The current English language is simpler than Old English and the Germanic language that it came from. You may ask…how did this happen? Linguists know for a fact that after the age or 14 or 15 it becomes more difficult to learn a new language. In fact it is almost impossible to speak a language like a native if a language is learned after that age. You can know how to speak it very well, but not exactly. Starting around the 1200’s there was a large influx of Vikings into England. These adults learned to speak English, but not exactly, so when their children heard them speaking they were speaking a slightly different and slightly simpler form of English which then continued to get passed down.

(The Great Courses – Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage)

In the 18th century in North American missionaries were always trying to convert the native Americans to Christianity. Occom was the first student in an academy for Indian youths which was founded by Eleazer Wheelock. Occom became a popular preacher and in 1766 Wheelock sent him to England to raise funds for educating Indians. Occum was very successful and returned to American with 11,000 pounds in contributions. Instead of using the money for educating native Americans Wheelock used the money to establish Dartmouth  college which primarily educated white students.

(Book – American Colonies – Alan Taylor)