American history from 1783-1820 is SO fucking boring...wait, American history from 1492-1914 is SO fucking boring. there.

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To be honest it can get a bit tedious, as a history major I had to study it. It however depends on your likes and dislikes of the different eras. There is certainly a lot to pick and choose from based on that timespan.

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making some interesting history now

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Originally posted by DrummeRaver86 American history from 1783-1820 is SO fucking boring...wait, American history from 1492-1914 is SO fucking boring. there.

Might as well just say all American history is boring

Personally I find American history to be dull in general as well. Even post 1914 it's still mostly dull because all the action is going on in Europe. Don't tell anyone but I never took AP US history hehe. At any rate, the history I love the most is certainly 20th century European history. In highschool I focused on 18th-20th century Europe. Then in college, while I was pondering picking up a history major, I increased my depth in 20th century European history then branched out to Russia/Far East. Unsurprisingly I was most fascinated with 20th century conflict and strife ... go figure.

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Love me some Otto von Bismarck, Prussia, WWI and WWII. Generally I did find European History a bit more interesting in learning it.

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I took "History of North Dakota" as my hist. elective in college...

Could it get any worse?

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Well I agree to an extent I found American history very interesting in these regards:

Its foudning as British colonies around 1620 (not really the colonies themselves but the companies who wasted millions setting them up in search of gold).

The enlightend "founding fathers" these guys are at the epoch of the elightenment era and created their ideal government. A real marvel full with interesting characters, rivaling philosophies, and scientific aspirations.

The war of 1812 - Canada fights the USA and kicks ass, how can that not be cool???

The Spanish American War - Cuban cigars pwn.

The Mexican American War - this time the Americans invaded Mexico!! And in the process they created the best state of the union - Texas

Thats about it. You could include the War of the Barbary coast where the US launched a naval operation against pirates which is pretty damn cool. Oh yea and how could I forget the civil war (yawn), many ppl really dig that for some reason.

Of course European history is much more fun since you deal with more nations, more diplomacy, more blood, more gore, and a well thats about it.

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Originally posted by PhloTron I took "History of North Dakota" as my hist. elective in college... Could it get any worse?

WTF happens in North Dakota? :P

There aren't really that many significant events/movements in American history. The result tends to be that U.S. history education consists primarily of teaching students large amounds of contextual data with dubious contemporary value. I found it quite boring as well.

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Originally posted by Galapidate WTF happens in North Dakota? :P

they built a railroad across it to get to the other side...other than than, not much.

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