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It was a melting pot of the British, the Irish, the Dutch, the French etc. In the old world all nations lived relatively isolated, save them whose profession in
by TheMonarchist 5y ago
It was a melting pot of the British, the Irish, the Dutch, the French etc. In the old world all nations lived relatively isolated, save them whose profession involved travel, that was expensive and painstaking.
- sudosysgen 5y agoThe Irisih? You'd find many that would oppose the integration of their culture into American culture at the time. Let alone German culture. Make no mistake, the USA at the outset was meant to be an Anglo nation, not a melting pot.
- rufus_foreman 5y ago>> You'd find many that would oppose the integration of their culture into American culture at the time. Let alone German culture Well the "many" failed in their opposition then. The default culture of the US is German, German is the largest self-reported ancestry group in the US.
- sudosysgen 5y agoThey were actually very successful. German culture in the US was wiped out and the Anglo culture eventually dominated those of German ancestry.