The subprocesses of assimilation are processes that occur in order during the assimilation process. The various subprocesses are: (1) cultural assimilation by substitution and cultural assimilation by addition, (2) secondary structural assimilation, (3) primary structural assimilation, (4) marital assimilation, (5) identificational assimilation, (6) attitude receptional assimilation, (7) behavior receptional assimilation, and (8) civic assimilation. Cultural assimilation by substitution is when the subordinate group abandons their cultural practices and takes up those of the dominant group. According to Gordon’s Theory of Assimilation Subprocesses, …showed first 75 words of 1111 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1111 total…As the English population became larger and they gained a stronger grip on the land, they started to think of themselves as “Americans.” As this sense developed, they drew a sharper line between themselves and the more recent newcomers. They and their ancestors had displaced the Indians as the principal occupants of the land and had established their own ways of living as dominant. That is how the Anglos became the dominant group of America.