Are Ulster Irish settlers in the colonial times the asme as Scots-Irish settlers?
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The two are almost definitely the same. Many of the Presbyterian settlers who took part in the plantation of Ulster in Ireland came originally from Scotland, whereupon many moved on to America. \n\nI have a link for the Ulster American museum in Northern Ireland which may be of use to you. If you call the museum they may be able to help you with further references etc. There are also similar emigration museums in North America and Australia which might be helpful also.
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I also hear a lot of half Irish, half Italian, half Scottish and half Hispanic.\n\nThe questioner is clearly half witted.
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I don't know who said it, but it sounds like they are saying that the Irish couldn't cross the waters to get to Scottland. That Scottish were Irish & just moved to establish a new country. There are alot of surnames that are both Irish & Scottish. That would explain that.
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Yes. According to the two sources below, it seems as if he was from a Scots-Irish background. \n\nBTW - "Scotch" is a drink - the nationality is "Scots" or "Scottish".
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I have a normal old American accent. Irish and Scottish accents are sexy.
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Politically correct .....Hmmmmm\n\nI agree that they should be called by whatever they call themselves, the settlers took their land (eventually) let us not take their birthright. We are Americans because we live in America. If the earliest settlers called the land Downtown we would be downtowners.. Since we are new in this land, having left our "homeland" ....let me simplify this..\n\nAccepted - this is America, good ole USA (right or wrong)\n\n Say an Englander moves here for permanant living. He legally becomes a citizen. He is not an English American, he is American. A person from Asia moves here and legally becomes a citizen, they are now American, not Asian American. If I was to leave USA and move to another country and become a citizen, say Canada. I would then be Canadian, not American Canadian.\nAnd as such should learn that country's ways, language and way of living. \nIf people did away with this horth thit of attaching another country to their name and live as one in the country that is theirs, all would be better...VOTE FOR ME IN 2008 (Just Kidding)
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Check out the Williamsburg website. They have very good information on a wide variety of occupations common during the Colonial period.\n\nhttp://history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm
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Yes, Brits, just get out of the country and leave the Irish to rule themselves.\n\nYou had to do it to my country India, and I am sure that you'll have to do it with Ireland too.\n\nst
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Try gaydar..there's thousands of them. Try the Scots, Welsh and Irish, too
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The Irish were always discriminated in America, next to the Chinese the Irish were scorned for doing what most mexicans are doing today (taking low paying jobs, and doing it so widedspread that it lowers the average pay for non-mexican workers who do the same job).....The Irish weren't bad, in fact we owe so much to them for their job in the Civil War, however they were treated poorly....\n\nFor chrissakes you have St. Pattie's day, the only reason we don't like you is...YOUR CATHOLIC, EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY HATED CATHOLICS
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Saying "were" are you talking about European immigration in the 1700 - 1800's - or - European immigrants of today. I have an answer for both but need to know which to say.
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True remark that previous one. Except the Kennedys who where of Irish stock and the Dutch ancestry of Roosevelt, most US presidents are of English descent.
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There were Loyalists in the American Revolution, maybe 20% of the population. The British also tried to recruit the Indians during the war and turn them against the Americans. That's the only thing that would suggest there was any kind of civil war during the revolution. More detail on this website...
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Hi Lana, there should be something on the subject within these links.\n\nSocial Studies\n\nAmerica began as colonies of England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands. The story of America as a nation must begin with the colonization of the East Coast.\n\nhttp://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colonialtimes.htm\n\nJamestown and how America started.\n\nhttp://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/01_02/AH/jt/jt.htm\n\nhttp://cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/journey/___thebeginning.html\n\nhttp://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/01_02/AH/ca_intro.htm\n\nhttp://www.apva.org/history/\n\nhttp://www.academicinfo.net/usearlycolonial.html\n\n Although there were other Europeans who had visited and even tried to establish colonies on the eastern coast of the New World, the British were the first to establish a permanent colony. They named their fort Jamestown.\n\nhttp://www.dasd-ew.org/kirk/jamestown.htm\n\nThe American Colonies\n\nThe history of the original 13 colonies is a tangled tale indeed. There are many ways to view the events and, in hind sight, it is easy to think you understand. But no one knew where they were headed at the time and it could have ended up very different.\n\nhttp://www.dasd-ew.org/history.htm#colonial\n\nhttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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There were actually FOUR main regional migrations during the colonial period, each mainly from a distinct part of the British Isles, and each bringing the accent (and other 'folkways') of their home area.\n\nEach of these made their own contribution to what has become known as "General American English".\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American\n\nAn excellent study of these four groups and their distinctive folkways is David Hacket FIscher's book *Albion's Seed*.\n\nFor an overview of the distinctives of each of these four regional DIALECTS, and the contribution each dialect made to "General American English" see:\nhttp://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test3materials/AmericanDialects.htm\n\nFor a broader overview of how the various dialects of BOTH British English and American English developed, see:\nhttp://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test3materials/USdialectsoverhead.htm
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Actually, at the time of the founding of the USA, I do not know that there were any Romanians, Italians or Polish among the colonists, and there were very few Spanish.\n\nBut the real point is that the 13 colonies were all BRITISH colonies, under British government (so that government affairs, the courts, etc., would have conducted business in ENGLISH) and in EACH of them the dominant group was British. In New England the colonists were overwhelmingly English or Welsh.  Yes, there were significant pockets of Germans, some Dutch, French, etc.   but NONE of these groups offered serious competition to English.\n\nHere's a chart of the overall breakdown:\nEnglish    48.7 % \nAfrican    20.0 %\nScot-Irish  7.8 %\nGerman      6.9 % \nScottish  6.6 % \nDutch  2.7 % \nFrench 1.4 % \nSwedish0.6 % \nOther  5.3 % \n\nAdd the British groups together and you get 63.1%.  Further, if you discount the Africans from the total (who would certainly have been in no position to impose their languages) you are left with 16.9% non-British.  In other words, about 75% of the white population was British, and most of that from England.   Even if were not all under British rule, there would have been NO contest!\n\n(Of special note.  German was the largest non-English speaking European group, but even they were a fraction of the size of the English population.  As for that urban legend about our "almost choosing German" for our national language... it never came close to happening.)
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I am Ulster-Scot. aka Scotch Irish. I celebrate by honoring my heritage and my family. I remember that the Scotch Irish helped found America. I am trying to take in the more literal meaning of St. Pat's day by remembering the history of Ireland and my own family's history. \nMarch 17th remembers St. Patrick. 3-17 is the day of his death. St. Patrick introduced Christianity to Ireland.