Are all Americans British?

Americans were originally Indians and Eskimos. When the United States was under British colonial rule, the British increased, and now immigrants from other countries are also increasing.

More than 40 thousand years ago, Indian ancestors arrived in North America through Asia, and then to Central America and South America; When Columbus arrived in what he thought was the New World, about 30 million Indians lived in America.

Today, about 654.38+50 million Indians live in the United States and Canada. The composition of these indigenous people is very different in heredity, language and society. It is estimated that in the15th century, there were at least 400 unrelated and distinctive cultural forms in the north of the Rio Grande, with various body types and language families.

About 10 thousand years ago, another group of Asians moved to northern North America, which became the Eskimos. The first white people to come to America may be vikings. Some people think that they went to the east coast of North America before 1000 years ago.

1607, a colonial group of about 100 people established Jamestown in Schabik Beach, which was the first permanent colony established by Britain in North America. In the next 150 years, many colonists came in and settled in the coastal areas, most of them came from Britain, and some came from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy and other countries.

European immigrants killed Indians on a large scale, plundered their property and occupied Indian land on a large scale.

1620165438+1October, the first pilgrims sailed into Plymouth harbor in New England by may flower. In order to create a civil autonomous society different from Europe, they signed an extremely important political contract-the Mayflower Convention, which laid the foundation of the United States.

1In the middle of the 8th century, 13 British colonies gradually formed, with their own government and parliament under the supreme sovereignty of Britain. Due to the differences in climate and geographical environment, these 13 colonies have different economic forms, political systems and concepts.

/kloc-In the middle of the 0/8th century, there was a rift between the British colonies in the United States and Britain. With the continuous expansion of the colony, they gradually realized the seriousness of the development of the situation, thus sprouting the idea of independence. 1773, Boston Tea Party, dumping by anti-British colonists.

1774, 13 representatives of three states gathered in Philadelphia to hold the first continental congress, hoping to solve the problem peacefully with Britain. But the British king insisted that the colony must unconditionally submit to the British king and accept punishment. 1775, the war was ignited in Lexington, Massachusetts, and the North American War of Independence broke out.

1776 in may, the second continental congress was held in Philadelphia, which strengthened the determination of war and independence and signed the famous declaration of independence on July 4. Taking this opportunity, the Declaration of Independence is regarded as the beginning of the founding of the United States, and this day (July 4th) is also regarded as the National Day by the United States.

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Located in North America, the United States is a relatively young country. The United States was founded more than 200 years ago, and its predecessor was the British North American colony. 13 British States in North America laid the rudiment of modern America. At the beginning of independence, the United States consisted of thirteen British colonies on the east coast of the United States.

Unlike most British colonies, Britain's colonies in North America are vast and sparsely populated, and most immigrants come from Britain. Before the founding of the United States, three-quarters of the local population were descendants of the British. Most immigrants from other races in the United States came to the United States after independence, such as Irish and Germans.

Although most of the United States before independence was descended from the British, in the American War of Independence which broke out in 1775, Americans showed a strong spirit of resistance and were determined to be independent from Britain, so they fought against the British for eight years. The United States (thirteen States in British North America) is mostly descended from the British, and the reasons for resolutely separating from British independence are as follows:

First, as early as the beginning of the17th century, the British had colonized the east coast of the United States. After hundreds of years of development, thirteen states in North America have formed a unified market and a strong national consciousness, and their relations with Britain have always been relatively distant. With the passage of time, local British immigrants have become more independent and have more political and economic demands.

However, Britain refused to give more autonomy to local British residents. In order to maintain the control of the British colonial authorities, they squeezed the American people in disguise, hindered the local economic development, and tried to keep the United States a vassal of Britain.

Due to the unsatisfied demands of American-British residents, the desire for independence is getting stronger and stronger, and the British have strengthened their control over the local area, and the contradictions and conflicts between the two sides have escalated, which eventually became out of control. It can be said that the independence of the United States is inevitable, only a matter of time.

Second, North America is a complex region. Besides Britain, other European countries such as France and Spain also have great influence in North America. In particular, the French occupied the vast Central Plains of the United States and Canada, which seriously threatened the security of the British North American colonies, and the local residents urgently needed the protection of the British.

In addition, the economy of early British North America was underdeveloped, and it relied heavily on British economic aid, and it also needed British industrial products and markets, so Americans didn't want to leave Britain at first.

But after the seven-year war from 1754 to 1763, France lost most of its colonies in North America and Spain lost Florida. The threats from France and Spain disappeared, the American economy developed to a certain extent, and Americans had independent ideas.

Of course, not all Americans are willing to be independent, the southern region, which has close ties with Britain, is unwilling to be independent, and many people in the north do not support independence. After the founding of the United States, these diehard pro-British factions fled to Canada.

Third, American independence was closely related to the international situation at that time. Because Britain defeated France in the Seven-Year War and captured French colonies such as Canada, in order to appease the local French, Britain promulgated the Quebec Act, which recognized the Catholic privilege of French immigrants and classified the Mississippi River basin and Ohio into Quebec province controlled by the French.

This angered Americans who had been trying to move westward, especially American Puritans who were at odds with Catholicism, which was an important reason for the division between the United States and Canada at that time. At the same time, because of the "Boston tea party incident" in the United States, Britain has carried out a series of severe punishment measures against Americans. These actions by the British completely angered the American people, and the American War of Independence was imminent.

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