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 orientation of the colonists
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