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Alleghanies
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The mountains in which the majority of the populations of colonial america were east of.
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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Germans that consitituted 6 % of the population. Settled in pennslyvania. primary lutheran.
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Scots-Irish
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7% of population. kicked out of Northern Ireland due to religion and poverty. Pushed out onto the frontier. Started in maryland but migrated to the south.
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Paxton boys
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Scots-Irish, Armed march on philidelphia in 1764. protested the quacker oligarchy's lenient policy toward the indians.
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Ethnicity in colonial America
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By the 1770s there were many different european and african ethnicites in America
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de crevecour
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"Strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country"
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Class structure in Colonial America
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Most white americans, and a handful of blacks were small farm owners. The cities contained skilled artisans, shopkeepers, tradespeople, and labourers.
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