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Before I go to an american school, I need to learn a little bit of american history since...thats what they mostly study in History. Could someone possible tell me some important dates? I'm going to make a timeline to remind me of it but I don't know the first thing. I'll study into the subjects but I have to know the subjects fist ![ROFL](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
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Hmm... an interesting thread, so I think I'll stick my oar in....
From an American viewpoint you would have to be very naive or a blinkered fool to not accept that there is a lot in American history that is negative. However, as a European we cannot really be sanctamonious about this considering our imperialistic and hegemonic past in say... Africa, South America, the Middle East and well pretty much everywhere really.
As to the OP, I would like to recommend reading "A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present" by Howard Zinn, as this explains things like how Christopher Columbus was something of a bastard, and more of the reasons for the War of Independence, but unfortunately this isn't the history that is taught in American schools.
From an American viewpoint you would have to be very naive or a blinkered fool to not accept that there is a lot in American history that is negative. However, as a European we cannot really be sanctamonious about this considering our imperialistic and hegemonic past in say... Africa, South America, the Middle East and well pretty much everywhere really.
As to the OP, I would like to recommend reading "A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present" by Howard Zinn, as this explains things like how Christopher Columbus was something of a bastard, and more of the reasons for the War of Independence, but unfortunately this isn't the history that is taught in American schools.
Don't let us kid ourselves that the British Empire was for the benefit of the native peoples around the world.
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