The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1) (Royal Marine Reacts) 

Melting down a statue of a tyrant to make bullets is the most American thing I've ever heard.

It's true about the Vikings. They've found Norse settlements and graves in Newfoundland.

I heard that the "combat training" most Americans had in the early part of the Revolution came from their skills as hunters. When the English came through in the months before the war and demanded the colonists give up their guns, it wasn't well received as a lot of people in the undeveloped wilderness relied on hunting to survive, and further swayed public opinion against the British.

"Why Oyster shells" because they had a whole whole LOT of them and they can be very sharp because of barnacles and the edges

What's funny though is that the "Americans" were actually all still British citizens so Paul Revere didn't yell out "The British are coming" but instead he told people the "Regulars" were coming. Also, chances are, he didn't go galloping through the night shouting it because secrecy would have been needed to try to get the drop on the redcoats.

I cannot believe it, he reacted to another Oversimplified video! He's slowly becoming one of us!!

An interesting thing about the Boston Massacre: The soldiers were put on trial, and they were defended by Founding Father John Adams... who won. Other patriots were annoyed at him for defending them, but he insisted that we show the world that there would be proper justice, even in Boston. (Places to see, not even a huge trip from Maine: The old state house in Boston, and the Adams compound in Quincy.)

"And that America dumped of tea in the water which is blasphemy!.... I'm still kinda bitter about that. Tea is fantastic! Don't throw it in the sea guys! There could've been other ways to start a war apart from ruining some good tea!" I would disagree with you Luke. What better way to start a war with the British? You guys are still upset with it over 260 years later..... Lol

After the American Revolution, react to the American Civil War video. That video is by far my favourite Oversimplifed video

I can’t wait for you to meet John Paul Jones. He was handsome, Scottish, and absolutely insane.

The Leif Erikson thing is true, there is evidence that they made a small settlement in today’s area of L'Anse aux Meadows, they even traded with the local Native tribe.

The US had 40,000 soldiers, 53 frigates & sloops, 2,131 marines, and the state navies had a total of 106 ships. The French, Spanish and some Native American Tribes helped the Americans. French Allied Forces included: 10,800 soldiers, and 2 naval fleets with escort ships. The Spanish had 12,000 soldiers, and 1 fleet with escorts. There is no figure on American-supporting Native American troops. The British had 48,000 soldiers, and an unknown number of task force fleets & blockading squadrons. British Loyalists, the Germans, and some Native American Tribes helped the British (25,000 Loyalists, 29,875 Germans, & 13,000 Native Americans to be exact).

I learned about Lief Ericsson some time ago and it made a spongebob episode make much more sense.

When he said minuteman I had flashbacks of Preston

Luke: reacts to the American revolution Me who's played assassins creed 3: *the expert*

100% part2 is a must! love the video.

12:18 at Lexington they used traditional tactical that didn't go to well so they anbushed them in in Concord, also by targeting officers

18:45 Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other contributors to the American War of Independence actually tried to end slavery with the very birth of the country. One of the planned grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence was to be a paragraph against the horrors of shipping people from Africa to be enslaved in America against their will, but it was omitted by the insistence of southern states that relied much more on slave labor than the north. The War of Independence required the unity of all of the thirteen colonies/states, and so the efforts against slavery were moved to lower priority out of necessity, but the Founding Fathers actually did try to right this wrong at the start. That piece is usually left out of history lessons to paint them as more hypocritical than they in fact were, and many of them did go on to free their slaves in their wills. They really did try, and they purposefully set up the United States of America's Declaration of Independence and Constitution with the foundation of values and inalienable rights as a basis for the eventual abolition of slavery, because they knew that war would have to be fought.

Oh hell yes, react to part 2! Also, welcome to New England!

Im a very patriotic American (Also love our brothers in the UK) First off to the old "rag tag group beating the greatest professional army of the day" type talk. A lot of them legitemitley were very untrained (militarily speaking) but were very knowledgable fronteirsmen who knew the land inside and out as well as extreme profeciency with rifled weapons that were more suited for hunting big game than the british smoothbore muskets. Also the most important point, although SOME of the militias were just that many of them and especially in the convential Contential Army were former professional soldiers themselves who had fought for the British in the French and Indian War here in NA( Washington was British officer at this time) , or the 7 Years war for everyone else. These guys were very very good, just as good as any British line infantry. They knew their tactics, how they fought, their military doctirine, basically everything the British army knew how to do the Contental Army would be just as capable, but not able to execute as effecivley do to massive logistical problems, and to be fair both sides suffered logistically. With that said the industial capability of the British Empire could have EASILY crushed the revolution if it truly commited to it. This is not to diminish the exploints of Washington's army they performed far beyond expectation especially given the circumstances they would face. PS: Excuse the typos, I am an Yank after all ;)

The issue with the taxation had to do with the fact that for the longest time, when Parliament needed tax money from the colonies, they basically let the colonial governments know and they levied the taxes. After the 7 Years War, Parliament bypassed the local governments and levied the taxes directly. After almost 100 years of local rule, it was seen as an insult to the colonists.

Good one to look up is the lost colony of ranoake, theres a reference to them in read dead 2

The birth of the us army rangers came from revolutionary War there was a group called Rodgers Rangers who used mostly guerrilla tactics. Later became the army rangers

Not really related to the US or Oversimplified, but you should take a look at the 100 Years War series by Kings and Generals, specifically the earlier episodes where Britain was winning (I personally recommend the one on the Battle of Crecy)

The history of your country is one you should be proud of. The Brits, and the British empire did many good things for the world.

columbus landed on the bahamas and thought it was something related to india, but amerigo vespucci proved that it was a new continent. (this is what i was taught so if it's wrong blame the education system)

The minutemen had some military experience in the Seven Years War, but they had also learned guerrilla warfare from the natives, who didn’t either stand and fight or retreat as was the norm.

Definitely want to see part 2

"If you Throw Tea in the Sea,I hear My ancestors Crying." 🤣

welcome to america 🇺🇸 😁😁 and yess react to part 2!!

Paul revere's ride was heavily embellished by Longfellow, long after it happened. Paul Revere and William dawes set out not yelling "The British are coming", they went to specific homes quietly to spread the word. They did pick up another guy, and revere and dawes were captured, but the 3rd guy managed to spread the word all the way.

I don't know if has already been pointed out, but the 1763 Tea Act actually lowered the price on tea in the colonies. That has always made me laugh. The price of tea lowered, but we didn't get a say and could only buy from one importer, so we revolted. And you should definitely react to Part 2.

That little scene with the Tomahawk actually happened. It was before the French and Indian War. The land sparked an interest to the Ohio Company of Virginia to purchase the land from the British for westward expansion of settlers. To make the story shorter. Washington and a militia company were sent along with an allied group of Mingo Indians toward Fort Duquesne, a French installation near modern-day Pittsburgh. The French sent out a small party under Joseph de Jumonville as a diplomatic mission with strict orders to avoid a fight unless provoked. Well Washington chose to surround the French party and opened fire, killing several. Most surrendered, at that point Washington's Native counterpart, known as The Half King, wielded a Tomahawk into De Jumonville's head, killing him. No state of war had been declared. It was soon after this event that Washington surrendered in humiliation at Fort Necessity. Washington was lucky, his inability to control his Native Allies and the assassination of a prisoner constitutes a war crime I would think in the eyes of the French.

I’ve never thought I’d see the day British person who loves America and is willing to openly speak about it

I'm in Philadelphia, and I cut my teeth on the history of the city, including trips to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. To this day, I walk the older streets and take it in. And yet I had no idea that the British captured the city until I watched Oversimplified. It was that inconsequential that it's barely mentioned. Peggy Shippen's role in Benedict Arnold's treachery is more well known than 'that time the city was captured.'

TV shows: "TURN' (Washington's Spies) and "Son's of Liberty" are two AMAZING shows if you want to go in depth into what happened.

Yes, please do Part 2! I'd love to see you continue reacting to Oversimplified's videos.

I loved oversimplified and I'm a history fanatic. Lol. I'm glad you're enjoying these videos.

Please do a part two of this. I really enjoyed watching this video.

Big fan Luke love your videos. Your right man our countries have a dark past but I think it's important that like you we all recognize that and don't try to hide it. Looking forward to a Pt. 2 and you gotta check out more of oversimplified videos! Keeping making great vids man!

Ahaha i knew you’ll get to this love it when you react to oversimplified

This is a great video, so exited for part 2!

FINALLY! I’ve been wanting this for so long!!! Edit: Also definitely watch the Oversimplified videos about the Civil War. They are very impactful.

Literally everything on Oversimplified Chanel is worth watching. Emu wars in Austrailia to WW2. HE IS LEGEND.

I completely agree. While I might have had a good time at the Boston Tea Party, I at least would have spared a crate for myself. Such good tea. I still poor one out for the lost tea every session. Oyster shells? Chowder.

Remember that the 7 Years War wasn't that long before this, and a lot of the untrained rebels were veterans of that war. They might not have been up to the standards of British Regulars, but the militias a fair number of men who were trained and experienced soldiers. In the contact at Lexington, the militia was drawn up in a classic European battle line. At Concord, the militia battle line - firing in volleys - shattered the British blocking force and kicked off their retreat back to Boston. There was a lot of harassment and guerilla fighting during the retreat, of course.

Ooohh, I want some tea now🤌 Oh and great video idea, especially one coming from oversimplified👍

I’m not sure if it’s quite as tactical as you’d want but the podcast History That Doesn’t Suck is amazing. It goes in depth about American history and starts roughly with the French and Indian War. Seriously, it’s amazing

Great video. I love your historical reactions.

Definitely want a part 2

The "untrained" militia of Massachusetts had actually know many years of off and on wars; including the so called Indian wars in the century prior. There is a book called "The name of war" by historian Jill Lepore that looks at this and examines the long term impact it had on American culture. It's well worth the read.

I love revisiting this History! Thank you sir!

Your the OriginalHooman lol much love to ya bud keep up the great vids if your ever up towards Minnesota let me know I'll take ya out to a good restaurant and show ya around the lovely parts of our state

Can only imagine the MinuteMen rebels were using tactics like utilizing their knowledge of the forest terrain and picking off British troops from afar all Patriot style

I love these types of history videos and I also love hearing others opinions and views on it so these vids are perfect

Ooh nice his video on prohibition is very good aswell

"I don't even drink tea anymore" Literally him 5 seconds earlier: "I bet the sea tasted great"

Not a rumor there are viking settlements in Nova Scotia and other parts of northern North America that pre date Columbus

To answer the question at 11:40 from what I learned in school the minutemen would occasionally use actual tactics against the British but mostly used what was basically guerrilla warfare

All that matters is the history you write for yourself, and so far you've shown yourself to be a stellar dude!

The revolutionary war was actually one of the first widespread uses of snipers in combat between professional militaries. The Rebels learned it from the Native Americans and being primarily hunters, they used what they knew. British officers tended to look extra fancy, so one or two rebels would hide in the trees and target the officers, destabilizing the British command structure which was very important to the rigid combat formations of the British.

16:15 Here in Norfolk there is also a cannon ball from the Revolutionary war still in the side of a church near downtown

Please do part 2, I loved your reaction to my proud countries history.

Yessss! Another Oversimplified reaction! Please record more Oversimplified reactions.

YES please do part 2!!! Also New England represent!

do pt.2 for sure I like the perspective of brits on the revolution

Also, they're now saying that Paul Revere never shouted "the British are coming" for a couple of reasons. One, the ride to warn the towns of the British was a stealth mission since the British troops were in the area and they wouldn't want to let them know that they knew they were coming. Second, Paul Revere rode with two other people. Along the way, the three were stopped by a British patrol but one, not Revere, managed to get away and was the only one who completed the entire journey. Revere and the other rider that got stopped were forced to turn back.

My guy you're in Maine? That's where I am! There's a really good veterans community here, it's been pretty great since I got out of the military.

8:30 He was just crying about the tea. One tea joke and he switched up quick lmaoo

You could essentially think of the minute man as like the vehicle during the American revolution. They were primarily farmers and townspeople with weapons who just went about their day lives and could just pick up their arms and meet up when they were needed.

I can't wait to see part 2

Well, good news to see that you're reacting Oversimplified once again!

There is a whole lot more than this even. This is truly oversimplified this time. Still a great video

Dude your more American than most born Americans. Nothing but love for you brother

3:30 Part of the issue here, is that American settlers on the frontier did as much, if not more, for the defense of the colonies from France. Hence why the colonies are pissed off by the taxes, along with getting no say on their being levied on colonists.

11:50 What you said about guerrilla tactics is really true! During the American revolution, specialized detachments of primarily big game hunters used long rifles to snipe enemy commanders. They were really successful overall.

you should really do a movie reaction of the patriot, you'll love it, plus you get to see the tactics used, during the revolution

How did they force back a well-trained army? Initially, it was because the Brits were outnumbered and unprepared for a pitched battle. Then things got EXTRA ugly when one Militia Brig. General William Heath showed up and invented the "moving ring of fire" tactic. Runners were dispatched so the arriving militia would hold to the east and wait. When the redcoats were within range, the ring closed around them and subjected them to a near-constant hail of gunfire from all directions for the remaining duration of the retreat, until they were rescued outside of Boston by reinforcements.

id love to see part 2 :))

imagine if ottomans allowed for trade between india and europe the world would have been soooo different

Kind of crazy to think that all these years later we have become some of the closest allies and two of the most powerful Countries in the world Also the Minutemen weren’t untrained, they knew basic tactics and were rather accurate as most of them served in the Seven Years/French and Indian War

Broken oyster shells are sharp and can cut. That’s probably why they were placed in the snowballs. They would cause a cut and the ice would make it sting. Oh and when they fought the regulars on the way back to Boston they developed a rolling fire. A string of men would form up and fire one at a time moving up after the last man fired. They would then fall back into the trees and reload and regroup down the road.

We got The Liberty Bell because of us melting down the statue of George III. The British had the same idea to pick out church bells and such and melt them down for ammunition. When Philadelphia was under threat of occupation (which it inevitably fell under) the fear was they’d specifically take the bell from the Pennsylvania State House (Now known as Independence Hall) where the Declaration of Independence was approved. Basically we took as many metal objects out of Philadelphia as we could and into the countryside, the Liberty Bell breaking the carriage it was in mid-transport and earning its famous crack down the middle.

Would love to see Part 2!

A big part he missed was where the narrator said the citizens had to pay for the british soldiers. Was a quick sentence but it was talking about how the colonists, who even if they were rebels, were forced to house and feed the british soldiers; it was called the Quartering Act, "The Quartering Acts were two or more Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of Britain's North American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food"

Got to see the part 2

To be fair, the tax legislation, although pretty heavy handed, was pretty justifiable. Also, many colonials saw this coming so it not like the taxes blindsided them. The colonials had the right to protest some of them doing things a bit more extreme but protests, none the less. It's The Kings response to those protests with the Intoleable Acts that, imo justified the Revolution.

At it's peak, the British Army had 22,000 regulars in America during the Revolution. That number was supported by around 25,000 Loyalist irregulars & militiamen. The largest number of Continental Army troops ever gathered in a single battle was around 13,000. Estimates put total Continental Army numbers at around 25,000, but, that was split between different areas & separate commanders.

Oyster shells being a harbor town were readily available and they're SHARP.

I'd love to see you react to part 2

For what it's worth, the message spread during the Midnight Ride by Paul Revere (and William Dawes, Samuel Prescott, and Israel Bissell) was not "The British are coming!" because that would be a strange thing to shout since most of the Massachusetts colonists were ethnically English and considered _themselves_ to be British at the time. The actual warning was "The Regulars are coming out."

I'm pretty sure Bunker Hill is the battle that coined the term "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes". The Minutemen had limited ammo and didn't want to waste a single shot so they made sure it was impossible to miss. I also recall hearing that the battle was very bloody. So many people got shot that their blood flowed down the hill and made like an ankle deep puddle.

Many of the Colonists were fighting English style just less effectively and amateurishly, but their sharpshooters and more effective guerrilla style fighting became more predominant and tided them over until the army became a professional threat in a standing firing line battle at the end of the war.

According to the Eiriks Saga, Leif Erickson landed in North America in what is to be believed the area around The Gulf of Saint Lawrence(in Eastern Canada nowadays). Supposedly because where he landed had an abundance of grapes & the fertility of the land seemed to be good, he referred to the place as Vinland. They made a settlement there & traded with the Natives(I’m guessing a Tribe of Native Americans)but eventually the Natives & Leif Erikson’s group of Norseman ended up clashing so they left the Settlement to head back to their homeland which in-turn brought about stories of Vinland among the Norse. There’s indeed a little area in Northern Newfoundland, Canada called L’Anse Aux Meadows & it’s the only authentic Norse Settlement on North America. Wether it was where Leif Erikson’s settlement or maybe those that heard tales of his voyage & ventured to find the land he called Vinland for themselves is something we’ll probably never know but that stretch of Canada is the most likely candidate.

Gen dit commando recommended you although I had already watched a few. Good job and keep it up

18:30 life liberty and the pursuit of happiness we fought for these ideals we shouldnt settle for less.

From about 10:30 -- "Minutemen" had been part of the Colonial militia establishment for a long time, by 1775, dating back to the original alarm companies who turned out to fight 'indian' (Native American) raids.....Also, as of April of 1775, very few of the British troops in North America had ever heard a shot fired in anger; OTOH, somewhere in the ballpark of 30-40% of Colonial militia were combat veterans, many of whom had been offered commissions in the British Army during the Seven Years' War. What hit the British column on the retreat from Lexington were the lead elements of 23 regiment-equivalents of militia, all of whom had spent the night force-marching to what is now "Battle Road"; they were streaming in, strung out along very narrow tracks, trying to get a crack at the column. Accounts from surviving British officers all speak of "groups of about 50 men" firing at them from ambush along the road -- and Colonial militia companies in the early days tended to be fully manned, at about 50 men apiece...Anyone who chooses to actually think about it, tends to get very sober at the implications.

My Great (×6) Grandfather Sergeant Benjamin Haskell was actually one of the revolutionaries who fought on Bunker Hill. Supposedly, he was near General Joseph Warren when the general was killed during the battle.

Your camo hat is camouflaging with the video, LOL

❤❤ it !! Can't wait for Part 2 !! ✌