Obviously the anglo Saxons were not from England.
However,thank goodness they showed up here.
What a fine heritage.Im proud of being English.
Yes conquest is legitimate when it displaces the heathen human sacrifice religions of the conquered.
Potatoes and whisky -a product of colonialism?
I thought the best whisky was made in Scotland?
Potatoes -can be grown anywhere.
George 1st couldnt speak English.Say no more.
The infrastructure and wealth were built by colonialism?
No it was built by underpaid workers, making the bankers wealthy from
huge loans to the government at high interest.
Pretty much the same as it is now.
1) The Saxons were actually what would describe as "heathens." Britain was a Christian nation before they invaded, and the Saxons, like other viking and Germanic peoples were practitioners of Norse religions. Christianity came to England about the same time it came to Rome because it was a Roman holding at the time. The Britons were Catholics. The Saxons only adopted Christianity AFTER coming to England. Before that, they were much more likely to have been making human sacrifices to gods like Odin (god of the hangman's noose). So you are just factually incorrect there. For Christ's sake, King Arthur was originally a story of a Roman-British King fighting the "heathen Saxons."
2) Using religious practices as a justification for invasion is highly problematic. This has been the chief justification for genocide in this world. There hadn't been a human sacrifice on the Island of Britain in hundreds of years prior to the Saxons arrival, but to justify the slaughter of thousands to save a few hundred fictitious victims is disingenuous. They didn't invade to stop human sacrifices, they did it to take other people's land, and they killed a whole lot of people to do it. The Crusades were the same. And that same logic could be used to justify Islamic invasion, jihad, etc. Very poor reasoning.
3) I doubt very seriously your blood is 100% Anglo-Saxon. There are very few people in the world left that are. If you could, you would likely have many genetic defects caused by non-diverse gene pools. Your saxon ancestors married and mated with people from all over Europe for 100s of years, and all over the world after that.
4) George I's English wasn't his first language wasn't his first language (Much Like William and Mary who spent most of their early lives in Holland, or James I who was from Scotland), and in the early years of his reign, it wasn't the best, but he definitely spoke it, especially later in his reign. Almost all historical documents and letters written in his hand in the later part of his reign support this. His successor, George III never visited Hannover, was born in England, and spoke English as his first language.
5) English wasn't the court language for most of Britain's history. long time. It was French from 1266 until the late 15th Century after William. The Saxons all spoke Anglo Saxon, Latin, or Gaelic until around that time. Old English and middle English developed later. And it is a Germanic language. Germanic as in proto-German.
5) The crown's power actually began to LESSEN under George I. Sir Robert Wapole was the first modern Prime Minister and held most of the real power. So to say that these German outsiders supplied all this tyrannical power is completely antithetical to what actually happened.
6) Potatoes and corn are both American plants by origin that were transplanted to Britain. Most whiskeys contain one or the other, even single malt scotch. No colonialism: no chips, no whiskey (at least not in the modern sense). No Sunday tea, no sugar (so no Great British Bake Off either).
7) Yes the wealthy had most of the power in the early days, early capitalist development from feudal times basically owes everything to colonialism and the industrial revolution. The ability to import and export goods (chiefly from its holdings in America, the East Indies, Africa, India, and Hong Kong) was responsible for the foundation of virtually all English standards of living. Being able to work and earn a wage and buy goods are largely products. Even if the wealthy got most of the profits, the few opportunities the middle and lower classes had came from colonialism, and most of the comforts and improving standards of living
8) The largest Bank in the UK was the Bank of England and was really the only Bank of real power and influence. Yes the Rothschilds came to England in that time, and while they are one of the biggest banks in the world, the most influential Banks in the UK's history outside of the Bank of England were English or Scottish: Royal Bank of Scotlan, Barclay, Lloyd's, Westminster, National Provincial, Midlands, etc. Banking is hardly a German addition. The English practically invented modern banking.
9) Being German wasn't even a thing in the 1700s. There was no unified German state until the late 19th century. Prussia was the closest thing to it, and most proto-german states were Holy Roman electorates controlled in some way or other by Holland, Sweden, England, Prussia, or France. Hannover's rule had been tied to England for years. Had been since Henry V invaded Europe.
10) Where on earth did you go to school? Your knowledge of your own country's history is pretty shallow. I know there are good schools in England. I went to one. Were you sleeping, or did you drop out?
