"Wtf is going on in this thread."
America bashing. Basically, tons of folks who have lived under our protection and received our financial aid are busy insulting and criticizing and biting the hand that has fed them since the Marshall Plan.
- blacks and child prostitutes were sent from england to american's to be worked to death, literally. the blacks had to be bought so were looked after, but the ex-prisoners were actually worked to death - 'murica.
Sent by Great Britain, often aboard English-flagged ships flying the Red Ensign. Remember, even colonial "American" ships were actually flying the English flag, so... And, if you think that the average slave was, "looked after," you're seriously out of touch with history.
- america was built with slave labour on stolen land - 'murica.
Slaves imported under the laws of and with the approval of the English Crown and Parliament. Oh, and who did the Anglo-Saxons steal England from? Pot, kettle calling.
- america was already discovered, when it was "discovered" - 'murica.
Actually, North America was probably fairly well known during Phoenician times and is probably not named for Amerigo Vespucci, but for La Merika, a western star used for maritime navigation. That is an issue is seriously disputed by academics, but there probably is a kernel of truth in there someplace. Why would we name an entire region after a relatively obscure Italian mapmaker's first name? Heck, the Basques were fishing the Grand Banks long before Columbus, Hudson, or any other noted explorer got there.