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2/28/2014 2:37:58 PM
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A question for English posters
What does your school system teach you about the american revolution or any revolution against England?
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Edited by Vien 'Quitonm: 3/1/2014 10:22:50 AM
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Well, it's limited, but not in the way you'd expect, we learn a lot about European history and so forth and even US history further on but the revolution just isn't that well taught, it's not for any patriotic reason, we still look at the Slave Trade and so on, it's just that later events (Westward expansion, US Civil War, Great Depression, Etc.) are just more interesting and useful to us.
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2 RepliesWhat we call the revolutionary war, they call the civil war.
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Edited by CND AAA Beef: 3/1/2014 3:51:55 PMWe specifically learn about the Loyalists who fled to Canada during the British revolution. We also learned about how you guys froze your asses off trying to capture Quebec in the winter. EDIT: I brain farted and missed "English" in the title.
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They teach us about the British Empire, and all the main conflicts surrounding it, so no more is done on the American revolution than about the Crimea War, or Indian independence, much more is done about the colonisation of Africa
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Its not really mentioned at mandatory levels, we focus on the world wars, the empire and the Romans - its mainly stuff to do with homeland history. Having said that I did do Vietnam in my GCSEs. I learned about the Revolution in 6th Form in my American Politics class and I dare say the more cynical viewpoint my Politics teacher took is a little more accurate than the viewpoint a lot of American children seem to be imbued with. Essentially I was taught it from a political point-of-view; Britain was involved in wars with much larger opposition than the revolutionaries in the colonies a few thousand miles away, Britain thought that Australia and India were the future of its wealth, not the USA, there was little appetite for fighting our own people etc Also the tea party thing was done by smugglers upset at how cheap the Colonies were getting their tea (cheaper than England) as it was running them out of business. Taxation without representation was something the colonists knew about long before they settled, and to me appears to be the very first instance of American exceptionalism. It was an Empire wide policy, and obviously there is the problem for the Administration that if you grant one territory representation, they'll all start asking, which would be unfeasible.
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In Australia, I learned about the Aboriginals and how the Brits invaded... as well as the Aboriginals and how the Brits invaded...
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In Australia I learned about... WW2, and... WW2...
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They celebrate the Fourth of July over there too, except it's not Independence Day. It's "That God we got rid of those Bloody Wankers" day.
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Nothing. Although I dropped history in year 9.
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7 RepliesDo countries usually gloss over history courses that show their nation "losing" the conflict?
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2 RepliesNothing. Maybe if I had chosen history. Might come up in there. Not english mind you, just english speaking. Scottish. To be specific.
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5 RepliesNo. I haven't done about any civil wars. My GCSE history unit has done Wartime Britain innWW2, American Civil Rights, Germany 1919-1939 and International Relations (Treaties after WW1, Cold War etc) We haven't done anything about civil wars or (sadly) medieval/ Tudor ages, as I find them quite interesting:(
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2 RepliesEdited by g a b a g o o l: 3/1/2014 12:03:35 PMIt depends upon the exam board. Some will have the American Revolution (most do). It is then further the choice of students (and teachers) if they wish to study it. I personally chose to study Hitler's rise to power and post-war Germany. EDIT : Huh, I just checked most of the exam boards and I couldn't find the American Revolution in any curriculum.
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6 RepliesNothing on the War of Independence. The main piece of American history we do is the Civil War.
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Nothing. I learned; Medieval history Egyptian history (Tutankhamen) War of the Roses Stuarts vs tudors Roman Empire WW1 WW2 Vietnam Gangs of New York That was it, the Empire was completely removed and never mention at all in any way shape or form in my history books in school or by the teacher. The only Empire of History I knew about was the Roman Empire.
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Edited by Friendlystu: 3/1/2014 10:54:26 AMthe things I covered in history were Roman Empire Battle of Hastings Medieval/Tudor Britain Life in textile Mill WW1 before and after WW2 before and after Slavery Industrial revolution Cold War Vietnam Thats all I can remember from my history lessons.
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Not much, we covered most American history aside from that. I don't think it was for any particular reason; we didn't really focus on any wars as such, just their impacts on domestic and foreign affairs.
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I covered it in School but we covered a lot more on the loss of India and the other Colonies, you've got to look at the big picture, losing America wasn't a massive impact the big change for Britain was the loss of all the other big colonies.
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Im at the end of secondary school now, i think that is middle school for you Americans and the closest iv got is the American west in the 1800s. I dont specifically remember being taught anything about the revolution, i think we should be.
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17 RepliesI'm surprised they don't cover the American revolution. Though I think I have a good idea of why they don't.
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Edited by Jaaake AU: 3/1/2014 4:14:52 AMNot much. My history classes focused on Australian stuff. Didn't continue with it in high school or college though so maybe it was covered then
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Going off most the replies of not being taught about the American revolution, I wonder what things the British are told that us Americans are not.
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> doesn't learn about American revolution at all Yep still butt hurt
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Nothing. The only revolution I've been taught is the Industrial Revolution.
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I WENT TO SCHOOL IN ENGLAND FOR THREE YEARS AND LEARNED NOTHING ABOUT IT.
