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Who here grew up in the UK?

I’ve been wondering about something for a while… I tutor kids in the US and they’re learning about the Revolutionary War… you know, where a bunch of people broke off from England and started America, etc. etc. then the war happened. US textbooks tend to portray England as big powerful bullies who attacked America, and out of nowhere a miracle happened and the US won against all odds. I’m wondering if/how both sides are portrayed from a British standpoint?

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Very rarely taught to kids in england, if so its usually only as an aside. The teaching of english history is patchy, we try to just teach kids the key points, 1066, edwardians, victorians, industrial revolution WW1, WW2. Mind you cant really blame us, we’ve got alot of history to cover.

I think it would depend on the teacher as to how it was taught, if it were taught. if it were some sort of strange nationalist then he might well blame king george and the french, most people would just teach it as a bunch of facts. We’re not too proud of the british empire anymore

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