AMH-2097 Lecture Notes - American Protective League, Architecture Of Germany, Black Death
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Pennsylvania-dutch: they got this nickname because the english couldn"t pronounce name. Were known by the province they were from. Country of religion war: catholic and protestant fought a lot, catholic beat the protestant. 14th century, black death, hurt germany"s population. Began leaving germany during 30 year war, 1618-1648: 35% of protestants were killed during 30 year war, some fled to england and holland. 45,000 initially came over, and 300,000 by 1776 in pennsylvania. Had large and sturdy farm houses and barns. The wasps liked the germans because they settled away from the cities, and kept to themselves. German kept their roots, continued to speak german, and only used english if they needed to. Ben franklin thought the germans would take over the english settlements. Germans came with money, so they didn"t need to stay in the cities. Germany brought many things to america: pretzels, hot dogs, beer, and. Germans are the largest immigrant groups ever come to america.
