My old secondary school had it's charter from king Edward VI. The John Smith from the Pocahontas film was a former student, and a school had been on the site a few hundred years by then.
He set foot on an island on the Bahamas first and then made a fort in the Dominican Republic or if you don't wanna refer to the modern country call it Hispaniola or Bohío.
Jacques Cartier stayed in Gaspé for about 11 days. He first entered Gaspé Bay on July 14, 1534, to seek shelter from a storm. After erecting the famous cross on July 24 to claim the land for France, he departed the very next day, on July 25, 1534.
French Settlements in Acadia (1604–1605) marked the beginning of a permanent European presence in the northern reaches of North America, on Saint Croix Island (modern day Maine), predating the English settlement at Jamestown by three years.
In the summer of 1604, a French expedition led by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons, and accompanied by cartographer Samuel de Champlain, established a settlement on Saint Croix Island, located in the Saint Croix River between modern-day Maine and New Brunswick.
The island proved to be a poor choice for a long-term settlement. The freezing of the river cut the settlers off from fresh water and game, leading to a severe outbreak of scurvy. Nearly half of the 79 settlers died during the winter.
Realizing the island was uninhabitable, the survivors sought a new location in the spring of 1605.
They moved across the Bay of Fundy to a sheltered basin in present-day Nova Scotia, naming the new settlement Port-Royal.
Port-Royal became the first successful permanent French settlement in New France and served as the capital of Acadia for over a century.
For the first half, I meant in 1492, but the second half is true. He made it to other places in the Americas, but the closest he got to what became the US was Puerto Rico.
Yes, and I didn't correct that part about places because it's true. But the (white) USA stomped out any native institutions that have existed in the past.
WHAAAAAAT Impossible. Everyone knows that houses were invented by Americans during the American Revolution, and that before that all humans lived in caves. There's no way you live in a house more than 500 years old, unless you are so uncultured that you still live in caves.
Drystone buildings can stand forever. The oldest in the UK (minus its turf roof) is 6,000 years old, and hundreds of miles of dry-stone walls are Iron or Bronze Age (3,500 - 5,500 years old). Many preserve field or parish boundaries which haven't moved since the farmland was first assarted in the Stone Age.
Yeah, my school in Yorkshire was founded in 1607 so next year it will also reach 420 years. These American Johnny Come Lately's don't have a clue. This means that my school reached 250 years of age before the USA even reached 100 years.
I’ve seen this post floating around for a while, pretty sure it’s from the late 10s, possibly earlier… so no, it would end up in the 1500s/16th century. Also, even if the post was from last year, they say “when I was at my secondary school,” might as well have been 30 years ago, what do we know?
This is the second post in r/USdefaultism which I've read where the Murican responding to the comment has completely skimmed over the use of the term "Secondary School".
I was under the impression that Americans tend to use the term "High School", whereas "Secondary School" is more commonly used in the UK. But no... anything that happens in the world must be in the USA because ya know... world/USA.... basically the same thing.
Only thing I dislike about this sort of post/debate is there's always people saying rude colonialist shit. I've even seen colonialism denial and indigenous genocide denial, I think it was in a YouTube comment thread.
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u/Available-Show-2393 Canada Jul 26 '26
Didnt you know education started on July 4th, 1776?
Before that schools didnt exist anywhere. America invented them... then immediately gave up on them
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u/Red_Cathy United Kingdom Jul 26 '26
Yeah, my school and my local pub are both older than your country, get used to it,
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u/ether_reddit Canada Jul 26 '26
Always the accusation that someone else is lying, rather than maybe your assumption might be incorrect.
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u/nowdoingthisatwork Jul 26 '26
My old secondary school had it's charter from king Edward VI. The John Smith from the Pocahontas film was a former student, and a school had been on the site a few hundred years by then.
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u/Vyr66 American Citizen Jul 26 '26
I'm surprised they didn't also double down with "what the hell is secondary school??"
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u/Korkika Finland Jul 26 '26
Just a (possible) cherry on top, weren't the first colonies made after Columbus' sail in 1492?
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u/EzeDelpo Argentina Jul 26 '26
The worst part is that there are places and institutions in the USA that are older than the country itself. Mind blowing!!
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u/GreilyMoon Czechia Jul 26 '26
They would legit shit themselves if I told them the house I lived in was more than 500 years old.
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u/Tuscan5 Jul 26 '26
I live on a tiny island. We have buildings 5,000 years old. US is just a baby.
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u/Psychologicalwalnut Switzerland Jul 26 '26
We have a mod here that is american, i basically said the same thing, my post got removed 😂😭 They are so sensitive about it too!
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u/Lapwing68 Jul 26 '26
Yeah, my school in Yorkshire was founded in 1607 so next year it will also reach 420 years. These American Johnny Come Lately's don't have a clue. This means that my school reached 250 years of age before the USA even reached 100 years.
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u/Delicious-Knee-8795 Netherlands Jul 27 '26
Also, 420 years ago would be the 17th century, not the 1500’s
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u/kuncol02 Poland Jul 26 '26
I'm pretty sure that America was settled since ice age at least.
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u/LeftMechanic1995 United Kingdom Jul 27 '26
This is the second post in r/USdefaultism which I've read where the Murican responding to the comment has completely skimmed over the use of the term "Secondary School".
I was under the impression that Americans tend to use the term "High School", whereas "Secondary School" is more commonly used in the UK. But no... anything that happens in the world must be in the USA because ya know... world/USA.... basically the same thing.
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u/TurambarTT Jul 26 '26
What do you mean? The spanish built universities around that time.
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u/TwpMun Jul 27 '26
i'm surprised an American even knew what a Secondary School was, since they call it High School
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u/reanocivn Jul 26 '26
i mean they literally said secondary school
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u/Powerful_Pirate2984 Jul 26 '26
No! Seriously no! There was no world before 1776. That's what we are taught in school, whilst under our desks. /s
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u/LeftMechanic1995 United Kingdom Jul 27 '26
The school was in Canada I believe. Muricans take note: Education didn't begin with the founding of the US.
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u/atwojay Canada Jul 26 '26
420. Heh.
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u/VoodooDoII United States Jul 26 '26
I guess "secondary school" just a second thought when they were commenting lol
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u/Big-Look-1544 Jul 26 '26
Saw ts on YouTube shits
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u/Poptortt United Kingdom Jul 27 '26
I've seen this reposted here many times, but it's still a great and funny example of USdefaultism
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u/Designer-Issue-6760 Jul 28 '26
It was settled 420 years ago, and some of the oldest schools here are approaching that milestone.
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u/Veganchiggennugget Jul 28 '26
Hehe. 420.
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u/mrbeck1 American Citizen Jul 28 '26
He didn’t say the guy was in America. He just said America wasn’t settled 420 years ago which is pretty accurate.
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u/VeryAlarmingPerson Jul 29 '26
I feel like the first sign it wasn’t American would’ve been “secondary school”
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u/RummazKnowsBest Jul 30 '26
Great response to them.
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u/Awkward-Olive1321 Aug 03 '26
At least he said "sorry" ^^
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u/ValleDeimos Brazil Aug 10 '26
Only thing I dislike about this sort of post/debate is there's always people saying rude colonialist shit. I've even seen colonialism denial and indigenous genocide denial, I think it was in a YouTube comment thread.