Yeh, I mean in context in 1776 was a revolt in one of Britain’s colonies really on the same level as “oh shit this dude got assassinated and now all the imperial world powers declared war on each other”
no, because all the world powers didnt declare war on each other over it.
obviously it was an important part of history, but im pretty sure it wasnt "heard around the world" unless the entire world consists of the colony, the british, and the french.
which uh... seems a bit less impactful than might have been otherwise thought
That’s what I’m saying lol. I’m saying the two aren’t comparable at all, at least not in their own context. Obviously the American rev had huge consequences in world history, but the immediate event wasn’t really “a shot heard around the world” in the same way as Princeps
hah, kinda misread you as saying it was, due to the fallout of british empire collapse and surge of constitutional reforms internationally that modeled themselves in part after the u.s
but does it tho?
Yeah, apparently it's from an 1837 Emerson poem about the battle.
oh im not disagreeing with the historical usage, im just saying its fucking idiotic american exceptionalist nonsense
Yeh, I mean in context in 1776 was a revolt in one of Britain’s colonies really on the same level as “oh shit this dude got assassinated and now all the imperial world powers declared war on each other”
no, because all the world powers didnt declare war on each other over it.
obviously it was an important part of history, but im pretty sure it wasnt "heard around the world" unless the entire world consists of the colony, the british, and the french.
which uh... seems a bit less impactful than might have been otherwise thought
That’s what I’m saying lol. I’m saying the two aren’t comparable at all, at least not in their own context. Obviously the American rev had huge consequences in world history, but the immediate event wasn’t really “a shot heard around the world” in the same way as Princeps
hah, kinda misread you as saying it was, due to the fallout of british empire collapse and surge of constitutional reforms internationally that modeled themselves in part after the u.s
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