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by hyperman1 13 hours ago
Basically, the whole protestant faction. A sibling comment mentions Lutheran (German) and Mennonites (Dutch). There is of course catholicism from the Irish, but the Anglicans are suspiciously small.
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Isn't that just because a large portion of the early English colonialists moved to the USA precisely because they weren't Anglicans?

See for example the Mayflower: they left England due to prosecution, moved to The Netherlands, then left for the USA because there was too much freedom for them and they wanted to impose stricter rules.

There's of course the obvious heritage in the sense that the Reformation started in Germany, but movements like the Mennonites have never really caught on there or in The Netherlands.

They only took off once they landed in the USA, so I wouldn't call that a change of seat.

Well, considering that Puritans actually managed to push through the prohibition on Christmas (and Easter) celebrations, it's no wonder they got so wildly unpopular that they had to emigrate.
The Puritans fundamentally shaped American society and culture. They were English.