A question to British Disboarders about the American Revolution/Colonial period in North America. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 📃 🖊 🌎

[thanxfornoticin]

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/first-term-1789-1792

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/presidential-election-of-1792

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/second-term-1793-1797

It's good I'm now retired - this is going to take awhile! Thanks - appreciate the info.

It's also interesting reading how the country was run post-independence and pre-GW...... GW was our first president, but not the country's first leader. There were 8 or 9 leaders before we decided on a president. And I bet there are very, very few who could name even 2 or 3 of those men at their Friday Trivia Night at the local bar......! I know I couldn't before......

 

[thanxfornoticin]

Not to mention the World Cup takes place within America's 250th Independence Day.

https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments.../philadelphia-to-host-seven-world-cup-matches

USA vs England in the stars?

Philadelphia will be a very, very busy place in 2026. Lots of things coming to the city during the Semiquincentennial!! Now that's a word, isn't it?!

 

[Buzz Rules]

Philadelphia will be a very, very busy place in 2026. Lots of things coming to the city during the Semiquincentennial!! Now that's a word, isn't it?!

Funny enough, England has never beaten the USMNT in a World Cup match. We beat them in 1950 (they still consider it their worst loss in history) and tied them in 2010 and 2022.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Never learned a word about it.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Never learned a word about it.

Now you have.

 

[Buzz Rules]

It's good I'm now retired - this is going to take awhile! Thanks - appreciate the info.

It's also interesting reading how the country was run post-independence and pre-GW...... GW was our first president, but not the country's first leader. There were 8 or 9 leaders before we decided on a president. And I bet there are very, very few who could name even 2 or 3 of those men at their Friday Trivia Night at the local bar......! I know I couldn't before......

Articles of Confederation.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Now you have.

Haha, yup!

We basically learned about the Tudors, WWI and WW2.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Haha, yup!

We basically learned about the Tudors, WWI and WW2.

And how to make tea. ️

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

And how to make tea. ️

Dude, lemon or nothing

 

[Buzz Rules]

Dude, lemon or nothing

I'm a hot chocolate fan over coffee and tea.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I'm a hot chocolate fan over coffee and tea.

Cola, 100%.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Benedict Arnold is buried in London by the way, if you didn't know.

 

[Buzz Rules]

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Benedict Arnold is buried in London by the way, if you didn't know.

So is part of the World Tree, if you believe random rumour.

Subterranean London is a mess. If it's not an abandoned train station, it's a WWII bunker still buried under strict secrecy.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterranean_London

 

[Buzz Rules]

It's good I'm now retired - this is going to take awhile! Thanks - appreciate the info.

It's also interesting reading how the country was run post-independence and pre-GW...... GW was our first president, but not the country's first leader. There were 8 or 9 leaders before we decided on a president. And I bet there are very, very few who could name even 2 or 3 of those men at their Friday Trivia Night at the local bar......! I know I couldn't before......

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/articles-of-confederation

 

[Buzz Rules]

Me and my wife have been to Florida and California with the kids lots of times over the years but we’d love to explore a whole lot more once the kids are packed off to university. I’ve seen some reenactments on tv and I’m sure they’d be great to see for real.

In answer to your question about my ancestry, I’ve traced my family back to around the 1500s but unfortunately they didn’t seem to get as far as America, they only seemed to get from Nottingham to Derbyshire so about 20 miles

Thanks for the suggestions Buzz, I’d definitely love to visit some of the battle sites and museums one day

Some reeactments about the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea party that I found on YouTube:

 

[meggiebeth]

I finished school in the early 2010s. Most history taught was geographically UK centred: the Victorians, the Tudors, the battle of 1066, the world wars, etc. I did study the American West as part of my GCSEs, but we weren’t taught about US independence at all. Most of what people know about US independence is probably from TV shows and movies.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I finished school in the early 2010s. Most history taught was geographically UK centred: the Victorians, the Tudors, the battle of 1066, the world wars, etc. I did study the American West as part of my GCSEs, but we weren’t taught about US independence at all. Most of what people know about US independence is probably from TV shows and movies.

I highly recommend the sources I mentioned above.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHeaIWvdbER01sv113Qn4YSdhfTmsv_eW

 

[Buzz Rules]

Any new thoughts?