Early colonial America coincided with the end of the Great Vowel Shift; my understanding is English at that time sounded somewhat more like Irish or New England

Early colonial America coincided with the end of the Great Vowel Shift; my understanding is English at that time sounded somewhat more like Irish or New England (and Downeast Midatlantic?) accents today. That is, "English English" has changed more than other forms of English. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-p... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uQc5ZpAoU4c https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uQc5ZpAoU4c But then again: https://daily.jstor.org/colonial-america-gain-linguistic-independence/ https://daily.jstor.org/colonial-america-gain-linguistic-ind...