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Most of the population growth was fed by immigration, and most Americans traded regularly with British merchants even after 1776.
by sprout 16y ago
Most of the population growth was fed by immigration, and most Americans traded regularly with British merchants even after 1776.
- philwelch 16y agoImmigration from lots of different countries, though I'm not sure how many immigrants standardized on English at the time. And while contact with British merchants may have been a factor in port cities where trade happened, there were a lot of farmers far away from that influence as well.
- stoney 16y agoBut as mentioned elsewhere, there was (and is) no one "British" accent - so the immigrants would have had quite a mix of accents.