History of English - American English

When the colonists arrived in America in 1620 they brought with them their Elizabethan English.

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The colonists did not adopt Indian words.

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French colonization was concentrated in the Midwest and around New Ireland and Quebec.

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The national period was the establishment and consolidation of American English.

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Webster helped Americans realize two things: they should no longer look to England for standar of usage and they should foster reasonable degree of uniformidad in American English.

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Linguistically, this period was not face with the evolution and recognition of a separate standard English for the USA.

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The American English had some different periods and one of them is the International Period which started in 1899.

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During the Internacional Period, US extended its overseas interests.

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One of the consequences during the International Period was that US played a great rol in economy and politics.

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The differences between American English and British English actually came about after the arrival of the first settlers in America.

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