3. The spread of English in America
As it has been explained before, human migration is part of the history, as a result of that, languages evolve or new ones are created. It can considered that the British did the same as the Anglo, Jutes or Saxon, they arrived in the new world North America and implanted their language, but English was not established as second language as in other colonies of the British Empire. English pushed to extinction native languages. David Crystal explains the history, the first permanent English settlement dated from 1607. Then, in 1620, the Puritans arrived at Cape Cod Bay, and established a settlement which is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. This was a successful settlement, by 1640, 25,000 immigrants were counted.
As it has been explained before, human migration is part of the history, as a result of that, languages evolve or new ones are created. It can considered that the British did the same as the Anglo, Jutes or Saxon, they arrived in the new world North America and implanted their language, but English was not established as second language as in other colonies of the British Empire. English pushed to extinction native languages. David Crystal explains the history, the first permanent English settlement dated from 1607. Then, in 1620, the Puritans arrived at Cape Cod Bay, and established a settlement which is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. This was a successful settlement, by 1640, 25,000 immigrants were counted.