Contents Introduction 3 1 Historical review of British and American English 5 1.1 History of English language 5 1.2 History of American English 9 1.3 American and British have changed and go on changing 11 2 Differences between modern British and modern American English 14 2.1 Lexical difference between American and British English 14 2.2 Grammatical difference between American and British English 18 2.3 Spelling differences between American and British English 24 Conclusion 27 Bibliography 29
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The American Revolution occurred when the American colonists wanted to be free from Britain. After the war‚ the colonies had won and became their own country‚ but was the American Revolution revolutionary? The Revolution was revolutionary because it was the beginning of ending slavery‚ made people think about women’s rights‚ and America was free from Britain. To start off‚ slavery had begun to die off after the American Revolution. According to Document 5‚ slavery got abolished almost immediately
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Australia to be nothing more than a British colony whose national identity was virtually the same as the British. During this period of Australia’s history‚ our modes of entertainment‚ food‚ fashion‚ sporting culture and our social values and attitudes were largely dictated by British culture. One of the most significant changes to have taken place in Australian society since the end of WWII‚ has been its drift towards American‚ rather than British culture. As the American way of life was projected further
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Native Americans before contact with Europeans were set in their ways and were fairly advanced people. There is evidence to suggest that people‚ such as the Anasazi were living in large city like areas but had to disperse due to long droughts and disease spreading among them. The dispersed people formed various tribes and continued to live relativity simple lives in areas that were so culturally diverse it is mind boggling‚ especially in the California area. There were around “40‚000 Californians
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CHAPTER 5 The American Revolution: From Elite Protest To Popular Revolt‚ 1763-1783 SUMMARY This chapter covers the years that saw the colonies emerge as an independent nation. The colonial rebellion began as a protest on the part of the gentry‚ but military victory required that thousands of ordinary men and women dedicate themselves to the ideals of republicanism. I. STRUCTURE OF COLONIAL SOCIETY In the period following the Seven Years’ War‚ Americans looked to the future with great optimism
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"Was Colonial Culture Uniquely American?"<br><br>"There were never‚ since the creation of the world‚ two cases exactly parallel."<br><br>Lord Chesterfield‚ in a letter to his son‚ February 22nd‚ 1748.<br><br>Colonial culture was uniquely American simply because of the unique factors associated with the development of the colonies. Never before had the conditions that tempered the colonists been seen. <br><br>The unique blend of diverse environmental factors and peoples caused the development of a
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tensions with Great Britain‚ advocates of the revolution failed to gain the necessary support to enter the war during the first years of the revolution. As such‚ for the first three years of the revolution it looked as if Great Britain would defeat the colonists‚ but to no avail‚ in 1778‚ France formally – and publicly – allied themselves with the colonists in the hopes of getting retribution against Great Britain for the Seven Years War‚ keeping Great Britain from holding too much power in the Western world
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Cause and effect essay: The American revolution. By Emma Jade Griffin The American revolution was arguably one of the most important wars ever fought. It focused on the 13 colonies gaining independence from Great Britain‚ because of British taxes. It is said that the colonials fighting in the American revolution literally stated they were fighting for “the cause”‚ many men young and old signed up to fight for theirindependence. They incorporated all sorts of men and techniques in the war and fighting
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The revolution was revolutionary it made many changes for the better‚ also changed the way the United States did things. It transformed the way we worked‚ socialized‚ and how our Government came to be. With the many things I found on how the revolution was revolutionary my main point is that‚ it changed the way the United States in an economical way. One of the people who made that happen was Eli Whitney‚ he invented the cotton gin. It made removing the seeds from the cotton a whole lot easier‚ also
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reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2009) | The English language was first introduced to the Americas by British colonization‚ beginning in 1607 in Jamestown‚ Virginia. Similarly‚ the language spread to numerous other parts of the world as a result of British trade and colonization elsewhere and the spread of the former British Empire‚ which‚ by 1921‚ held sway over a population of 470–570 million people‚ approximately a quarter of the world’s population at that time
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