Who changed England's English to American English and why?

Answer 1

First, there was NO deliberate plan to change "English English" to "American English". The changes took place very naturally.

What happened was this --

During the colonial period (1607-1775) there for FOUR main migrations of English speaking people to America from the British Isles. These resulted in four main dialect areas, each based on the dialect of the area of the British Isles from which most of its early settlers ("founders") came. In fact, many of the distinctive features of English in the different regions of the U.S. today can be traced to these.

Over time each of these changed -- affected by other colonists (Dutch, Swedish) and the Native Americans--- and they also shared some of their changes between the dialects. BUT at the very same time British dialects back in England were ALSO changing (as happens with any living language).

Something that's often missed in this is that while British dialects might preserve older patterns (words, accent, etc) and the colonists might innovate; the opposite trend was also going on. Even today there are some older forms that were preserved in AMERICAN dialects, while British English innovated.

http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test3materials/AmericanDialects.htm

Answer 2

I would imagine the immigrants to America changed it as more people arrived in our country and learned a common language. by the way did you know when the constitution was designed, they voted English as the language of its transcription 7-6 over German. This is when English set precident. We could be speaking American German instead of American English right now.

Answer 3

English was inherited from British colonization. The first wave of English-speaking settlers arrived in North America in the 17th century. In that century, there were also speakers in North America of Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Scots, Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Finnish, and myriad Native American languages.

click on the link below for more details

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English

Answer 4

I think that Teddy Roosevelt changed the spelling as it didn't really work with an American accent
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Not sure though

Answer 5

John Smith thought it would be funny to confuse everyone!

No - language is always evolving & linguistic and cultural influences play a huge part.

Answer 6

the internet. has the most US companies, therefore sloppy spelling creeps into daily use.