France invented constitutionalism and you were the first to adapt it after them. That’s important political history, but don’t overestimate yourselves.
England has been the same kingdom since the early 10th century.
England has been the same kingdom since the early 10th century.
It hasn’t, though. The modern UK is a union of England, Scotland and Ireland and was created by the Act of Union in 1800, and if you don’t count that then you go back to the Treaty of Union in 1707. That’s definitely older than the US so good point there, but either way modern Britain is hardly the same political entity as Norman England.
England is England. They have laws going back until before any of that. There’s continuity all the way. Joining a union does not mean your country stops existing.
France invented constitutionalism and you were the first to adapt it after them. That’s important political history, but don’t overestimate yourselves.
England has been the same kingdom since the early 10th century.
It hasn’t, though. The modern UK is a union of England, Scotland and Ireland and was created by the Act of Union in 1800, and if you don’t count that then you go back to the Treaty of Union in 1707. That’s definitely older than the US so good point there, but either way modern Britain is hardly the same political entity as Norman England.
England is England. They have laws going back until before any of that. There’s continuity all the way. Joining a union does not mean your country stops existing.
It does in the sense that it stops being a country and becomes a part of a country. There’s no country called England today.