Show ARE AMERICANS ai ANGLO SAXONS u 1 l yi this question is asked by the j e philadelphia ladelphia press followed ii by some answers answer sand and in the but if we are interested in jv question about us being anglo saxons E axons it is natural that we should also want to know some thing about the anglo saxons with 1 itai tho fall of the western roman empire now new nations na come into view and the chief interest of i histo historians r ians is trans transferred transferee ferre d to the continent of europe at this r tinie time divided among four great branches bral lobes of the aryan ar an race the graco gatins caits celts Teu reu tons and the slaves or Slavon ians of of these the teutonic or germanic iglai bic race has plaid the most import important mit part in medieval Medi aval and modern history they rhey are first found on the th e boarders of the black sea J the principal germanic tribus tribes S re the thes goehs goths the lie franks the vandals Van dils the bug Z the tt lom bombards lombards bards the saxons the A an iby glas aalthe nd the ua u SM it V W I 1 a wj v 1 y A art W arfa 1 1 r 1 ans A alt aws 11 V f y 4 u n A H W 1 t 4 the rhe saxons had settled in in hot stein f from rom whence n ce they had spread over the bi basin ti I 1 n 0 f the weber f fiam ram the rhine on the south to the baltic two of the principal saxon tribes occupied the peninsula of denmark there wore were the jutes and the A anglas I 1 i g I 1 I 1 i s previous to the fall of ta the he west ern empire the angles saxons and jutes had crossed the north sea and d established the themselves nisel in britain to which they gave the name of england or in land n d of angles england scotland and ireland wore were invaded repot edly and over over run by danes and Nor semans all of the saine then came the norman invasion the normans being it a race of danish origin who had settled in I 1 n normandy so that they were of alose kinship in blood to all tile the earlier invaders iny aders of ec england ecland land the phe result of am amalgamation al aran babion th thru vu the various various invasions was a com coin posit people of oe pure teutonic origin who absorbed dhe cho celati element Iet neAt which i occupied britain up ul to about the year yea 4 r 60 0 A k 1 D rho rhe L Language vp wasa develop v ya lyt a jt ment men tIrom from theadio the AnIo saxo 1 h into sf f V w th the a Norn lian st bab decarne be carne abao absorbed rb ed the rh 0 modern er english ais h tongue has gradually developed from the anglo saon sanon by enrica iny itself thru adoption of words f from rom every known language anglo saxon institutions were fostered and eventually carried to america by the pioneer cc colonists we are living under them today just as wo we inythe ing the english language the irish people are like likewise a coni com posit race with unappreciable teutonic element in consequence of the fhe danish and norse invasions in the north of ireland anglo saxon was the prevail prevailing aling ng dialect before it ic was generally spoken in england it is estimated that the british and irish combined combine d have contributed tri buted to the population lion of the united states I 1 american institutions are of direct anglo saxon our speech is E english ii Z 1 lish which ahi 1 cli is absorbing every other ian language 9 aage brou brought lit by by virtue of speech and institutions as well asby as by reason of blood and ancestry an and d the absorption of other elements el emonts of tho the population the americans A are anglo saxons in the broadest senses sense |