At the 1980 census, English Americans made up 60 million of the former English colony and English founded and settled country. Yet this commonly known fact was completely overlooked in order to create the notion of a love affair with English literature. More specifically Shakespeare.
There seems to be a notion that Americans are not proud of their ancestry. Well in fact they are. but the base Americans (Anglo German) do not define themselves like those who came later like the Italian and Irish who seem zealous in the pride of their ancestry ( I speak as a fiercely proud Anglo Italian (Britialian)) Today 25 million people claim to be descended from the pilgrims from the Mayflower.
Note how former terrorist Gerry Adams referred to the Anglo US special relationship and drew comparison to the 'family of Irish descendents whilst dismissing the real state of ethnic US. If the Irish in the US had founded and fought for self governance, then the situation would be very different. Why are people so ill informed? Is it merely not an issue to the vast majority of ex English. After all, they left England for a reason. They eventually fought their countrymen to gain independence from English rule. Not how it is often portrayed as an Anglo US war. It was in reality the English fighting the English to gain independence from London rule. George Washington was English. Are so many people so thick. The vast majority of US presidents shared blood with the Royal Heads of Europe with predominance to the English monarch. The Englishness is so engrained in US life that there are those who firmly believe that the only independence the US got was the notion of independence. After all, the same people are still predominant leaders. When they don't tow the line, bang!
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