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Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, Britain developed into what we now call Old English.
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the Duke of Normandy invaded and conquered England and the Anglo-Saxons
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The English people didn't want to use French words or terms anymore so the upper class began to want to learn and speak English
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Caxton introduces the printing press to England.
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The revival of classical scholarship brought many classical Latin and Greek words into the Language.
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Shakespeare affected English by introducing the language to many new words.
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the English colonization of North America resulted in the creation of a distinct American variety of English
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The main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English is vocabulary.
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introduction of Christianity into Saxon England brought more Latin words into the English language.
