Every time people are doing the "right" thing its for selfish reasons. Even the emancipation proclamation was to try and get more soilders for the North. I think in the USA we create myths around history that isnt true.

Its ironic that Andrew Johnson was chosen to try and balance the union but ultimately helped tear it apart

It is interesting how quickly reconstruction fell apart but also how much support it had federally.

Its cool to see parallels in history. The start of the revolution and the Boston Massacre have a vague likeness to Fort Sumter and the Civil war. Things were already tense and then a situation got out of control and started a war

I think its interesting how diplomatic the revolution was. Instead of killing or fully fighting until monarchy was dead the colonists just wanted to stop being taxed and shows the idea that they still were/ and in many ways wanted to be British citizens

I think this is a really interesting statement which isnt talked about in alot of history classes Ive taken before. I feel like the narrative the USA promotes fully turns us into victims who were abused for years and finally took a stand.