German-American Immigrants
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4 pages in length. Germans first established themselves upon American soil in 1683 when Germantown, Pennsylvania was created. As the centuries went on and Germans continued to emigrate from their homeland to one that offered greater prosperity and living conditions, German-Americans came to represent ten percent of the entire United States population. Pennsylvania Dutch, one of the most recognizable of all German-American communities, developed out of a mispronunciation of the word 'Deutsch.' The vast majority of German-American immigrants, however, arrived during the Industrial Revolution when Germany was experiencing severe social, economic and political troubles, including tyrants, unemployment and famine. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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