Let  us  examine  therefore  the  foundations  of
this  belief,  and  that  will  take  us  back  into
American  history,  into  the  days  when  America
was  a  British  Colony.
The  early  pioneers  of  America  were  firstly
English  Puritans  in  New  England,  secondly
English  Ro}^alists  in  Virginia — the  Colony
was  named  after  Queen  Elizabeth — thirdly
Dutch  settlers  in  New  York,  which  was  known
as  New  Amsterdam  and  belonged  to  Holland
till  the  reign  of  Charles  II,  fourthly  Spaniards
in  Florida  and  California,  and  lastly  the
French  in  New  Orleans  and  Louisiana — five
distinct  nationalities.  But  besides  these,
there  settled  in  America  during  the  seven
teenth  and  eighteenth  centuries  a  considerable
leavening  of  other  European  races — Germans,
Swedes,  and  Danes,  especially  in  New  Jersey,
New  York,  and  Pennsylvania.  Thus  the
American  race  was  never  purely  British,  even
at  its  inception;  it  was  always  a  mingling  of
races.
122          THE  REAL  AMERICA

Now  consider  the  position  of  these  early
settlers.
