hopfuly there will be a video about the Boxer Rebelion at some point in the future. I wish you a good start in the new year and I will hope for more videos in the future. With best regards from Germany
I’ve always wanted to learn more about this!
The way this came in my recommendation the day I have a quiz on this. You rule.
putting over simplified to shame.... yet another video uploaded well done
Great video
Funniest ad placement of the year lol
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I read the title 5 times and still thought it said “oversimplified”
I would love to see a video about William Walker and Central America war, good video as always!
Another amazing video!!! Great job, keep up the extraordinary work!!! I love your videos man!!!
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ANOTHER THINGSICAREABOUT VIDEO BEFORE NEW YEARR ??? YES SIRRR!!!
Brittain participated in the war on drugs... 😊
...on the side of the drug 💀
1/5 of the English economy is selling opium to China😂
Ending 2024 on a high! Brilliant content as always!
the double meaning is crazy, nice.
This is like in Blues Clues where Steve got replaced randomly. He’s our new oversimplified
Nice, can you add the british love of tea and that this could only be purchased for silver?
Could you do a video about the Portuguese empire 1415-1618 I feel like it would be very interesting
love this channel man
One of the best history vids dude keep the great work
Once again, great work. Thank you for making this video :)
*chefs kiss* perfection
Yay a new informational video from things I care about
may zalmoxis bless you during your work of recreating history senor Things i Care About
A surprise, a welcoming one in fact. Keep em coming!!!
Thanks a ton for another amazing video man
Amazing!
Next you should do the banana wars in South America, it's oddly similar
I got a video about that! My very first video in the channel
@ThingsICareAbout I'll go check that out, then! 😊
this entire channel is like The Waldo Moment episode of black mirror
this is really great I look forward to more
Keep posting man
To be fair opium is awesome.
I can't get enough of it..
Well this channel is incredible
I love your videos. You show both sides and don’t glorify war. Everyone loses and your the few people who aren’t biased to America.
I think there’s a lot of lessons to learn from this video, but the one that I think screams the most is, ‘Humble yourself.’
technically, at some point, the British were the largest Drug/narco empire in the world.
So happy i found this channel
We have Oversimplified at home.
Oversimplified at home:
Greetings, I watch the video and I can easily say that you put a lot of effort and knowledge in it and it turned out amazing, so good job.
Still I have one remark to make, while the british definetly did almost all the fighting, Russia did manage to coerce land conccesions from China which it used to establish Vladivostok among other.
Man i thought I watched oversimplified 😂😂
I like these type of videos mannn❤😂
Great work glad I found your channel
Underrated
Thanks for making the video 🎉
I’ve been dreaming of an Oversimplified video of the Opium Wars. I hope he does the Taiping Rebellion
Ah so good to see a video on China.
almost got me excited thinking this was oversimplified
Leader - chef - demonetized got me off guard 😂😂😂
Finally someone noticed lmao
@@ThingsICareAbouti think you should change your name to Simplified or Simply explained or something similar. Btw please cover Kannujj Tripartite struggle.
The year was 1900,
'Tis worth remembering
The men who lived through
Fifty-five days at Peking.
'Twas called the Boxer insurrection,
A bloody oriental war
Against eleven nations
Of the diplomatic corps.
The flags of France and Britain,
How they fluttered in the breeze,
The Italian, German, Russian,
And the flag of the Japanese.
Then came the sound of bugles
The rolling drums of doom.
And the streets of Peking
Were as empty as a tomb.
The Empress of China,
Gave the signal to begin:
"Let all foreign devils
Be driven away from Peking!"
They stromed the French legation,
They attacked with shot and shell,
And they came in blood-red blouses,
Screaming: "Sha Shou!" as they fell.
The drums have long been muffled,
The bugles ceased to ring.
But through the ages,
You can hear them echoing.
The echoes will remind you
Of what caused them to ring.
The last stand of eleven nations;
Fifty-five days at Peking.
The last stand of eleven nations;
Fifty-five days at Peking!
Chinese nobles try to reform China because they see the writing on the wall
Peasants: RRRREEEEEEEEEEEE
And thus continued the century of humiliation, caused by dumb asses.