The European Americans (Multicultural America Vol.6)

Published: 2011

Language: English

Pages: 257

Long the majority of the U.S. population, EuropeanAmericansoriginally arrived on the North American continent frommanydisparate places and having myriad linguistic andculturalbackgrounds. Beginning with the English Puritans,successive wavesof immigrants have included Europeans from Ireland,Scotland,Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands hopingtoescape famine, revolution, and political or religiousoppression,as well as those simply interested in beginning a newlife. By the21st century, these communities have become a "meltingpot," evenas they maintain many of their traditional customs.