Chapter 4 starts of introducing about the immigration to America's colonies and of non-English European that people came in during the late seventeenth or eighteenth century. The chapter of Germans included immigrants of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish. The German migration had experienced a lot more better working and living conditions. Later the Scottish had came into role. The Scottish lowlands settled during the seventieth century. They concentrated more on the economic conditions of the Ulster emigration. Just like the Germans the Scottish people were immigrants and the servants were skilled craftsmen. The chapter also talks about the Scots, Irish, and Welsh colonies. The Welsh didn't have as much people that came to America during the colonial period. They did have languages tho such as Celtic language, Cymraeg and Welth. This could have been a benefit for the different dialects that people speak to better understand what is being said. The Welsh Quaker settlement was short lived. During this time most English and german people were settling around the same area in Pennsylvania. James Lemon had estimated "there were perhaps ten thousand persons of Welsh birth or ancestry living in Southeastern Pennsylvania" (Daniels 87).
Later the Dutch, French, and Spanish had come into the colonial powers the seventeenth century was known to be the "Dutch Golden Age" the dignity of dutch people was more found in this time. The Dutch had self confidence, prosperity, and overseas expansions. Most of the dutch that had came during this period either spoke Dutch or a low form of German linguistic form. The two smaller groups that were here during the period were the "Flemings" they were Belgians who spoke Dutch.
The French were smaller than one hundred thousand people that had came to the US. in 1790 they had came from sources with different histories. French groups were not as large> They had brought there religion to the states. The reading states "The crucial migration to Louisiana, in cultural terms was the migration there of French-speaking refugees which is now called Novia Scotia which they had called Acadia" (Daniels 91). I found this to be an interesting point, Each group called themselves something different, what they thought themselves to be. The reading also states the Acadians were not sent to Louisiana until 1762. The "Cajuns" had a remarkable love for reading and writing, not only did they learn it, but also had a influence for education.
Spanish immigration is associated with the first Europeans and where they were first founded was in Florida in 1565. Most of the Spaniards had came to America during the sixteenth and seventeenth century they were the soldiers, and priests that had came through the expedition. "Tejano's were the minority group that had called the country "theres" I found it interesting how the US census actually showed Spanish Mexican origin and took into case that there are people of this distinctive group. The chapter also goes into talking about the Sweds and Jews and what there role was in the colonies. Jews had been a surviving country along with a thriving one. It takes into account that they had synagogues in five cities including: New York, Newport, Savannah, Philadelphia and Charleston. The Jewish community was local and the merchants of the communicated did there business together. I found this chapter interesting because it takes into account of the different colonies that had came to America during the different time periods. The graphs make us better understand the linguistic in US during 1790.
Chapter 5 The important question that chapter 5 asks us is "what is an American?". When I hear or see this question I automatically think to myself that an American is either someone who was born in the U.S. or is a citizen of the U.S. shows a sense of pride and dedication to there country in a positive manner. The British North Americans were of English descent. I found it interesting how the English culture took into account of the English law of the predominance of English and later the British economic society. The British had tries to overrule there powers within many different countries. Sometimes if they didn't get there ways it lead to death and murder scary if you ask me. The main part of the chapter that I enjoyed reading was the "Race Relations" it mostly talked about the agricultural techniques and how Indians survived during the time. Most of the indians during this time were enslaved. There were diseases that had came into play as well, such as smallpox and epidemics. Chapter five also mentions the Nationalism of Americans, standards, and immigrants and the constitution.
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