Crash Course
Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History
While the English were falling apart a little, with their civil war and their restoration and their succession problems, the Dutch were getting their act together. They were throwing off the yoke of the Spanish Empire, uniting their...
Crash Course
English Civil War: Crash Course European History
The English Civil War. We'll talk about England after Elizabeth, in which things didn't go that smoothly. We'll talk about James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and James II, all of whom ruled England, (and tried to rule all...
Professor Dave Explains
Empiricism Part 2: Locke, Hume, and Voltaire
We've learned about the early figures in the empiricist movement, so let's continue along the timeline to examine John Locke, David Hume, and Voltaire, among other key figures in the late 17th century. Empiricism helped set the tone for...
Soliloquy
How a Dutchman became the King of England
In 1689 a new King and Queen were crowed in England, it was an unusual event, the pair would rule as coregents and the King wasn’t English but Dutch. The story, or perhaps stories, of how a Dutchman found himself King of England is a...
TLDR News
Brits Attempt the British Citizenship Test - TLDR News
Those attempting to get British citizenship have to complete a test to prove their British enough; the Life in the UK Test. So we thought if we expect them to know that stuff, shouldn't we know it too? So we tested our British TLDR Team...
Press Association
Badenoch warns business chiefs Labour would impose ‘stifling’ conditions - full speech
Kemi Badenoch warns the CityUK international conference in London that a Labour government could result in the “stifling of the free market” with increasing levels of state intervention.
The Business Secretary told financial firms that...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights in British History Pt. 10: The English Bill of Rights
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights in British History Pt. 9: The Glorious Revolution
Why was the Glorious Revolution important?