Historical quote that wouldn’t have made sense (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

Some quotes in history were never uttered, or were not said in the same way. But people don’t know this, and as such believe that they are accurate. Today I’ll mention one of these quotes: “The British are coming”. This was supposedly said by Paul Revere on April 18th on his ride to warn the colonists that the British army was marching to take gunpowder and weapons the colonists had stored. Why wouldn’t this make sense? Well, as British people, the British colonists of America would probably not be too concerned about the fact that the British are in the area. They knew the British were there because they were all British. We think of them as American colonists rather than British, but they thought of themselves as British, many even after the Declaration of Independence, which was signed more than a year later. In reality, something that would make more sense for Paul Revere and the others to say would be “the regulars are out” or a variation. The British army was known as the regular army, so this would be a more logical descriptor than what people associate with Paul Revere now.

 

[Ahsoka]

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[Nina]

“the regulars are out”

Or "The parents are awake!!!!"

 

[velvet]

Reminds me of how even after federation Australians always thought of themselves as British until like, 1960ish. Yuck.