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Well, it's because of the Americans not the British. The internet has primarily been built out in the US.

apantel 2y ago
Yeah but follow the effects back to their causes: the colonies that became America were British colonies, not French or Spanish or Portuguese or Dutch colonies. In other words: America was founded by British people. Settlers/colonizers from Britain.
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- yellowapple 2y ago
  > the colonies that became America were British colonies, not French or Spanish or Portuguese or Dutch colonies. Some of them were British from the outset, but not even all of the original 13 Colonies were originally British: - Parts of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut were Dutch before they were British ("even old New York was once New Amsterdam / why they changed it, I can't say; people just liked it better that way") - Parts of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were Swedish before they were Dutch before they were British And that's to say nothing about the various Spanish (and later Mexican), French, and Russian colonies annexed throughout the US' post-revolutionary history. If we're gonna assign credit for the Internet to old European imperial powers, Spain in particular probably has just as much (if not more) to do with it than Britain, given that California was originally a Spanish colony (and then a Mexican colony, and then briefly its own country before the US annexed it).
  - defrost 2y ago
    To be precise the two colonies that were not always British|English from the outset had both become British|English colonies for a full century prior to the American Revolutionary War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey (and its division into East & West Jersey until Royal union under British Queen Anne in 1704) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Colony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Colony
- defrost 2y ago
  > America was founded by British people. Settlers/colonizers from Britain. Not exactly - as pointed out not all the colonies were established by England (prior to the Union) and while under British authority by the time of the Revolutionary War the people within the colonies were not all from the United Kingdom as most were born in the Americas and a good number were descended from non-United Kingdom parts of Europe.
- ithkuil 2y ago
  They blessed the world with the largest number of independance days

Yeah but follow the effects back to their causes: the colonies that became America were British colonies, not French or Spanish or Portuguese or Dutch colonies. In other words: America was founded by British people. Settlers/colonizers from Britain.

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yellowapple 2y ago
> the colonies that became America were British colonies, not French or Spanish or Portuguese or Dutch colonies. Some of them were British from the outset, but not even all of the original 13 Colonies were originally British: - Parts of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut were Dutch before they were British ("even old New York was once New Amsterdam / why they changed it, I can't say; people just liked it better that way") - Parts of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were Swedish before they were Dutch before they were British And that's to say nothing about the various Spanish (and later Mexican), French, and Russian colonies annexed throughout the US' post-revolutionary history. If we're gonna assign credit for the Internet to old European imperial powers, Spain in particular probably has just as much (if not more) to do with it than Britain, given that California was originally a Spanish colony (and then a Mexican colony, and then briefly its own country before the US annexed it).
- defrost 2y ago
  To be precise the two colonies that were not always British|English from the outset had both become British|English colonies for a full century prior to the American Revolutionary War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey (and its division into East & West Jersey until Royal union under British Queen Anne in 1704) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Colony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Colony
defrost 2y ago
> America was founded by British people. Settlers/colonizers from Britain. Not exactly - as pointed out not all the colonies were established by England (prior to the Union) and while under British authority by the time of the Revolutionary War the people within the colonies were not all from the United Kingdom as most were born in the Americas and a good number were descended from non-United Kingdom parts of Europe.
ithkuil 2y ago
They blessed the world with the largest number of independance days