In France not even a mention about it if i remeber .
That’s nuts considering the French helped with it, both militarily and financially. The Americans then didn’t even pay France back, and that caused problems with France. Eventually, the US bought the Louisiana territory from the French so the French could continue to fund their fight against the British. Despite the rude lack of payment by the Americans, the French gave the US the Statue of Liberty as a gift to celebrate the USA’s 100th birthday, liberal democracy, and the abolition of slavery.
Argentinian here. The American Revolution is presented as one of the causes of the Argentine War of Independence.
Was briefly mentioned, never taught.
UK. I don’t think it’s taught at all. we learn about early colonies, puritans, and about the slave trade, but not the Revolution.
as an american, I find it interesting that american history would be taught in other countries. i suppose it makes sense in Canada, Mexico, and the Philippians, but in other countries? thats wild.
Canadian. I’m not sure it’s even taught in Canadian schools other than “Americans revolted against Britan while Canadians stayed loyal to the empire. We obtained independence diplomatically instead of through revolution” and “United Empire Loyalist” means the person’s family was American but fled to Canada in order to stay in the empire instead of join the revolutionaries.
I only learned about why Canadians stayed loyal after school by researching it myself. The high taxes imposed by the king didn’t affect northern colonies as much as it did our southern neighbours. Also, Britian would have had a much easier time with a naval invasion of Canada if they needed to squash a revolution (which is why the French settlers of Quebec didn’t rebel even though France assisted the American revolutionaries).
From Latin America.
It was kind of like a blurb in the text book, basically.
But it gives context to other revolutions going on in the Americas before.
From Downunder. It’s not really taught that much, if at all. From my experience (may vary), we know the basics like, War of Independence, George Washington, Constitution etc; but it doesn’t go much deeper than that.
I’m guessing generally most countries have their own history to teach, and unless it was something more global (WWI, WWII), or you specifically took History in High School, it wouldn’t go much further than that.
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It’s not?
I just remember the French gave them the statue of liberty because they hated the British. That’s about it. Just one of tons of wars and revolutions to remember some dates for a test and then forget; not super interesting.
