Question

Cities on the United States' East Coast and West Coast share common histories and cultures that largely were influenced by the Dutch, British, and French colonists who settled them.
true or false

Answer 1

False.

While some later national culture is shared, early influences differ: East Coast colonial history was shaped mainly by British (and in places Dutch and French) settlers, whereas the West Coast was shaped far more by Spanish and Mexican colonization (and Russian presence in the north), plus large later Asian immigration.