Oh... I wouldn't really know~ that was back when America was still under England's influence though... My knowledge of American history is rather non-existent
Canterlot somehow reminded me a lot of England and how 'posh' we are and they've done a few other cultural MLP episodes too. It makes us all feel welcome in a way...
I think it'd be interesting to bring back some of the old villains or make new ones based off of them. There are all sorts of ponies we could bring back to the new season
Hmm, we'll have to look closer into the backgrounds of episodes then... maybe there's even more hidden stories that go behind events of the mane 6! Slightly like the Doctor Whooves stuff