Wednesday, April 14, 2010

How is America linked to the uk?

im doing a project and one of the questions is how is America linked to the uk. i dont mean literally i mean similarly

How is America linked to the uk?
The original 13 colonies were populated mainly by people who came from the UK, and as America grew, although people came from all over the world as immigrants, the official dominant language has remained English, US laws are based on UK common law.





When we look at the Bill of Rights, they are basically a set of exceptions to UK rules of the time ... Under King George, the people of the colonies had none of the rights enumerated by the US Constitution, but since then, there have been more rights granted to the people of Britain, so that both America and Britain enjoy very similar rights as the legal systems evolutions have learned from each other.





Britain has also had immigration, both from neighboring Europe, and from British Commonwealth nations around the world, so while the people there are no longer the same ethnic or religious mix that existed at the time of the US Revolution or War of 1812, before we became friends again, both nations are connected by





a common language


a common legal structure


very similar cultural values


similarity of climate, although UK's more mild
Reply:A major difference is assimilation of immigrandts ... becuase poorer job in Europe, having more terrorism problems. Report It

Reply:Both countries have helped each other in crisis. The United Kingdom gave us the language of English. We both a fascination for royalty. We are both loyal to our country. The United Kingdom chooses a prime minister and we choose a president. Terrorism has hit both countries. Yet we do not let them get the best of us.
Reply:Hello!! Revolutionary War!!
Reply:America actually was habituated by red indians, the true sons of the land. during the 16th century, some english fled UK fearing the religious persecution and all and settled in America. they made the red indians their slaves ans started plantations in america. there former lords came over to america too to persecute them, imposed taxes, etc , but all that ended after the american war of independence, after which george washington became the first preseident and the so called united states of america was formed. along with that stripping the indians of their dear home and rights. cheers to US
Reply:The English people were the first to be sent to America as an exiled criminals ,the beginning of the immigration to the new discovered lands and then, they give us their English language.
Reply:We have movie links,music links,entertainment links.The u.s.a and the u.k produce the best music bands,singers,movie stars and entertainers in the world.We are deffinately linked in that way.Its hard to say how else we are linked it takes allot of thinking.We are linked with language too both countrys speak english as there primary language.
Reply:Well the obvious is that people from the UK moved to America to set up plantations and then became independant, so technically Americans come from the uk.


Others similarities:


-Shared language (English), despite some spelling differences


-Both were on the same side during the world wars


-Both are rich, powerful countries





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Reply:Well, the UK (or the Kingdom of Great Britain, as it was back then) founded the colonies in North America which became the US and gave America the English language for a start. Most of the ideas on which the US was founded, such as democracy and the rights of the individual, were based on documents such as the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689) and the work of British philosophers like Thomas Paine and John Locke. Most of the Founding Fathers were of British ancestry. The first American universities were based on Oxford and Cambridge. American law is based mainly on English law, insofar as it stresses ideas like one is innocent until found guilty by an impartial jury.





Since then there has been a great deal of cooperation between the two countries, particularly during the two World Wars and the Cold War.


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