American Reacts to Top 10 Most Important Moments in British History!

Let's explore the top ten important moments in British history! From royal milestones to revolutionary changes, these events left an indelible mark on the UK!

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[TukikoTroy]

American independence was more a great moment in US history. Over here it was just another Thursday, business as usual and making plans for the weekend.

[alanaw]

My mother is 101 years old and when she was six her mother took her with her to a polling station. She was told that this was a very special day for women in Britain, as it was the first time all women over 21 years could vote.
She has voted all her life and even succeeded in getting changes made in the law for the benefit of partially sighted people.

[noggintube]

What a lot of people don't realise with the voting for women is that about 40% of men didn't have the right either due to not owning property or land etc. The Act gave women the vote, but also extended the vote to include a larger proportion of men and started to become more fair across the population, but still wasn't quite there.

[helenwood]

The King could write. Magna Carta was sealed because seals were used, not signatures, on official documents.

[martinp]

What Americans don't get is that the fight was between Britain and other British who moved elsewhere

[Shoomer]

Surprised the Industrial Revolution wasn't on the list. That changed the whole world not just Britain.

[judithhope]

The reason the American war of independence means little over here is that it didn't impact our lives. Unlike the Norman invasion, which still wrankles, although the Normans were Norsemen who settled in France, that's Vikings, so forgiven. And the threat of Napoleon was a threat of further invasion, by the actual French. 😅

[atorthefightingeagle]

The American War Of Independence is actually ranked 2386 in the list of significant events in British history. Sorry JJ, but your biggest day is but a pimple on the behind of our long and varied story.

[connorparker]

There are so many key points of the history of Britain, the Anglo-Saxon migration, Industrial revolution, abolishment of slavery, act of the union.
Just to name afew.

[Papa_Meow_Meow]

Defeating the Spanish Armada in 1588 was a pivotale point in our history. We were expected to lose against a much larger and powerful force. It would have been game over without victory.

[zerogo]

Talking about the end of ww2 and how Americans prospered whilst back in the UK the people remained on rations for years and it took until 1999 to pay back American loans from ww2.

[jasoncallow]

Given that 60+ countries celebrate independence from the British empire I'm surprised the American revolution got in the top 10.

[derekjinks]

after William the Conqueror invaded England he had the entire country inventoried, listing everything that was here.
it was called "The Domesday Book" and we still have it, a nearly one thousand year old book.

[colinpearce]

Although WW2 was mentioned in general I think September 15th 1940 was pivotal in the survival of Britain. The success of the RAF in winning air superiority over the English Channel delayed the Nazi invasion pending. This was the Nazi’s first major defeat & demonstrated they could be beaten. I am convinced this was by no small means a beacon of resistance & resolve that shone into occupied Europe and the Americans.

[MrPagan]

USA charged the UK for their assistance in WW2, amounting to the equivalent of $50bn, in fact we paid our final installment a few months ago (in December) of $83mn. We had to continue rationing for a number of years after WW2, as the US was taking advantage of this wealth.

[henriettafinch]

My grandmother lived in Birmingham during WWII, a place that was heavily bombed, she’d work at the war office during the day and then at night assist with incoming returning and injured troops at the train station, she would usually sleep in a bomb shelter. One morning they came out and their home was gone. I can’t imagine what she went through.

[NGT-eboy]

Whoever told you that Magna Carta was sealed instead of being signed because King John couldn't write, is very badly mistaken.
Growing up as a Prince of England, John received the education of a Prince, i.e. the very best education in the land.
He was also taught matters of government by Ranulf de Glanvill, The King's Justiciar (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister).
Seals were (and still are) used to authenticate or validate a document in place of, or alongside, a signature.

[zaftra]

What you never hear, is King Harold had been in the north fighting and beating the Vikings, the Vikings never invaded England again, he then had to go all the way down south.

[easybigun]

"Keep blinking Harold, it'll work it's way out."

[kyvwupm]

UK had austerity long after WW2. Rationing of goods ended in 1954. The UK’s baby boom peaked some years later than USA. I recall a shortage of school space in 1970s. 
There was a saying that “ Germany won the peace” as the postwar German economy was doing so well.