Anglo-america Information

Anglo America is a region in the Americas in which English is a main language,^[1] or one which has significant British historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural links. Anglo America is distinct from Latin America, where Romance languages (namely, Spanish, Portuguese, and variably French) are prevalent.^[1]

Geographic region

Anglo America includes Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, English Canada , Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, and United States Virgin Islands.

Anglo-American

The adjective Anglo-American is used in the following ways:

• to denote the cultural sphere shared by the United Kingdom, the United States, and sometimes English Canada. For example, "Anglo-American culture is different from French culture." Political leaders including Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan have used the term to discuss the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom.
• to describe relations between the United Kingdom on one hand and the Americas, in particular the United States, on the other. For example, "Anglo-American relations were tense before the War of 1812."

Anglo-American ethnic group

As a noun, Anglo-American can refer to an English-speaking European American and/or an English Canadian, sometimes shortened to Anglo.^[3][4] This usage originated in the discussion of the history of English-speaking people of the United States and the Spanish-speaking people residing in the western U.S. during the Mexican-American War. This usage generally ignores the distinctions between German Americans (the largest self-reported ancestry group in the United States Census), Irish Americans, English Americans, Italian Americans, Swedish Americans, and other European descent peoples, comprising the majority of English-speaking Europeans in the United States and English Canada. Anglo-Americans, like other English speakers, are traditionally Protestant with a large Roman Catholic minority. The term Anglo in reference to European English-speaking Americans is sometimes but rarely viewed as an insult much the same as the term Hispanic to the natives of the Americas.

Immigration

People from all over the world have immigrated to Anglo-America to have a better quality of life, find better employment, and escape famine, poverty, and conflict. Many ethnic groups, such as East Europeans, East Asians, Indians, Africans, Latin Americans, and Middle Easterners all live in Anglo-America today.

See also

• Afro-Anglo American
• Anglophone Caribbean
• British America
• British North America

Anglosphere:

• Anglosphere
• English-speaking world
• Anglo-African
• Anglophone

General:

• Anglo
• Americas (terminology)
• Northern America

Languages:

• French America
• Hispanic America
• Latin America
• Portuguese America

Lists:

• List of North American countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of North American countries by GDP per capita
• List of North American countries by GDP (PPP)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Anglo-America", vol. 1, Micropædia, Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th ed., Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1990. ISBN 0-85229-511-1.
2. ^ ^{a b c} CIA world factbook 2010
3. ^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster See original definition (definition #1) of Anglo in English: It is defined as a synonym for Anglo-American--Page 86
4. ^ "Anglo - Definitions from Dictionary.com; American Heritage Dictionary". Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Anglo. Retrieved 2008-03-29. "Usage Note: In contemporary American usage, Anglo is used primarily in direct contrast to Hispanic or Latino. In this context it is not limited to persons of English or even British descent, but can be generally applied to any non-Hispanic white person, making mother tongue (in this case English) the primary factor. Thus in parts of the United States with large Hispanic populations, an American of Polish, Irish, or German heritage might be termed an Anglo just as readily as a person of English descent. However, in parts of the country where the Hispanic community is smaller or nonexistent, or in areas where ethnic distinctions among European groups remain strong, Anglo has little currency as a catch-all term for non-Hispanic whites. Anglo is also used in non-Hispanic contexts. In Canada, where its usage dates at least to 1800, the distinction is between persons of English and French descent. And in American historical contexts Anglo is apt to be used more strictly to refer to persons of English heritage, as in this passage describing the politics of nation-building in pre-Revolutionary America: "The 'unity' of the American people derived ... from the ability and willingness of an Anglo elite to stamp its image on other peoples coming to this country" (Benjamin Schwarz)."
5. ^ Recensement2006.ca
6. ^ Gini index

Categories:

• Americas
• English-language culture
• Canadian culture
• American culture
• Regions of the Americas

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• African Americans In the United States Congress
• American Jews
• Anglo-arabian
• Anglo-cherokee War
• Anglo-saxons
• Anglo War Cherokee
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• Category:lists of American Military Personnel
• Latin American Wars of Independence
• Second Anglo-afghan War