Why do people in the UK often pretend they're not in Europe?

[SamuelRSmith]

gurglesletch said:

Kantor said:

Rainbird said:

Kantor said:

gurglesletch said:

KylieDog said:
Because we ruled half the world.

The americas ended that parade back in the 1700's.

Just to add to Kantor's very informative post, this is current day, and the colored countries represent the Commonwealth (I assume), meaning the countries that still have ties to the British throne and/or government in some way.

I think it's a map of the British Empire in the 1930s.

Which is now the Commonwealth, anyway.

EDIT: Also, Britain never ruled the USA at any point.

So your saying that the Revolutionary War was against a country that didn't call itself the USA? They definetely did own us and we kicked their ass back to europe.

Well, it wasn't against a country at all (well, the thirteen colonies weren't a country, we did fight against France and Spain in that war, too). The result of the war, the Treaty of Paris, saw that Britain acknowledged the sovereignty of thirteen independent States, and that was in 1783. It wasn't until 1788 with the ratification of the United States Constitution that the states became a unified republic.

Well, that's what I pieced together from the backs of sugar packets.