‘I’m a PROUD Anglo-Saxon!’ - Why Far-Right Americans LOVE and Identify as Anglo-Saxons

In England, talk of Anglo-Saxons is usually relegated to The Last Kingdom and Vikings or the study of the historical period between 445AD and around 1066AD. However, in America, the belief that many are direct descendants from the Anglo-Saxons is very popular. Many believe America was founded on Anglo-Saxon political and religious traditions and the Founding Fathers created the USA as a true successor to Anglo-Saxon England. Thomas Jefferson being one of the most prominent Founding Fathers pushing this.

Often ignored by American historians, the role of Anglo-Saxon history in founding America is only rivalled by Greek and Roman history. However, starting in the 16th century, and gaining massive prominence in the 1800s, Britain and America created a racial identity of ‘Anglo-Saxon’. While it has massively decreased in the UK towards irrelevance, it is still common enough in America Marjorie Taylor Greene and certain members of the GOP tried to create a caucus last year based on supposed Anglo-Saxon political traditions.

.00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:10 - Anglo-Saxon as a modern identity
00:07:07 - Anglo-Saxon Caucus
00:07:50 - Ben Shapiro and the Right defends the Anglo-Saxons
00:12:54 - How the Anglo-Saxons came to England
00:17:50 - Anglo-Saxonism in America in the 1800s
00:24:00 - Closing Thoughts

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