How did The British Empire rule the World?
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2020
- How did Great Britain rule the World?
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''You either have an Empire or you're in someone else's''
True that the UK is like a state of the US now and not the richest either.
@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 In what way is the UK like a 'state?'
@@CIMAmotor It follows the US.
It plays a back seat role.
@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 do u have an example?
Tell that to the USA
Land: Exist
British: Hippity hoppity that's my property
Oil: exist
US: Hippity hoppity that's my property
Spice : Exist
Dutch : Hippity hoppity that's my property
Resources: exist
Japanese: hippity hoppity that’s my property
Money: exists
UAE: Hippity hoppity thats my property
fitz !!
The biggest reason for the success of the British empire which is overlooked - its an island. Not bogged down by land conflicts in Europe, forced them to develop their navy.
yep, incredibly hard to get to via ocean. english channel is notoriously dangerous. e.g the spanish armarda
@@olivertaylor8682 people often point out the returning failure of the English armada is overlooked. But what is really overlooked is that there were three failed Spanish Armadas
The British created the largest navy to defend themselves from europe because europe had to unite to fight Britain in wars
He literally stated that at the beginning of the video, pay attention
Overlooked ? Being an island is the main reason for our success lol
A major brilliance of the British Empire, and one that makes it very unique, was the creation of the Dominions: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland. What better way to keep people far away loyal to you than to create nations for them to self-govern? Other empires were constantly at odds with their far-away subjects; Britain made her subjects partners (at least in theory).
Something I think they learned after the Americas were lost
You need to read about Mongol and Chinese empire systems of brilliance.
Spanish Viceroyalties?
What about the Raj'?
The 13 colonies revolted after 160 years of rule, because they had a mix of European civilization and respectable population numbers. More than 2 million, when the United Kingdom had 9 million.
Australia and Canada were very late conquered domains, and have always had a very low population, negligible in 1900, spread over very large territories. It is easy for them to reach peaceful agreements in the 20th century, in the context of world wars. The rest of the British empire (90% of the population) was very poor, and has another civilization, not British.
The Spanish empire was very peaceful for 300 years, with some indigenous revolts. The Belgian, French, German and Italian subjects of the Spanish empire in Europe were very loyal to the King of Spain, between 200 and 450 years, fighting in the Spanish army. Spanish America had universities, hospitals, European civilization, like the 13 colonies.
British: We want peace........just a peace of everyone's country.
Shut up karelin
Piece and peace are spelled different but I get the idea
@@deepikasingh8825 funny
"piece" you mean
@@amalakram8755 aw don’t ruin it
'if u see fish fighting each other
that means an Englishman passed by'
an old proverb
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Ha ha ha
Joke that is painfully living fact for india even in 2020 but enjoyable none the less.
Libs Hate Montesquieu India is the fastest growing major economy in the world, with nuclear triad capability; something not even the UK is capable of. You know nothing of the world, so don’t speak about it. Also, “third world” is such a dated term, the third world merely means any nation that had not sided with either the US or the Soviet Union
yogesh jog Just keep your ignorant mouth shut, you fool.
Shivam Oza that’s not what it means mate
Another point to add is that steam power (industrialization) originated in England out of the discovery/necessity of coal. Coal was used for heat during winter but only so much could be mined. As people tried to dig deeper they started to hit water- the Newcomen steam engine was invented to burn coal and pump water out of these mines which meant they could dig for coal even further than before and thus the first engine was born and converted into other uses.
Totally agree with you on that, "necessity" was the initial driving force of Britain's industrialization, the weather was very poor in the winter this forced people to come up with inventions like the Steam engine, the light bulb etc to make their lives better. Contrast that with tropical countries where the weather was naturally great, you can see why they never thought of inventing anything. Instead they worshiped the sun, ha ha ha.
Eric Hobsbawm explains that the capital acumulated in the slave trade catapulted the british industrial revolution
James Watt 🤔
@@MrPereiraAdriano That's nonsense, Britain had a very established economy and had been trading globally for nearly 200yrs before the Industrial revolution.
"Another point to add is that steam power (industrialization) originated in England"
--> I'm English and have very good friends in other countries(!!) of the UK. With that said, I see you are still in early school. While there, you will definitely want to take extra classes in basic geography. You'll also want to look up a certain 'James Watt', and you realise your rather large blunder, you might want to sit down and reflect.
How one island country ruled a quarter of the world is just mind boggling.
Now look at us it’s a disgrace
So you would rather not give Canada, Australia and many other countries their independence?
They're looters. They were armed robbers.
@@RootGroves-hl8ktyes,just autonomy.
@@user-td4sk7hw3y All these countries would request independence anyway
bottom line: Superior navy.
The Royal Navy was established by the English King Henry the Vlll over 500 years ago its known as the senior service.
Being an island + superior navy + economy focus to maintain.
And looting
Who defeated Spanish Armada
@@chrisholland7367 yes thus becoming a superior navy unmatched till ww1.
“He who commands the sea has command of everything” Themistocles (524-459 BC)
nowadays.... if you rule the media n money you rule the world......
That was before planes now who controls t'he sky wins.
@@josepablitoaurar7051 true
Now is who command the air command everything becouse yes is true 70% is water but 100% is air and space !
@@josepablitoaurar7051 nah actually a good ship is better then a good jet or plane
"Some peoples saw the oceans as a barrier, some as a roadway."
My university teacher said, anyway.
Mongol Empire and British Empire are quite similar. Both had revolutionary new weapons technology which enabled fast conquers. They spread fast around the world, then fractured to smaller realms, like Golden Horde, USA, Chagatai Khanate and Australia or people they have conquered became independent.
Fractured to smaller realms? Are you referring to the future full independence of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Mongol empire expanded through wars.
UK empire through drugs.
@@Freedom_-oc5le well Scotland seems to be split 50/50 according to opinion polls, Wales is 75/25 in favour of staying and Northern Ireland is basically just a matter of time (with most young people wanting to unify with Ireland while most old people don’t)
You are implying that Britain conquered the empire by military means, and this is absolutely wrong. Trade, and giving the important locals a share of the action was the principal means to establishing control. Military was only used to protect trade and in some cases build railways.
I am mongol,writing from Mongolia.Mongol empire was most powerful military super power in all human history.It was much more strong in military aspect than all great empires-Romans,Arab Khalifat,British empire,Nazy Germany,Soviet Union & USA.
"...given that the nation was an island the likelihood of being invaded or conquered was somewhat lower that a country that was surrounded on all sides by foreign powers." Me: cries in Polish :'(
Poor poland surrounded by 2 aggressive strong powers
How many times were you invaded poland
@@lavkmr1 I checked - apparently 43 times between 1600 and 1945.
@@plawskiphoto have you ever heard of India? Edit: it has been invaded more 200 times :-(
*Germany: Fatherland*
*Russia: Motherland*
*Poland: Abused Child*
Joke not mine.
New Zealand - 'Am I invisible to you?'
Wait did they have an empire
@@ericseal2275
New Zealand was apart of the British Empire...
Why do you not think about mine ? Mine is not that bad
@@kaiserwilhelmtheii9682Ok
Britain -‘China has you now’
It still amazes me that Britain as such a small country basically ruled the world at somepoint 🇬🇧
Britiain didn't rule the world 🤦♂️
It amazes me that Mongolia such a small population of 1 million ruled the world between 1200s - 1400s.
1 in every 200 men alive today are descendants of Genghis Khan 🇲🇳
The most ethical of history's greatest empires in my opinion
@@accidiaet ETHICAL?
You must be joking.
@@conspiracytheorista8988 they did heavily unethically shit but in terms of all the global superpowers to exist in history definitely did the least horrid shit
@@accidiaet
Ottomans were better by far
What a great time to be alive. Thank you for the video.
Still find it amazing that such a small country could have such a large empire!
so did mongolia (mongolian), turkey (ottoman) and italy (roman)
was not that small anyway look at belgium holland portugal even smaller nations had overseas countries fact is at the time the power was in europe..
england , ireland , scotland ,wales were not that small
yes a large empire of of few peoples like australia and canada! not many colonies left only scotland wales and giberaltar SAOR ALBA
@@imedi still incredible what they can achieve. They're all small.
@@franciscruickshank8794 Scotland is not a colony
France i control the ground
British : I control the world
Spain: Finally a worthy opponent
Napoleon: I'm about to end this man's Career
Hitler: and i will be the one who will make EU decline for the rest of 20th and 21st century onwardsl
Why not combine that into single point of interest.
Debt: Aww you two are so cute.
God: I control space
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
There's a reason we're all mostly conversing in English.
Imagine if Portuguese or Spain would've defeated English.
Then all of you will switch to speaking Portuguese or Spanish
As if the rest of the American continent with the exception of Brazil doesn’t speak Spanish
Awww hell naw
Ummm that's because the video is in English
If it was in Portuguese then it would be Portuguese speakers for the most part
Can you imagine the forests that once covered England, now most of it all gone to make all those ships. It must have been like Mirkwood in Lord of The Rings at one point.
Poor Ents were deported to Australia for unionism
Just as the ancient Greeks had cut down their trees for their navies [the Athenian navy being a prime example].
They built there ships with timber from the new world. They cut down Canada’s trees.
Not really. Mirkwood was based on the German forests. The Celts in Britain and Gaul were a more densely-settled agrarian people and cleared a lot of their primeval forest earlier.
I could bang on for hours about how the lack of readily available wood in England shaped its history. Highlights include: the Norfolk Broads nature preserve (think temperate bayous) being entirely the result of medieval peat harvesting; the paucity of charcoal and relatively early use of fossil coals across the UK as kickstarter of industrialisation; the Baltic timber import trade in the 1600s being a driver of English (later British) foreign policy, etc.
@[BosS] HITMAN 20 no
The world : "Why do you want everyone's land?"
Britain: "Yes"
Muslims : Alhimdullah , We love Europe .
Britain/France /Germany: (year2050) 40 percernt Muslims .
@@sumitsingh7835 yeah I do
For such a simple joke, I bursted out in laughter to the point that I had tears. Jolly good joke, mate.
@@sumitsingh7835 but will they really love them? are you 100% sure that Europe and its governments/rulers will become righteous in the future? how many generations gap?
@Julian Collante cuz God hasn’t blessed the brits with a good land like most countries. They are reduced to their lousy small island today.😏
Does anyone else also find empires and colonizing pretty interesting?
What a wonderful video about vile infamy and unworthiness. Remind us of the Abuses and Interferences of the British Empire. invade, Attack and occupy territories of sovereign nations to steal their natural resources. In other words, the Army ceases to be an Army and becomes an Horde of Pirates. There is NO military honor here. Now, UK has the "Historic Honor" of the thieves and looters. What honor can there be in a country that sends its Army to invade other nations to submit by force? The English Empire, owe their "Greatness" to Piracy, to Slavery, to Genocide; to the Assassination of Gov't Leaders, to the Opium Trade, and finally owe their greatness to the weakness of other sovereign nations that turned out to have OIL or Mining, or any wealth to take away. What the heck was the English Empire doing all over the world? Invade. Massacre. Loot. Retreat. Repeat... STEALING HEROICALLY!
Not me. I don’t find gangsters and looting (empires & colonizing) interesting at all.
It's not to the subjugated masses
@@Crazy-Clown-In-Townthen why watch this video in the first place??😂😂
We are still part of The Britain we are all speaking English
As a second language 😂🤣
What is amazing was how few British people were involved in ruling this Empire. The government department that "ran" India had about 3000 people!
many locals had a stake as well, commerce was a force multiplier
Check the pub landlord - the British ruled India with two blokes and a bicycle.
@@legendaryking913 heard of a thing called per capita?
@@legendaryking913 gdp is per capita is not annual income but gdp/population. India has a very poor economy for its size and a low standard of living on average
@@legendaryking913 nigeria gdp per capita is 2,229.86 USD while uk Is 42,330.12 USD
You need to remember, if world war 2 was never a thing, British Empire would still exist
No it would not !
@@shawngarratt2887 britain and france wouldnt be pressured to get rid of their colonies they would still have their empires today if it hadnt happened also prussia would still technically be a thing
Ok im going back in time
Gaming Dinosaur nah. Strong independence movement were already in their way.
@@accountspayable7671 the independence movements wouldn't do anything tbh
Great job. Go ahead . I got many detailed information about throughout history from one clip that lasts roughly 11 minute. I can say I ever comprehend history of Great Britain in school class
but the folk the crazy folk of great britain only needs 11 minutes to let gobshites of modern world have there say then let lose the sas,lol
I’d say that was an incredible achievement of logistics above all else.
Given they had no electricity, telephone’s , airoplanes , radio or internet.
they had steam ships and railroads before anybody else
We invented telegraphs and submarine cables to connect the empire to communicate.
I was watching this video with my audio jack
Now it's the union jack.
😂
@@Knowledgia Britain mever ruled Somalia or cameroon. They were french and Italian colonies respectivly.
@@jedijournal9159 Britain ruled Somalia and Italy ruled Somaliland there is difference between these two currently there is only Somalia but Somaliland wanted to gain independence
Wrong way round Italy controlled Somalia and Britain somaliland
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The sun still doesn’t set on the British empire. They still have plenty of islands
And penguins in the Falklands
It's no longer an empire douh.
And Ryan Air and EASYJET go to most of them. Great cheap holiday packages (pre corona virus)- STAY AT HOME!
and RULE BRITANNIA while watching telly...
hahahahahahahahaha!
They’re called British Overseas Territories, or BOT. They’re not technically part of an “empire” but where the UK and her allies has permanent bases and a military presence. I lived in one of them, Episkopi Cyprus.
It's crazy a small ass country has been a profound impact on the World.
Unlike French, Portuguese, Spanish & Russia the British were about trade, wealth and strategic chokehold over just land grab and saying i own this land, this was the secret to their success
Truly a colonial Empire of all time 👌
@@debasishgoswami9896 Empire, Nations or People is about wealth and Trade.
@@dennis771 indeed
''You see this land here? This is ours now. Go and put the kettle on.''
Surprising how often that worked...
I guess that's what happens when you rock up to vast shorelines in boats armed to the teeth.
@@OnlyGrafting Brits certainly learnt that strategy from the Vikings, and later got lucky vs the Spanish. If I was a religious person I'd say that God favoured the British even winning both world wars.
And on a "morals" perspective, if there is a God then young innocent children wouldn't die from natural diseases.
The Italians conquered and basically obliterated England. Yet somehow the English learnt how to adapt, and without any resentment against Italians throughout all of its recorded history in any way shape or form.
@@TomGB-81 Please do not equate 'The Italians'; (Italy didn't exist until the Risorgimento of 1849-1871; the peninsula was a collection of essentially 'independent' states before that...) with the ROMANS who conquered Britain - chalk and cheese, mate!
@ If you want be specific then you're partly wrong, lol... the Romans didn't conquer Britain, albeit some people argue Scotland isn't Britain other than it makes it Great Britain, though Britain is an English translation of Britannia which covers all of the British Isles. But then you could argue England was never conquered by the Romans because England didn't exist back then.
Never underestimate the power of a pukka accent.
In 1815 UK’s productivity was greater than the rest of Europe combined, thanks to early lead in Industrialization. It still had this edge in 1850. Economically it was a “continental” power, which allowed it to build a huge navy. The control of India after 1857 gave it the military manpower of a superpower to go with its economic and naval superpower. After 1850 industrial policy in continental European nations began to close the gap. Germany’s industrial policy combined with combined high quality universal education helped Germany to close the gap by the end of the 19th century - and obtain big leads in new industries in electronics, machinery and chemistry (the British couldn’t keep up because their education was insufficient for their working classes). But Germany was too late to come to this power to establish much of a foot print outside Europe or even, for that matter, in Europe as the two World Wars demonstrate.
@@Nate-uf4xk na they probably would have just demanded independance much earlier than when they historically did
Nate Chaps One of the best books ever written is “Economic History: A Very Short Introduction” by Robert Allen. It’s very accessible, short, cheap. It is published by Oxford University Press. Highly, highly, highly recommended.
Whatever development Britishers have done in India, they have done it only for their own advancements, the british literally looted us, draining our wealth. The british power was cruel, rotten to its core, but there were some who were benovolent too, those who worked for our education, tried to abolish the cruel practices of our society and the ones who became the voice of the voicelesses, like Lord Ripon, Lord William Bentink, Sir Charles Metcalfe, Lord Ellenborough.
@@kaneinkansas ..your comment is incredibly ignorant.
Economic figures state that India controlled 25% of the worlds GDP at the time the British landed on its shores. Historical accounts say that the only reason they were even able to take control of India was due to the weakening of the Mughal Empire attributed to constant invasions by the Afghans, draining them of their resources.
And even then the British didnt have the ability to take on India with all its might..which is exactly why they pretended to establish themselves as traders..setting up small factories and such and bribing local rubbers to collect 'Jiziya' as tax and issue land owners witg Auraunzebs permission.
The Mughal Empires tax revenues alone were greater than that of every single European country at the time, including Britain.
India was looted, pillaged. To write this comment and insinuate that India was ever beneath Britain prior to colonisation is complete rubbish. I honestly suggest you stop reading material written by Churchill sympathisers and Ex Conservative party members..try reading "Inglorious Empire' by Shashi Tharoor.
@@Nate-uf4xk By the first line of your comment I can already tell you dont know an ounce of Colonial history..Britain built their industrial economy by deindustrialising India, do some research into economic figures and facts before you sit there making comments like that, if you want me to point you to credible sources I absolutely can do, just ask.
A well illustrated video!
The largest empire as well as the most spoken language in history.
Nobody pronounces the words correctly though, shame.
True. How would the modern world function without a common language?
How would some countries like India function without a common language?
How could a local tribal langbe fairly chosen.
Britain: Hey China trade with us, we like tea
China: Nah dude we got everything we need
Britain: Ok we hear what you saying..... we're gonna sell you loads of opium
No one likes a sore loser.
@@Torus2112 he's just a regular loser
The British Philippines (British Manila 1762-1764).
@@chessonso2610 *British occupation of Manila
And now it's payback time. Who do you think sends all the damn fentanyl to North America and Europe?
With the cunning use of flags.
false flags
Do u have a flag?
Do you have a FLAAAAAAG?
Huge flags!
@@Torus2112 Eddie izzard
VERY, VERY WELL-PRESENTED 👌☺️
Nice excellent work thanks brother
British Empire: That was when I ruled the world.
British empire saved the world Twice
we owe so much to British empire
as we owe to roman empire
yes, a lot of our modern problem is cause of british decolonisation
i'm pretty sure, if britai never decolonised
we wouldn't be bother withthe same shit
@Mark Aguilera you don't wanna know
@Mark Aguilera cause you'd be confused, and you'd regret asking me,
you'd say, ow jeezus
so sorry for you 🙏
@@gutsjoestar7450 which 2 times?
@@jeffthevomitguy1178 - WW1 and WW2
You forgot Wales as part of Britain. The key to the empire was threefold:
1. Royal Navy - both defense and later control of the oceans.
2. Technologically superior. Most scientific advances, the first to industrialised meant that Britain was wealthier and better able to trade than other countries by the 29th century. Dominating the world by 1850.
3. Pragmatism- the empire was purely for trade and from that the empire arose. The Pragmatism meant that the British ran the empire primarily through locals or via other races within the empire. As such the number of British required to run the empire was minimal as was the cost until the 20th century when the quality of life improved and the cost to bring these improvements outweighed the benefit of trade.
4. Also influenced English around the world
What have Whales got to do with the British Empire? 🐋
@@Calmdown1354 tell me you are joking
You are correct in your analysis!
Yeah I feel like the British were comparitively less keen on Baptizing their colonies specially if you compare to countries like France and Spain. This made sure the local people's cultures were relatively respected and Britain could hold on her empire longer.
Britain went from conquered to conquer, and one hell of a conquer at that
I like how you tried to briefly squeeze in the a 2-second segment about the slave trade at the end. That should have been a focal point of this video
‘The sun will probably never set on the British empire, because even god can’t trust them in the dark’
Agreed
Bud it was a different time a different world from now you passing judgement like as if you lived in the 1800 . People behavior and acted different m...
True
Very true
@@abramslion1 and that’s true also
"I used to rule the world"
-Britain
"Seas would rise when i gave the word"
now in the morning I sleep alone
@@abbynady i used to rolled the dice
Not rule plunder the world .......enslave and exploit the people
@@MrTheHafizz feel the fear in my enemies eyes
Very good explanation👍
Still today The great Britain remain it's power itself in English language across the world
I know how they ruled
I came here just to see the comments 😂
So did I
Same
@Ynwa6 sure, mate
@Shubham Arya Laughs in Brexit and superior german engineering
@Shubham Arya So much for 'ruling' europe
I was watching this while drinking tea.
Now it's good ol' spot o' tea!
Me too
They were surrounded by sea,they made their weakness their strength,made strong navy and conquered.
c'est ça!
WOW,,,,Home run again,. I love this CHANNEL.
1-By deceiving.
2-By disguising as traders.
3- Most imporatnt rule "Divide and conquer".
Honestly I say bring it back 🇿🇦👉👈🇬🇧
4. Largest navy
You're just mad that your ancestors got clapped by a tiny Island nation thousands of miles away.
@@Admiral_Jezza I don't know why you're mentioning that it's a tiny island nation when the places and people they conquered consisted of even smaller kingdoms and tribes.
EVERY nation did that! Literally. The British were just better at it.
British empire is just like Carthaginian empire in the way of expanding, and in the tactics of gaining wealth. so amazing how things repeat it self.
Can you elaborate on those techniques ?
Minus the child sacrifices...
@@TheJeremyHolloway thought Britain wasn't above killing children
Speaking of expansion, Kate Middleton has had more pricks than a dart board. Luckily she can afford procedures to tighten up down there. Much to the delight of a certain lucky Saint Bernard, when and if England gets invaded.
@@TheJeremyHolloway let me guess you're a fan of the romans?
The Spanish Empire was not a colonial empire such as the English, French or Dutch, but on the contrary, it was the last empire of the ancient type, closer to what Rome or Greece were. 300-400 years of domain based on miscegenation, alphabetization and conversion of different peoples; construction of universities, cathedrals and cities worldwide; a huge cultural and artistic explotion; deliberation of new phylisophic, teologic and juridic debates in human history (like f.e., if all humans were equal); discoverments that changed the conception of the world; opening of new shipping routes; creation of an undefeated infantry for 2 centuries; expansion of the Hispanic culture throughout the Atlantic and Pacific ocean (called "the spanish lake" at that time) as Rome did throughout the Mediterranean... All of this, in a world as big as the one we know today, but using a technology from 5 centuries ago.
From there onward, european empires had a colonial model based on mercantilism, slavery, and large-scale production, creating factories or plantations in overseas possessions, instead of a civilizing reproduction of their society. The former were a global market, the latter a global kingdom. European empires shouldnt be generalized by the fact of having overseas territories, because not all of them were the same.
Like The Spanish Empire didn't lead to the destruction of the native population in South America or have slavery LOL
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9:58 I love the transition =D
swiggidy swag
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America doesn't have an empire & the countries it does control are a fraction of what the UK controlled
no wonder our Universal Language is ENGLISH 😂😂😂
Exactly my point
It's international language not universal bud
And is younger than your language, have around 1500 years...Is a evil language...
@DL2R yes they were...but colonization and industrial revolution changed the whole game....
@@robzonefire very true...we don't know in which language the aliens speak...😅😅😅😅 Never ever had met one of those and never even wanna meet
Great work . How.do you animate map like thats whats the editor i would like it for my University projects
Hi. Good work. Carrying on, Britain expanded into a trading empire because it was the first nation to equip its mariners with marine chronometers, super-accurate timepieces that allowed the navigator to find his position of longitude at sea. They were invented by John Harrison, who sought to win the Board of Longitude's 20,000 pound prize for finding a way to find longitude. From 1761 on, Britain had a huge navigational advantage over competing trading nations, such as the Dutch, of "Dutch East Indies" fame, the French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Belgians, whose ships, lacking accurate navigation, often foundered on reefs, or just got lost and sank.
As an example, Dutch captain Abel J. Tasman discovered New Zealand in 1642, and made approximate maps of parts of its coastline. When captain James Cook rediscovered it in 1769, he had on board a John Arnold copy of Harrison's chronometer, which enabled him to produce a map so accurate that it is still occasionally used today. Britain's advantage wasn't in guns or ships, but in the safer and more reliable navigation produced by a small investment in technology. Britain ruled the waves, so she was the only nation capable of forming a world-wide empire.
Britain's second advantage was also technological. Robert Stephenson's invention of the steam locomotive and railway, enabled transport and therefore trading over whole continents. Like the chronometer, it joined people together. The countries "colonized" weren't about to resist Britain's presence when it "got them in on the ground floor" of future technical developments. The history of science tells us "why", better than the history of battles and atrocities. Cheers, P.R.
That makes no sense. The Spanish fleet of the Indies made 1,200 voyages between Spain-America and America-Spain, in 300 years. The English captured 2 fleets in the 17th century, without a declaration of war, and in port. The Dutch captured 2 fleets. 4 wrecks. Success of the Spanish fleet, which changed the world, of 99.75%, which allowed Spain to be for centuries in some European countries, which we filled with universities, baroque cities and palaces. The British never had an empire in Europe. There are hundreds of Spanish ships sunk in all the seas, but we sent more than a hundred thousand ships around the world, and more than 99% were successful. They discovered almost all the archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean and recognized the coasts of America from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska, and from Antarctica to Newfoundland. The same in Asia.
The Spanish empire was the largest in the world between 1500-1800, and was in the five continents between 1521-1898. In the seventeenth century, Spain was present in 90 current countries, in all seas (first world globalization). The United States, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, China, Kenya, France, Indonesia, the Netherlands... All the important ones except Russia. That was 200 years before the British. Spanish silver (real of 8 Spanish dollars) was the most important currency in the world for 300 years, mother of the currency of the United States, China, Japan, the Philippines and 30 other countries. In the eighteenth century and in 1800 the British empire was very little developed, compared to the Spanish. The British had half a million Western people living in some cities in Canada and Australia. Spain had more than 20 million people living in cities in America, the Philippines and Italy, with 40 universities. Only after the Napoleonic wars, which destroyed continental Europe, were the British able to have a great empire, 1815, because they were an island. That's the only reason they weren't invaded by Napoleon. Among the British atrocities is removing food crops from some regions of India, to plant cotton for the English textile industry, which caused 7 famines, with 30-40 million deaths in India. The English industrial revolution was made with children aged 5-12 working in the coal mines for a plate of food, without earning money, many times, until 1850, when the British reacted to that atrocity. The rest is the 300-year British monopoly on African slavery, and the 20 tax havens, which steal money for social services from other countries (21st century). That created a lot of money for science. I'm glad about it, because the whole planet benefits, but you can't dirty other countries. We all have good and bad things.
@@Gloriaimperial1 Hi. The rise of China from third world status to "next super-power" in just 70 years was done by embracing science and technology. We reached the moon the same way. Your comment that my claim "makes no sense" makes no sense.
An ancestor of mine was Spanish. He arrived in Ireland in 1588, a deserter from the tattered remains of Philip of Spain's "invincible Armada", sent to colonize the British isles and Holland by force of arms. He was a fisherman press-ganged into military service, just like the English manned their ships using this form of slavery. (The Brits called it "taking the king's shilling".) He stayed, despite the weather, so the fishing must have been good. Today we'd call him a war refugee. As a result of his genes, I've inherited a penchant for stuffed green Spanish olives.
Cheers, P.R.
@@philliprobinson7724
I have an English, Dutch and Irish family. They came to Cádiz, where my family is from, fleeing from the British and Dutch persecutions against Catholics, in the 17th-18th centuries. One of my ancestors (although I have more Spanish ancestors, of course, and some Italian and Portuguese) is the writer María Gertrudis Hore Ley, an Irish Catholic. They were integrated into Spanish society.
Remember that Spain sent 4 invasion fleets to England, of more than 130 ships. 1588, 1596, 1597 and 1718. All were stopped by storms. A sunny day and...
In 1589, Drake's invincible English fleet (without storms) was crushed by Spain. It was the year that Elisabeth made Drake lighthouse keeper, because of that failure. When he left the lighthouse trade, he lost five battles in the Caribbean and died. At that time Spain invaded Germany (1588) and Paris (1590).
Even with the island, and the storms, Felipe II of Spain arrived with a fleet in England in 1554, under the command of the Duke of Alba, and married María Tudor, the half-Spanish queen of England. He spared the life of Elisabeth, Mary Tudor's maid. If they had had a child... The British ships or 15 miracles?
Among the best stuffed olives in Spain is the world globalization that takes England and all of Europe out of the feudal era, the first patented steam machines for industrial use (Ayanz, 16th century), the first influential liberal ideas (Francisco Suárez, school of Salamanca), the first natural expeditions, and the first ideas of evolution, which are 300 years ahead of Darwin. The first international human rights (1512 Burgos Laws and 1542 New Laws), the current calendar (16th century, which the British adopted in 1752), the golden age of Spanish culture, with Don Quixote (best literary work in history ) or the Spanish theater (Lope de Vega, Calderón, Tirso de Molina) influential in Italy and romantic Germany, 18th-19th centuries, long before Shakespeare, international law, our participation in the Renaissance (450 years in Italy), the first trip around the world, the discovery of three continents, the first world vaccination, the first parliament in Europe (León 1118) and various schools of intellectuals, philosophers, writers, poets, musicians (Silver Age of Spanish culture) who lived in the 19th and 20th centuries, and are known throughout the world: Picasso, Dalí, García Lorca, Unamuno, Ortega y Gasset, Gaudí, Manuel de Falla, Rosa Chacel, and many more. When you go out, don't forget your umbrella.
It amazes me that Mongolia such a small population of 1 million ruled the world between 1200s - 1400s.
1 in every 200 men alive today are descendants of Genghis Khan 🇲🇳
@@silveriver9 Hi. Superior technology is again the answer. The Mongols were expert horsemen and could ride "no hands" which freed them to use bows and arrows while riding fast. They were unhittable by enemy archers. They also used stirrups, which gave a smoother ride, and more accurate aim. They were the first to develop "blitzkreig" tactics and were fearsome foes to opposing foot-sloggers armed with mere spears. It's possible they are the source of the "centaur" myth, a human head and torso on a horse's body. Cheers, P.R.
N.A.V.Y.
"Whoever rules the waves, rules the world." Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1890
très juste! nous les français étions des "paysans", alors que les anglais étaient des navigateurs! les anglais se sont implantés un peu partout à travers le monde!
now its the sky
Thats all rubbish...the person who stays immortal will rule the world .
@Unknown name u must b smart to knw dat...bt ru?
Now is air superiority better than "Naval supremacy"
I have an exam in 2hours, that's my last chance 😂😂🍻
HAHAHAHA OMG THIS IS THE REASON WHY I AM HERE TOO HAHAHAHAHA
@@zainabnaim9647 Lmao Good luck 😆🔥
@@rainsnow4486 Thanks! I hope your exam went well too.
@@zainabnaim9647 yes it did 😊
@@rainsnow4486 p
If your first language is English, well you're still in the British empire. It will never fall or let you down. 👍🇬🇧
Can you tell from where did you get this recording in the beginning of " farewell and adieu "
Several nation states on 4 continents tried (and succeeded) in building Empires. Just none as successfully as the British.
Bruh, the Spanish Empire was better than the British, they lasted a lot longer and they were superior in terms of military
Juan Espinar explain the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588
@@samuelumtiti3327 u mean the ARMADA THEN.lol......
@@__-kn3rh lol...
If you mean successful as mass looting genocide and slavery, then yes non was as successful as the colonial British.
A few more details that may help explain the initial expansion:-
1. The geographic advantage did not mention the location of the island in the age of sail. The UK is at a great location to sail south to pick up the "Trade winds" (the name gives us a clue here!), sail to Caribbean, up the US East coast and pick up the Westerlies to return to UK. All easily doable in square rigged sailing boats.
2. The UK has a plethora of deep water ports. This means that as boats got bigger the UK could continue to be a naval power - wiki Lisbon to see why this is important.
3. The commentary mentions the Navy as a reason for the expansion, this is the wrong way around. The trade existed to pay for the navy, it could not have existed before the trade.
Not a bad summary for a huge subject.
Trade fed the navy which fed the trade which further fed the navy which further fed the trade and so on.
Putting trade above everything built the British empire into the most powerful superpower in history, America learnt this, and adopted a similar strategy to create its power and wealth.
Germany, France, Spain, Russia, etc. put prestige above trade and it cost them their prestige and their trade.
Everyone has a price, and Britain learnt to be the leading power they needed to be able to pay everyones price.
One question, is navy really important in ruling india or other countries where you could go by land?
One question, is navy really important in ruling india or other countries where you could go by land?
@@jugg9140 yes, as trade is easier over sea than land especially 100 plus years ago, the military presence in India was only necessary to maintain order most of the time, if someone was capable of a naval blockade of India that would have cost both Britain and India a fortune due to the lack of overseas trade. Control of the seas kept trade flowing and the money rolling in.
Napoleon hat the strongest army by comparison to all others at the time, in all history including up until the present day, but the British naval blockade of France and its allies crippled Europe's economy, and because most of British trade was with its own empire, the USA, and across Asia, no trade between Britain and most of Europe cost Britain a lot of profit, but still in profit non the less, but cost France and Spain their ability to maintain themselves and wage war.
The primary reason Britain was the most successful empire was that it tended to work with(trade) other countries rather than invade and conquer them. That made a massive difference. Clearly, the most well-developed naval force helped too etc etc.
Woah I just realized the Scottish flag and English flag are combined into one.
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 it's only Scotland and England and Ireland Wales does not exist
@@opticnerve8927 St Patrick's flag is in there as well.
This is amazing and cool
No matter what you think of the British Empire, you can't deny how impressive it was.
It has done both good and bad but people blaming history for their current plight can be quite stupid. Be cautious yes, but move on and work together if I were they.
James Evans I hope that comment was a joke
James Evans rule Britannia Britannia rule the waves
@James Evans - Lol, what?
America doesn't rule shit. It can't even rule itself at the minute. And if you don't think a tiny island ruling a quarter of the world, fighting on multiple fronts and having the largest empire in history isn't impressive then you're either bitter and lying or your standards are unrealistically high. No other country in history has achieved what the British did.
@@badger1858 Maybe he is aiming to say dominating poor region wasn't an impressive thing. Regardless if they had conquered the first world countries (Modern Europe) it would be impressive [For him]
When you realise that the HMS Victory is older than every country that was once in british rule
I like this video 😌👍👍👍👍
After working and spending time with a few of them it really is mind boggling
You have forgotten to mention New Zealand. You could make a comment for the key role of Meditterenean Sea in middle 1800 's for the british trade. Great video btw!!
Because New Zealand doesn't exist 😁
@Sigmund Falkner new Zealand knew that Australia and New Zealand were there before the UK but they didn't want them
@@thatsmadcrazy8953 Spaniards and Portuguese were the first to explore both, they left little to nor register to avoid other powers but there are evidences in form of helmets, coins etc...
@erick meyer cyprus too. We still have British military bases over here
@Lucky wasn’t that disproven ? Either way it doesn’t matter because the actual first people to find and explore Australia and New Zealand were its native inhabitance.
Guyana my beautiful country is the only country in south America that was rule British and that means we have really beautiful architectures British style homes and building really nice to visit Guyana
Srilanka was mistakenly not marked in this video - map shown. but its actually a British colony as well.
In short, they had a really strong navy and were able to defend their colonies and take more from other nations. They also had enough money to sustain them till they had to let them go.
they industrialized early and fast
They ruled and controlled 35.5 million sq km of land on the 🌍
@@scambammer6102 at the cost of millions of indians
@@surfacepro3328 uhh ...
No, industrialization started way before the conquest of india.
'Cuz they literally rule the waves as they have the most powerful navy at that time..
The always made sure they had a bigger navy than the next 2 countries combined (this was usually france and spain, but holland might have been up there early on)
All Hail Britannia
The Alchemist all hail lelouch
Yeah they proved their utter dominance of the seas in winning the most during the 7 years war. Which was arguably the first global war. They also embarrassed the French and the Spanish (traditional naval superpowers) at Trafalgar in 1805.
@@godlovesyou1995 At some point during the Napoleanic wars I believe it was the larger than the entire globe's navies combined. Might be wrong though
Q: "How did the British Empire rule the world?"
A. "Divide and rule".
It did not "start" with the Roman Empire, and it did not end when the Brits left India.
It is alive and well, and surrounds all aspects of society and politics, and flows like dirty water always looking for a "crack" somewhere...
Canadian Home Children are a big part of British Empire success to expand. Between 1869 and 1932, over 100,000+ children were sent from Britain to Canada , Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland, through assisted juvenile emigration. Average age 1O, two thirds were boys. Money was transferred per head. These children were sent to work on farms and in farmhouses. In 2010, the Canadian government issued a formal apology to the home children and their descendants for the suffering and hardships they endured. These children were not partners but slaves taken from their homeland.
A little hard work never hurt anyone 😂😂😂
Britain never ruled Somalia south of Berbera, that would be Italy.
That's only one of the numerous mistakes in this video. Hopefully, no school kid relies on it for any kind of report.
markmh835 Dang I was given this video’s link by my teacher for reference on a research project-
@Libs Hate Montesquieu Or the teachers use online resources that are engaging and easy to understand to make teaching easy then go over afterwards. And the politics of the channel with history doesnt matter because for schools theyre jus looking for the facts and ignore the opinions...
@Libs Hate Montesquieu maybe read the comment above i donno
@@jackmanby1667 i think school should just teach the facts and ignore politics, if peopel learn based off what offened some snowflake history will be totally messed up in 100years and we be thinking like ww2 was a war against rainbow ponys or something intill someone offened by ponys then we have to change it again
You forgot New Zealand on your map:(
Its just common practice to put new Zealand on the map now lol
New Zealand ?
don't you mean British New Zealand
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Count yerself Lucky, they didn't just include you as "great britain" even though Ireland is a separate country??
Who.....?
The first British ships to sail the seas were expeditions. The ships crew consisted of map makers, botanist, academics, scientists, artists etc. They were sailing into the unknown. It was the 16th century equivalent of going to the moon.
great video, I would have liked to see a nod to the exceptional British infantry
Only if this was actually taught in British history lessons
It is. I finished up a 2 year history course in college about the British Empire, the War of the Roses, and the US, last year.
it is. that's all we bloody learned about in school. That, and Henry VIII, WW2 and maybe a bit about the Romans.
@@Delete240 Did you learn about the British concentration camps in Africa?
@@robertcarson3116 you mean the concentration camps held in the second boer war? Yep.
I never learned anything about the Empire in school, only on the internet
The system of using trade outposts was also used by the Portuguese earlier (contrary to the Spanish and French), which is an interesting fact, since Portugal and England have been allies since the XIV century! ~The more you know~
The English wanted that treaty so they could easily marry into our Portuguese royal family then without firing a bullet take our colonies, us Portuguese could have been bigger than England but we got manipulated . . . The British with a kind smile take your wallet . . .
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Can you do ones on the Dutch empire and the Belgium empire too?
The Belgium empire was a metaphor for life: nasty, brutal and short.
"Not a completely non violent authority". Understatement of the century.
”The British army should be a projectile fired by the British navy”
Underrated comment
Thats what they invented the Royal Marines for..
@@dopeyb218 thats why we renew trident.
@@Bensonbadger The way Marines launch from a carrier craft in Rib's pretty much is a projectile.
Belize was a part of the empire. Your map has inconsistencies.
The Gambia, Sri lanka, Bhutan and a few others were also not on the map.
As an American it’s crazy how powerful such a small country was
Such is the power of the white man, specifically the Anglo man
@Disco1030
Crying?
I was boasting, not crying.
Its all geography, the same reason the USA is also powerfull is because of its geographical location
So proud to be British for such a small island and what we have achieved in the world.
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Bakka
It's impressive
So proud that British Empire was responsible for many genocides and famines
@English Gentleman you mean achievement by looting. Such a disgrace you and your people. Have some shame.
Land : *EXISTS*
British : Do you wanna join us?
*YES* or *YES*
Britain stronk 🇬🇧💪🏻😎😤
Respect from 🇭🇷
good video.
I love learning about imperialism it's so crazy how they did it with nothing that we have now, over 5 centuries ago
I think the British Empires success was a mixture of the Industrial Revolution which was enabled by Englands unique political-culture (Magna Carta, for example). I think the IR had such a greater effect in England because of the greater personal and economic freedoms people had at least in the mid & upper classes. Also they say due to the low population in the British Isle it incentivized the invention of machinery to increase production. Then the composite nations particularly Scotland, as I understand it the motivation for the Union was (in part) to avoid having an enemy nation to Englands north that could ally with, say the French, the Scots motivation was debt I think.
And, viola, a political union made without war but a trade of sorts.
And that was a pattern that played out through the empire, there was no invasion date for the British entry into India for example, British business interest would go around the world and the Crown would be obliged to ensure their security. So the British conquer the world through economics accidentally and then built the national mythos around that haphazard.
Now to watch the video.
Magna Carta may be the start, but Simon De Montford, The English Civil War and Glorious Revolution of 1688 are just as important
@@archivesoffantasy5560 Expand, I’m interested.
@@yevz6360
Magna Carta, which meant the king (John) couldn’t do as he pleased without baron consent (sort of anyway) is recognised as one of the world’s most important legal charters but the Oxford provisions are just as important.
De Montfort fought against the king (Henry III) won, and called the first parliaments, through a document known as the Oxford provisions.
The king’s son (Prince Edward, later Edward I) would overthrow De Montfort a year later but only on the promise to his men that he would keep De Montfort’s reforms.
In the English Civil War, the king’s apparent divine right to rule with absolutist power was proven false as the Parliamentary army beat the Royalist forces and the king, Charles I, was executed . England became a republic for ten years but it was still pretty much a monarch under its leader, Oliver Cromwell. Once Cromwell died, the son of the executed King Charles I, became King Charles II. Charles II was the last king of England who ever acted supreme over parliament. Once he died, his brother became James II, but was kicked out in what is known as the Glorious Revolution, which was parliament’s way of getting rid of any Catholic and absolutist kings. The guy they replaced James II with was a Protestant and he was the first constitutional monarch of England. So through
Magna Carta 1215
Oxford Provisions 1264
English Civil War 1642-1651
Glorious Revolution 1688
The power of the monarch began to decrease, and by 1688 absolutism was completely gone in England/Britain. Over one hundred years before France did, over two hundred years before Russia did (perhaps they never did thinking about it) and even about 90 years before the creation of the USA.
Also Scotland had 5 universities to England's 2 so education was a key facter
@@archivesoffantasy5560 the glorious revolution was key to the expansion of England, later GB, since it was the "cause" of the transition of capital, banks, economic systems, craftsmen, stock marketing etc., from Amsterdam to London.
A Native American proverb says, "If two fish are fighting in one water, a long-legged Englishman passed by there five minutes ago."
Tf does that have to do with native Americans? I don't think they did much sea travel
@@cyanoticspore6785 yes
What's the song at the end
Thanks!
Fun fact: the British has had colonies/land in every single continent
Still do
@Your Majesty, Antarctica is not a continent.
@@Jean_Jacques148 Antarctica is in fact a continent.
@@senpeeyt6153 yes they still own land in Antarctica
Guyana in South America,most of Central and south Africa, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Tuvalu (at least of the union Jack symbol) in Oceania, and some stuff in Asia which i forgot
Hate on the Brits all you want, you have to admit, they pulled this off brilliantly. Just impressive as hell. Don’t hate the player, y’all. Hate the game.
yeah lets see what's your reaction when you are the one being invaded,pal
@@szarekhostwind Survival of the fittest has been a law of nature as long as life has existed. Besides, why do you judge 1700s Brits with 2021 values? This might come to surprise you, but people back then weren’t raised to think the way people today do. Shocking, right?
@@jacobr8063 yeah survival of the fittest at its finest if people will just always abide by that principle then all of this was just smoke and mirrors then.. or should I say peace was just an illusion all along.
@@szarekhostwind I’m not saying survival of the fittest is a law we humans should abide by. We should rise above it and in some ways we are, but for millennia we didn’t. That doesn’t mean we modern humans should judge people who lived back in those when they didn’t have the knowledge and values we do today. That’s not fair to them. One may disagree with the morality of the British Empire while simultaneously admiring the accomplishment of building the largest empire in human history.
I'm kinda proud and I'm not when I hear how bad people where treated