Editing Anglicisation (section)

==== United States ====
{{See also|United Kingdom–United States relations#Culture and media}}
The United States was the first major British colony to become independent. Early into the [[American Revolution]], the majority of the colonists still felt loyal to Britain and preferred reconciliation over independence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin-afba |date=2023-07-04 |title=Independence Day (July 4): The evolution of American independence |url=https://www.afba.com/articles/independence-day-july-4-the-evolution-of-american-independence/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=AFBA |language=en-US}}</ref> Close cultural relations eased the resumption of post-Revolution ties between the two nations and later aided their cooperation during [[World War II]], giving rise to what became known as the [[Special Relationship]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henkhaus |first=Luke |title=How The US Became Independent (And Inseparable) From Great Britain |url=https://artsci.tamu.edu/news/2022/07/how-the-us-became-independent-and-inseparable-from-great-britain.html |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=artsci.tamu.edu |language=en}}</ref> Both nations' cultural legacies and rising global stature led them to consider themselves as successors in certain ways [[Succession of the Roman Empire|to the Roman Empire]],<ref>{{Citation |last=Malamud |first=Margaret |title=10 Translatio Imperii: America as the New Rome c.1900 |date=2010-10-07 |work=Classics and Imperialism in the British Empire |pages=0 |editor-last=Bradley |editor-first=Mark |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/6414/chapter-abstract/150221978?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date=2025-01-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-958472-7}}</ref> and [[American hegemony]] was able to peacefully succeed the British Empire's [[Pax Britannica|dominance]] in part due to the widely shared heritage.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schake |first=Kori |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv24w62xt |title=Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony |date=2017 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-97507-1}}</ref>

During the 19th and 20th centuries, there was a nationwide effort in the [[United States]] to anglicize all [[Immigration to the United States|immigrants to the US]]. This was carried out through methods including (but not limited to) mandating the teaching of [[American English]] and having all immigrants change their first and last names to English-sounding names. This movement was known as [[Americanization (immigration)|Americanization]] and is considered a subset of Anglicization due to English being the dominant language in the United States.