Early American history has long and variously been dominated by the concept of deference, notions of American exceptionalism, and an insistence that colonists were unified in their fight against the British.

• 早期美国历史长久以来并且多方面地被顺从的概念、美国卓异主义和当时的殖民者对英国的抗争是团结的的坚持所支配着。