The history of writing in Britain begins with the Anglo-Saxons in the fifth century AD. With ties to Scandinavia and other North Seas cultures, ancient Anglo-Saxon writing, called futhorc, was a runic language. Flexible, new runes were routinely added such that, although it first appeared in England with 26 characters, by the time of its demise (by the 11th century AD), it had 33.
In the seventh century AD, the Latin alphabet introduced by Christian missionaries had begun to take hold. By 1011, a formal list of the Old English alphabet was made and included all of our present letters except J, U (or V)* and W. The ampersand and five uniquely English letters, designated <span>ond, wynn, thorn, eth </span>and ash, were included.
The Americanization Movement was a political and social movement in the early 1900s that sought to assimilate new American immigrants to American culture. The goal of these programs was to push new immigrants to adopt American beliefs, values, and culture as their own. In addition another major push was for new immigrants to study English which was the national language in the United States.
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They were treated as slaves. Meaning they were beat, forced to dirty work and even killed.
With congress, the Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate ensured that no matter how big or small the state was they would receive 2 senators for each state,this pleased the small states, or the New Jersey plan. The House of Reps was made to satisfy the larger states or the Virginia plan where the number of Representatives would come from the population of the state.
