A History Teacher Reacts | The Pig War [Part 1/2] | Oversimplified 

Do you think a war between the United States and Britain could seriously have started based on this dispute?

The mole checking scene is far more accurate a depiction of British Parliament than you might think.

I love how everyone had the same reaction to that first joke.

I consider myself considerably well-versed in history, but a heck of a lot of this was new to me. Hat-tip to Oversimplified and other history content creators like Mr. Terry for shining a light on some of the more obscure details of the past that many of us wouldn't have considered brushing up on.

Fun fact: If you’ve ever read the book Animal Farm, Napoleon the pig is also a bershire

Side note, I just like that you’re teaching history and also have the Turtles in Time cabinet in the background.

"Who would start a war over a pig?" Hatfields & McCoys: "First time?"

"Don't tell that to Canada! That's a pride of their country." Don't call us out like this. 😅

Terry: pauses video as osp says "this couldn't cause anyone" also terry: "it'd be entertaining" the video: "TO DIE"

The way Mr. Terry got lowkey hurt when he said “I DIDNT SAY THEY WERE WHITE PEOPLE.” 😂😂

American history is very chaotic and insane pre-1900s.

I was thinking about this, Mr Terry and Oversimplified should do a full Collab, like Mr Terry as a voice actor as something

I grew up in the Seattle area and still live in the Pacific Northwest...and I knew virtually NONE of this. This is insane. I'm so mad at my history teachers. I know there's just too much to cover and not enough time, so I get it...but still, we live here and don't know about this!

About negotiating borders. A few of my friends and I used to pretend to be world leaders and settling on borders was indeed the hardest subject. Every time when there was a border dispute, it took ages and multiple negotiations before the dispute was settled. This often lead to long periods of areas being disputed territory.

I got to say cuz I already saw this video that Canada rant in the end was just golden

Not just Britain that loved beaver - all of Northern Europe, to the point where it became a continent wide extinction crisis, and that, in turn, drove a lot of the interest in settling/trading in Canada in the first place. It was reintroduced from stock that survived outside of Europe, in western Siberia, and has really only started to come back since the 2000s.

I lived in Victoria for 4 years and now living in Abbotsford right on the border and I have always wondered why those islands are not Canadian. This is first time I have leant about the history of these islands and the border between US and Canada. Its just incredible how it was all figured our 200 years ago.

I love how whenever oversimplified uploads im immediately waiting for your reactions.

By far, my favorite part of this video is still when Douglas sees the Americans coming, says, "OH NO!", then one big "NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Gets me laughing every time, but I'm not sure why.

I've got uni tomorrow morning, I'll watch this later! Enjoy

I was so happy when simple history covered this. I've lived in Washington state all my life and I think it's a really cool part of our history. Hey Arnold which is set in Washington state also did an episode about it

You ar one of the best history video reaction channels on RU-vid, I hope you have a great Christmas.

Canadian here, we have don't really hold onto burning the white house as our sole achievement (with regards to wars with the US; that we all won), repelling the US invasion during the war itself was no small feat as well during the revolutionary war and the Finnigan Raids, etc. we also brag joining wars when they start not when they are already won ;) (just a quick jab) I truly enjoyed spending time with US troops during my time serving in the Canadian forces, good lads all of em.

Binging ur vids helped me get over a breakup, many thanks, Mr. Terry.

As a Brit, the section around 16 mins is exactly how useful our government are

1:40 Mr.Terry is the only person who can smile without smiling.

this was an amazing episode mr terry!

The seats in the Uk parliament are separated to two sword lengths to keep members from swordfighting.

4:25 The Portuguese have always been very good cartographers and used a lot of this to deceive Spain in South America and expand Brazil. They did this with the Colony of the Santissimo Sacramento and nearly doubled the size of Portuguese territory in the Americas given by the treaty of tordesillas.

It's funny because as a Canadian we're taught in History class in school that Canada won the war of 1812 and burned down the White house.

15:53 that laugh 😂

They didn't split Vancouver Island, but for some reason they kept Point Roberts. It seems pointless but idk.

But the Americans keep coming! and they don't stop coming! Terry: "Keep doing it! Keep doing the song!"

...remember...? ...ORDER...ORDER...!!! ...i miss that guy...! ;-)

The reaction I've been waiting for 👍

I don’t necessarily know if going back to fights in Congress is a good idea. I seem to remember a point in history where one man beat another with his cane.

I don't remember the name, but I remember watching a documentary in school about how the states got their shapes

its like imagine this, what if America and Japan started a war over the anime sub and dub argument, that war will never happen

*Looks in feed* I'VE BEEN WAITING YEARS FOR THIS!!!!

Don't diss Mr Terry on the Oregon trail, or you will die from dissin Terry.

15:24 The Infinity Gavel!

13:52 What you’re describing at Lake Of The Woods, MN also exists in Point Roberts, WA

Really suprised you skipped over the ad....I always appreciated and respected how you gave the original content creator their just due with their revenue opportunity, when most other reactors do the opposite

A lot of the clips where America arrives reminds me of a joke between myself and my European friends "democracy is mandatory" 😂

You missed the “Equators gonna Equate” poster on the wall of the negotiation room. Love these Easter eggs!!!

”The British love beaver.” Oh my God 😆!

”He really said that (allegedly)”

Can't wait for another video from Oversimplified

YES! Please Mr. Terry Overcomplicate my Oversimlified video!😂

There's been a couple of times recently when i thought some of our representatives were about to fight.

Actually living in Berkshire it is so funny to hear people pronounce it like that whereas it's pronounced bark-sheer

Spaghetti Jeff has been in every Oversimplified video since The War of the Bucket

The border being discussed in the video actually cuts off Point Roberts Washington from the US. You have to cross the into Canada drive like 25 miles and then recross back into the US to get there.

Man should just play this in class teachs the students and it’s something they can enjoy

WOW! The first time I've seen you skip the nord vpn ad.

"By the way, the British love beaver." *chokes* 😂

16:32 That's why second place is no longer VP

16:22 I mean there was the fight where Brooks nearly beat Sumner to death on the Senate floor with his cane

As a Canadian I can say with pride that technically the country of Canada has never lost a war that is one more hasn't been in draws but never lost a war

"The British love beavers." "Ya don't say," while I'm thinking about the beaver song from How I Met Your Mother. 😏

"BTW the british love beaver." I know, I watched Austin Powers.

4:18 On the maps. It probably did happen way more than we know, it's just that the crap maps were burned and lost to history. At least we still have some. California as an island is my favorite.

16:29 I think Senator Brooks and Senator Sumner are laughing in their graves.

I just noticed the cold war map of Vietnam at 10:07 Foreshadowing the next video?

13:45 I believe the word you're looking for to describe the Northwest Angle is "exclave". As they draw the border along the 49th parallel to the ocean in this video, they create another exclave in Washington State, which is Point Roberts. You can see it on the west side of the bay when they outline Whatcom County.

“The British Love Beaver.” Hahaha

What sounds stupider? A war becouse of a bucket, or a pig?

Most of the people who made money in gold rushes did it by selling stuff to the prospectors rather than actually looking for gold.

I got so shook when he skipped the ad

Mr Terry: the British love beaver. Me sniggering: yes, yes we do

I would like to point out, that the lake of the woods they went off of, doesn't exist. We do have a lake of the woods, but it isnt that large.

Manifest destiny=Lebensraum

dont tell that to both sides, neither side wanna accept a draw

The frontier is both full of opportunities AND Full of risk.

I love listening to you, really miss school wish i could listen to my history teacher again

Possession is 9/10s of the law, you know if you can take it you own it. The strong rule!

That little area in Minnesota is Angle, MN (49º 23'N) which is the northernmost point of the contiguous United States. There is a small town (less than 5 square miles) known as Point Roberts, WA (48°59′05″N 123°04′05″W) near that set of islands in Washington State that ran into a unique issue during covid lockdowns in 2020. Canada had decided that they would shut down the border into their country as a safety issue. The residents of Point Roberts have to drive about 25 miles through Canada to get to the rest of the United States. The population is only a little over 1,000 residents. Prior to the lockdowns, many of Point Robert's residents did most of their shopping in Canada because there are not a lot of stores in the small town. If they needed medical care or other services, they would drive though Canada to get to the rest of the United States. When the border was shut down, they were effectively stranded and many of them had to live off whatever resources they had available in their homes. They ran into issues with the postal service and many other problems. There is a documentary about it somewhere on RU-vid if anyone is interested. I don't remember the name of the documentary, but I'd imagine searching anything about Point Roberts, WA and Covid challenges would probably find it. Might be an interesting video for Mr. Terry History to review. Technically, anything that has happened in the past is history, even if it is recent history like 2020. People tend to forget how recent events are also history. Beyond that, learning some history about Point Roberts itself might be kind of cool.

Berkshire (the breed of pig shown in the video) is a county in the UK. I'm actually from there

"The British love beaver".................indeed

History is always written by the victors

Two nations fighting over a small piece of land. For hundreds of years, that was a European sport. Remember when two sides fought over a bucket?

I'm glad the us got the land. Orcas island is sick. Went to a sleepaway camp there

I love your video's especially the ones where you react to oversimplified (i ordered the plushie). Btw. The british gave us lots good inventions. But one is very important. Its the steam engine. Without that the steam locomotives never would been invented and the world be different place. So you can say the steam engine made the modern world

“We need some fights” Mr. Sumner would like a word with you

OMG I JUST REALIZED WHY HE IS NAMED TERRY!!!! Terry-tory

"The British loved beaver" Me too Mr. Terry, me too

16:30 - You just had a an attempted coup! lol.

"wouldn't it be funny if we had fist fights in Congress"? Actually, according to the Oversimplified Civil War video, we did. One guy even broke a walking stick on another Congressman. I'd rather not have us return to that considering how gun happy the Republican party is.

Canada has roots in politeness dating as far back as 1812, where we even let the US think the war of 1812 ended in a draw.

Fun fact: The Hudson Bay company in this video is the same one still making clothes today

Did you know that the Northwest Angle (little piece of land in the hat of MN) tried to become a sovereign country?

Terry:Make sure you are supporting Oversimplified? Me:Bud if I weren't subscribed to oversimplified how would I know when the video came out and how long it was and how to share it with my mom? Also Terry:borders can shift just because of a river. Me:Borders can shift just because one person moved 1 rock as well 😆

"These white people sure love beavers!" *-Natives*

They did have a huge first fight in the Senate on Amat 22 1856. Representative Brooks of South Carolina entered and proceeded to beat Senator Charles Sumner with a metal topped cane.

*”Whatcom* County”, huh? Sounds like a website, or a message platform 🤔.

Not sure if this is covered: but there was serious though to moving the border further north (forgot to which parallel) but the city of Calgary (and others) would've gone to America, thus it didn't happen.

Could you do the Hey Arnold! Version of this?

Its funny recently a witness called out senator Mullin from Oklahoma whos a trained MMA fighter and said any time any place on Twitter. When he got called out he said sure and Mullin got up to handle it and everyone lost their shit 🤣. I think we need to put a cage and mat in the center of the house and senate floor to let these people go at it. Its the only way we get people to tune into CSpan 🤣.

The speggutti head dude was speggetti jeff

finally, mr. terry delivers the goods!