Making Sense of History, One Meme At A Time
The following 8 memes look at how Europe and China’s roles have flip flopped from the 19th to the 21st centuries in a variety of ways from economic growth to city sizes and even their role in Africa.
They are not meant to be taken too seriously, but would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section at the end.
A little more about this.
The meme above is to show how Rosa Parks didn’t back down when was asked to move to the back of the bus December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama.
More about here:
The Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) was a protest by American colonists against British taxation policies.
The main causes were:
This meme above is a humorous commentary on British colonialism. The joke in the meme implies that during the 18th and 19th centuries, the British Empire expanded so aggressively that no matter where you were in the world, relaxing peacefully on your beach, sooner or later, “the British” would arrive to colonize your land.
In other words, the cloud shaped like Britain symbolizes the sudden and often unwelcome arrival of British imperial power looming overhead.
More about the process:
This meme humorously compares modern internet debates with prehistoric human behaviour.
Top text:
The meme above is a joke about the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies which existed in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861.
So why was it called the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies when there is clearly only 1 Sicily?
This is because Britain had such a vast empire, many modern countries celebrate their independence from British rule. There are so many of these independence days that, statistically, one occurs roughly once a week.
See the following map:
From the charts creator:
