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"Benedict Arnold" is slang in the US for a snake/traitor
Also you guys gotta do Prohibition
When I see the popularity of Benedict Cumberbatch, I also wince at the thought of Americans naming their child "Benedict." - (when I was a child, if someone cheated at a game or snitched on you, we'd say "You're such a Benedict Arnold.")
To be fair, Arnold got screwed over many times. Not sure I would continue my loyalty either.
@@youtubesucks4613 he got skipped for promotion once because they thought he was going to die.
But yes, I agree with you
@@youtubesucks4613 in recent years, I think people's views on him have moderated for the point you brought up. He really did get screwed over.
Saying "Benedict Arnold" to an American = saying "traitor."
he didn't betray us though, let's change that.
Same in Norway with "Quisling"
Maybe it’s a regional thing but I’ve lived in America my whole life and I’ve never once heard that before
Hannah R. It doesn’t get used much anymore, but when I was a kid in the 70’s saying someone was a ‘Benedict Arnold’ was pretty common. I haven’t heard it in probably 20 years though.
@Channon Legier Vidkun Quisling. Norwegian nazi collaborator who performed a coup and made himself prime minister. He was convicted as a traitor after WW2 and executed by firing squad. No one sentenced to death ever since.
“I did not defeat King George III to become King George I.” - George Washington
Its nice they named him president and not king
I have seen several British reactions to The American Revolution - Oversimplified and EVERY.SINGLE.TIME., there was a very salty discussion regarding the French and their involvement. It is so funny. You guys crack me up. I love your videos.
Right! 😂😂 more upset at the French involvement than the fact America revolted at all
@@amys6987 because we would of easily crushed the American rebellion if it wasn’t for Spain and France helping them lol
@@SweetBrazyN So true we seem to think it was the colonies on their own but without the French and on a smaller scale Spain the colonists would not have won
@@SweetBrazyN true! But remember France only joined when they thought it was a ‘sure’ victory. Gotta give this one to Spain lol
@@amys6987 France won the 2 decisive battles that's end the war, Chesapeake Bay and Yorktown, the french contribution was much important than the spanish one. A lot of money invested, more troops, a huge fleet, even the strategy was french (when Rochambeau choose Yorktown).
“Last of the Mohicans” is actually set about 20 years earlier “1757” during the French and Indian War.
Which was a part of the "7 years war"
American history books refer to "The French and Indian War"...it was actually the North American theater of "The Seven Years War "
@@ryanissuper1334 Actually some historians argue that the French and Indian War brought Europe into conflict instead of the usual way. Up until then the vast majority of wars started in Europe and spread to the Colonies. The War of the Spanish Succession is a good example. Started in Europe and spread to the Colonies and subsequently named Queen Anne's War. To be fair some of the leaders in Europe wanted to keep the Colonies off limits (if possible) but the American Colonists had their own grievances against the Spanish and French, so they ended up joining the fight. The French and Indian War, however, actually started in North America (over the contested territory in the Ohio River Valley) in 1754. The war between Britain and France wasn't declared until 2 years later in 1756. So the "French and Indian War" lasted 9 years (1754-1763) while the 7 Years War (1756-1763) lasted..... well you know. lol It really doesn't matter in the end but I thought it is pretty interesting and unique to how these wars usually went.
Correct. It was one of a series of wars between the British and French, and their Native American and settler allies in North America. They were known by European titles such as the War of Spanish Succession, Seven Years War, etc., but in the American colonies, they were named based on the reigning British monarch: King William's War, Queen Anne's War, etc. The last one, 1754-1763 was known as the French and Indian War and still remains that way in the U.S. All of these were bloody chapters in settler vs. Indian wars, with total-war tactics including burning of villages, massacres of women and children, taking scalps, etc.
Which was the "7 year global conflict" toward the beginning of the part 1 Am. Revolution video with Col. George Washington.
Fun fact. The headless horseman who chases Ichabod Crane in the early American suspense story "The legend of Sleepy Hollow" is the ghost of a Hessian mercenary.
Oh weird, I technically knew that, but never put it together. Thanks. XD
Do all of oversimplified he has a lot really good stuff. Civil War and the French revolution are my particular favorites.
@@menwithven8114 well they leave a link for the video
I really like the three kingdoms
French Revolution followed by Napoleonic wars is my personal favorites
In America, 100 years is a long time. In The U.K., 100 kilometers is a long way.
Ahhhh....but what are the results today.
The Cuse is in the house!
Perfect analogy! I’m married to an Englishman, and when I tell him we can drive 8 hours easily to go somewhere, he thinks I’m joking or maybe unreasonable 😂. He’s wonderful though!
I was amazed when he took me to a 900 year old pub, I think in Oxford?
America does have more than 200 years of history btw lol. 💕
Miles we don’t use kilometres
100 years is a long time bro everyone only has one life to live.
"I have not yet begun to fight.." john Paul Jones! What a proud american badass
He is also known as the “Father of the American Navy”. 20:21
John Paul Jones also traveled to the future and played bass for Zed Zeppelin.
@Remington597man This name was suggested to him by a friend, Andrew Loog Oldham, who had seen a poster for the 1959 film John Paul Jones in France.
@Remington597man Oddly, JPJ real name was just John Paul. There is a long-held tradition in the state of North Carolina that John Paul adopted the name "Jones" in honor of Willie Jones of Halifax, North Carolina.
America existed before it became the United States
The White Horse Tavern in Newport Rhode Island has been open 348 years, since 1673.
It's the oldest operating restaurant in the U.S. and is acknowledged as the 10th oldest in the world.
Didn't know that. I really want to visit it now. :)
Yeah bro the original pilgrims were called pilgrims because they made the pilgrimage on the mayflower. There was Jamestown and early settlements. The 13 colonies didn't pop up overnight. It was quite the monumental undertaking tbh. There is people with DNA descendant of native Americans who came from Asia.
Several universities existed in the U.S. before Independence. Harvard, Yale, William & Mary, Penn, and several others were founded before the revolution
“This pub is older than America!” Thank you. I laughed at that for minutes. So true. Have a Happy New Year, guys. Raise a glass to 2021 being a damn sight better!!!
Minutes of laughter?
Saint Augustine is older that all. 1596!
10:30 Here in the U.S., the name "Benedict Arnold" is synonymous with the word 'traitor'. You never want to be called a "Benedict Arnold".
I can't go to a pub from the 1200s, but I have a native American stone knife that my wife found on our property that was dated to approximately 9000 years old.
Checkmate
Absolutely Kewl beans
Yeah, pretty sure you should repatriate that to the proper tribe buddy. It's in pretty poor taste to keep it for yourself, and illegal in most cases.
I love that. I live in Utah and there's so much human history that gets ignored.
@@mumuspain2086 fine. Name the tribe from 9000 years ago, buddy. The paleontologist I spoke to couldn't, so I'm sure your obvious expertise will help. Here's some relevant information to help ya,. It was broken in half. Found in a plowed field. The expert said it was broken the first time it was used due to a flaw in the stone. It was also still sharp. The tool would have been used to skin larger kills, such as elk, bears and even mammoths that were still living in my area at the time. The people were nomadic hunter/gatherers that probably didn't actually live in my area but rathet hunted the area. It would have been a semi-arid marshland, meaning the cold climate kept the air dry, and the melting and retreating glacier's melt water was making it marshy.
This is actually the revolutionary war the civil war occured nearly 100 years later
it was the British civil war 😏 the lads just got their titles mixed up lol
@@-EchoesIntoEternity- you mean old men aka blokes?
There’s no confusion here. The blokes were talking about the mention in the video about the US Civil War occurring 100 years later during the narrator’s exaggeration of no problems ever occurring in the USA.
@@williamlucas4656 no, you are confused. the early video title was Civil war, not Revolutionary war
This is more of a civil war, they where British colonists that where mad of mismanagement and Bad decisions such as the stamp act, so it was more like a civil war 🇬🇧vsc
The video title says American Civil War. The Civil War was different and about 100 years after the Revolution.
Two things the American civil war was the first war to be photographed and the first that amputate was used of that wide of a scale. Neither of which they had in the 18th century.
Sorted it now. Thanks 👍 Channon was right 😂
Lol massively different wars
Daz, you like quizzes? Let's have a trivia match. You get asked modern and historical questions about the US and I get asked the same kind of questions but about the UK. If you win I'll send you a new Giants hat. If I win I get to choose a video the Office Blokes react to. The gauntlet has been thrown. ✌
Revolutionary War. It's very different.
Every British reaction video I've watched on this, the Brits all handle it until Spain joins in and then EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL have paused the video all hilariously affronted about everyone ganging up on y'all. It makes me laugh. Love these!
“The French deserved that”...coming from the British lol the irony
Love y’all’s reaction! Most British people have never heard this version of US history but it’s taught in all US schools.
Only the blokes can watch a lesson about history and bring it back to the age of pubs! :-)
I’m related to Nathanael Greene, which is hilarious, cause when I lived in London, the local pub was the Marquis of Cornwallis 😂
how are you related to him
@@Dustyholes great x 7 uncle.
Hello, Blokes.
American here. I watched this video all the way to the end. You fellows talked about history as being something that was thrown at you in school which really didn't become interesting to you until well on into adulthood. I imagine you would find large numbers of people in the US who would say the same thing about history.
Channels/content providers like yourselves help us all understand that while cultures might differ around the globe, human beings are human beings. People are the same.
Lovely thought, that. Or terrifying. Not sure which.
The thing I find interesting about history is that it is basically the story of humanity - and who doesn't like a good story? It's all about presentation.
And if that doesn't work, well....there's always sport!
Every time I hear General Cornwallis I immediately think of that Chappelle show sketch with the gang leader "General Cornrow Wallace" lol
Honestly awesome reaction. After this you should react to French Revolution and American Civil War in that order, since both events are deeply connected to American Revolution in many ways...
Fun seeing reactions from British to our history. England has so much history, the colonies are a blink of the eye. We don't really learn about the English Civil War and Cromwell. We barely learn about the French Revolution. Even here in the states, different parts of the country has a different focus. I grew up in Southeastern Washington State, and we learn about the tribes of the Northwest and the Indian Wars in the northwest. We learn a passing bit about other areas, but not nearly as in depth. Just over two years ago, I was in London to watch the Seahawks play the Raiders. First night there, my buddy and I met up with a coworker and his wife for a pint in a Kensington area pub that was built in the 1600s, The Goat. Was just amazing to us the history. London was awesome, and we went to Dover on one day, to get out of the city, and toured Dover Castle.
In many ways our history IS your history as well. We are your progeny!
Would love more Oversimplified reactions!
I love watching you guys react to the types of videos that are on my recommended, it’s so great watching it “with a bunch of blokes”! Keep it up!
Go through the entire playlist. All Oversimplified vids are on point! Keep it up guys, great reactions, and insight.
One of my ancestors Robert Seeley came from Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire and came to America with John Winthrop back in 1630 and became Second in command under John Mason. He founded Watertown, Wethersfield, and New Haven.
He moved to London I'm 1923 and joined
St Stephen's Parish, Coleman Street, London a Puritan Church ran by John Davenport.
After all the waring in America and gaining his Freeman status he returned to London for a couple of years, became bored and moved back staying in New York.
Seeley's son Nathaniel was killed in the build-up to the Great Swamp Fight during King Philip's War.
John Paul Jones is called the father of the US Navy. He is entombed in the chapel at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD (the Navy version of Westpoint).
To this day “Benedict Arnold” is an American slang for “traitor.”
I have a friend from England that told me he had a friend that just bought a new house in England! The house he bought was built 300 years ago, here in the USA it would be a Museum or something!
The Last of the Mohicans would've been slightly before this. During the war between the British and French.
A pub older than my country sounds like a great spot to visit.
I'd like to add that Jefferson's slaves actually defended him. When the British had invaded virginia and one group went on an expidition to claim Jefferson's mansion, they demanded one of his slaves to tell the soldier where Jefferson went or he'll shoot him. The slave said "Shoot then"
And thus "You're a regular Benedict Arnold" was born and still gets used today in some areas to call out a lying snake.
SUBSCRIBED! I enjoyed watching reactions from non-Americans, especially the British since our (U.S.) history is so intertwined with Britain. I look forward to watching more "Oversimplified" reactions from you. Thank you, gentlemen.
PS - As a Korean-American living in Washington, DC, just want to let you know Korea's history goes pretty far back. LOL "Oversimplified" actually does a few bits of Korean history that's presented in an entertaining manner. Happy New Year! Stay safe!
I love when foreigners say american dosnt have much history(you did add a lot happened so this isn't aimed at you) but we went from basicly a big farm for British goods where we could hardly defend ourselves to a world power in 100 years and then 50 years later into the most powerful nation in the world.
If you want to follow the time line of his American wars videos next would be the war of 1812, then the Mexican American war, the American civil war, Spanish American war, then he has ww1 and ww2 Korea and Vietnam but they are not exactly American wars.
Hey!! Hello from Florida..... Started watch you guys last week.... I like that you are very open and honest in your opinions.... Keep up the good work...(ps: I loved my visit to the UK in 1995 when I was stationed in Germany)
King George III's own uncle was the famous tactician Frederich II 'The Great' of Prussia.
Not only did he refuse to give his elite infantry over to fight the Americans, but when he was appraised of Washington's freezing nocturnal flank march to Princeton in January '77, he said he considered it the greatest outflanking maneuver ever executed in military history.
Giving his own soldiers to his nephew he said was like, "Having the cattle cut their own throats."
Benedict Arnold was such a traitor that Benjamin Franklin wrote "Judas sold only one man, Arnold three millions" 😂
I was in the maritime festival in whitehaven in 2006. We marched with the RAF and the Royal Navy. It was alot of fun. They even read out the queens pardon for John Paul Jones. I was in the U.S. Navy we were stationed in london. 75% of us were Master at Arms (navy military police) because that was the majority of the command
Here's a list of films you guys may be interested in watching:
1. The Patriot - 2000 ( takes place 1776 Charleston, South Carolina )
2. Last of The Mohicans - 1992 ( takes place 1757 Upstate colonial New York )
3. The Mission - 1986 ( takes place 1750 Argentina/Paraguay Igauza Falls )
There were MANY wars and conficts fought in the Americas besides the War of independence and the Civil War. I really enjoyed your reactions and so glad you found my country's history interesting. Thank you! 😊❤
Do not watch Braveheart or The Patriot by Mel Gibson. They’re both heavily historically inaccurate and are little more than propaganda pieces which demonize the British for some cruelty they had not done. The Americans and the Scottish were also guilty of war crimes and moral corruption, but they don’t show them in either film.
@@elainecanby412 Yeah The Patriot is not a good movie to watch if you want a historically accurate movie. People who created the movie said themselves that they started to deviate more from history and into a vigilante story.
Don't waste your time watching The Patriot. It's just badly written propaganda. If you can get a copy, a much better film is The Crossing (2000). It deals with the Christmas Eve raid on the Hessian soldiers in NJ. Jeff Daniels plays George Washington and does it very well.
"We'll lose Ireland to the French"
Almost happened mate, it's called the "French expedition to Ireland (1796)"
Here's a wiki link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_expedition_to_Ireland_(1796)
That WAS a pretty, comprehensive history of the Revolutionary War. Amazing what a few cartoons and some humor can do to one's knowledge of history.
Ironic that the prodigal son becomes your greatest ally. Americans still love their mother country. And the Queen. She’s pretty awesome. 🤗
George Washington's great-grandfather had moved to the colony of Virginia from Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, England. By the time George was born the family was quite wealthy owning thousands of acres in the colony. Before tensions between the colonists and the British openly started, he considered himself a loyal British subject and served as a lieutenant in the French and Indian war (Last of the Mohicans).
British were drinking cider and partying hard😂😂
Warm apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream is one of my favorites but I have it once every couple years.
Fun fact Tarrelton really was a Hollywood villain. Specifically he is the villain in Mel Gibson's patriotic film the Patriot. There he kills a bunch of Gibson's family including heath Ledger and even forced a village's population into a church and burned it down.
I came over and did some work in Stoke on Trent. One of the highlights of my visit was having some brew at a pub that predated Columbus in America. I had to bend to get in the door. Great , thank the British colleges who spent time with us to have a good time.
Civil War and the World Wars are amazing. Honestly the whole channel is worth watching/reacting. It's soooo informative. My dad (a Historian) watched them and he had nothing but good things to say about them.
Last of the Mohicans took place during the Seven Years War (called the French and Indian War in the States). Took place in the 1750's to the 1760's (it actually took 9 years to prosecute). The cost of THAT war is what led the British Parliament to begin levying/enforcing the taxes (ending Salutary Neglect) on the Colonies.
John Paul Jones, was a Scottish sailor and merchant marine. After killing one of his crew members, he fled to the colony of Virginia around 1775 and joined the Continental Navy fighting against Britain during the American Revolutionary war. His actions during the war earned him international reputation. He's referred to as the father of the American Navy. He died in France in 1792 while he was US Consul negotiating the release of prisoners from Algiers and was buried in Paris. In 1905 his remains were brought back to America and he is buried at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland.
Based on one of these raids, an apocryphal story that has circulated in various versions states:
When Benedict Arnold was leading the forces of the King against his former compatriots in Virginia, among his prisoners was a certain plucky and witty officer, who, in answer to Arnold's question, "What will the Americans do with me if they catch me?" replied, "They will cut off the leg which was wounded when you were fighting so gloriously for the cause of liberty, and bury it with the honors of war, and hang the rest of your body on a gibbet."[1]
Benedict Arnold is not mentioned by name on the Boot Monument; the monument thus serves as a form of damnatio memoriae.
17:32 He is definitely slick with the adverts. He makes them worth watching.
Last of the Mohicans takes place during the Seven Years War/French & Indian War, about 20 years prior. It's the "Seven Year Long Global Conflict" that he references in the first video - the war Washington fought for the British for as a Virginia militiaman.
As an American, I could listen to you guys talk about old pubs and barber shops in Britain for hours.
Great job and tip of the cap for being good sports about it.
Last of the Mohicans is a film that is set during the 7 years war, about 20 years before the revolution.
Last of the Mohicans was the French and Indian War(7 Years War) from the late 1750s to the early 1760s.
Look at it this way. The British kicked the British asses! Thank you all (y’all) so much. 😎
“I want mine Jack keep your hands off my stack”
_Pink Floyd
Please do the American Civil War next.
Great vid guys! I was stationed as a US Marine at RAF ST. MAWGAN... I made many British friends . One night we drinking and the American revolution came up. I'll never forget this RAF Sargent rolled his eyes and said in his dry sarcastic tone..." Revolution?? O you mean that temper tantrum you yanks had in 1775 !" As it was a joke, we all laughed!! Yes, I drank in the sloop, in st Ives!! Cheers to our kindred blood!
omg dying laughing I love you brits historical humor...its fantastic.
Major General Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee III was the father of Confederate Civil War commander Robert E. Lee. Lee's wife Mary Custis was the great-granddaughter of George Washington's wife Martha.
The Last of the Mohicans was the French-Indian wars that came before this. The briefly mention it at the beginning of part 1 & the 7 years war when George Washington was a British soldier.
I'm American but my mother and father's parents where all English so imagine. Much love
Oldest pub in England is The Old Ferry Boat Inn Established 560 in Holywell, Cambridgeshire, England
Fun fact, Friedrich Von Steuben wrote a set of manuals and regulations(mentioned in the video) known as the blue book, it is still issued to U.S. troops today. I was issued one in 2017
Last of the mohicans was during the french and indian war Which was briefly covered in part 1 when george washington was introduced
The American Civil War is a great watch!! And ww1 and 2
The last of the Mohicans was during the French and British war in the beginning of part 1 that led Britain to financial struggles that led to taxing the colonies
Last of the Mohicans is set during what we call the "French and Indian war" it happened about 20 years before the Revolution. Washington was a British Colonel in that war.
Fun Fact: In America Benedict Arnold can be used to refer to a traitor, still to this day lol
The Last of the Mohicans is a bit earlier. It is set during the French and Indian War, which was the war between France and Britain before the Revolutionary War that was what the British wanted the colonists to pay them back for.
If this guy also has videos on the American Civil War, you three should definitely make a reaction video for it
Last of the Mohicans was before the Revolution. That story takes place during the French and Indian war. Basically it was a war between the French colonies and the English colonies in North America, with both sides using Native American allies.
The "Last of the Mohicans" was set during the French and Indian War, which was basically the British colonies fighting the French colonies for control of North American territories, with each side enlisting the help of Native Americans (mainly the French because they were vastly outnumbered). It's often associated with the Seven Years' War but predates it. Two years into the French and Indian War, Great Britain declared war on France, beginning the Seven Years' War. So some consider the French and Indian War as just the North American theater of the Seven Years' War, while others consider it to be its own conflict because it predated the Seven Years' War by a couple of years. It lasted around 9 years and ended about 12 years prior to the American Revolutionary War.
It’s true, Benjamin Franklin was very popular with the French ladies.
American here. Ya'll are Hilarious! Love your content. Much love from West Virginia! Subscribed.
We absolutely need more oversimplified by you guys
“Last of The Mohicans” is set during the French and Indian (Seven Years) War.
Last of the Mohicans is the French & Indian War. The one mentioned at the beginning of part one.
The battle of Cowpens is the battle Patriot is based on. Also there is a statue here in the US dedicated to Benedict Arnold’s leg, which had been shot before he turned against the US. It was the last loyal bone in his body.
I realize this an older post. I served with the best of the English Young men. It took me few years to understand the special relation
Surprised to hear you guys aren't taught any US history in school. Would love to see your reaction to the Civil War next! And more NFL too! Thanks, loving these videos.
Last of the Mohican was approximately 1750 the battle when Cornwallis fired on his own troops was in the movie The Patriot with Mel Gibson
"Last of the Mohicans" was set during the French and Indian War as we know it but the Seven Years War in Europe.
The movie "The Patriot" w/ Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger depicted all of this rather accurately
I love how it goes straight from 1783 and the Treaty of Paris to 1789 and Washington as the first president under the Constitution, completely skipping the Articles of Confederation, because apparently we all want to forget that period...
problem is, our "superior" form of government has in modern times become just as dysfunctional as the articles of confederation were.
We forgot about John Paul Jones, but a French guy didn't. He had him interred in a lead coffin and pickled him with alcohol. Knowing that one day we will be back for him.
When King George III was told that Washington would resign, he said "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."
Last of the Mohicans is French/Indian War aka the 7 years war. 1754-63. My hometown of St. Louis was founded a year later by the French.
Last of the Mohicans was during the French-Indian War in America, part of the 7 Years War.
Just wanted to clarify the discussion on the reference to the movie "Last of the Mohicans". That movie was set in King Phillips war or French Indian war of 1670s. A couple of my 1st ancestors died during that time period.
The Navy spent a great effort in the 19th century locating & identifying John Paul Jones' remains. Then, in 1906, they finally suceeded, and, were able to bring his bones home, and, inter them in a crypt below the chapel of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Delicious British salt haha. Love from France.
I love that Brit’s universally dislike the French more than the Americans in the revolutionary war between America and Britain lmao