"[some historians suggest] that traditional immigrant catholicism contributed to changing the definition of "america" from a nat
ion of anglo-saxon protestants to a culture of diversified regions and peoples."—julie byrne, historian what does this quote suggest about "americanization"?
<span>This quote suggestions that "Americanization", rather than a form of assimilation into a homogeneous culture as some would have it appear to be, is in fact an act which has been in a state of national evolution since even the early days. Indeed, the influence of the Catholic immigrants upon the incumbent Anglo-Saxon protestant culture indicates one of the very earliest instances of this evolutionary shift.</span>
The colonists in New England specialized by using lumber for shipbuilding. The climate and land were not suitable for agriculture, but the forests provided large amounts of lumber. ... The New England colonies did not have very good farmland because of the rocky soil.
