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'''Special Relationship: The Colonials - Americans'''
 
While the UK-US relationship was one of mutual animosity and resentment up until [[World War One|the World Wars]], due to [[The American Revolution|a number of]] [[War of 1812|historical disagreements]]. [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Treaty:Jay Treaty|The Jay Treaty]], ending the revolutionary war, sums up US-UK relations pre-WWI nicely. Basically it comes down to not being worth the money for either side to start up another war for very long. Since the war, Britain and the USA have since been fairly close allies, sharing military technology and intelligence, often banding together politically against the rest of Europe, especially France (which is amusing when one considers that the exact opposite was true in earlier times, with the USA and France acting as mutual allies against English interests).
 
The relationship can occasionally be strained, particularly when an American utters the [[Stock Phrase]] "We saved your asses in World War Two" (the civil response is usually something along the lines of "When you ''finally'' got round to it..."). It's not as hostile as Hollywood would like you to believe, though; it's not like the UK's still fighting the Revolution against the traitors.
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