37:30 The reason the German Empire was chosen was because they were a neutral country and did not favor britian or the us so they did not have any bias
i dont think neutral is the right word. i mean if that were the case it would have been a country like switzerland or even a country completely disconnected from western powers. british royalty derives from germany (and had excellent relations with especially prussia till willhelm II) and wilhelm I even fled to london during the revolution, so its very odd that the land was given to the us. the following is my speculation (bc i couldnt find any info on it), but either wilhelm wasnt happy how the british royalty treated him or, much more likely, the americans bribed the counsel more than the british...
@@maxmustermann369 neither the US. Germany saw that as a threat since the US was growing it will become to strong. And was economically stable and had a massive industry (that's how I see it)
@@Regimentz. as i said, thats just my speculation. im not to sure about that beeing a threat though. theese islands are not really that significant, as far away from germany as you can get and the year is 1872. the german empire is one year old and at that point arguably the strongest military power on the european continent while the us is not the powerhouse it will transform into later. i think its much more likely that money and/or personal preference made the decision here.
@@maxmustermann369 well. If it was I'd be weird. Since wilhelm is the grandson of Queen Victoria so he's technically picking someone else over his own family. Weird huh
As someone from Washington who learned about this in middle school I love watching people who had no idea we almost went to war over a pig learn my states strangest fact. I mean it's not important to pnw history like the hostility that resulted in the division of the Oregon territory into Washington and Oregon but still. I'd like to inform everyone that fort Vancouver is a historical site in the PNW
I love that because the war wasn't very bloody and not overly complex, he can go wild with the funny part. Kind of hard to do with wars with huge fatalities.
As someone who has been to the San Juan island: there is an interesting town there called Friday harbor that has the ferry that takes you to it and I recommend checking it out
@@thebasileus4793 I don't know what it's like in winter but during the summer there was a very nice breeze giving the place a comfortable temperature and yes, yes I would settle there
I go to orcas island every summer which is the big one shaped like a horseshoe and I have been to the surrounding islands like Lopez, San Juan, and sucia (the closest to canada). Anyway yes Friday harbor is a really cool place and it’s the biggest town in the San Juan islands Eastsound being the second.
Whenever you see countries fighting over seemingly insignificant land, it's usually for decent enough reasons that outside observers might not understand such as geopolitical, advantage in case of war, land that helps repel attacks from outside invaders, putting distance between their borders and their main population/economic centers, natural resources, minerals (like gold), the land has historical significance, ethnic groups belonging to each country live on the land, etc. Both countries wanted San Juan Island (the western one) for strategic/geopolitical reasons. Control of all the islands ensured control of the area between the Strait of Georgia to the north and Strait of Juan de Fuca to the south. This meant the owner of the islands could block others from entering at will. This would be beneficial in case of war or as leverage in any future negotiations between to countries (could threaten to block access). I think the reason why Britain was willing to settle for just having San Juan Island while America wanted all the islands is because Britain already had an advantage due to having the most powerful navy. The US needed all the islands to have any hope of blocking the British in the event of war (like a naval version of the Battle of Thermopylae). The British likely could easily force their way through with just the western island.
@@ik6non712 Both those U.S.A and South Korea had most of their military in South Vietnam fighting a Communist insurgency, so the North Koreans thought that they could get away with it.
Another reason why Winfield Scott was the best man for the job: this wasn't his first time settling tensions along the US-Canada border. He was sent there twice under the Van Buren administration alone, and was highly successful both times.
No.. as being around with sheeps in the Netherlands.. the wool is not helpfull, and maybe sheep can swim a bit, but they definitely drown. Cows totally swim, but might be having trouble getting out of water.
I actually looked it up and the total cost in today's dollars for $100 in a year that this took place in 1859 was $3,300 that should give you a scale on how outrageous that actually was.
17:47 That's not how you plant potatoes. Have you ever wondered why it's called PLANTING potatoes and not sowing? Because you don't use seed to grow potatoes.
17:32 "Interesting they call it San Juan Island. Spanish references." The intermixing of Spanish and English naming for landmarks up and down the coast come from competing Spanish and British expeditions in (1791 and 1792 respectively) in the area. The Spaniards were the first Europeans to discover/chart the San Juan Islands (thus names such as San Juan, Lopez, Guemes, Haro, Rosario, Fidalgo, etc.), while Britain's "Vancouver Expedition" named other maritime areas (Puget, Whidbey, Cook, Burrard, etc.) and mountains (Baker, Rainier, St. Helens).
Random fun fact: The “crazy” customs collector was actually named Isaac Neff Ebey. Born on January 22nd, 1818. He was the first permanent settler of Whidbey Island.
2:40 Drew kinda forgetting that the white house was still under construction and held no political/strategical importance at the time. Also kind of forgetting that Toronto was burnt to the ground and Britain lost all of its forts in the area+New Orleans
The entirety of Washington DC was also burnt to the ground and the Americans suffered more casualties yet the Americans failed in the motive of starting the war .
38:06 Letting Germany decide is not THAT random... Other than France or Russia, Germany never had any colonies in North America, which made them neutral on this subject. Germany was a great power, which gave them the authority to make a decision. We tend to see Germany as a warmonger, but they were often keen on finding a diplomatic solution. Take the Berlin Conference of 1884 as an example. All major colonial powers came together in Berlin to negotiate how they would divide Africa among them.
Think we'd be more worried about pissing off the Scots if we did that lol. Let's face it if we ever wanted to piss off the Americans like they did us with that tea incident, about the only thing they hold as much patriotism over as we do our tea is their flag.
Actually we didn't lose the White House. It's still the same building it just required *very* extensive repairs. There are still some parts of the building where if you peel back enough paint you can see burn marks.
Well the USA had extremely awful generals leading up to Civil War, the best generals were from the south. The US military was kinda awful until post WW1.
Yeah, also I would say the oldest point that would turn the American military into, well, the American military as we know it before WW1 was the civil war itself. The United States was very fortunate to have the British having their priorities on something else, and Mexico busy dealing with.. itself.
We had Winfield Scott, who was recognized as a fantastic strategist and officer both domestically and internationally for his service during the Mexican-American War. He'd later on help the Union by coming up with the Anaconda Plan, despite being from Virginia himself.
How my Civil War History teacher described it with the selling of ships. British naval people would dock a ship in the Caribbean and just leave it there, the confederate forces would leave a large sum of money at a certain location. The Brits would then go to that location, "find" the money and take it. While the Confederates would just "happen to come across" an empty British ship, and take it without complaint and leave.
37:05 Yeah both Britain and France wanted to get involved in the American civil war for multiple reasons, such as getting cotton, but the situation became awkward as getting directly involved would have been very unpopular with the lower class. Then there's France who also had been eyeing places in America like Mexico for colonization and a United America would be a threat to their colonization efforts
@@DylpiqkleSTier You have 0 reading comprehension, how do you know he didn’t understand if he didn’t say anything? Does it makes sense now? Do you need me to use apples and oranges to throughly explain it?
@@thesimpleanswer2264 that really depends on how you look at it. The Great Leap Forward was a result of a famine caused by the Chinese thinking birds were eating crops, in actuality the birds were killing bacteria in the crops, while the killing of native Americans were intentional. People put good names on bad things.
6:00 They actually tried to claim Oregon but when things started to heat up they just decided to give up and let us and the British fight it out. 6:55 Fort Vancouver is literally right across the river from Oregon and yes it's still there.
Like moment after the US gov occupied southern Cascadia they started tons of wars with indigenous one of main reasons why the topic is suppressd in the US. Check out the 1907 Seattle vancouver race war*
Fort Vancouver was close to Oregon, because it was on the site of what is now Vancouver, WA, (across the Columbia from Portland) and not Vancouver BC. This kind of answers the common question why there are 2 Vancouvers.
2:34 As a Bosnian, it's completely fine to say that you drew even if your capital building is burnt down, maybe even won if we are taking everything into a conservation
@@azulaquaza4916 that’s not the point, the point of a burned earth policy isn’t to win against your enemy, the point is to not let them have anything to celebrate but a barren wasteland and no resources to use, no oil, no food, no water
@@lastprimaris7914 If you think you can burn all of Toronto before the Americans roll through go ahead, but the only ones who will look like clowns are the Canadians destroying their own history. 80% live within 100 miles of the border this isnt Russia and Napoleon.
Gold rushes were kinda a thing that ignored international boundaries- because most governments realize that short of shooting a ton of people there wasn’t much they could do to stop it. Plus the local area would make a killing selling supplies and tools to the miners. The main thing that made it tolerable was the miners weren’t allowed to settle down there afterwards unless they changed citizenship.
There’s an alternate history trilogy that has the British declare war on the Union after the Trent Affair. Unfortunately, while the premise is interesting, the books themselves are terrible examples of ‘MURICA and lack of historical knowledge. Which is odd because the author’s other works are pretty good, and in some of them he isn’t overly fond of US authorities
Ikr, their skin wasn't in America but their Liver and Kidneys were, and I had assumed they were secretly biased towards America for reasons surrounding that
For the backstory on Douglas, he was a biracial diplomat from British Guyana. The reason he was so focused on defending British honour in the Gulf Islands was that he would’ve been unduly blamed because of his race should the Americans succeed, and that’s why he over compensated with aggression when faced with the Americans. It’s also one of the reasons the RN officers pushed back on his orders. They were suicidal orders, but there was also a lot of prejudice against him. Douglas was a cool guy. My grandparents burial plots only a few headstones away from Douglas’s in Victoria. Also, those Hawaiians on San Juan ended up relocating to my island, Saltspring, the biggest of the British islands closest to San Juan. The tallest mountain on the island is named after Admiral Baynes, and the biggest town on the island is named after his flagship HMS Ganges. It’s a small insignificant island in the middle of nowhere, but I always found the war fascinating.
pretty sure when I was in grade school we took a field trip to fort Vancouver (lived in Oregon), of course being the kid I didn't pay attention but still super cool!
Talking of officers sent way out west. In the 1850's one was a certain Captain Grant. Not quite as remote as that though. I think called California or something. Traveling there actually meant going via ship, then through panama (no canal) and by ship again. Dealing with deseases all the way. It was a hell of a trip. The Chernow biography describes it in some detail. Which also shows how incredibly remote this area was, even for the US, not to mention for Britain.
Actually during the War of 1812, we razed the British Canadian capital, I think at the time Toronto? (correct me if I’m mistaken), so yeah they got us and we got them too
Because most soldiers Don't hate other countries soldiers. They just want to protect their own country. It's just the High ranking generals and People in power who hate.
I mean allied troops played football with nazi troops on at least one christmas during ww2. Like the others said it's the people in power and their agendas that cause the wars, the people fighting in them are/were generally quite aware that the people they are fighting are just normal people like them doing what they are told is in the best interest of them and their countrymen most people don't actually WANT to shoot other people.
The British and American Camps are a national park that you can still visit today. They’re really cool
Which side do you support?
I’ve been there, all I can say is that British camp had better conditions historically and currently
@@swedenball8589 ur mom
@@swedenball8589 Jesus
@@swedenball8589 I support Stalin Drew
37:30
The reason the German Empire was chosen was because they were a neutral country and did not favor britian or the us so they did not have any bias
i dont think neutral is the right word. i mean if that were the case it would have been a country like switzerland or even a country completely disconnected from western powers. british royalty derives from germany (and had excellent relations with especially prussia till willhelm II) and wilhelm I even fled to london during the revolution, so its very odd that the land was given to the us.
the following is my speculation (bc i couldnt find any info on it), but either wilhelm wasnt happy how the british royalty treated him or, much more likely, the americans bribed the counsel more than the british...
@@maxmustermann369 neither the US. Germany saw that as a threat since the US was growing it will become to strong. And was economically stable and had a massive industry (that's how I see it)
@@Regimentz. as i said, thats just my speculation. im not to sure about that beeing a threat though. theese islands are not really that significant, as far away from germany as you can get and the year is 1872. the german empire is one year old and at that point arguably the strongest military power on the european continent while the us is not the powerhouse it will transform into later. i think its much more likely that money and/or personal preference made the decision here.
@@maxmustermann369 well. If it was I'd be weird. Since wilhelm is the grandson of Queen Victoria so he's technically picking someone else over his own family. Weird huh
@@Regimentz. Though the US did have a lot of Germans living there...
On the German Wikipage the pig is mentioned as an offically fallen combatant 😂
The Swedish wiki also lists the potato as a casualty on the side of the US
@@wreslemaniac I thought Irish will do that. 🙄🙄
@Countryballs Animated M Indian and read about it in 9th Standards. After chapter on French revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte.
In Sweden the potatoe is too
NUTS ! :-D X-D +1
As someone from Washington who learned about this in middle school I love watching people who had no idea we almost went to war over a pig learn my states strangest fact. I mean it's not important to pnw history like the hostility that resulted in the division of the Oregon territory into Washington and Oregon but still.
I'd like to inform everyone that fort Vancouver is a historical site in the PNW
Well as someone from britsh colombia I had never hread of this till the video
It’s very important. Because we WON !!! SUCK IT CANADA, YOU HAVE LOST A WAR AND IT WAS AGAINST US!!!!
@@darthmaul216 dude... uncool
@@darthmaul216 That would explain why all of you ignore the war of 1812
@@darthmaul216 Also it was never a war it was just very close to war
I love that because the war wasn't very bloody and not overly complex, he can go wild with the funny part.
Kind of hard to do with wars with huge fatalities.
Yeah a bit tasteless to make a nock nock joke when standing near some folks still mourning the loss of a grandfather or even great grandfather
They should have dumped coffee
only blood spilled was pig's.
@@therubberduck7570the pig never had any children. So there’s no one to offend.
Oh….this was a year ago.
As someone who has been to the San Juan island: there is an interesting town there called Friday harbor that has the ferry that takes you to it and I recommend checking it out
oh nice
Is San Juan Island nice, like if you were a settler in the 1840's would you consider settling there?
@@thebasileus4793 I don't know what it's like in winter but during the summer there was a very nice breeze giving the place a comfortable temperature and yes, yes I would settle there
I go to orcas island every summer which is the big one shaped like a horseshoe and I have been to the surrounding islands like Lopez, San Juan, and sucia (the closest to canada). Anyway yes Friday harbor is a really cool place and it’s the biggest town in the San Juan islands Eastsound being the second.
I love how Oversimplified draws America with Florida between its legs, it has a very interesting shape.
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LMFAO
What the phuck
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@@judeknowles2319 I prefer the word intellectual
Ah the Pig War, I talked a bit about it in a Spaghetti Road video!
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Whenever you see countries fighting over seemingly insignificant land, it's usually for decent enough reasons that outside observers might not understand such as geopolitical, advantage in case of war, land that helps repel attacks from outside invaders, putting distance between their borders and their main population/economic centers, natural resources, minerals (like gold), the land has historical significance, ethnic groups belonging to each country live on the land, etc.
Both countries wanted San Juan Island (the western one) for strategic/geopolitical reasons. Control of all the islands ensured control of the area between the Strait of Georgia to the north and Strait of Juan de Fuca to the south. This meant the owner of the islands could block others from entering at will. This would be beneficial in case of war or as leverage in any future negotiations between to countries (could threaten to block access). I think the reason why Britain was willing to settle for just having San Juan Island while America wanted all the islands is because Britain already had an advantage due to having the most powerful navy. The US needed all the islands to have any hope of blocking the British in the event of war (like a naval version of the Battle of Thermopylae). The British likely could easily force their way through with just the western island.
what about the Korean axe murder incident? I don't see any real reason but I could be wrong
@@ik6non712 Both those U.S.A and South Korea had most of their military in South Vietnam fighting a Communist insurgency, so the North Koreans thought that they could get away with it.
You have summed it up in a good way!
@idiotfrombritain leee
The Columbia River divide border might seem fair, but I’d be a Canadian if it happened
Why not be a Canadian?
@ why not be bri'ish
same
@@dinamosflams cause Irish superior
All of everit and Seattle would be
20:07 “imagine loving a pig and still using swine as an insult”
People who love dogs: *We have forever been pulling the pro gamer moves.*
*Swine
Now just wait one second 👀
Another reason why Winfield Scott was the best man for the job: this wasn't his first time settling tensions along the US-Canada border. He was sent there twice under the Van Buren administration alone, and was highly successful both times.
Day 4 of telling drew that his daily uploads are appreciated
Yes
Ofc good sir
Day 100000000000000000000000000000000000 of telling drew to go visit the U.S.A even though he already lives here
I live for this
@@Iceglorp No He LiVes In AmEriCa
12:18 Charles Griffin: I'm covered in poo and i'm the luckiest man alive!
Drew: *That's hot*
I learn something new about Drew every day
He has some... *normal interests..*
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No.. as being around with sheeps in the Netherlands.. the wool is not helpfull, and maybe sheep can swim a bit, but they definitely drown.
Cows totally swim, but might be having trouble getting out of water.
Oversimplified is the cult classic of historical RUclips
Let's gooo
Man, Drew's looking more giga-mega-chadder every video he uploads
True
Drew IS the giga-Chad.
His chin looks even more chad than last year!
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Dude, you're right. How does one grow their chin?
He looks like a retired Freddie Mercury
Straight lines? Yeah straight lines.
Sums up American borders
It looks better that way imo.
I actually looked it up and the total cost in today's dollars for $100 in a year that this took place in 1859 was $3,300 that should give you a scale on how outrageous that actually was.
17:47
That's not how you plant potatoes.
Have you ever wondered why it's called PLANTING potatoes and not sowing?
Because you don't use seed to grow potatoes.
17:32 "Interesting they call it San Juan Island. Spanish references."
The intermixing of Spanish and English naming for landmarks up and down the coast come from competing Spanish and British expeditions in (1791 and 1792 respectively) in the area. The Spaniards were the first Europeans to discover/chart the San Juan Islands (thus names such as San Juan, Lopez, Guemes, Haro, Rosario, Fidalgo, etc.), while Britain's "Vancouver Expedition" named other maritime areas (Puget, Whidbey, Cook, Burrard, etc.) and mountains (Baker, Rainier, St. Helens).
"I have a lot of moles on my backside"
- Drew 2021
Random fun fact: The “crazy” customs collector was actually named Isaac Neff Ebey. Born on January 22nd, 1818. He was the first permanent settler of Whidbey Island.
Can we talk about how drew looks like an absolute chad today
Pretty sure he wanted to look like Stalin
No
2:40 Drew kinda forgetting that the white house was still under construction and held no political/strategical importance at the time.
Also kind of forgetting that Toronto was burnt to the ground and Britain lost all of its forts in the area+New Orleans
The entirety of Washington DC was also burnt to the ground and the Americans suffered more casualties yet the Americans failed in the motive of starting the war .
1812 was a L for the US, cmon man. It happens
New Orleans didn't matter the peace treaty was signed already.
@@shahnarahman213 They failed to take British America but they accomplished their main political goals
I bet you think Toronto is the capital of Canada
38:06
Letting Germany decide is not THAT random...
Other than France or Russia, Germany never had any colonies in North America, which made them neutral on this subject.
Germany was a great power, which gave them the authority to make a decision.
We tend to see Germany as a warmonger, but they were often keen on finding a diplomatic solution.
Take the Berlin Conference of 1884 as an example. All major colonial powers came together in Berlin to negotiate how they would divide Africa among them.
And I believe this was before Wilhelm II became Kaiser. Germany and Britain hadn't _exactly_ fallen out yet.
wait France and Russia did have colonies in North America
@@idontknowwhatmypfpis1918 ,Russia used to own Alaska and France has colonies in the carribean
39:09 looks like drew is saluting 😂
You’re not wrong😂
At the worst part of the video.
If Americans dumped tea into the ocean to protest British taxes then Brits should dump whiskey in a river as a retort. I think that'll make 'em mad
Think we'd be more worried about pissing off the Scots if we did that lol. Let's face it if we ever wanted to piss off the Americans like they did us with that tea incident, about the only thing they hold as much patriotism over as we do our tea is their flag.
That'd piss off Ireland more than America
Dump cola
Actually we didn't lose the White House. It's still the same building it just required *very* extensive repairs. There are still some parts of the building where if you peel back enough paint you can see burn marks.
Well the USA had extremely awful generals leading up to Civil War, the best generals were from the south. The US military was kinda awful until post WW1.
Yeah, also I would say the oldest point that would turn the American military into, well, the American military as we know it before WW1 was the civil war itself.
The United States was very fortunate to have the British having their priorities on something else, and Mexico busy dealing with.. itself.
Yeah Robert E. Lee was a big hero from the Mexican war for example.
Troops would likely come from the south where the war was fought, which is the big reason why most generals would be from there.
We had Winfield Scott, who was recognized as a fantastic strategist and officer both domestically and internationally for his service during the Mexican-American War. He'd later on help the Union by coming up with the Anaconda Plan, despite being from Virginia himself.
How my Civil War History teacher described it with the selling of ships. British naval people would dock a ship in the Caribbean and just leave it there, the confederate forces would leave a large sum of money at a certain location. The Brits would then go to that location, "find" the money and take it. While the Confederates would just "happen to come across" an empty British ship, and take it without complaint and leave.
37:05 Yeah both Britain and France wanted to get involved in the American civil war for multiple reasons, such as getting cotton, but the situation became awkward as getting directly involved would have been very unpopular with the lower class.
Then there's France who also had been eyeing places in America like Mexico for colonization and a United America would be a threat to their colonization efforts
I love how the reference at 7:21 completely went over his head
How would you know?
@@Nonamelol. what?
@@DylpiqkleSTier can’t you read?
@@Nonamelol. read what. Your reply makes literally 0 sense. What does how would you know mean in the context?
@@DylpiqkleSTier You have 0 reading comprehension, how do you know he didn’t understand if he didn’t say anything? Does it makes sense now? Do you need me to use apples and oranges to throughly explain it?
3:41 he just silently watches the video, taking in all that information and his conclusion is “Burger land”
Like how the Chinese had their “great leap forward”
America has its “manifest destiny”
Those aren't really similar
@@__Man_ they both involve massacre of humans
@@redsky4038 except 1 was much much much worse.
@@thesimpleanswer2264 that really depends on how you look at it. The Great Leap Forward was a result of a famine caused by the Chinese thinking birds were eating crops, in actuality the birds were killing bacteria in the crops, while the killing of native Americans were intentional. People put good names on bad things.
Even these easy to make videos that some people call lazy are appreciated, nice to see your reaction of the new oversimplified video
Well ya know it's like you're watching it with him
6:00 They actually tried to claim Oregon but when things started to heat up they just decided to give up and let us and the British fight it out.
6:55 Fort Vancouver is literally right across the river from Oregon and yes it's still there.
As someone who grew up in Seattle, I wish we learned more about this in our history class
Like moment after the US gov occupied southern Cascadia they started tons of wars with indigenous one of main reasons why the topic is suppressd in the US. Check out the 1907 Seattle vancouver race war*
I like how Canadians annoyed Oversimplified so much he threatened them with invasion, Drake and Biden.
Did other USA historian youtubers just did what oversimplified Fans want....?
Wait drew with a 40 minute video…THERE IS A GOD!!!!!!
The most American non war war ever.
Fort Vancouver was close to Oregon, because it was on the site of what is now Vancouver, WA, (across the Columbia from Portland) and not Vancouver BC. This kind of answers the common question why there are 2 Vancouvers.
This is so refreshing to see someone pay attention to the video after watching Tommy react
Little did he know that 8 months later 0:00 would be in an oversimplified video
18:21 of course Charles Griffin said that ALLEGEDLY
Can’t wait for Drew to cover The Punic War and see himself on the TV at the end of part 2!
Same
One of my friends from Oregon had to play the Oregon trail game for history class 😂😂😂
At 39:08 Drew looks like he is the one saluting to the flag
Not funny.
Oversimplified actually watched this video because he included it in his Punic war video
2:34 As a Bosnian, it's completely fine to say that you drew even if your capital building is burnt down, maybe even won if we are taking everything into a conservation
It's funny how Canada and the USA went from hating each other to being each others greatest ally
Well when America enter the world stage we realized that we hated everyone else more and just went up from there
You can thank the World Wars for that
The fact that I knew what the Pig War was before the release of Oversimplified, and I'm not even a US citizen makes me question my life.
You should be proud. We salute you.
Fun fact Canada has a burned earth policy if it was ever invaded by the U.S
it would probably start another world war
Like that would stop them
@@azulaquaza4916 that’s not the point, the point of a burned earth policy isn’t to win against your enemy, the point is to not let them have anything to celebrate but a barren wasteland and no resources to use, no oil, no food, no water
@@lastprimaris7914 If you think you can burn all of Toronto before the Americans roll through go ahead, but the only ones who will look like clowns are the Canadians destroying their own history. 80% live within 100 miles of the border this isnt Russia and Napoleon.
@@azulaquaza4916 I never said it was a good plan, it was just a fun fact
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Sheep have difficulty swiming but they can float mostly because wool floats and then they just walk with their legs underwater and BOOM,SWIMING SHEEPS
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It’s kind of cool that the whole video is about some islands I can see from my house.
Gold rushes were kinda a thing that ignored international boundaries- because most governments realize that short of shooting a ton of people there wasn’t much they could do to stop it. Plus the local area would make a killing selling supplies and tools to the miners. The main thing that made it tolerable was the miners weren’t allowed to settle down there afterwards unless they changed citizenship.
This has to the most legendary and funny ending oversimplified ending.
There’s an alternate history trilogy that has the British declare war on the Union after the Trent Affair. Unfortunately, while the premise is interesting, the books themselves are terrible examples of ‘MURICA and lack of historical knowledge. Which is odd because the author’s other works are pretty good, and in some of them he isn’t overly fond of US authorities
Oversimplified could unite with Pewdiepie to help each other in the conquering of Canada and Norway, together they could even get Antarctica.
The Oversimplified Pig War video will be shown in history class as the official cause of the Canadian-American War of 2023.
Oversimplified is going to make a video telling how an Oversimplified video started a war
@@Mill_Jr lol
I don't even know what the pig war even is before watching the video. I literally thought it's gonna be about the bay of pigs invasion.
Finally, someone else that finds it weird that germany decided
They had no skin in North America and were mostly neutral to both sides at the time. A pretty good pick, actually.
Ikr, their skin wasn't in America but their Liver and Kidneys were, and I had assumed they were secretly biased towards America for reasons surrounding that
What a nice day to...you know, *START A WAR BECAUSE A PIG JUST DIED IN A RANDOM ISLAND* .
Fun Fact: *No one died in the Pig War, except a Pig*
Rip piggy
@@Yoyiiii haram mode
@@samiam1059 oh wait-
And the potato
the Swedish wiki page says that the potato was a fallen combatant on the American side and the pig a fallen combatant on the British side
I imagine oversimplified said the 1812 war was a draw so he didn’t have a civil war in the comments
they already have Canada in the US. it's called Michigan's Upper peninsula
What
For the backstory on Douglas, he was a biracial diplomat from British Guyana. The reason he was so focused on defending British honour in the Gulf Islands was that he would’ve been unduly blamed because of his race should the Americans succeed, and that’s why he over compensated with aggression when faced with the Americans.
It’s also one of the reasons the RN officers pushed back on his orders. They were suicidal orders, but there was also a lot of prejudice against him.
Douglas was a cool guy. My grandparents burial plots only a few headstones away from Douglas’s in Victoria.
Also, those Hawaiians on San Juan ended up relocating to my island, Saltspring, the biggest of the British islands closest to San Juan. The tallest mountain on the island is named after Admiral Baynes, and the biggest town on the island is named after his flagship HMS Ganges. It’s a small insignificant island in the middle of nowhere, but I always found the war fascinating.
The first fish I every caught was on San Juan island. One of my best memories is all it took was some random pig to die for that to happen so be it
Based and red pilled, Drew is now officially a funny/meme history reaction channel
based? red-pilled?
I'm calling the based department
pretty sure when I was in grade school we took a field trip to fort Vancouver (lived in Oregon), of course being the kid I didn't pay attention but still super cool!
drew durnil with the constant uploads daily at 12 pm
Eastern time?
No 10: 49 pm
1 a.m in my country
9:00 in my state
@@Presidentchip- yeah eastern time
That war with Mexico I just wanna say sorry because I live in Texas
Ngl, this was sick. Crazy to think the US and UK went to war over a freaking pig.
Nearly
It's more or less the American version of the War of the Bucket.
The Swedish wiki counted the potato as a casualty.
The story is quite funny as well as informative. We need more sessions like this
I loved the spiel at the end
…WERE COMING BABY
39:09 The salute fits perfectly on Drew WTF
Not funny.
I mainly imagine oversimplified said a draw because then there was less of a chance a war would start in his comment section
$100 in 1855 is $3,590 today. You're welcome.
Wanna know smtg i dont care 36:34
When is the Drew and Oversimplified Collab coming?
32nd of november
@@Ok-but could of said 31s if november and it would still to impossible
Talking of officers sent way out west. In the 1850's one was a certain Captain Grant. Not quite as remote as that though. I think called California or something.
Traveling there actually meant going via ship, then through panama (no canal) and by ship again. Dealing with deseases all the way. It was a hell of a trip. The Chernow biography describes it in some detail. Which also shows how incredibly remote this area was, even for the US, not to mention for Britain.
Now i have beeen watching drew videos daily for 1 year
6:51 yes we do still have fort Vancouver. Unfortunately we don't have much when it comes to the sights in the pig war
The end in the pig war is the best
Not funny.
Actually during the War of 1812, we razed the British Canadian capital, I think at the time Toronto? (correct me if I’m mistaken), so yeah they got us and we got them too
A draw sounds like the best way to describe our 1812 conflict, yep.
I love how he said the potato was hot 3 times.. was this unironic lol?
You are so sweet to be there with us I really do love your company
Bro they should have just given the islands to the natives
I love it when Drew doens't understand a single thing happening, he's just like "oh im supposed to react" and reacts.
Can someone plz explain to me they the Army's got along together after having war with eachother so many times
Because most soldiers Don't hate other countries soldiers. They just want to protect their own country. It's just the High ranking generals and People in power who hate.
Even they don't hate the other country. They just create the hatred for their own political agendas
I mean allied troops played football with nazi troops on at least one christmas during ww2. Like the others said it's the people in power and their agendas that cause the wars, the people fighting in them are/were generally quite aware that the people they are fighting are just normal people like them doing what they are told is in the best interest of them and their countrymen most people don't actually WANT to shoot other people.
Soldiers usually don't hate other nations. That's a politician's job.
14:39 the calculator omg im in love
I live in the San juans and it's great to see more people learn about this stupid stupid war
Yea,I Come From Here 🇺🇸And It Stupid War
At least it's not as stupid as the Emu war😂
me a canadian who watched till the end: should we be worried? like they almost started a war over a pig.
Don’t be worried fellow Canadian
39:09 drew is confirmed saluting manifest destiny of canada
lmao
was that lmao an accidental occurrence
as a Washingtonian, I am just happy we’re being talked about.
"Manifest destiny" is an awfully nice way of saying "Lebensraum".
Colonial and subjugation of other races. Like father like son, it seems...
37:33 where is Montenegro in the balcans only greec and the ottomens?(montenegro became independent before greec)