The French Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)

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  • @hussarwings8611
    @hussarwings8611 Před 3 lety +9832

    "Describe the french revolution in a single word"
    Headn't

  • @CVNTCOUTURE
    @CVNTCOUTURE Před 4 lety +11123

    "Are you reading this comment?"
    "Yes"
    "There's a tax for that."

  • @Amiha.Design.Studio
    @Amiha.Design.Studio Před měsícem +308

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    • @Chris-ww7ki
      @Chris-ww7ki Před měsícem +15

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      @Irisrae-uz6xq Před 4 dny +2

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  • @AACroissantt
    @AACroissantt Před 3 měsíci +235

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  • @JackRabbitSlim
    @JackRabbitSlim Před 4 lety +7180

    Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat cake"
    The poor: "Yep, there's gonna be attacks for that."

  • @blackopsquay
    @blackopsquay Před 3 lety +3361

    The Poor: “We’re starving. Help us.”
    The Rich: “TURN DOWN FOR WHAT!!!”

  • @jesontjowari9723
    @jesontjowari9723 Před 8 měsíci +2387

    Marie Antoinette was actually quite generous.
    1. She donated a lot to charity. There's a letter she sent to her family in Austria that she cared and was concerned about the poor people in France
    2. For "Let them eat cake", it's actually Rosseau who spread that propaganda. He probably referred to Queen Maria-Thérèse, the wife of Louis XIV who lived a century prior.
    3. She actually popularized the simple white dress to women in France.
    *"I was a queen, and you dethroned me. I was a wife, and you killed my husband. I was a mother, and you tore me from my children. Only my blood remains: you are thirsty. Drink it. Hasten to meet it that you may drink it."*
    -Marie Antoinette, 1793

    • @latefanelum1303
      @latefanelum1303 Před 8 měsíci +361

      She donated to charity but was a strict conservative who wanted her family to remain absolute monarchs, so clearly she liked the idea of people venerating her for her « charity » more than actually helping them. She also wanted to raise an army from Austria to invade her « own people », all to keep power. She did not say « let them eat cake » but her actions are the reason why people assume she did.

    • @LendriMujina
      @LendriMujina Před 8 měsíci +350

      At the very least, she faced her fate with dignity. Her last words were "Pardon me, sir, I didn't mean to do that"... referring not to what she was accused of, but to having accidentally stepped on someone's foot on her way to the guillotine.

    • @anelbegic2780
      @anelbegic2780 Před 7 měsíci +125

      The same is true for Louis actually. I heard how he was not exactly anti-reformation but rather anti-revolution.
      Granted he did not help his case half the time but history paints him in a much worse light then he actually was.

    • @MM22966
      @MM22966 Před 7 měsíci +71

      One way I heard it described (I don't know how true it is) is that her famous quote wasn't so much a cruel/uncaring response to the starvation, as it was an ivory-tower liberal ditz's response: If the peasantry lacked bread makings, then simply feed them with cake dough (which was more expensive) to get them through the emergency . Ta-da, problem solved!
      Living in Versailles, where the wealthy ate well, it must have sounded to her like a perfectly reasonable plan. It was a problem of total lack of frame of reference, rather than callousness. (although that was a problem, too)

    • @LendriMujina
      @LendriMujina Před 7 měsíci +44

      @@MM22966 Yeah, that's why I never really had a problem with the quote, despite it not being something she actually said; it was accurate to her attitude and what basically everyone thought of the royal family, that they couldn't comprehend what the problem was.

  • @ivanna3013
    @ivanna3013 Před 6 měsíci +293

    me and my brother watched these videos together. they made me love history and learning with him. he passed just a couple of days ago and i'm heartbroken but he lives on through me. now we still watch together but he's in heaven watching instead of on the couch next to me.

  • @bubbabluehorn
    @bubbabluehorn Před 4 lety +5286

    French Revolution: *happens*
    Napoleon: I’m about to do what’s called a pro gamer move

    • @lloyd9435
      @lloyd9435 Před 4 lety +29

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @kimmichelle2277
      @kimmichelle2277 Před 4 lety +7

      160

    • @Oshawatt
      @Oshawatt Před 4 lety +1

      Kim Michelle like?

    • @bubbabluehorn
      @bubbabluehorn Před 4 lety +8

      Clutch Harizon I forgot I posted this. I ended up paying it on the other video and deleted it. I swear on my life i haven’t seen this joke/meme before. If it’s already been said it has been but I assure you I’m not trying to steal any meme

    • @bubbabluehorn
      @bubbabluehorn Před 4 lety +8

      “Great minds think alike”

  • @zfx_clapz4353
    @zfx_clapz4353 Před 4 lety +2565

    "Were you born?"
    "Yes, why?"
    "Oof, there's a tax for that."

    • @nicestnice3687
      @nicestnice3687 Před 4 lety +24

      TriX_IWasOneTap
      What?
      “Where were you born?”
      “Yes? Why?”
      Uhhhh
      I am born in “yes.”

    • @kakahass8845
      @kakahass8845 Před 4 lety +16

      There is an actual tax for that IRL it's called taxes.

    • @ryanjapan3113
      @ryanjapan3113 Před 4 lety +7

      Kaka Hass you’re not taxed for being born, also you don’t start filing taxes till later (depending 16-18) (actually parents get tax deductions for having kids)

    • @ryanjapan3113
      @ryanjapan3113 Před 4 lety +3

      Kaka Hass also not if you’re rich

    • @kakahass8845
      @kakahass8845 Před 4 lety +3

      @@ryanjapan3113 I mean you kinda are taxed for being born.

  • @gavlarhd4375
    @gavlarhd4375 Před 11 měsíci +80

    “Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate….. leads to suffering”
    Yoda

  • @OfficiallyBaller
    @OfficiallyBaller Před rokem +203

    13:07 I woke up. In a New Bugatti 🗣

  • @pollochristo565
    @pollochristo565 Před 3 lety +3243

    “You could make a religion out of tha-“
    “No don’t.”

  • @Expirations
    @Expirations Před 4 lety +1625

    Salt? There's a tax for that.
    Windows? There's a tax for that.
    Income? There's a tax for that.
    Church? There's a tax for that.
    Hotel? Triv- I mean, *There's a tax for that*

    • @Lucky-zo8is
      @Lucky-zo8is Před 4 lety +21

      trivago be like

    • @softbread7731
      @softbread7731 Před 4 lety +12

      Breathing there’s a tax for that

    • @martimnunesmartinho6788
      @martimnunesmartinho6788 Před 4 lety +1

      I just arrived from London and my dad paid20£ and i paid 8.50£ to go see st. Pauls Cathedral so yeah that aint even a joke

    • @lorcanp631
      @lorcanp631 Před 4 lety

      The Gacha mermaid edits talk about being breathtaking

    • @xmcattaxs4289
      @xmcattaxs4289 Před 4 lety +3

      Living? Theres a tax for that

  • @juliadagnall5816
    @juliadagnall5816 Před 9 měsíci +269

    For anyone interested in a little background: Louis XIV introduced a really elaborate form of court etiquette as a way to keep control of his nobles. If they were fighting over who got to hand the King his gloves and who got to help the Queen put on her rouge then they wouldn’t have time to fight with him over important stuff. It sort of worked, and he actually had the longest reign of any monarch (that can be verified), 72 years. His grandson, Louis XV kept the system going, but he was a dilettante who spent his time chasing skirts and moping about his lot in life so the state began to stagnate. He reigned for a long time, almost 59 years. Louis XVI was his grandson and by the time he came to the throne things were in a bad way. France was getting kicked by Britain on the one side and Prussia on the other. It would have taken an extraordinarily strong ruler to turn things around and sadly Louis didn’t qualify.

  • @connorpetersen9790
    @connorpetersen9790 Před rokem +463

    My history teacher just showed this to our class. We all had a blast and we took notes and this and the second part! Love your videos!!

    • @cringe_content_
      @cringe_content_ Před rokem +61

      You love his videos? There's a tax for that!

    • @underloveryz2731
      @underloveryz2731 Před 11 měsíci +34

      ​@@cringe_content_You commented, yeah, there is a tax for that

    • @cringe_content_
      @cringe_content_ Před 11 měsíci +25

      @@underloveryz2731 you replied!? Yep there's a tax for that!

    • @draculemihawk10
      @draculemihawk10 Před 10 měsíci +22

      ​@@cringe_content_ Your username has "cringe" in it?
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    • @cringe_content_
      @cringe_content_ Před 10 měsíci +19

      There's a tax for that? YEP THERES A TAX FOR THAT!

  • @neander6702
    @neander6702 Před 4 lety +1540

    "You aren't using NordVPN?"
    "No.."
    "There's a tax for that"

  • @exohead1
    @exohead1 Před 4 lety +4610

    “Hey, my hair is a boat”. This enraged the populace, who punished her severely.

  • @beeway5601
    @beeway5601 Před 7 měsíci +29

    10:06 I love how detailed this is, it even showed that random guy that looked like he was walking, and the people on the right pledging, that guy on the left in a chair..

  • @samuelhayden4710
    @samuelhayden4710 Před 11 měsíci +134

    Fun fact: the French military during the French Revolution invented “canning” using boiled food stuffs and absolutely airtight glass containers.

    • @bernardchantrel6906
      @bernardchantrel6906 Před měsícem +1

      In 1810, the confectioner Nicolas Appert unveiled his method of sterilizing and preserving foods, which consisted of placing them in airtight jars heated to high temperatures. The same year, in London, a merchant named Peter Durand improved this process. The can was born!

    • @Dyyd32
      @Dyyd32 Před 25 dny +3

      You talked about a fun fact? Theres a tax for that...

    • @MatthewConnellan-xc3oj
      @MatthewConnellan-xc3oj Před 5 dny

      @@Dyyd32Yeah, the tax is 5$.

  • @guardis6194
    @guardis6194 Před 4 lety +970

    -How much did you breathe?
    -Uh... Ever since I was born.
    *-Yeah...... There's a tax for that.*

  • @slimestack5250
    @slimestack5250 Před 3 lety +8596

    Tax collector: have you paid your taxes?
    Lady: yep.
    Tax collector: oh, there’s a tax for that

  • @Iliveonearth
    @Iliveonearth Před 5 měsíci +42

    I had a small quiz on the French Revolution in history class and I missed the day they studied the French Revolution in class. So only with the knowledge from this video I got a 100%

  • @totalenigma
    @totalenigma Před 2 měsíci +7

    Girl: I will treat you like a king!
    Boys: Aww so sweet
    French boys:

  • @hyper5157
    @hyper5157 Před 3 lety +3005

    "Are you existing?"
    "Yes, why?"
    "There's a tax for that."

  • @asianfasian3349
    @asianfasian3349 Před 4 lety +1808

    France and Britain: *Fights another war*
    Citizens: Ah shit, here we go again

    • @doremondubber8583
      @doremondubber8583 Před 4 lety +7

      best one

    • @this_isnt_patrick
      @this_isnt_patrick Před 4 lety +7

      With more guns

    • @anakingachalifecritics6616
      @anakingachalifecritics6616 Před 4 lety +45

      Anglia Alba Napoleonic wars, the British were little babies who needed allies to win against France, but they still lost 5 times even with allies, so your ancestors were fucking bad.

    • @SpoonWitMe
      @SpoonWitMe Před 4 lety +8

      @@anakingachalifecritics6616 Rather lose a few battles than lose a war tbh.

    • @m_uz1244
      @m_uz1244 Před 4 lety +27

      @@SpoonWitMe No as in the British lost 5 wars against the French before they actually won one. And that was with major continental powers like Russia, Prussia and Austria-Hungary.

  • @sigma.5450
    @sigma.5450 Před 7 měsíci +9

    "including detachable heads, just like the real thing." I spit my drink.

  • @anyoung8966
    @anyoung8966 Před 5 měsíci +25

    No lie when he named his channel as OVERSIMPLIFIED! Honestly it's soo simple to understand. ..TYSM ! Plus, I truly appreciate the effort you've put on these videos!

  • @Helloknight
    @Helloknight Před 3 lety +3289

    Parties: exist
    The french nobles: *we could make a religion out of this*

    • @thaleis
      @thaleis Před 3 lety +36

      At some point we have. It’s called Laïcité. A word usually badly translated as Secularism but it’s not exactly all what Laïcité cover. It’s protected beyond reason for some of our citizens. I am widely for its defense. I am definitely converted to the cult... ;)

    • @tetrarchKind
      @tetrarchKind Před 3 lety +13

      sounds like dionysus

    • @10_benurim4
      @10_benurim4 Před 3 lety +15

      Dont

    • @Fruitsmymainispomgranates
      @Fruitsmymainispomgranates Před 3 lety +5

      Lol

    • @arandomkobold8403
      @arandomkobold8403 Před 3 lety +3

      @@thaleis Theres a cult devoted to parties? Cus where do I sign up?

  • @swimen2768
    @swimen2768 Před 4 lety +1957

    Peasents: Breaking their backs working in the fields
    Marie Antoinette:
    *breaking her back carrying a boat on her head*

    • @jolilu683
      @jolilu683 Před 4 lety +63

      she was just a sassy teenager born to be royal then she became a queen. the same goes for the king. they didn't have the actual decision power or training how to use it, just a status. show some sympathy.

    • @duycongpham4762
      @duycongpham4762 Před 4 lety +5

      O O F !

    • @JoMiMi_h
      @JoMiMi_h Před 4 lety +20

      There's a tax for that

    • @thechasegamer426
      @thechasegamer426 Před 4 lety

      Is that a GD pfp?

    • @501ststormtrooper9
      @501ststormtrooper9 Před 4 lety +1

      Let me drink some Argentine coffee. Crap, there is a tax for that.

  • @jennaroth-epstein4645
    @jennaroth-epstein4645 Před rokem +16

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! This was my LEQ question on my AP World History Test and this saved me so much! Easiest essay of my life, and it’s all thanks to this video. Just THANK YOU! ❤

  • @abdulrahmanalghalib7845
    @abdulrahmanalghalib7845 Před 9 měsíci +2

    oversimplified puts a lot of work in these videos i love how he mentioned the change of
    france's flags

  • @what-be7ib
    @what-be7ib Před 3 lety +5299

    Tax collectors: “ hey. Are you alive? “
    Poor: “obviously.. “
    Tax collectors: “ *yep...mhm there’s gonna be a tax for that.* “

    • @khaos9591
      @khaos9591 Před 3 lety +170

      Tax collectors: hey what's that(points at a grave)
      Poor: That's my dead father.
      Tax collectors: Is he dead?
      Poor: yes he's dead, duh.
      Tax collectors: oof, yup there's a tax for that.

    • @JSALGang
      @JSALGang Před 3 lety +80

      Tax Collecters: hey whats that **points at nanometer of salt**
      Poor: salt...
      Tax Collecters: *"oof.. yup there's a tax for that..."*

    • @delanovanraalte3186
      @delanovanraalte3186 Před 3 lety +69

      Tax collectors: hey whats that?
      Poor: paper
      Taxcollectors: there is a tax on that and a tax on paying taxes
      Poor: this is riddiculous
      Taxcollecters: oof there is a tax on critiscm

    • @herculesatan4514
      @herculesatan4514 Před 3 lety +72

      Tax collector A: “What are you doing?”
      Tax collector B: “Collecting taxes.”
      Tax collector A: “Oof, yep... there’s a tax for that.”

    • @randomspider7368
      @randomspider7368 Před 3 lety +8

      Hello,I would like to tell you that you made a comment similar to mine,it was like this but had a different ending,just saying! Not trying to be rude.

  • @georgeokines6057
    @georgeokines6057 Před 4 lety +1935

    [Barber] “What kind of haircut am I giving you?”
    [Marie Antoinette] “Lets go with... boat.”

  • @thattimestampguy
    @thattimestampguy Před 11 měsíci +59

    0:23 Nobility Joking
    1:09 Louis XVI has a lot of responsibility.
    1:44 France 🇫🇷 Upper Class, Lower Class Divide.
    2:08 Losing The Seven Years War 1756-1763.
    2:36 The Enlightenment questioning of Monarchy 👑
    3:25 May 1774 Louis XVI crowned 👑
    3:39 Louis XVI. Financed The American Revolution 🇺🇸
    4:05 France grows Poor, Marie Antoinette stays Lavish.
    4:53 Increase Taxes didn’t go well.
    6:34 Peasant uprising vs Tax collectors
    6:42 Anger over inconsistency and inequality.
    6:54 Natural Disasters, The Price of Bread 🥖 went up quickly.
    7:44 The Estates General of 1789
    9:07 2 to 1 Vote 🗳️ puts down The Third Estate.
    9:40 The National Assembly is born.
    10:17 The Jacobin Club wants to REMOVE THE KING 👑
    11:11 Fear -> Anger -> Revolution -> Violence
    11:36 The National Guard is formed. Some French Guard defect and join them as well.
    11:54 Seige of Hotel & Bastille.
    13:07
    1. Denounce Violence
    2. Support Violence
    13:34 Jean Paul Marat _Friend of the People_ newspaper 📰
    14:25 August Declaration of Rights of Man and of the citizen
    15:05 October 5th 1789 Women’s March

  • @Rocket_da_moon
    @Rocket_da_moon Před 5 měsíci +5

    THIS GUY SAVED ME BIG TIME WITH MY SOCIAL STUDIES TEST AND ENDED UP GETTING A 90 ON IT THANK YOU SOOO MUCH YOU DONT KNOW HOW MUCH THIS HELPED ME!!!!

  • @ragnarli8784
    @ragnarli8784 Před 4 lety +2187

    “Are you breathing air right now?”
    “Yes”
    “Oof,”
    “There’s gonna be a tax for that”

  • @prammar1951
    @prammar1951 Před 3 lety +7689

    Fun fact, Mozart proposed to marry Antoinette... Imagine if she accepted

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 Před 3 lety +332

      I will search this up

    • @arsene3184
      @arsene3184 Před 3 lety +401

      I learned this from fate go

    • @daemonackerman6280
      @daemonackerman6280 Před 3 lety +256

      I learned this from the manga Innocent. Don't read it if you're squeamish.

    • @dusty2226
      @dusty2226 Před 3 lety +1134

      Her hair would be a piano

    • @kenthaighoneill3766
      @kenthaighoneill3766 Před 3 lety +102

      Fun fact, that wasn't a fact, you simply asked "imagine what would have happend"

  • @EidolonPoet
    @EidolonPoet Před 11 měsíci +9

    wikipedia : tennis was invented in the late 19th century’
    The French : Hold our Bières ( 10:08 )

  • @Plazmaslink
    @Plazmaslink Před 11 měsíci +7

    Had this for school thx for saving me bro

  • @beniciocabugawan6894
    @beniciocabugawan6894 Před 4 lety +2858

    French peasants: exists
    Tax collectors: *Stonks*

    • @sheelapatil3460
      @sheelapatil3460 Před 4 lety +55

      Few years later, tax collectors will be sent to the guillotine
      Tax Collectors: **Not Stonks**

    • @tadokoropilled
      @tadokoropilled Před 4 lety +14

      @@sheelapatil3460 tax collectors: *stinks*

    • @joebuckyourself8108
      @joebuckyourself8108 Před 4 lety +4

      Da BACON instead of stonks it should be: it’s free real estate

    • @vanKarsie
      @vanKarsie Před 4 lety +1

      666 likes

    • @regret7548
      @regret7548 Před 4 lety +2

      That’s not very cash money of you.

  • @charw701
    @charw701 Před 4 lety +4245

    Marie Antoinette actually didn’t say “let them eat cake”. That was said by a Spanish princess a century earlier. Marie Antoinette’s last words were actually translated to “I’m sorry sir, I meant not to do it” after she stepped on her executioners foot.

    • @Pirate44444
      @Pirate44444 Před 4 lety +383

      yeah she also didn't tell people to go to taco bell grats

    • @moxythefirst2208
      @moxythefirst2208 Před 4 lety +97

      @@Pirate44444 r/woosh

    • @brandoncaudill6864
      @brandoncaudill6864 Před 4 lety +536

      I don't think anyone ever thought "let them eat cake" was her last words, as implied here.

    • @AdityaDeo-cg6eu
      @AdityaDeo-cg6eu Před 4 lety +128

      That made me feel bad for her.

    • @Edmonton-of2ec
      @Edmonton-of2ec Před 4 lety +204

      Meh, credit where credit is due, she was kind and gracious in her final moments

  • @omarfarooqkalson1505
    @omarfarooqkalson1505 Před 6 měsíci +4

    “Sir,Oversimplified hasn’t posted in a year”
    “Well, there’s nothing we can do”

  • @briancatmaster
    @briancatmaster Před 11 měsíci +2

    Helped me immensely with my AP World history LEQ. Definitely a dub!

  • @slavskeleton1503
    @slavskeleton1503 Před 4 lety +4045

    When is the American Civil War coming?
    Oversimplified: 4 years...
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  • @cj4y343
    @cj4y343 Před 4 lety +3636

    *_Did You just breathe?_*
    *yes*
    *_Theres gonna be a tax for that_*

    • @sddtyw_8623
      @sddtyw_8623 Před 4 lety +33

      Did u just comment to the GUILLOTINE

    • @stardomax
      @stardomax Před 4 lety +1

      Cjaoaka

    • @fathertime38
      @fathertime38 Před 4 lety +6

      “Haha!!! It’s a meme!!!!” -every person on the internet

    • @gracichandler8652
      @gracichandler8652 Před 4 lety +2

      WHY IS THIS SO TRUE

    • @Evan24_7
      @Evan24_7 Před 4 lety +1

      You should have said, “ TO THE GUILLOTINE”

  • @Unknown-yz4ji
    @Unknown-yz4ji Před měsícem +2

    I'm literally watching 7 hours before my exams

  • @davesa9277
    @davesa9277 Před 5 měsíci +2

    The product placements in these videos are just 👌

  • @korvix9536
    @korvix9536 Před 4 lety +802

    Britain: We taxed for tea, paper, and any goods that came from us.
    France: *Hold my wine and cheese*

  • @i_am_minion
    @i_am_minion Před 3 lety +8356

    Fun Fact: Antoinette never actually said the famous line "Let them eat cake." She was way too out of touch with the poor people to even consider it

    • @sanjanakarthik77
      @sanjanakarthik77 Před 3 lety +416

      Edit: now i know that she wasn't bad and history just exaggerated her story in a negative manner, thanks to everyone who told me

    • @owenmorrissey2177
      @owenmorrissey2177 Před 3 lety +44

      @@sanjanakarthik77 hell yessir

    • @mikaelaalbes4969
      @mikaelaalbes4969 Před 3 lety +947

      ​@@sanjanakarthik77 To be fair, She was already hated when she came to France even when she hasn't even done anything simply because she was Austrian. She was also very much a teenager when she reigned and not properly educated on how to be a queen plus It was pretty much her husband's responsibility to care for the people.

    • @dreamixx1243
      @dreamixx1243 Před 3 lety +498

      @@sanjanakarthik77 She was a teenager so you can’t really expect that much from her as a queen and France was in financial ruins before she was even queen so you can’t really blame her. If you saw the affair of the diamond necklace, she’s also got framed for things she hasn’t done.

    • @eclipso2308
      @eclipso2308 Před 3 lety +334

      @@dreamixx1243 EXACTLY. She was framed for a lot of things which had lowered her reputation ,not only that considering she wasn’t even French gave the people a better chance to blame everything on her so she was kinda the scapegoat queen.

  • @Vtrontv
    @Vtrontv Před rokem +4

    For a channel with only 29 videos, was able to attract 7.3 Million subs shows its content quality! Just brilliant!

  • @rrogue
    @rrogue Před 11 měsíci +5

    "Sometimes opportunity sounds a lot like cannon fire!"
    12:11

  • @ThatMexicanGuy11037
    @ThatMexicanGuy11037 Před 4 lety +4311

    Britain: Tax the colonies
    Colonies: Start a revolution
    France: Helps the colonies
    France: Taxes their civilians
    Civilians: Start a revolution
    France: surprised pikachu

  • @pinkturtle424
    @pinkturtle424 Před 4 lety +1723

    “Your alive”
    “Yes”
    *checks list*
    “There’s a tax for that”

    • @no0b563
      @no0b563 Před 4 lety +44

      You're* Oof. There's gonna be a tax for misspelling "You're"

    • @pinkturtle424
      @pinkturtle424 Před 4 lety +2

      No0b bruh😂 don’t judge me

    • @RCSCrazyChris114
      @RCSCrazyChris114 Před 4 lety +1

      That’s modern day too lmao

    • @decadunce9205
      @decadunce9205 Před 4 lety +7

      I call for the execution of people don't know your/you're

    • @amandadeloach5826
      @amandadeloach5826 Před 4 lety +3

      @@decadunce9205 I support this call

  • @TheHolyToaster
    @TheHolyToaster Před rokem +6

    i mean he's done the american and french revoluitions, i think now he should cover the haitian revolution too since they are kind of like an enlightenment trio

  • @Illgrowandbewhoiwantobe
    @Illgrowandbewhoiwantobe Před rokem +4

    Bro, love you. Just subscribed. Made my life easier.
    You've explained me better than my teachers and source materials!
    Love you. Also binged many of your topics. If the three estates were still in order today and I was the ruler of France, I'd invite you to be a citizen and directly put you to the Clergy sub head. A new position made just for you. You didn't need to do anything oversimplyfied, the peasants would take care of you my man.

  • @sandeepgill9975
    @sandeepgill9975 Před rokem +3275

    Tax collector: Hello.
    Woman: Hello.
    Tax collector: You responded? There's a tax for that, pay up lady.

    • @arcxtic_creations
      @arcxtic_creations Před rokem +12

      😂😂😂😂 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SO FUNNY

    • @shragamildiner8472
      @shragamildiner8472 Před rokem +45

      And from this we learn: never respond to tax collectors

    • @PonandCon9025
      @PonandCon9025 Před rokem +69

      @@shragamildiner8472 "Oh, you're not responding to us? There's a tax for that"

    • @ITMBOK
      @ITMBOK Před rokem +12

      I WHEEZED

    • @chicken819
      @chicken819 Před rokem +15

      *breaths* oof there’s a tax for that

  • @ripme6575
    @ripme6575 Před 4 lety +1912

    1789: Let’s storm the Bastille!
    2019: Let’s storm Area 51!

    • @stop_it7460
      @stop_it7460 Před 4 lety +12

      Every day we stray farther from G-d.

    • @bossloki1259
      @bossloki1259 Před 4 lety +8

      History repeats

    • @The_Anti-Guide
      @The_Anti-Guide Před 4 lety +5

      Why do those guards get to party it up? Just because they received Military Training and we didn't? That just seems unfair! Do we even need military personnel?

    • @GeorgeOrwellsBookuhhhh1984
      @GeorgeOrwellsBookuhhhh1984 Před 4 lety +1

      No big diffrence xD

    • @mohammedsy1590
      @mohammedsy1590 Před 4 lety +1

      They couldn't stop all of us, and neither can they now

  • @rinns.l16
    @rinns.l16 Před měsícem +1

    Just found this channel and I'm already fall in love with itt!! Ty sm for making this amazing video. You have contributed in making people smart with your free-share knowledge. Hope you always in a good condition. Keep it up! 😃👏

  • @zephyr66
    @zephyr66 Před rokem +10

    That moment when you're both Oversimplified and Coldplay fan and never knew that one of their biggest song hit 'Viva La Vida' was referring to this part of history.

  • @m.s.4238
    @m.s.4238 Před 4 lety +6679

    I'd like to see The Russian Revolution - Oversimplified

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 Před 4 lety +329

      Vodka, slav squat, communism, glory to Mother Russia.
      You're welcome :D

    • @devisankhla4788
      @devisankhla4788 Před 4 lety +25

      Yes please!

    • @janisluv
      @janisluv Před 4 lety +27

      Ru: Было бы классно. (BrE: That would be great)

    • @enyerdelgado9664
      @enyerdelgado9664 Před 4 lety +106

      there's gonna be a tax for that

    • @jakebarrett6175
      @jakebarrett6175 Před 4 lety +39

      I agree! We should see the Russian Revolution in Oversimplified, I hope it happens sometime this year.

  • @maxrobertson9788
    @maxrobertson9788 Před 4 lety +864

    The wealthy partied harder, which enraged the peasants who punished them severly

  • @shogunz9159
    @shogunz9159 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I've watched this series countless time
    Never get bored. 😅

  • @incoherent-rambling
    @incoherent-rambling Před 4 lety +2185

    In the American Revolution video you said this was coming out in 2027, I’m glad it happened sooner.

  • @cookieninja8221
    @cookieninja8221 Před 4 lety +2647

    Remember children, revolution isn’t always the answer.
    Sometimes revolution is the question and the answer is yes.

    • @markoerakovic9899
      @markoerakovic9899 Před 4 lety +11

      As in should we not star a revolution? Yes!

    • @noelgjebrea8389
      @noelgjebrea8389 Před 4 lety +2

      Lol

    • @landonbrawe6865
      @landonbrawe6865 Před 4 lety +13

      @@markoerakovic9899 there can be a political revolution rather than a revolutionary war revolution is needed though

    • @jondunmore4268
      @jondunmore4268 Před 4 lety +1

      Isn't Love the answer?

    • @landonbrawe6865
      @landonbrawe6865 Před 4 lety +4

      @@jondunmore4268 love of our people not love for thy enemies they send our kids to die they don't give a shit by whatever means

  • @danielal8793
    @danielal8793 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Paris is chaotic again

  • @binghi8055
    @binghi8055 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I like how one video covers up my weeks of research materials… also it is funny that I crossed the video with Hamilton when Lafayette and Jefferson were mentioned. Ha……

  • @Memetastic
    @Memetastic Před 4 lety +70074

    The French Monarchy could have stayed stable if they just used Skillshare

    • @ethanxvii567
      @ethanxvii567 Před 4 lety +563

      Lol

    • @thebigfarter
      @thebigfarter Před 4 lety +1567

      Wrong sponsor but okay

    • @ernestoalvarado7717
      @ernestoalvarado7717 Před 4 lety +375

      Hey haven’t seen you since last year

    • @sadeedehsan5513
      @sadeedehsan5513 Před 4 lety +1701

      their palaces could have been more secure with *NordVPN*

    • @Oshawatt
      @Oshawatt Před 4 lety +289

      WATER _ and think of all the peasants who didn’t have to starve if they had NatureBox

  • @all_natural1351
    @all_natural1351 Před 4 lety +636

    “*OOOoOoh NOoOoOo*” -OverSimplified as King Louis XVI

  • @avinashdeo5712
    @avinashdeo5712 Před 9 měsíci +5

    10:30 "Its rad because its Radical" lmao

  • @GachaWolfy02
    @GachaWolfy02 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Before seeing this video i didnt care even a little about the french revolution, your videos are so good they make me interested in historical things i didnt care about before

  • @sharobeem048
    @sharobeem048 Před 4 lety +457

    France: Has a revolution.
    This enraged his father who punished him severely.

  • @maricrismcdermott375
    @maricrismcdermott375 Před 3 lety +1800

    Person: Does Nothing
    Robespierre: *”To The Guillotine!”*

  • @josef18293
    @josef18293 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I like that at 5:48 there is just randomly salt in the field

  • @artic3615
    @artic3615 Před 11 měsíci +11

    8:31 wouldn't Lamborghinis hurt the economy more since they are so bloody expensive?
    Honestly.

    • @tiziocaio104
      @tiziocaio104 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Nah lol its the 1700s they barely know how to do 2+2

    • @artic3615
      @artic3615 Před 11 měsíci

      Wasn't asking you.

    • @meltedm
      @meltedm Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@tiziocaio104 + natural resources are still a bit abundant so yeah you can add this factor also

    • @sameermahajan2202
      @sameermahajan2202 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thats the point 😅 they don't want to solve but increase problems

    • @EditorCream
      @EditorCream Před 4 měsíci +3

      Ever heard of a joke before?

  • @samz4798
    @samz4798 Před 4 lety +737

    I legitimately thought he was actually going to upload this in 2027.

    • @pizza6383
      @pizza6383 Před 4 lety +45

      I thought that too, but as you can tell his videos take time. And when he finally uploads, his videos are the always of highest quality filled with knowledge, humor and entertainment

    • @akingungormus7428
      @akingungormus7428 Před 4 lety

      Samuel Zheng You’re not the only one...

    • @alfieab7228
      @alfieab7228 Před 4 lety

      He needed to draw the pictures so he would have taken long

    • @TK-1103
      @TK-1103 Před 4 lety +3

      “We conquered all of Europe “

    • @georgepybus5434
      @georgepybus5434 Před 4 lety

      @@TK-1103 we're never gonna stop

  • @caseycourtney6425
    @caseycourtney6425 Před 4 lety +559

    French peasant: hippity hoppity your royal head is now my property
    King Louis: OooOhH NoOe

  • @youraveragemedicmain8434
    @youraveragemedicmain8434 Před rokem +13

    5:15 Head tax. Very foreshowding

  • @IlIlllIllIII
    @IlIlllIllIII Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thx for making this video cause it saved me in my history class

  • @beccag2758
    @beccag2758 Před 3 lety +1842

    Meanwhile in America: Jefferson and Hamilton have rap battle cabinet meetings until Washingdad breaks up the squabble

    • @evelynparker6200
      @evelynparker6200 Před 3 lety +73

      Oui oui Mon Ami jemmepel Lafayette
      The Lancelot of the revolutionary set
      I came from afar just to say bonsoir to the king (something I don't know ) who's the best?
      C'EST MOI

    • @himisuda9589
      @himisuda9589 Před 3 lety +44

      @@evelynparker6200 "tell the king 'casse toi!'" is what he said. "casse toi" translates roughly into "fuck off." also it's spelled je m'apelle.

    • @jamievandernoot9519
      @jamievandernoot9519 Před 3 lety +6

      My favorite part of the moive

    • @evelynparker6200
      @evelynparker6200 Před 3 lety +5

      @@himisuda9589 thanks I don't speak French, but I do know Italian

    • @himisuda9589
      @himisuda9589 Před 3 lety +1

      @@evelynparker6200 all good!

  • @951sht
    @951sht Před 3 lety +3111

    When you know the history, but still watch for the great jokes.

  • @12dep
    @12dep Před 11 měsíci +3

    U helped with my exam so much bro thanks

  • @user-rh2ot6ix8d
    @user-rh2ot6ix8d Před 5 dny +2

    Marie actually tried to help the rebellion, that whole "Let them eat cake" was just a rumour

  • @jkaz3604
    @jkaz3604 Před 4 lety +15514

    I literally want a video for every single piece of Earth's history. You are amazing.

    • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodqu3859
      @yourfriendlyneighborhoodqu3859 Před 4 lety +113

      Skyjohn so your one of those people who instead of going out and gaining knowledge on your own you want someone else to learn everything for you and then spend months creating a video to entertain you while teaching you about that period of history.

    • @biggusdiccus1297
      @biggusdiccus1297 Před 4 lety +487

      @@yourfriendlyneighborhoodqu3859 hey that's good idea

    • @crazypenguin6940
      @crazypenguin6940 Před 4 lety +454

      @@yourfriendlyneighborhoodqu3859 Some of these pepole don't even know about the topics in the first place. Like i didn't about the three kingdoms and how China was ruled during that time. Also the way Oversimplified persents it brings in an audience that otherwise would not traditonally look up history topics.

    • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodqu3859
      @yourfriendlyneighborhoodqu3859 Před 4 lety +48

      I never said it was a bad idea also I don’t have a problem with learning from CZcams or finding out new things but the way this person worded it made it seem as if he ONLY watches Oversimplified and I think that’s pretty stupid because there is only so much you can learn from one source, and I only want people to be educated.

    • @crazypenguin6940
      @crazypenguin6940 Před 4 lety +84

      @@yourfriendlyneighborhoodqu3859 Very true. If you only see one thing in life, your perspective is limted.

  • @chopparaze-2377
    @chopparaze-2377 Před 4 lety +573

    Oversimplified: doesn’t upload for 2 months
    Also Oversimplified: uploads two videos in under 1 hour
    *perfectly balanced as all things should be*

  • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
    @user-cd4bx6uq1y Před rokem +1

    It could not have been a better time for this to pop up in my reccomended

  • @LeylaLazuli
    @LeylaLazuli Před měsícem +1

    this is probably my favorite series

  • @yajjhajhria3558
    @yajjhajhria3558 Před 4 lety +1227

    OverSimplified - French Revolution doesn't become #1 on trending.
    OverSimplified: *OOOoOoh NOoOoOo*

    • @alvuigi_07
      @alvuigi_07 Před 4 lety +23

      At least the 2nd part got in #2 trending

    • @zain.al1
      @zain.al1 Před 4 lety +10

      @@alvuigi_07 well #1 now

    • @URLhyperlink
      @URLhyperlink Před 4 lety +19

      OOOoOoh NOoOoOo
      3:21
      4:01
      10:00

    • @ghostofury9755
      @ghostofury9755 Před 4 lety

      this is what 99% of the comments will have
      OOOOOOOOooooooooooh NOOooOoOooOoOoOo

    • @evvec1490
      @evvec1490 Před 4 lety

      Which part of the world you using on youtube , that Got trending
      For this video?

  • @Koronuru
    @Koronuru Před 4 lety +2289

    Nobody:
    Absolute No one:
    Marie Antoinette: My hair is a boat.

    • @ILiekFishes
      @ILiekFishes Před 4 lety +28

      MORE economic downturn

    • @Koronuru
      @Koronuru Před 4 lety +26

      @@ILiekFishes that enraged his father, who punished him more severely.

    • @Coronodo
      @Coronodo Před 4 lety +8

      Koronuru that enraged his father who punished him *WAY* more severely

    • @lsd-rickb-1728
      @lsd-rickb-1728 Před 4 lety +2

      😆

    • @mannemarco333
      @mannemarco333 Před 4 lety +5

      Wow hah original.

  • @m.aryaanamiri2755
    @m.aryaanamiri2755 Před 6 měsíci +1

    As I rewatched this video,I realized that the king's reaction to de launey's death is the perfect place for there's nothing we can do meme.

  • @gloria7471
    @gloria7471 Před 7 měsíci

    This is so funny and understandable. Thank you so much for this.

  • @someoneirrelevant6815
    @someoneirrelevant6815 Před 3 lety +587

    So basically you can sum up the entire French Revolution with that one Yoda quote from The Phantom Menace: “Fear, leads to anger. Anger, leads to hate. Hate, leads to suffering”.

    • @sundeww
      @sundeww Před 3 lety +1

      no it’s hate leads to the dark side

    • @someoneirrelevant6815
      @someoneirrelevant6815 Před 3 lety +9

      @@sundeww No it really isn’t. I know my Prequel Quotes, thank you.

    • @agustinpaiva8566
      @agustinpaiva8566 Před 3 lety +2

      @@sundeww no, it's not. Yoy want to go home and rethink your life

    • @darthsmaul3299
      @darthsmaul3299 Před 3 lety

      @@agustinpaiva8566 Hello There

    • @peterfeng7161
      @peterfeng7161 Před 3 lety

      @@darthsmaul3299 General Kenobi

  • @scaryagain8103
    @scaryagain8103 Před 4 lety +796

    The nobility is rich, and taxes them.
    *THIS ANGERED THE PEASANTRY WHO PUNISHED THEM SEVERELY*

    • @Dayummmsalt
      @Dayummmsalt Před 4 lety +14

      Quite literally

    • @scaryagain8103
      @scaryagain8103 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Dayummmsalt _Hippity Hoppety what was yours is now our property_

    • @Dayummmsalt
      @Dayummmsalt Před 4 lety +6

      @@scaryagain8103
      *soviet anthem intensifies*

    • @Kombatwombat93
      @Kombatwombat93 Před 4 lety +1

      there's a tax for that.

    • @grim_gravy
      @grim_gravy Před 4 lety

      I was JUST thinking that lol!

  • @digitized_fyre
    @digitized_fyre Před rokem +2

    Considering what's happening in France at the moment, it's interesting that this was recommended to me today

  • @diane4488
    @diane4488 Před rokem +4

    The workers living in extreme poverty, whilst the upper class constantly partying and spending money.
    Sounds like the UK today. 😮

    • @CoburnSawyer
      @CoburnSawyer Před rokem

      More like almost every country on earth

  • @Gongasoso
    @Gongasoso Před 2 lety +10998

    Allegedly, Marat's skin condition was related to celiac disease. So, ironically, his debilitating skin condition would go away if he stopped eating gluten - as in, bread. Exactly what was lacking at the time.

    • @tromboneman4517
      @tromboneman4517 Před 2 lety +1131

      Wow. That’s so horrible. To think that the cure would have been as simple as just cutting out bread. All his suffering was needless. That’s both funny and sad at the same time.

    • @tatefranklin4761
      @tatefranklin4761 Před 2 lety +988

      Separating a Frenchman from pastries is like separating Siamese twins, ultimately more trouble than it’s worth, and likely to cause horrific side effects

    • @SP-df1nm
      @SP-df1nm Před 2 lety +113

      @@tromboneman4517 what else would he eat?

    • @youreworthyourweightinavoc7189
      @youreworthyourweightinavoc7189 Před 2 lety +298

      @@SP-df1nm flourless chocolate cake? 😂

    • @SquooshyCatboy
      @SquooshyCatboy Před 2 lety +316

      @@SP-df1nm
      let him eat cake

  • @nadzrotulhudaramadhani1136
    @nadzrotulhudaramadhani1136 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Excuse me Sir, I'm allowed to use the animation you used in this video for my school project

  • @theshreyarawat_
    @theshreyarawat_ Před 4 měsíci

    "La Femme De Nuit"
    Weird paintings on the wall.
    Yeah Oversimplified is the best way to learn 😂 I love this so much.

  • @donalds4506
    @donalds4506 Před 4 lety +2961

    unlimited amounts of respect for pronouncing "Porsche" correctly

    • @nazarethdude5070
      @nazarethdude5070 Před 4 lety +144

      "Por-shay"
      "Por-shuh"
      "Porsh"

    • @TypicalMan
      @TypicalMan Před 4 lety +74

      I say it as 'porsch'

    • @donalds4506
      @donalds4506 Před 4 lety +124

      TypicalMan the one reason I really want people to say “Porsche” is because it’s a German car manufacturer, and that is the German way to say it

    • @jkeirejejhehehehe6796
      @jkeirejejhehehehe6796 Před 4 lety +22

      I personally say it as porsh.

    • @gamermanh
      @gamermanh Před 4 lety +39

      @@donalds4506 While admirable I doubt you pronounce Volkswagen "Volxhvhaghen" so why would it matter with porsh