I COME BEARING NOTES. The Revolution ones are probably obvious but I'll just include them for the sake of people that might not know much about it.
1. (Section 1) Quoted is the Declaration of Independence, and King George III of the United Kingdom's attempt to make peace with America after the Revolution. America seriously hated George and branded him a tyrant, even though his rule was relatively peaceful in comparison to some British Kings/Queens- King Louis XVI of France, the main financer for the 13 Colonies in the Revolution, is regarded as being far worse. The upside is he bankrupted France by funding/assisting the American Revolution, and therefore it prevented him from declaring war on anyone else.
2. The setting of Colonial!America's demise is a reference to the final fight of the Revolution in Yorktown, Virginia, and the surrender of General Cornwallis. Quoted is the "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech by Patrick Henry, which I always thought was pretty badass.
3. The British Empire was still colonising after the Revolution- it also had European wars to fight and had decided to go around conquering the Caribbean for the lulz. The British Empire became more prosperous after the loss of America as it could turn its attentions elsewhere. Nice going, Alfred. XD
4. England helped Greece gain its independence from Turkey, mainly just to piss off Turkey.
5. The Chino-Japanese War, sometimes called the Sino-Japanese War, was over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China lost fairly quickly. Before this, Britain was involved in the South African Boer War, so it didn't really want to be dragged into an Eastern conflict.
6. 6th April 1917 was America's entry to World War I after British forces found out that German leaders were trying to charm Mexico into turning against the US. America's response was "HELL NO STAY AWAY FROM GODDAMN MEXICO" and charged in there like a shot even though it had a smaller military than Brazil, after staying neutral for as long as possible. The moral of the story is... don't charm Mexico.
1. (Section 1) Quoted is the Declaration of Independence, and King George III of the United Kingdom's attempt to make peace with America after the Revolution. America seriously hated George and branded him a tyrant, even though his rule was relatively peaceful in comparison to some British Kings/Queens- King Louis XVI of France, the main financer for the 13 Colonies in the Revolution, is regarded as being far worse. The upside is he bankrupted France by funding/assisting the American Revolution, and therefore it prevented him from declaring war on anyone else.
2. The setting of Colonial!America's demise is a reference to the final fight of the Revolution in Yorktown, Virginia, and the surrender of General Cornwallis. Quoted is the "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech by Patrick Henry, which I always thought was pretty badass.
3. The British Empire was still colonising after the Revolution- it also had European wars to fight and had decided to go around conquering the Caribbean for the lulz. The British Empire became more prosperous after the loss of America as it could turn its attentions elsewhere. Nice going, Alfred. XD
4. England helped Greece gain its independence from Turkey, mainly just to piss off Turkey.
5. The Chino-Japanese War, sometimes called the Sino-Japanese War, was over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China lost fairly quickly. Before this, Britain was involved in the South African Boer War, so it didn't really want to be dragged into an Eastern conflict.
6. 6th April 1917 was America's entry to World War I after British forces found out that German leaders were trying to charm Mexico into turning against the US. America's response was "HELL NO STAY AWAY FROM GODDAMN MEXICO" and charged in there like a shot even though it had a smaller military than Brazil, after staying neutral for as long as possible. The moral of the story is... don't charm Mexico.
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