For decades, America has been known as a land of immigrants; people from England, France, Spain, and other countries descended on the New World to leave a lasting impression, one that can still be seen today in American culture. But of them all, England probably had the greatest effect on America.
Since the time of Columbus’s discovery of the New World, Spain had been colonizing almost all the areas in the South, in what is today South America and along the South and West coast of what is now North America. They brought with them all aspects of life; language, religion, festivals, food, etc.
As we all know, Christopher Columbus set sail West to find India in 1492. He ended up finding the Americas. After Columbus found the West Indies, he and other conquistadors made expeditions across the Atlantic and began colonizing both North and South America. In 1494, Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, where the two countries agreed on the lands in the …show more content…
Although there is no definitive way of knowing, some historians believe that about one-third of these people sided with the revolutionaries, one-third remained loyal to Great Britain, and the remaining one-third were mostly ambivalent. At the same time, about 85 percent of the white colonial population hailed from the British-English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish, 8.8 percent were of German ancestry, and 3.5 percent were of Dutch descent.” (24-25)
America was first settled by the English. So it is only natural that all aspects of culture be derived from the English way of life. That includes language, government, societal hierarchy, religion, customs and beliefs. From the way clothes were worn to the way the government was run, everything is from the English. The only thing that wasn’t the exact same or close to it was food. America has a different climate than England, so undeniably, the foods will be
Since the time of Columbus’s discovery of the New World, Spain had been colonizing almost all the areas in the South, in what is today South America and along the South and West coast of what is now North America. They brought with them all aspects of life; language, religion, festivals, food, etc.
As we all know, Christopher Columbus set sail West to find India in 1492. He ended up finding the Americas. After Columbus found the West Indies, he and other conquistadors made expeditions across the Atlantic and began colonizing both North and South America. In 1494, Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, where the two countries agreed on the lands in the …show more content…
Although there is no definitive way of knowing, some historians believe that about one-third of these people sided with the revolutionaries, one-third remained loyal to Great Britain, and the remaining one-third were mostly ambivalent. At the same time, about 85 percent of the white colonial population hailed from the British-English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish, 8.8 percent were of German ancestry, and 3.5 percent were of Dutch descent.” (24-25)
America was first settled by the English. So it is only natural that all aspects of culture be derived from the English way of life. That includes language, government, societal hierarchy, religion, customs and beliefs. From the way clothes were worn to the way the government was run, everything is from the English. The only thing that wasn’t the exact same or close to it was food. America has a different climate than England, so undeniably, the foods will be