Charles Ellson wrote: > British settlers had been there since about 1765, following closely > after French settlers. There was also Spanish involvement and an > amount of mainly non-hostile passing of the islands between the three > countries. The Republic of Buenos Aires tried to claim the islands in > 1820 (with the US also sticking their oar in) as they had never been > formally colonised by the UK but withdrew their claim and the islands > were made a formal colony in 1833. Argentina never possessed the > islands until the unsuccessful war in 1982. Some of the > passing-the-parcel is described in:- > http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/scotia/gooant/gooant070703.htm Thank you for your reply...it's not a topic discussed in American history classes...

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:00:33 -0400, katy <[email protected]> wrote: >Charles Ellson wrote: > >> British settlers had been there since about 1765, following closely >> after French settlers. There was also Spanish involvement and an >> amount of mainly non-hostile passing of the islands between the three >> countries. The Republic of Buenos Aires tried to claim the islands in >> 1820 (with the US also sticking their oar in) as they had never been >> formally colonised by the UK but withdrew their claim and the islands >> were made a formal colony in 1833. Argentina never possessed the >> islands until the unsuccessful war in 1982. Some of the >> passing-the-parcel is described in:- >> http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/scotia/gooant/gooant070703.htm > >Thank you for your reply...it's not a topic discussed in American >history classes... > I don't think it received much more attention in the UK until 1982.