After all, without it we would be part of the USA.
2006-09-28 08:40:08 · 31 answers · asked by Simon K 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I hope not to offend anyone with this question, it's just a bit of a joke.
2006-09-28 08:46:17 · update #1
You mean because that's the date we got rid of them. That's a thought. Although I disapprove of unseemly displays of patriotism.
You're a bit of a gadfly yourself, aren't you?
2006-09-28 08:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 2⤊ 5⤋
The 4th of July marked one of the turning points of British History. Britain benefited massively from losing a colony that had grown beyond control and had no wish to be governed any longer. The end to a difficult and tedious struggle allowed the British to start what is termed by historians 'the second empire' whence most of her historical prestige comes from. To their ends, the Americans wrote one of the most enlightened constitutions ever set down on paper (the 3/5 of a man bit being left out, as it was in the original draft) and have achieved remarkable success for such a young nation. Whether that success has since gone to their heads (as it clearly did with the British) is I'm sure a matter best solved by juvenile polemicists writing in capital letters a lot. In the end let we should just realise that every empire rises and falls. Even the Roman's got theirs. Let's hope the next great empire has such enlightened beginnings and noble aims as the previous one.
2006-09-29 04:18:16 · answer #2 · answered by George N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. we celebrate the 5th of may. mexico's 4th. we declare freedom from a queen or king of another continent. you can also. you are not under the rule of a dictator, like hitler's way or communism. yes, i see it as a sign of the times, not so much just the independence for and of americans.the u.k., i understand you love your queen and the royalty of your country but they should be in your honor not the other way around. why can't another family be the royal's for a while. this is weird for me to understand. maybe you don't have to take their place or palace but you can have your own or another. that goes for spain and japan and where ever this royalty exists. no one is better than anyone else. this is fact. royalty and all the respect and money that goes into it and kept within it, is enough wealth that they wouldn't have a court let alone peasants, if i may say so...
2006-09-28 08:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by lee f 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if the people want to. I rather like the tradition of Guy Fawkes and bonfire night! I've been to one and it is pretty amazing! That should be good enough for England and let the US have their 4th of July!
2006-09-28 08:55:14 · answer #4 · answered by peg 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most certainly not. If we ever do celebrate Independence Day we would be part of America which appears in the current political climate to be coming nearer.
2006-09-28 10:46:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nah anymore than NY and Pa. and Lousiana should celebrate July first Canada Day.
2006-09-28 08:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by Lizzy-tish 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We celebrate July 4th, but only because it's my grandad's birthday.
2006-09-28 08:48:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does Japan celebrate VJ day?
2006-09-28 08:48:51 · answer #8 · answered by Phil H 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK, the first part of the question, I get.
"After all, without it we would be part of the USA.", you threw me with this part of the question.
What are you asking??
2006-09-28 08:43:17 · answer #9 · answered by Duncarin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely! That was the day we got rid of the USA.
Seems they're coming back. Resist!
2006-09-28 20:46:19 · answer #10 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would one ex-super power want to celebrate another soon to be ex-super powers independence day (a day chosen to celebrate the soon to be ex-super powers independence from the very ex-super powers reign?) Oh righhttt... just another reason to party & watch fireworks... got it.
2006-09-28 09:54:59 · answer #11 · answered by Utopian Friend 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋