I only noticed this today (via a post by pbristow) and must say it strikes me as a bit odd (am UKish btw).
The English Civil War took place over a century before the American War of Independence, and it had significant consequences both in Europe and throughout the colonies, so I would have assumed that there would be at least a general awareness that it had occured -- in much the same way as in the UK there's a general (if perhaps not very good) awareness of the ACW & AWoI.
The average Brit's perception of the ACW is probably little better than -- Evil Southern Slavers are defeated by Democratic Northern Heroes; while the AWoI came about because taxes were too high and you lot didn't like tea.
Then again, a significant number of Americans don't know who George III was, which is even more astonishing than them not knowing about the ECW.
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Date: 2005-11-29 05:37 pm (UTC)The English Civil War took place over a century before the American War of Independence, and it had significant consequences both in Europe and throughout the colonies, so I would have assumed that there would be at least a general awareness that it had occured -- in much the same way as in the UK there's a general (if perhaps not very good) awareness of the ACW & AWoI.
The average Brit's perception of the ACW is probably little better than -- Evil Southern Slavers are defeated by Democratic Northern Heroes; while the AWoI came about because taxes were too high and you lot didn't like tea.
Then again, a significant number of Americans don't know who George III was, which is even more astonishing than them not knowing about the ECW.