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  1. Americans of English heritage are often seen, and identify, as simply "American" due to the many historic cultural ties between England and the U.S. and their influence on the country's population.
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    Indubitably, that relationship stems from the fact that the first settlers and the customs they brought with them were British in origin.
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    "America didn't become officially America until 1783 when the Treaty of Paris was signed. Up until that point, everything that America created was English, including slavery, including laws on which slavery and inequality was built," she says. "It came from England. It came from the English system.
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    British Americans - Wikipedia

    British Americans usually refers to Americans whose ancestral origin originates wholly or partly in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland and also the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and Gibraltar). It is primarily a demographic or historical research category for people who have … See more

    Americans of British heritage are often seen, and identify, as simply "American" due to the many historic, linguistic and cultural ties between Great Britain and the U.S. and their influence on the country's population. A … See more

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    Much of American culture shows influences from nation states of British culture. Colonial ties to Great Britain spread the English language, legal system and other cultural … See more

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    Table below shows census results between 1980 (when data on ancestry was first collected) and the 2020 census. Response rates for … See more

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    The British diaspora consists of the scattering of British people and their descendants who emigrated from the United Kingdom. The … See more

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    • Berthoff, Rowland Tappan (1953). British Immigrants in Industrial America, 1790–1950.
    • Bridenbaugh, Carl. Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590–1642 (1976).
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