I am thinking the melting pot theory is a bit overused here. There were a few Dutch, French and Spanish speakers but the vast majority who were here were English speakers. All were from monarchies and most were persecuted or chose to develope societies here in accordance with their beliefs. Virginia was settled by folks looking for money and Georgia was a penal colony.
All...the vast majo
I am not seeing the authors point that there was a cumbayah moment nor was there a sign at Carpenter’s Hall “Si, hable Espanol”
But then I could be wrong.
Not sure what happened....
Should have read:
“All...the vast majority....were educated in classic western thought and culture. They shared those belief systems and could come to an agreement.”
My apologies.
The point is that over time, and left to their own devices, these very different peoples naturally organized their societies with similar results. The foundation of our thirteen republics was a common belief in God, and His law. Their governments did not violate the traditions and practices of the preexisting civil society.