Ten Minute History - The Early British Empire (Short Documentary)
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This episode of Ten Minute History (like a documentary, only shorter) covers the birth and rise of the British Empire from the reign of Henry VII all the way to the American Revolution. The first part deals with the Tudors and their response to empire in Spain (as well as the Spanish Armada). The second part deals with England's (and later Britain's) establishment of its own empire in North America and India. It then concludes with the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution.
Twitter: / tenminhistory
Ten Minute History is a series of short, ten minute animated narrative documentaries that are designed as revision refreshers or simple introductions to a topic. Please note that these are not meant to be comprehensive and there's a lot of stuff I couldn't fit into the episodes that I would have liked to. Thank you for watching, though, it's always appreciated.
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The guy who had the idea to merge the English and Scottish flag was a genius
@Cian Doyle
People need to stop looking at this from a modern lense. Like all empires, the British empire was formed of exploitation and bloodshed, but that was something any country/region did if they had the opportunity, Britain just did it really well. This isnt to say the British empire wasn’t violating human rights and committing acts of evil, but back then It was justified, and now in the present day there have come many benefits from it, a fairly universal language for example.
@Cian Doyle bitter potato
@Cian Doyle Boo hoo, let me press F in the World smallest keyboard
@@harryyyyyyyyyyy7273 the English enslaved Scots aswell. Name a stable kingdom who enslaved their own people
@@ThePatrioticScotsman doesnt counter my point at all. something can be unstable and still classed as good or humane, by the time in this situation of course. Also, invasion and enslavement are two different things, and i dont believe we ever enslaved scots, and if we did, it was before the empire most people are referring to when they say the British Empire
“Continued the long tradition of English monarchs and died”
Read this as soon as it happened 😂😂
Elizabeth II has so far stopped that tradition.
☝️The only reason I came to the comments! 🤣
Doesn’t all people die?
@@danton9261 WOLO
Somebody: Where should we colonise?
England: Yes
Everyone: There is land elsewhere?
Britain: It's free real state.
This yes meme is seriously getting old...
@@yarpen26 yeah, it's as cancerous as
"Hotel? Trivago"
I hate these memes
@@user-uq3um5nq7d Don't forget "I'm about to end this man's career." Literally every video from HM is cholk-full of this crap.
Indeed! It's somebody taking a cheap shot, but with nothing important to say.
I absolutely NEVER knew about the Scottish colony in Panama and how it played a part in the creation of the United Kingdom!
Scotland: 😎 Let's colonyize Panama!
Spain: 😡 WTF are Scottish people doing in MY colony!
Scotland: 😳 This is your colony, Spain?
Spain: 😡 YES! NOW LEAVE!
Scotland: 😳 Ummmm....funny thing that! I don't have enough money to get my colonists back.
Spain: 😡 Don't bother! I will blockade it!
Scotland: 😨 NO MY COLONISTS! MY ECONOMY! NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
@@fristnamelastname5549 escocia no piensa antes de actuar
@@fristnamelastname5549 cringe
@HanselManCan not saying your wrong but how were the Scots disproportionately active in the empire?
@@maxdavis7722 he is wrong but the Scots were definitely fine soldiers but so were most from the north of the British isles the south are more well just southern
10 Minute History? More like, 9 Minute and 59 Second history
Zoe close enough
William Sledge r/whoosh
That actually depended on your device for me its exactly 10 minutes
Zoe 1 second delay
Reported for click bait.
Normally people talk about the failure of the spanish armada but know nothing of the disastrous retaliation one. Hats off to you!!!
They don't know either about the English Armada just the following year, nor that Spain won the total war with the Treaty of London in 1604.
Not really. The treaty of London had concessions from both sides. If spain had won the total war than England would have been a colony of Spain. It would be better to call it a draw.
RickkyP It wasn't a draw since Spain got more benefits than England. That's called "Spanish victory". I know British propaganda sucks.
214 1341 it was a Spanish victory, England would be Spanish
Great Jamie Spain didn't want to have England as a Spanish colony. They only wanted England to have a Catholic monarch. And Spain did win that war as the treaty confirms. Fake propaganda no, thanks.
Would you like a trade agreement with England?
luke johnson, civilization reference?
benalor don't refuse. She will declare war on you.
Check out walter veith on the herodian mind/mark of cain..I learned so much..bless you
Even with the trade agreement, it is the best policy to go with the army behind the negotiator.
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America: *rebels against their noble overlords*
France: Hey, that’s pretty goood.
More like - France: Hey, where did all our money go?
@Denise Bond Why are you pissed of something that happened years ago. You weren't even there
Americans are British originally
@Lord Takyon you say that when English schools are more successfull than American as we dont have school shootings lol
no your wrong, English colonists rebeled against English goverment rule
While watching this video i thought, oh he knows what he is talking about, and the content is good quality, he must have a decently large channel. I was shocked to see his channel was 240 subscribers. I am happy to be the 241st subscriber keep it up!
Thought exactly the same thing
jokes on you cuz
subscriber out X10 since you said that
ive seen many of his videos before but never been a subscriber.... rlly dont know why but i guess ill do it now that u mention it
Subscribed after 0:40
he has 35,000 subscribers :)
"The English were not exactly renowned sailors at this point and so Henry did what everyone else did at the time: hired an Italian"
That Italian even changed his name to an English one
Jean Cabot? That sounds french...
Top marks for quotation. You'll go far in life.
@@lasakau272 In those times names used to be translated.
@@DrVSL Giovanni is an Italian name and, hear me out, Italy is the country with the most surnames in the world (around 300'000 due to the Romans liking using 3-4 or sometimes even 5 names), so many surnames in Europe can sound very similar (also due to the fact that the Romans conquered a lot of Europe, thus spreading what will be Italian surnames)
Loved the flag-merge animation, I didn’t quite realize how strongly the Scottish flag was represented within the Union Jack, kind of opened my eyes 😀
It's vile.
The Welsh flag isn't represented though. Probably because Wales was basically considered part of England at that point. The Tudor Royal Family had Welsh roots.
"Was." That's the right term. "Was represented." Then they added all of that red. Totally ruined the aesthetic.
@@jackdubz4247 the red is to represent northern ireland tho? it looks good now
@freneticness _ yes thats what i said
"The English were not exactly renouned sailors at this point"
A few centuries later: *Laughs in Royal Navy*
For a nation ruled by Friesian Vikings, Danish Vikings, Norse Vikings and Francophone Vikings ... having to ask your Dutch cousins for sailing lessons ...
But you learned well.
Please help me with a summary
@@alejandrososaa.2664 huh
the royal navy's greatest exploit was the battle fo Trafalgar in 1805
and its long history of destroying french feet
and naval superiority
all spain's failed attemp to re take Gibraltar but always fail
@@gutsjoestar7450 Spain failed at everything that is more challenging than butchering native americans for their gold
Didn't even ask for a like or subscribe? You'll have both, good sir!
I heard it in Sean's voice
same here, glad i found this channel
yeyeyeye
Same here I’m an OG
"Heny VII continued the long tradition of English Monarchs and died..."
Lol, didn't realise that tradition was an English Monarchs thing, I was under the impression it was universal.
A lot of monarchs in other kingdoms resign before they get too old, so they usually aren't the monarch by the time they die. In England the tradition is to die while still King/Queen.
As is tradition....
Queen Elizabeth the second is still going strong
Well recently the ex-emperor of Japan akihito was too old and slowly to die and so he's abdicated in name of the son Naruhito
It's was the first time in 2 centuries of emperor of Japan abdicated, it's was expected akihito to die in throne just like his father: hirohito
The tradition gets even stranger with it being seen as more appropriate to die early in the morning, since people would have found out sooner. George V agreed to be killed if it looked like his death would have had to be announced in the evening paper, because they were less popular and people were more busy.
Can I just say the dying flop sound is amazing and makes my day
3:15 I feel for that Spanish dude. He has to be the saddest character ever shown in this series. Dude is wearing full plate armor is sick as fuck and is drowning to top it off. That poor bastard.
Really good video, I'm glad I found this!
Ollie Bye I love your videos, Ollie!
And I'm glad I found you.......nohomo
Hello, Ollie Bye! 😀
hello Ollie :)
Yay!
In England we call pants trousers.
sarcasmo57 UK
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Nah mate in the north west we call em pants
Then I say something.
iBourne xx 1994 No no no
You covered a lot of ground very thoroughly - and speedily! However, just one error I need to point out: James II was not Charles II's son, he was his brother.
There is loads of this video which is incorrect, but panem et circenses
@@nedeast6845 Come on then historian make a channel and correct him!
@Helen Horsley he was still the son of a charles though…😂
Mistaking a brother for a son happens to the best of us.
Right? Please tell me I'm not the only one...
"The most important consumer good of all time... tea"
The most British joke ever
Sounds like you haven't had Starbuck's sweetened green iced tea before. Maybe Starbucks is secretly the East India Company reborn...
It is no joke !
At 3:45 is that Blackadder and Baldrick i see? hehe
Doreen Green I knew I wasn't the only one w who saw that
I thought I recognised them
@@terrorfire8505 I can't believe I missed them!!!
I only noticed them today! These videos just keep on giving surprises
Ten minutes my ass...You owe me a second!
Entitlement!!!!
Haphazardization lol
Haphazardization lol
Haphazardization lol
Haphazardization lol
As a historian I must say, well done on the historically accuracy of this video. Many youtube history channels are not so well done.
you are joking....where is the Bombay, part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry in 1662, and Tangiers? This is all about America, as usual
@@nedeast6845 Cry less
@@nedeast6845 ned why were you so mad bro
@@nedeast6845History Matters is mainly for middle school in the United-Kingdom. They nostly follow the curriculum
Nope. The first part is hopelessly wrong, and just uncritically reinforces the English national myth of a settled English nation in 1497, which is complete nonsense. See my comment above.
The drool on the soldier's face when the tea part was mentioned had me dying I had to rewind a few times
Nice format. Subscribed.
Yay
Jake Mapping i
Ok
Amazingly we never covered this in school... Can't imagine why.
Simply because it shows all about the Empire's ambitions back then. Greed and Invasion
@FvckTheEu : History is massive, very massive and you have to study other lesson
So they give you the general version
@@gregoryc7926 Invasion is not an ambition.
@@Hungabrigoo the nations of western Europe plundered many parts of the world for their survival so it was definitely an ambitious task which is still done through indirect rule in the same countries and regions they colonised.
And UK schools don't like to cover your history with us in Ireland, not wanting to inspire you to think the UK might be the baddies.
“Henry VII continued the long tradition of the English monarchs and died” lines like this get me every time
Who would win?
Half the world or 1 thirsty tea island
Thirteen tiny coffee starved colonies...
Just found your channel, and after 3 minutes I was hooked. Great channel and keep up the good work.
same
liquidpebbles w
French move into india
*King*"who cares"
Solder "that's were we get our tea"
King"we must take India NOW"
Pretty much
*Abonnez-Vous à T-Series*
well britain was very late at india
french dutch, portuguese trade and had portal and colonial cities in india to facilite trades
way earlier than england even had the idea of moving to india
but unliek other european
england when they decided to go to india
THEY TOOK THE ENTIRE PLACE
@Olivia Addison im flattered
That animation of the thirsty Englishman looking at that Tea was amazing
The Scottish colony in Panama was the Dunning-Kruger Effect writ large. Establishing a colony at the narrowest point between the Atlantic and the Pacific in order to connect both through shipping. It just didn't occur to them that some Spanish guy might have already thought of it in the preceding 200 years, and that it not already having been done might be due to it not being geographically possible. Which it wasn't. There is a reason for why Spain was already using the longer overland route through Mexico from Veracruz to Acapulco for the purpose.
James I - negative eleventh president of the United States.
That's why I like the British, they take land in a matter of minutes, no gimmicks.
In those days we shot anyone in a grass skirt then nicked their country.
@half a rasher raytown That's what taking land means
@half a rasher raytown And the British Empire weren't even that bad compared to others
@half a rasher raytown And where are you from?
@Benjamin Franklin absolute bullshit
As a foreign person, I say this is the best video that summarise life in the UK book. Thank you very much it really helped and I hope I pass the exam soon.
Every time they just fall over and die I piss myself a little bit.
If you're accepting ideas here's one: do a video about the Portuguese empire. Keep up the good work!
The Portuguese Empire is definitely on the list.
Andre Matos yay!
Ten Minute History
THE dutch would ve good FOR next video
And why it sucked so hard in the end
ShroudedPanda ???
0:42
When you get home from school
0:41 That hits home differently right now.
4:30. John Smith pulling a "Super Dave" Osborne moment.
3:45 - Lord Blackadder and Baldrick!
Who are these people
Boi
It Bleddy is as well
Michael Moore Rowan Atkinson
I love how when people die they're just waltzing around and then just fall over like it's nothing
2:02 I guess that's what we call "a smooth transaction of valuables"
1:08, the pronunciation of Philip is unusual. In Spanish he would be Felipe, so the final e is pronounced. Our learnèd narrator has opted for the French prononciation it seems.
0:04 it's rewind time
Very helpful and nicely explained, thank you for your effort!
These nuggets of history are delightful! A lot of knowledge shared in a wonderfully clear and concise manner - I am better for seeing these short vids. Thanks HM!
UK: how many times will you revolt?
Ireland: Yes
Ireland never riot
ireland are happy to be part of england
right ?
@@gutsjoestar7450 excuse me
@@corcaighogormghus4618 excuse you
I just found your channel while researching for my english exam, I'm very happy that there are channels like this, which make good historical content with nice videos that even I, as a german native speaker, can understand and watch with fun. Thanks for the good work, keep going :)
Good grief; is this where the phrase "Beyond the pale" comes from?
Chris Forsyth yes.
You managed to keep this relatively impartial, which is rare in history videos. Thanks.
This is a particularly excellent video! I watch History Matters whenever I can so I'm well informed about their style and content. This video fills in several important gaps in what I perceive as the general knowledge of the British Empire and ties various events together in ways I was never aware of!
Great job, I can see a bright future for this channel.
Genghis Khan dayum.. I thought you're dead !
1 mil now
Great video man very informative for a 10 minute video. Someone should make a video game series out of the British Empire's global reach they were involved all over the place back in the day!
Eu4 is for you man
If you pause it when he says " the most important consumer good of all... tea" it is the funniest picture of two hypnotized British. Shit is hilarious
I love how people die and the funny remarks he makes when they die it's hilarious
I subscribed after a few minutes great video, great format, correct info, and not an annoying narrator keep up the great work. I love a good history video without to much fluff or politically motivated, I thank you good sir
Do a Video about the Ottoman Empire, the rise and fall of the the empire =)
The Rise of the Ottomans is definitely on its way.
Ten Minute History
No, do Russian Empire next, the foundation of city state in Kievan to the fall of U.S.S.R.
or what about Roman empire including the Byzantines
Space Beats yep
Best documentary series on youtube!!! Keep it up my dude!
Wow - that's a breathtaking narrative. Thanks
well done
"Ireland revolted"
Nice
"It failed"
Darn it
@@---675 No he means darn it
It didnt fail we'll have a united lreland soon enough
@@---675 Lmao ouch
@@---675 okay imperialist boomer
@@---675 wow, you are so ignorant and uninformed hahah
Truly a splendid recap. Thanks!
one of the few times I ever saw an English speaking documentary talking about the British Armada
this channel really rules!
Sooperb..!!
Nice Documentary..
wow great job for a small channel its definitely is a good one :D
the content of your videos is interesting, thanks for uploading them - it really helps me understanding things better. you speak quite fast though, I always have to put the speed down to 0.5 which makes you sound like a robot
Amazingly well done. Also a whole 1 second to spare. Subscribed
7:30
Me: oh its, all coming together
Prisoners of Cromwell's war were also sent to America as indentured servants. It's how one side of my family arrived in America.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!
The Proclaimers at 7:07 is a fantastic touch
do one on the rest of britain's empire
!! such a tale
The Late British Empire (1783 - 1997) will be out this week. I'm not entirely sure which day but it will 100% be out this week.
Awsome, you got a real nice style that I love about your history videos :P I suspect others feel the same way
Other ideas,
Unification of England
Unification of Italy
@@HistoryMatters wtf the british empire never ended
it still is today
the empire never have a official date of end
Why does everyone claim that a different person was the first to reach North America?
Probably a mistake on this one, as the person included in this video was the first since the vikings to land in Canada (Columbus was undoubtedly the first European to land in North America since the viking age, landing in the Caribbean). The confusion often comes from people forgetting that Scandinavian long ships did land in what sounded like Canada and had records of meeting 'skraelings' (their term for referring to the indigenous people of Greenland, Iceland and America) many centuries before.
Keep making propaganda. I think it hurts too much that Spaniards were the first Europeans in reaching the Americas and discovering a whole continent.
A Very Kind Guy Sure "it doesnt't matter to us". Then why do I find out plenty of comments like that one. If you wouldn't care you wouldn't try to deny the Spanish merit after more than 500 years.
Grort is right. There is plenty of evidence that vikings were the first non-indigenous people to set foot in North America.
The Captain There are plenty of web sites that confirm such "evidences" are not valid at all. Spaniards were the first Europeans in reaching America by discovering the whole continent to the rest of the world.
Awesome job! Like the animations.
Great information!
8:13 those drooling Brits made me laugh out loud.
Great job mate ! Keep the good work ! I subscribed :) Could you make the french empire next ? Thank you :)
no point its just paris
+Christian Draycott no? It's most of North Africa and Some of South East Asia
it was a joke
Don't worry Christian, I got your joke.
Tf. Why do u have a eu flag
Probably the single most informative thing I've ever seen.thankyou
Please add captions. Great and informative video!
Only a 1000 subscribers? This is quality stuff you need more well u got me
How had England initially become involved in the trade?
What were some of the reasons Spain and England had gone to war?
How had England secured their separation from Spain? What were indentured servants?
How did indentured servants allowed them to establish the colonies?
What were some of the motivations behind English exploration? What were some of the benefits of colonialism for England?
Please help me with a summaryy
Separation from Spain? I didn't know England ever belonged to Spain?
_What were some of the motivations behind English exploration?_ Trade. The British Empire, according to novelist Edward Rutherfurd, was actually illegal under the terms of the unwritten English constitution. But being a small archipelago with dwindling natural resources but a vigorous manufacturing base, trade became the main reason to ignore that and grow an Empire that encompassed 1/3 of the world.
I do enjoy your videos and will keep watching.
really good video subscribed and liked!
This video is fantastic! Keep up the good work.
suddenly the union with hanover slips in right at the end
I really enjoy this video and your channel, I'm subscribing.😀
Loved John Smith landing in the background after the gunpowder accident.
Thank you very much 😊
Fun fact, for a decent amount of time the British east India company had a more powerful military than the British empire
Thanks man, saved me a lot of time on my research paper :D
This is much better than your most recent video, not too many names, more explanation and analysis than rattling off names and dates.
As I expect this channel to blow up soon, I want to note that I was the 407 subscriber.
I'm sure he doesn't give a flying fuck
Im so surprised he has only 4 videos! These are amazing! You should do the History of the Empire of Hispania (Spanish Empire) next. After all, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition ;)
Very well narrated.
Simple, but clear. Subscribed.
Everything is extremely Accurate to what I learned
So many yanks hating on the Brits in the comments, we're brothers our culture and history is ingrained in one another; We fight by you're side for civilisation. Respect from England.
Cheers ears
Most modern day "Yanks" are not British descended, so that brotherhood thing doesn't apply. The "English" are tyrants according to their history.
We are brothers, the British Empire was the greatest the world had ever seen. Much better to be colonized by the British than say Spain. Everything they touched turned to shit.
@@aznluvr7 And this is the reaseon why Spanish colonial cities was many more richer than british, as Havana, Mexico, Lima, Cartagena, Caracas, Manila or San Juan, all of this when cities like Boston or New York was wooden villages with 4 houses. I dont know if you are hispanophofic Latin American or who are you. But truth its very diferent. Spanish colonies was more developed than English colonies that basically was coast enclaves for trade. The Spaniards respected indians because laws that protected them, by the other way the british pushed and exterminated natives. The problem of Latin America came after the independence, when the Creoles tha only wanted power threw people against them Spanish. Financed by British and Americans, taking advantage of the war in Spain and that the fleet had been sunk in Trafalgar they won and now they turned their countries into huge estates governed by them, where they took everything for people and lived like real kings, all that while they were indebted to the British and American people. Then some countries split between them, like Gran Colombia or Guatemala, because the reality Creoles wanted power and have control of their latifundia, nothing of cheap indigenist patriotisms, the reality was this $. For that reason throughout the 19th century they had wars between them, losing territory, becoming independent from each other, and having civil wars one after the other, causing the ruin of those countries, these at the service of those at the top, who were the ones who really plundered South America, placing dictators at their service in those countries.
And if we are going to talk about British colonies... We don't give it for good just because 4 of its former colonies are prosperous countries (besides that half of the US was not a British colony). Let's talk about Kenya, Nigeria, Gambia, Ghana, Sudan, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Oman, Yemen, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Jamaica, Belize, Bangladesh, Burma, Malaysia, etc...
@@colacao6065 At least some of them are prosperous, unlike spain's colonies, none of which are prosperous. Heck, even their motherland spain itself had only just recently became a developed nation LOL
Glad I found this channel
3:15 WOW I have seen artifacts of that armada the royal ulster museum when I was in Belfast. I love when abstract historical events suddenly seem real because you saw and touched real artifacts connected to that.