The Seattle Times: Birth of U.S. no big deal to British - by Kevin Sullivan

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Birth of U.S. no big deal to British - by Kevin Sullivan

"The American Revolution has faded — it's just seen as increasingly irrelevant," said Simon Newman, former chairman of the British Association for American Studies, which promotes the study of the United States in Britain. Newman estimated that fewer than 10 percent of students graduating from British secondary schools have studied the American Revolution and that more than a few don't realize that the United States started as a part of Britain.

The European Union has grown into a powerful political and economic bloc. While maintaining close economic and cultural ties with the United States, Britain has turned its focus to Europe. Rather than studying the U.S. Supreme Court, British students are taught about the European Court of Human Rights.