*Some colonists. Probably not an important distinction, but we should remember history as people loosely coming together instead of always together in a solid decision that way we can understand things like January 6th or the war on Iraq better. In history we have followed our leaders even into bad situations. Saying fuck you to England was a good choice though. 😁
This is a very interesting topic. I actually studied and wrote about it in the 3 months that I was at Harvard before I dropped out. 🤣
Essentially, all of history was taught as it was written from the Kings or rulers. So all of history starts with king blah blah blah and this is what happened. That is how history was recorded through most of US presidents as well. " This is what Lincoln did" is how we learned it in high school.
Only in the past 20 or so years (somebody correct me) have the original documents of citizens and people’s been meta analyzed in a way that we can see history from other (non-white, non-ruler) perspectives.
This, I think, runs right next to CRT and why the right wing and is so concerned about controlling the history books and libraries right now. I think their think tanks are trying to prevent a more accurate version of history from being accepted. I’m not 100% sure about this loose connection though.
Just an accusation from a random guy on the internet.
The Declaration of Independence is a document that explains the political decision to break from England. That’s it.
And July 4th is not the nation’s birthday. It’s simply the day the colonists said fuck you to England.
v1 of USA: 1774 with Continental Association v2: 1777 with Articles of Confederation v3: 1787 with Constitution
*Some colonists. Probably not an important distinction, but we should remember history as people loosely coming together instead of always together in a solid decision that way we can understand things like January 6th or the war on Iraq better. In history we have followed our leaders even into bad situations. Saying fuck you to England was a good choice though. 😁
Let’s take it further. Why is history mostly about politics and warfare? As tho natural history is less important…
This is a very interesting topic. I actually studied and wrote about it in the 3 months that I was at Harvard before I dropped out. 🤣
Essentially, all of history was taught as it was written from the Kings or rulers. So all of history starts with king blah blah blah and this is what happened. That is how history was recorded through most of US presidents as well. " This is what Lincoln did" is how we learned it in high school.
Only in the past 20 or so years (somebody correct me) have the original documents of citizens and people’s been meta analyzed in a way that we can see history from other (non-white, non-ruler) perspectives.
This, I think, runs right next to CRT and why the right wing and is so concerned about controlling the history books and libraries right now. I think their think tanks are trying to prevent a more accurate version of history from being accepted. I’m not 100% sure about this loose connection though.
Just an accusation from a random guy on the internet.