Through detailed analyses of changes in demographics, the economy, politics, and religion, Butler explains the origins of American culture. ... The first English colonists "homogeneous as they were "still had to learn to coexist with the Indians in the feral American wilderness. ... During the period of 1680-1770, tens of thousands of Scots, Scots-Irish and Welsh came to the colonies. Though they emigrated for different reasons (pursuit of wealth or religious freedom) and were of different specific faiths, these three groups shared enough in common with the English colonists (Prot...

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