Were Americans colonized by Britain?

Americans are not just descendants of American colonists. There are also colonists from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy and other countries, as well as African slaves and a small number of Asian immigrants.

Most American presidents are descendants of the British, but there are also some people from other backgrounds.

Main Dutch origin: Martin Van Buren.

Although both theodore roosevelt and franklin roosevelt have Dutch surnames (Roosevelt), they are only a quarter of Dutch descent (grandfather). T-Bag's grandmother, grandfather and grandmother are all from northern England. Franklin's three grandparents were Puritans.

Main Germans: herbert hoover and dwight eisenhower.

Main Irish: andrew jackson, william mckinley, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton.

Obama is African-American, while new york Mayor Giuliani is Italian.