This is a question for the Brits.
How do they teach the American Revolution over there?
From what I remember here in the States they didn't really bother humanizing the British and simply referred to them as the enemy with not wanting the Americans to separate from the Union. As well as making heroes of several key figures in the war.
I'm curious as to how you see it.
A british co-worker of mine jokes about "Good Riddance day" celebrated on July 4th, but mentioned that the revolution didn't factor into her education at all. Even the empire as a whole got only a minor reference, but she didn't go into the heavy history classes.
We aren't taught about it at all. The average person over here will know that at some point the Americans wanted independence and fought a war to secure it. The causes/major battles/key figures are not covered in the slightest in either primary or secondary school.
The Anglo fears the American
>How do they teach the American Revolution over there?
...why would they?
Why would any non-American education system teach it? At least in core curriculum.
Same reason anything is taught in world history classes: A broader understanding of the factors that led to the modern state of things.
I dunno maybe since the British Empire had a pretty large role in it?
If your studying the empire it does represent an important shift in policy towards india
In Canada it is basically taught that fake news, rich merchants and land hungry patriots tricked the plebs into rising up and giving them all their money and power.
Mad about the french in quebec and yet you asked for french help.
Mad about natives and not being able to trade with the dutch.
Have a greedy man make a bunch of shit up that never happened and use the printing press to spread fake news.
They treat it as largely a non-issue.
the british empire had a big role in a lot of things, the american revolution is a pretty small event in comparison to the rest of british imperial history, as hard as this is to take for americans.
I didn't learn about it at all, not even while doing my History undergrad
also, in agreeing with
The revolution is often overlooked for other colonial developments (e.g. conflict in India). It's not so much ignorance of American history, but that the revolution didn't play as major of a role from an imperial perspective as is taught, understandably, by Americans.
>"Good Riddance day"
If they were so eager to be rid of us why did they fight us for over half a decade to try to keep us under their dominion?
>it does represent an important shift in policy towards india
Explain.
t. self-admitted analpained canuck.
Because Brits are salty fuckers
lol it's just a joke, dude
Canada is a nation of American loyalists, of course they'd say that
>as hard as this is to take for americans
>it's a big deal for them so they must necessarily believe it's an equally big deal for the brits too
If you say so.
lol it's just a rhetorical question, dude
Even as a yank I can't make sense of that claim.
The American Revolution isn't really talked about in education at all these days. It's just not inclusive enough. You will probably deal with bits and pieces about minor female or black players and how hard they had it, but that's about it.
Alright laddie don't get your knickers in a twist
>Maritimes were settled by New Englanders
>American tories left for Canada after Independence
>Americans settled in the Canadian frontier