Editing Anglo-Americans (section)

=== In the American Southwest ===
{{See also|Texians}}
In states such as [[Texas]], [[New Mexico]], [[Louisiana]], and [[California]]; former colonies of [[New Spain|Spain]] and [[New France|France]], Anglo-American settlers developed a cohesive identity centered around their [[Protestantism]], [[English language]], and [[British colonization of the Americas|British colonial heritage]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas 1821-1836 < Anglo-American colonization in Texas - Kjetil Ersdal < 1801-1900 < Essays < American History From Revolution To Reconstruction and beyond |url=https://www.let.rug.nl/usa/essays/1801-1900/anglo-american-colonization-in-texas/texas-1821-1836.php |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=www.let.rug.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=Anglo-American Colonization in Mexican Texas (1821-1835) |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/anglo-american-colonization |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Anglo-Americans Settle in Louisiana |url=https://greatriverroadmuseum.org/anglo-americans#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9CAnglo-American%E2%80%9D,those%20from%20the%20United%20States. |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=The Great River Road Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite the overwhelming majority of Anglo settlers being American Protestants of [[Old Stock Americans|colonial immigrant ancestry]], there were also English, [[French-Canadian Americans|French-Canadian]], [[Stagger's Point, Texas|Irish]], German, Jewish, [[Melungeon]] and even Catholic settlers as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas Jewish History |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/texas-jewish-history |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Melungeon Texans. |url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPersonalities/Melungeon-Texans.htm |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=www.texasescapes.com}}</ref> Many Anglos married into the families of [[Spaniards|Spanish]], [[French people|French]], and [[Mexicans|Mexican]] elites.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital History |url=https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=557 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240817143232/http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=557 |archive-date=2024-08-17 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=www.digitalhistory.uh.edu}}</ref>

An early expression of Anglo-American nationalism occurred during the [[Texas Revolution]], when [[Republic of Texas|revolutionaries]] created flags which included the [[Union Jack|British Union Jack]], [[George Washington]], and elements of the [[Flag of the United States|American flag]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Flags of the Texas State Library and Archives - Austin National Flag {{!}} Texas State Library |url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/historicflags/02872AustinNational.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250308175952/https://www.tsl.texas.gov/historicflags/02872AustinNational.html |archive-date=2025-03-08 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=www.tsl.texas.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Texas State Historical |title=The History of Texas Flags: From Six Flags Over Texas to the Lone Star Flag |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/flags-of-texas |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-02 |title=Flags of the Texas Revolution {{!}} Texas Historical Commission |url=https://thc.texas.gov/blog/flags-texas-revolution |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=thc.texas.gov |language=en}}</ref>