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- All of Congress listened
with rapt attention

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to a letter written by John Adams.

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His message provided a play by play

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of how the British were
holding up in the war,

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but not the war in America.

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The conflict that Congress
desperately wanted news of

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was happening in Southern India.

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The Americans understood that
they couldn't beat the British

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in the Revolutionary War
without international support.

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And when the founding fathers
needed to close the deal

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against the most powerful
empire on the planet,

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they got an unexpected
assist from Tipu Sultan,

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the legendary Tiger of Mysore.

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I'm Joel Cook, and this is Rogue History.

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So what exactly would unite
a group of American rebels

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with a Muslim ruler on the
other side of the world?

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The same thing that
unites millions of people

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to this very day- British imperialism.

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But more specifically, British tea.

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Let me spill a little for you.

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Most of us know about the Boston Tea Party

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where Americans dressed in
highly problematic disguises

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tossed 342 chests of
tea into Boston Harbor.

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The colonists were
furious about the Tea Act,

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a piece of legislation intended to rescue

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the struggling British East India Company

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by selling its massive stock
of tea at much cheaper rates

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than anything else on the American market.

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The only problem was that this monopoly

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risked putting American tea
sellers out of business,

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hence the whole throwing company tea

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into the harbor situation.

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But what was the British
East India Company

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and where did they get all this tea from?

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The company was founded in December 1600

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and served as the merchant arm

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of British imperialism in Asia.

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Imagine Amazon being in
charge of America's economy

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and you'd have the right idea.

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The company's dealings
with India, China, Persia,

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and Indonesia provided
Britain with tea, textiles,

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and piles of unused spices.

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But all those deals
they managed to pull off

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were because of a unique negotiating tool

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most corporations didn't have,

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a private army.

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If the company couldn't talk Asian powers

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into negotiating with them,

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they were all too willing
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to change their minds.

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That is until they ran
into the Kingdom of Mysore.

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You see, Mysore wasn't some young upstart

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like the Americans.

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When the company started
probing Mysore's borders

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in the 1760s,

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they were met by a brilliant Muslim leader

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named Hyder Ali.

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Hyder had recently taken control
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from a Hindu dynasty
established around 1399.

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As the newly crown sultan of Mysore,

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Hyder led a sophisticated economy

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and an army numbering in
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The Mysoreans were one
of the biggest obstacles

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the British faced in South Asia.

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And Hyder was smart enough to
amplify his kingdom's power

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by forming an alliance with the French.

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But his most effective
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wasn't his army or his alliances.

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It was his tiger-obsessed son Tipu.

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(tiger roaring)
The story behind the whole

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Tiger of Mysore thing isn't
completely locked down.

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Oral traditions and a
heck of a lot of murals

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commissioned by Tipu

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say that he was on a
wartime mission for his dad

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when he fought and killed
an attacking Bengal tiger

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with just a dagger.

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Now, I wasn't there, so I can't say

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whether Tipu exaggerated
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but for a 15-year-old
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with his dad's veteran army,

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a tiger fighting story
is awfully convenient.

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Either way, Hyder's leadership

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and Tipu's eye of the tiger
mentality on the battlefield

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were catching the eye of a suitor

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on the other side of the world.

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By 1777,

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that little tea incident in Boston

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had spiraled into an all-out war

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against the mighty British Empire.

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The Americans knew they
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and they sent diplomats across the map

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in search of assistance.

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The French, of course, were
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that stuck it to the British,

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so they offered the Americans
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with a tall, dark, and handsome
friend from South Asia.

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Though the Americans were excited

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about building a relationship
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things didn't exactly take off.

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We all know how long
distance relationships are.

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You're both busy. You
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There's a massive empire
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And to be honest,

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America didn't have much to
bring to the table anyway.

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Sure, they were keeping a large portion

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of the British military
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which definitely helped Mysore,

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but nobody, not even the
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was sure they'd be able to keep it up.

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Prior to their victory
at Trenton, New Jersey

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in December 1776,

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the Americans hadn't won
a single major battle

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against the British.

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They thought about sending
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but they realized they didn't
even have enough troops

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to fight their own war.

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The best they could do was
instruct their privateers

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and tiny Navy to attack
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out of solidarity.

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As much as I hate to admit it,

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for Mysore, Revolutionary
America truly was the guy

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sitting on the passenger side
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But for the time being,

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Tipu and Hyder didn't really need them.

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Throughout the 1770s,

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father and son built an army

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nearly a hundred thousand strong.

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their French homies in India,

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the Tiger of Mysore showed everyone

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what a ride or die really looks like.

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On September 10th, 1780,

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Tipu wiped out one of
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private armies at the Battle of Pollilur,

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killing 3,000 men

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and capturing hundreds
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It was an incredible victory for Mysore,

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but it also showed a side of Tipu

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that would cause problems for him.

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Many of the hired guns in
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were natives of rival kingdoms in India.

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And when a British officer
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Tipu took scattered
gunfire from a few holdouts

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as an excuse to massacre those
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Sometimes a tiger can become a man-eater.

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was showing early signs of that behavior

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when it came to his political rivals.

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Still, the victory at Pollilur

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convinced the French to send
major military assistance

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to help Mysore,

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and that, along with wins Tipu
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had the domino effect
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to send Royal Army and Navy units

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to help the East India Company.

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But more troops in India meant
less fighting the Americans.

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And that was a problem for the British

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because that scrub we talked about earlier

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was looking a lot more genuine.

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The glow up started in 1778

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when the American Army
fought the British to a draw

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at the Battle of Monmouth.

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The following year,

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a little known American
officer named John Paul Jones

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put the US Navy on the map

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when he defeated HMS
Serapis in British waters.

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If you'd like to know more about that,

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check out our episode on Jones.

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By July of 1780, French
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and the Americans'
chances of winning the war

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were looking pretty good.

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But the Founding Fathers
still wanted to know

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what was happening in Mysore.

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John Adams' letter to Congress

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regaled the Founders with the exploits

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of the famous Hyder Ali in September 1780.

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All throughout the following
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a who's who of famous Americans

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chattered back and forth
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about the second Anglo-Mysore war.

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Even in 1782, when American
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for peace negotiations,

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they were still checking

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the Britain versus Mysore scoreboard,

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the way we check Carolina
Panthers scores in church.

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The Americans understood that
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their negotiating
leverage relied on Mysore

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continuing to wear the British down.

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But for the brave and sometimes
brutal Tiger of Mysore,

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things were about to
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In December 1782,

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the French reinforcements
finally arrived in Mysore

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to assist Hyder and Tipu
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But by the time they got there,

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the dynamic duo was down to one.

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Hyder Ali died just six days
after Tipu's 31st birthday.

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For the newly crowned Tipu Sultan,

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it seems that his method for processing

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involved leaning very heavily
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That is to say Tipu got way more tigery.

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After taking over his father's palace,

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Tipu upgraded the home decor
by adding a tiger throne

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with a life-sized tiger head,

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pillars capped with engraved tigers,

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oh, and how could I forget,
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And it didn't stop there.

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The new Sultan ordered tiger stripes

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added to the Mysorean military uniform

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and engraved tigers on his guns, swords,

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and other possessions,

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but Tipu's best work
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was a clear warning to the British

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that things weren't gonna
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Sometime after becoming Sultan,

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Tipu commissioned a nearly
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of a tiger eating a British soldier.

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The automaton included a
crank attached to a mechanism

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inside the tiger's body

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that simultaneously
lifted the dying man's arm

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and produced noises
imitating his final cries.

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Help me!

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Help me! Talk about committing to the bit.

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But fulfilling his special interests

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didn't distract Tipu from the war.

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He continued to attack the British

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and their native allies in Southern India,

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but with less success against the British

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and more brutal suppression
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And just when it seemed
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France and America hit Mysore

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with the it's not you, it's me.

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both France and the United States

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signed peace treaties with Britain.

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But for Tipu and Mysore,
it was a harbinger of doom.

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Without the Americans
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and the French sending troops,

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Mysore now stood alone

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against the most powerful
empire in the world.

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Lord Charles Cornwallis,

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the very General George
Washington defeated

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to win the Revolutionary
War, was reassigned to India

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with instructions to destroy the Tiger

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and his kingdom once and for all.

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Now, before you get upset,

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you have to remember,

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America was a young country at this point.

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It managed to stand up to the
British and win absolutely,

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but holding onto their
freedom wasn't a guarantee.

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The revolutionaries who won the war

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were now the government officials

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nearly three million people
we're looking to for safety.

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Still, Tipu had to have been a little hurt

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when Washington's administration

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opened two consulates in India

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to foster goodwill and
trade with the British.

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Tipu once said that he would
rather live two days as a tiger

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than two centuries as a sheep.

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the Mysorean capital in May 1799,

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he stayed true to his word,

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standing and fighting until the very end.

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The Kingdom of Mysore survived,

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until India gained its independence
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Though the American
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as a story of plucky colonists

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standing on their own against
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that's only a fraction of the story.

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All across the world,

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various peoples worked
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to stop an imperial juggernaut

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from destroying their way of life.

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this global revolution brought
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to strengthen their resistance
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And for others, like Tipu Sultan
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their revolution continued
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When we think about the
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what it means and who contributed,

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it's good to remember more
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like George Washington and
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Beyond those icons
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but equally impactful contributors,

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like the tiger-obsessed Sultan

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who gave America a chance
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Are there any other surprising influences

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on American history that come to mind?

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Tell us in the comments. Till next time.

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