#heavy usage of the word English but i really need to drive this point home lmao

[ameliafuckinjones]

The American Revolution, in my opinion, is one of the most misinterpreted events both in real life and in the hetalia fandom. It wasn't a revolution based on the rejection of all things English but an assertion of all things English, from Common Law to the (English!!!) Bill of Rights to the Constitution being inspired by the Magna Carta. Hell, even apple pie, the most American thing about this country, is English. And this was a very conscious choice, not something that happened miraculously, so when people say Alfred’s entire ambition in life is to be the complete opposite of Arthur, it doesn't quite make sense to me because that's simply not true (and historically illiterate and disingenuous)!!! The American Revolution in part happened because the colonists wanted to be treated like Englishmen, they believed they were Englishmen who desverved English rights despite half of them not being born in England, and when they understood they weren't going to be treated as such they departed on the hopes of creating a system where they could live as Englishmen in truth!!! Alfred purposefully mirrored himself after Arthur. Did he believe he exemplified/embodied English ideals better than Arthur ever could? Of course he did! But this only further proves my point.

#heavy usage of the word English but i really need to drive this point home lmao #hetalia #hetalia meta #aph america #aph england #alfred f jones #arthur kirkland #american revolution #which was just a continuation of the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution but I digress 🚶‍♀️‍➡️