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American English didn't "change" things to be different from other forms of English, it inhereted words from different spellings in Middle English & Early Modern English (usually based on regional dialects and unique writing styles of different historical writers) just like any other dialect. General American/Canadian/British English all adopted different standards for the spelling, there's no "correct" way.
Just be glad we don't typically use dozens of variations of spellings for most words anymore...