The UK is a great example because for most of the islands history, some foreign power had seized land as part of an imperial conquest. First the Romans. Then th

The UK is a great example because for most of the islands history, some foreign power had seized land as part of an imperial conquest. First the Romans. Then the French and the Danes. Then finally, then “United Kingdom” was created via bloody conquest of a single tribal body over other tribes that spoke different languages and had different religions. Had the Spanish Armada not failed, the UK would likely have become a colony yet again. When I went to school, we were taught the Brits were benign and flawless. Imagine my surprise to learn that English still carries remnants of Britain’s history as a colonial backwater (e.g. cow vs beef).