On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:56:54 +0100, Charles Ellson <[email protected]> wrote: >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. Although Dr Johnson had something to say about it - "Thoughts on the Late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands" is probably online somewhere. -- Don Aitken Mail to the From: address is not read. To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:36:03 +0100, Don Aitken <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:56:54 +0100, Charles Ellson ><[email protected]> wrote: > >>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. > >Although Dr Johnson had something to say about it - "Thoughts on the >Late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands" is probably online >somewhere. > Available from W H Smug in paperback for 3.50, believe it or not ! :-