Americans

Americans

Banner o the Unitit States
Leids
Primarily Inglis, but Spaingie an ithers an aw
Releegion
Christian (Protestantism, Catholicism an Mormonism)[1] Unaffiliatit (Agnosticism an Atheism)[1] Various nan-christian releegions (Judaism, an ithers)[1]

Americans, or American fowk, are the ceetizens o the Unitit States o Americae. The kintra is hame tae fowk o different naitional oreegins. As a result, Americans dae no equate thair nationality wi ethnicity, but wi citizenship. Aside frae the Native American population, nearly aw Americans or thair ancestors immigratit athin the past five centuries.^[2]

Despite its multi-ethnic composition,^[3][4] the cultur held in common bi maist Americans is referred tae as mainstream American cultur, a Wastren cultur mucklely derivit frae the tradeetions o Wastren European immigrants.^[3] It includes influences o African American cultur an aw.^[5] Wastward expansion integratit the Creoles an Cajuns o Louisiana an the Hispanos o the Soothwast an brocht close contact wi the cultur o Mexico. Lairge-scale immigration in the late nineteent an early twintiet centuries frae Soothren an Eastren Europe introducit a variety o elements. Immigration frae Asie, Africae, an Laitin Americae haes haed impact an aw. A cultural meltin pot, or pluralistic salad bowl, describes the wey in which generations o Americans hae celebratit an exchyngit distinctive cultural characteristics.^[3]

In addition tae the Unitit States, Americans an fowk o American strynd can be foond internaitionally. As mony as 4 million Americans are estimatit tae be livin abroad.^[6]

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Luis Lug; Sandra Stencel; John Green; Gregory Smith; Dan Cox; Allison Pond; Tracy Miller; Elixabeth Podrebarac; Michelle Ralston (Februar 2008). "U.S. Religious Landscape Survey" (PDF). The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 12 Februar 2012.
2. ↑ Fiorina, Morris P., and Paul E. Peterson (2000). The New American Democracy. London: Longman, p. 97. ISBN 0-321-07058-5.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Adams, J.Q., and Pearlie Strother-Adams (2001). Dealing with Diversity. Chicago: Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 0-7872-8145-X.
4. ↑ Thompson, William, and Joseph Hickey (2005). Society in Focus. Boston: Pearson. ISBN 0-205-41365-X.
5. ↑ Holloway, Joseph E. (2005). Africanisms in American Culture, 2d ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pp. 18–38. ISBN 0-253-34479-4. Johnson, Fern L. (1999). Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States. Thousand Oaks, California, London, and New Delhi: Sage, p. 116. ISBN 0-8039-5912-5.
6. ↑ "Record Numbers of Americans Living Abroad". Shelter Offshore. Retrieved 30 September 2008.