Diverse immigration patterns shaped colonial American society.

Evidence

Pennsylvania received a steady flow of immigrants from Germany, soon to number over two hundred thousand souls. … Contact with primeval conditions created a new and daring outlook. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1451

Categorization

  • XREF: This compares with the establishment of New England colonies. — connects to: Intermarriage occurred between African Americans and Native Americans in the 18th century. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1326; European immigrants brought developed labor traditions that shaped American radicalism. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 989; English colonists brought indentured servants to America to exploit them.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1451

Broader Connections