So, I am wondering if the British teach that the Revolutionary War was fought against a great military power in the USA or was it a war against a bunch of people who were pissed off because they just wanted to be left alone.
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Very little to be honest. I have learned it during the last 4 years or so. Having also learned the significance behind the words of your national anthem, and being very honest, it can bring a tear to my eye. Because I believe in fighting for ones own culture, our history be it good bad or indifferent, it is history. But if we don't learn by that we are doomed to repeat it.
were you taught anything about the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution, or is that reserved only for College Level Law courses?
No fren I didn't. I instinctively knew about the 2nd amendment, and probably the 1st but nothing taught officially.
That's soo sad.....
There was an excellent breakdown of the U.S. Constitutions preamble, written by a Female Barrister in her last year of Law School a Rhoads, which I was surprised at how she differentiated between ""We the People"" and the Public, vs. the Federal Govt and the various State Govts, vs. the U.S. Citizen Status as different from the State citizen Status......
I really wish I could find that again, I think there are now lots of "mericuns" that would like to learn it from a Law perspective.....
But I guess that "Law", is not something that the crown would want you Brits to learn ground up, just like our Fed Govt has slowly removed it from our schools....
There was a time when by the 8th Grade, our Peoples were Learned than what we have now as College Graduates.....
If you do find it by any chance please post it to me.
I'll try to, but I'm sure I'll just make a regular posting of it......
A rebellion that was put down by King George. The rebellion concluded with colonies submitting to a treaty requiring the full repayment of all costs associated with the war. The British styed after as tax enforcers. The colonies defaulted on payment to the crown in 1811. Next...
We failed to pay. 2000 was the repossession.
Do they delve deeply into the Treaty, or is it simply glossed over without the main points being discussed?
It wasn't just about tea/taxation. It was a rebellion against coming under the control of Bank of England. George's cost of the war was financed. That's a clue. We got our first "Central Bank"..."Bank of North America" in 1782 which became "First Bank of the United States... privately owned and modeled after the Bank of England. Default got us the war of 1812. The British didn't have to sail back over as they had never left. Banksters then, banksters now.
They’re still here..
We were fighting wars with the French on two different fronts: Europe and America. OK, there were some locals involved, too!
French troops didn't join the Colonists until 1778. So my question is was this how it was taught to the Brits as formal education/political narrative. Colonists had been fighting since 1775 which would be only locals.
I don't think I learnt much history at all at school. I have never understood how history teachers could make something so boring. We kept learning about the Romans and the Battle of Hastings. Most of the history I now know I picked up after I left school. It was never one of my main school subjects.
However, the French were involved in the American Revolutionary war prior to 1778. Just like the current military action in Ukraine where the US is fighting a proxy war against the Russians in 1776 the French started helping the Americans to attack their old enemy.
Keter, the Marquis de La Fayette was at the battles of Brandywine, Rhode Island and Yorktown, for instance. Lafayette square is named after him.
Yes, the French provided support in the form of weapons and gun powder, but no soldiers joined the Colonist until 1778. The Revolutionary army consisted of militia members turned soldier after the war had begun up until 1778. The militia was not trained groups but rather farmers and laborers.
Surprisingly, as an American who spent their childhood in Europe, a lot.
(Granted my family moved there because my dad fought in the Iraq War)
Take their guns first next time!
During the Revolutionary War the Colonists were not a military power just a bunch of people who came together for a common cause. The vast majority had no arms training other than farmers protecting livestock against predatory animals or hunters being able to provide food.
This is the reason for the 2nd Amendment. The purpose is to have the general population armed and experienced in the use of arms to protect from a tyrannical government. The government was allowed to assemble a standing army, but the militia was simply the citizens being armed and proficient with weapons.
In the Federalist Papers Hamilton explained that the citizens should have weaponry equal or superior to that of the military.
I get your point but think we are discussing 2 different things here. Look at standing armies around the world with uniforms, specific chain of command and government owned equipment.
If 20 million patriots not in the military today were to rise and choose 3 Commie targets each history would record it as the one-hour war. That would be militia and not a great military (Government Controlled) power.