I don't think America has a luxury of having the same number of years of history as everybody else, unless of course you decide to actually look at their origins, then many of us actually share the same history, so until US Independence, US History is still British history (and the history of all the countries who had colonies in the US), so the same Henry VIII who beheaded people for ridiculous reasons, who created his own church out of a disagreement with the pope, the same ridiculous and horrific ideas of crime and punishment. Add some of the Spanish colonies that settled in America, taking their heritage there's also the Spanish inquisition. Our history contains all of the lessons that the country has learned through centuries to get to where we are. It's easy to distance yourselves because you've developed into a different country with different values, but there's still a shared heritage. I know there's Americans who are very interested by their heritage from before the founding of America.
I don't think once you become independent that all of your previous heritage ceases to exist. I mean, Britain has a heavy Celt heritage, but also Saxon, Angle, Viking and Jute (and more), which goes back to other countries in Europe. Heck, follow the Celts and they don't originate from the British isles. We also have French as part of our heritage, I mean they invaded us in 1066, sure the plague wiped most of them out, it has had a massive impact on us as a country. Yet, it's still all a part of who we are.
Quote: "Got their buts kicked by the Germans twice then asked for help from a country they established and later lost because of overly taxing the people."
Except of course the war was won, so nobody's 'butts were kicked', except of course the losing side, England and Germany weren't the only participants prior to the Americans either. Every country who helped was an asset, I don't buy that it was the Americans who won the war, like some people like to believe. Other countries played a major role too and it wouldn't have been won without them, yes, including the Americans. It was a world war after all (both were), hence it couldn't just be won by a single country.
Quote: "Ironicaly, after several years of conquering other nations has taken a toll on Brits and now the only thing they could beat is their self with out the help of forgeion nations they once occuppied."
Because obviously the British aren't aiding the US's war on terror? They're just in the middle east for a long holiday.
Quote: "Emptyed all their jails into Austrila because they ran out of room"
Deportation was seen as another method of rehabilitation (rather that: lets shove them to another country because we have no room for them), it actually opened up opportunities for people to get a fresh start once their sentence was over, many didn't return on the ships to England and settled in Australia. Of course, no method was perfect and it was actually quite expensive - and dangerous as the process of travelling via the seas was nowhere near as safe as it is today.
Quote: "Chopped of the heads of their wife because should did not bear a son when genictaly it is the male who determines the sex of a child."
A rather deranged King, who was pretty insane. The problem with having a monarchy, although we still have a monarch, our country is very democratically run. We had the English civil war over the monarchy and Oliver Cromwell's side won. You could say without him, we wouldn't have parliament. He also led a puritan England, a religious movement that would move over to some of America's colonies.
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Quote: "Video Above about America:
Brit populated America orginal so its your gene pool were dipping into. Read my brit over view above, might be a clue why some are still dumb. Lol sad facts that are true lol"
Not facts. It's how America is often viewed and it's videos like that which contribute, however, common sense suggests that everybody has their morons, hence I said I hope Americans don't see videos of our chavs trying to be intelligent. If their view of the British came from chavs, we too would be viewed as being thickos. I know that America isn't a real life version of the film Idiocracy.
