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Germans came as immigrants to the United States from the very start of the colonies. They helped set up the printing industry in the colonies and Pennsylvania was a colony where so many Germans lived they were called "Pennsylvania Dutch." There were about 60% English and 33% Germans. By 1860 there was an estimated 1:3 million Germans immigrants and 200 German language magazines and newspapers. 1940 had 1.2 million German immigrants in the United States.

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