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French Revolution 2 wen?
There is something quite beautiful about the British culture of keeping a stiff upper lip, but sometimes you should let it go a little bit and riot. It's cathartic.
Brit and avid history fan here! Stiff upper lip is a myth. We used to be a very rebelious lot:
We're taught about Henry VIII, but not about the mass uprising he had to put down (The Pilgrimage of Grace)
We hear about the Battle of Hastings but not the Harrying of the North.
We're never taught about the Enclosure Acts (that stole land from the common folk) and the subsequent uprising and brutal repression (including the Midlands Revolt).
We also had the Peasants Revolt trying to stop the crazy taxation during the 100 year war!
And if we're looking for other acts of rebellion:
The Peterloo Massacre
The General Strike of 1926
The Miner's Strikes of the 80s
The Battle of Cable Street (Police protecting Nazis)
The Battle of Lewisham (Police protecting Nazis)
But it is far, far better for those in power to make us believe we have always been meek and "stiff upper lip"
EDIT: for people looking for a complete list, this ain't it. I just chose a few that were in my mind at the time. I also didn't include anything to do with imposed rule or I'd just gesture vaguely at the island of Ireland.
I also didn't include anything to do with aristocrats fighting each other. This is an incomplete list of popular uprisings to make a point.
Northener here. I don't mean to take away from your point, because you are mostly correct, but my school at least did teach us about the harrying, though I can't remember how much detail, but it was at least a few lessons on the aftermath of 1066 and how the Normans took control.
I will mention (mostly because I find it funny) that I remember hearing about a planned revolution in Britain (around the time of other European revolutions) that was called off because of the rain.