CultureoftheUnitedStatesThecultureoftheUnitedStatesisaWesterncultureoriginallyinfluencedbyNativeAmericancultures.Americanculturestarteditsformationover10,000yearsagowiththemigrationofPaleo-IndiansfromAsiaintotheregionthatistodaythecontinentalUnitedStates.Ithasitsownuniquesocialandculturalcharacteristicssuchasdialect,music,arts,socialhabits,cuisine,andfolklore.Today,theUnitedStatesofAmericaisanethnicallyandraciallydiversecountryasaresultoflarge-scaleimmigrationfrommanydifferentcountriesthroughoutitshistory.ItschiefearlyEuropeaninfluencescamefromEnglish,Scottish,WelshandIrishsettlersofcolonialAmericaduringBritishrule.Britishculture,duetocolonialtieswithBritainthatspreadtheEnglishlanguage,legalsystemandotherculturalinheritances,hadaformativeinfluence.OtherimportantinfluencescamefromotherpartsofwesternEurope,especiallyGermany,[2]France,andItaly.Originalelementsalsoplayastrongrole,suchastheinventionofJeffersonianDemocracy.[3]ThomasJefferson'sNotesontheStateofVirginiawasperhapsthefirstinfluentialdomesticculturalcritiquebyanAmericanandareactionarypiecetotheprevailingEuropeanconsensusthatAmerica'sdomesticoriginalitywasdegenerate.[3]Prevalentideasandidealsthatevolveddomestically,suchasnationalholidays,uniquelyAmericansports,militarytradition,andinnovationsintheartsandentertainmentgiveastrongsenseofnationalprideamongthepopulationasawhole.Comefrom：HYPERLINK"http://tttj.com.cn/"天天特价（HYPERLINK"http://tttj.com.cn/"http://tttj.com.cn/）Americancultureincludesbothconservativeandliberalelements,scientificandreligiouscompetitiveness,politicalstructures,risktakingandfreeexpression,materialistandmoralelements.Despitecertainconsistentideologicalprinciples(e.g.individualism,egalitarianism,andfaithinfreedomanddemocracy),Americanculturehasavarietyofexpressionsduetoitsgeographicalscaleanddemographicdiversity.TheflexibilityofU.S.cultureanditshighlysymbolicnatureleadsomeresearcherstocategorizeAmericancultureasamythicidentity;[4]othersseeitasAmericanexceptionalism.Italsoincludese