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Dr. Abraham Erskine, played by Stanley Tucci in Captain America.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it's probably more about the rise of the absolute monarchy and conquest of Britain itself which coincided with the European discovery of the Americas but you could take it a lot of ways.

Now that I think about it I've never seen the original context

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Britain hasn't had an absolute monarchy since the Magna Carta, centuries before the discovery of the New World. Charles I tried to implement one and was beheaded for his trouble.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The English throughout history don't think the Magna Carta was as important as Americans think it is. It is ironically more important to the American founding myths than the English. It was legally defunct by the 1400's, in large part due to events like the War of the Roses.

Death of Charles I: 1649

Founding of Jamestown: 1607 (Guess the name of the English king that started really pushing for absolute monarchism in England during this period btw)

Columbus's voyage: 1492