单选题 According to the author, the depiction of American culture during the Colonial and Revolutionary eras as an extension of New England Puritan culture reflects the ______.

A、 fact that historians have overestimated the importance of the Puritans in the development of American culture
B、 fact that early American culture was deeply influenced by the strong religious oriencolonists
C、 extent to which Massachusetts and Connecticut served as cultural models for the other American colonies
D、 extent to which colonial America resisted assimilating cultural patterns that were typically English

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】从第二段第二句“Quite properly, Davis decries the excessive influence ascribed by historians to the Puritans in the formation of American culture.”中可知。