BRITISH SOURCES OFEUROPEANAMERICAN ENGLISH

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BRITISH SOURCES OFEUROPEAN-AMERICAN ENGLISH

• A SHORT HISTORY OF MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA FROM THE
  BRITISH ISLES

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THE BRITISH ISLES
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English Civil War, 1642-1651

• Charles I, owing to his belief in the Divine
  Right of Kings would not bend to the will of
  Parliament.
• Oliver Cromwell representing the Puritains and
  Parliament, raised an army against Charles.
• Charles was beheaded in 1649 at the height of the
  civil war, which ended soon thereafter.
• The principle of pariamentary government was
  established for all time, even though the
  monarchy was restored in 1660 with the ascension
  of Charles II.

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Many fled England to escape religious and
political persecution.

• America became the richer for it.
• The first to leave in great numbers were the
  Puritans.

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PRURTANS

• 1629-1640. Puritans were religious dissenters
  against the Church of England (Anglicans). They
  fled from East Anglia and settled in New England.
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Sources of am-engl dialects
Origins of American English Dialects Summary http
//www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/regions.h
tml 1. 1629-1640. Puritan religious dissenters
from East Anglia settled in New England 2.
1642-1675. Royalists (Cavaliers) were religious
dissenters against Puritan rule fleeing from
south and southwest England, they settled in
Virginia 3. 1675-1725. Quakers, also seeking
religious freedom from Puritans and Anglicans
alike, migrated from the west midlands of England
and Wales to Boston and into the valley of the
Delaware. (In Boston they again met with
prejudice from American Puritans!) 4. 1718-1775.
Scots-Irish left North Britain and Northern
Ireland and settled in the Appalachian
backcountry
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ROYALISTS (CAVALIERS)

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• 1642-1675. Royalists (Cavaliers) were religious
  dissenters against Puritan rule. Fleeing from
  south and southwest England, they settled in
  Virginia and later migrated into the coastal
  South.
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British Sources of am-engl dialects
Origins of American English Dialects Summary http
//www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/regions.h
tml 1. 1629-1640. Puritan religious dissenters
from East Anglia settled in New England 2.
1642-1675. Royalists (Cavaliers) were religious
dissenters against Puritan rule fleeing from
south and southwest England, they settled in
Virginia 3. 1675-1725. Quakers, also seeking
religious freedom from Puritans and Anglicans
alike, migrated from the west midlands of England
and Wales to Boston and into the valley of the
Delaware. (In Boston they again met with
prejudice from American Puritans!) 4. 1718-1775.
Scots-Irish left North Britain and Northern
Ireland and settled in the Appalachian
backcountry
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QUAKERS

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• 1675-1725. Quakers, seeking religious freedom
  from Puritans and Anglicans alike, migrated from
  the west midlands of England and Wales to Boston
  and into the valley of the Delaware. (In Boston
  they again met with prejudice from American
  Puritans!)

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Sources of am-engl dialects
Origins of American English Dialects Summary http
//www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/regions.h
tml 1. 1629-1640. Puritan religious dissenters
from East Anglia settled in New England 2.
1642-1675. Royalists (Cavaliers) were religious
dissenters against Puritan rule fleeing from
south and southwest England, they settled in
Virginia 3. 1675-1725. Quakers, also seeking
religious freedom from Puritans and Anglicans
alike, migrated from the west midlands of England
and Wales to Boston and into the valley of the
Delaware. (In Boston they again met with
prejudice from American Puritans!) 4. 1718-1775.
Scots-Irish left North Britain and Northern
Ireland and settled in the Appalachian
backcountry
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SCOTS-IRISH

• 1718-1775. The Scots-Irish left Scotland and
  Northern Ireland and settled the Appalachian
  backcountry, fleeing from the Troubles and
  seeking a better economic life and freedom to
  practice their Presbyterian religion.

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How the Troubles began

• James VI of Scotland became King of England in
  1603, uniting the those two crowns also gaining
  possession of the Kingdom of Ireland. The
  Plantation of Ulster was sold to him as a joint
  English and Scottish, venture. So at least half
  of the new settlers would be Scots, and half
  English.
• The Catholic Irish did not take too kindly to any
  of this. But they lost one war with James, and
  another later against Cromwell.

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THE BRITISH ISLES
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appalachia
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SUMMARY

• 1. 1629-1640. Puritans were religious
  dissenters against the Church of England
  (Anglicans) they fled from East Anglia and
  settled in New England.
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• 2. 1642-1675. Royalists (Cavaliers) were
  religious dissenters against Puritan rule
  fleeing from south and southwest England, they
  settled in Virginia.
•  
• 3. 1675-1725. Quakers, seeking religious
  freedom from Puritans and Anglicans alike,
  migrated from the west midlands of England and
  Wales to Boston and into the valley of the
  Delaware. (In Boston they again met with
  prejudice from American Puritans!)
• 4. 1718-1775. Scots-Irish left Scotland and
  Northern Ireland and settled in the Appalachian
  backcountry, fleeing from the Troubles and
  seeking a better economic life.

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this short history is just the beginning, however

• Of course there are many other factors that have
  influencedand continue to shapeAmerican
  English. Migrations brought Finns to Minnesota
  and Puerto Ricans to New York. American culture
  developed, too, including scientific inventions,
  baseball, Hollywood movies, and Jazz and the
  Blues.

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The fUTURE OF AMERICAN ENGLISH

• John Steinbeck, in his 1962 novel, Travels with
  Charley, expressed fear that American dialects
  would disappear because of the influence of mass
  communication.  Most dialectologists, however,
  believe that dialects are here to stay, since
  they are acquired from parents at an early age. 
  Thus the well established regional dialects of
  American English are not disappearing. In fact,
  the western, "leveled" English is itself showing
  signs of dialect genesis.  So the history of
  American English is far from over.