Yes, Britain wanted the land for pastures and had to drive the people off (exporting crops from Ireland while the population starved). I can appreciate the English language passed down from the British (passed down to them from Germany/Saxons); in the end they went from dominating the world to playing second fiddle in the EU.
The US has certainly lost its way; now it is a low-rent imitation of European post-Christian liberalism (with high unemployment & taxes, low birthrate, mass immigration, and an entitled population)...
It is the USA that is largely responsible for the robust state of the English language today. Not the most logical nor the least logical of languages, but its speakers keep on embracing new concepts into it.