English and Colonial American history do not appear to be all that familiar to the majority of Roman Catholics posting here, with a few notable exceptions. I’ve had to point out many times that the English Civil War was mirrored in many ways in Maryland especially, but also to lesser extent in other colonies.
Why that is, I’m not really sure, but I suspect it relates to ancestry (none English) and the era(s) of their ancestors’ arrival in this country. History “sticks” much better in memory if it can be related to on a personal level, via your own people living through it, it would seem to me.
Could be age, too, since much of this is barely taught anymore.
I think much of this history was hardly ever taught.
Most American history books have always jumped straight from Jamestown and Plymouth, or perhaps the establishment of Pennsylvania, to the events leading up to the Revolution, or maybe to the French and Indian War.
As if nothing of significance happened in the 100+ years in between.