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The US wanted to rid itself of as much English influence as possible, she even changed the spelling. Odd that she held on to Imperial.
*French influence. Most of the prominent differences between American and British English (such as -er/-re and -or/-our) occurred because the British preserved (or changed spellings to add) French influence.
Imperial is slightly different. We use US customary measures.
This is one of my favorite facts.