ANGLO-SAXON AMERICA

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 Anglo-Saxon America, Anglo-America or English America (Anglo-America in English) is the term commonly used to designate Canada and the United States (both former British colonies) as well as countries where the official or majority language is English, and which is used in opposition to Latin America.

The term is not entirely accurate because large territories that integrate it such as California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Florida, Louisiana and part of  Canada were French or Spanish colonies, and are not, therefore, of Anglo-

Saxon origin. In fact, in Quebec French is the only official language, in addition to that spoken by the majority of the population, and in other regions there are Latin languages in co-official status with

English. In addition, the term "Latin" refers to all Romance languages, while "Anglo-Saxon" only refers to the English language, so for parallelism one should speak of "Anglo-Saxon" versus "Hispanic", or "Germanic" versus "Latin".





Anglo-Saxon America or Anglo-America are the countries of the American continent where the official language is English.

The countries and dependencies it comprises are:

Canada, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Antigua and

However, both Spain and France had colonies in the territories of the United States and

Canada, so currently Spanish is a language of great presence in large areas of the United

States while Canada has two official languages: English and French.

On the other hand, there are several territories and nations of America that were also British colonies, such as Belize in Central America; Guyana, the

Falkland Islands in South America; Barbados, Jamaica and other Caribbean countries, which are normally excluded from the term when drawing



parallels with North America (only including the United States and Canada).

To refer only to the English-speaking Caribbean territories, the term Anglo-

Caribbean is used. In addition, in different parts of the world terms are used that are in general use to name Americans, but that are strictly wrong, for example, calling them Americans in Latin America or simply Americans in the United Kingdom and Europe in general.


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DEMOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF ANGLO- SAXON AMERICA

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  Because these are former colonies, the exploitation of foreign slaves in previous centuries and the high percentage of immigrants, there are different ethnic groups. This variety in some cases has been harmed by racism. Mestizos: The mestizos are the descendants of the mixture between European and indigenous creoles. Belize has a majority mestizo population, but they are also present in the United States and Canada. Creoles: Caucasian population, descended from European colonizers. African Americans: The presence of African descendants throughout AngloSaxon America, including the United States and Canada, is important. The countries with the majority African-American population are mainly in the Lesser Antilles, but they are also the Bahamas, Jamaica and Guyana. Eastern: Immigrants from the Far East (China, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, etc.) and the Middle East (Arabia, Turkey, Israel) mostly arrived in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Anglo-Saxon America consists of the following countries:

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  Anguilla: It is a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean and its capital is The Valley. Antigua and Barbuda: It is a country formed by a group of Caribbean islands that are part of the Lesser Antilles, its capital is Saint John ("San Juan") and is located on the island of Antigua. Bahamas: It is a country officially called the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and is an independent Caribbean state, whose capital is Nassau, on the island of New Providence ("New Providence"). Barbados: It is a country that is part of the Lesser Antilles and was the island that received Christopher Columbus on his first trip from Europe to America, so it was initially a Spanish colony. From the seventeenth century it belonged to the United Kingdom and since 1966 it is an independent nation with capital in the city of Bridgetown. Belize: It is a country located in Central America that borders Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. This country is governed by a parliamentary
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