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ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguageinAmericacanbedividedintothreeperiods
Thefirstperiodis1607totheendofcolonialtimes
InthisperiodthepopulationinAmericawasaboutfourmillion,90percentofwhomcamefromBritain
Thesecondperiodcoverstheexpansionoftheoriginalthirteencolonies
ThismaybesaidtoclosewiththeCivilWar,about1860
ThisperiodwasmarkedbythearrivalofthenewimmigrantsfromIrelandandGermany
Thethirdperiod,sincetheCivilWar,ismarkedbyanimportantchangeinthesourcefromwhichtheEuropeanimmigrantscame
TheycamefromnorthernandsouthernEuropeinlargenumbers
AmericanEnglishbeganintheseventeenthcentury
Atthebeginningofthe17thcenturytheEnglishlanguagewasbroughttoNorthAmericabycolonistsfromEngland
TheyusedthelanguagespokeninEngland,thatis,ElizabethanEnglish