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Perhaps I misunderstood this, but I believe I heard somewhere that British Accents were much closer to American accents for most of English history, but relatively recently shifted to the modern sound of the accent. If this is true, why was there a shift and when did it occur. Thank you.

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Perhaps I misunderstood this, but I believe I heard somewhere that British Accents were much closer to American accents for most of English history, but relatively recently shifted to the modern sound of the accent. If this is true, why was there a shift and when did it occur. Thank you.	4