Summary Of The Influx Of Non English Settlers Into British North America

1. The petitioner has several concerns pertaining to the influx of non-English Europeans into British North America. He laments that the non-English Europeans were so well treated that they kept on encouraging more and more of their compatriots to immigrate into Pennsylvania. He further observes that the majority of the incoming persons are Catholics as opposed to the majority of British immigrants who were Protestants. He also objects the manner in which the immigrants are making new settlements noting that they often do not bother to consult the people who had settled earlier. The new immigrants also preferred to conduct their worship in their mother tongues rather than adopting English. Such was the case among the Swedish.