<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHata hivyo, kama Wood - mwanahistoria wa Amerika ya mapema - anaonyesha katika insha yake, pia ni swali tumekuwa kuuliza tangu enzi ya kikoloni, kufaa jibu kwa mahitaji ya wakati.  <response>: Yet, as Wood--a historian of early America--shows in his essay, its also a question weve been asking since the colonial era, fitting the answer to the needs of the moment. 