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What is the capital of Dutchland?
There is no country, state, or province called "Dutchland." The capital of the Netherlands, the country where Dutch people come from, is Amsterdam. The capital of Germany, which is called "Deutschland" in German, is Berlin. The Pennsylvania Dutch Country is sometimes called "Dutchland," but it does not have a capital.
What do nativists generally believe about immigrants?
answered by: anomus The Immigrants would take jobs from the Americans
How many questions were immigrants asked?
Immigrants were asked 29 questions
Many Americans resented immigrants on the grounds that they?
Many Americans have resented immigrants throughout American history because they believed that immigrants were taking jobs by offering to work for less money. The irony of the situation is that many of those people were immigrants or their parents were immigrants at some point.
Q What is the name of the Pennsylvania state assemblyman or woman?
Altmire, Jason, Pennsylvania, 4th Carney, Christopher P., Pennsylvania, 10th Doyle, Mike, Pennsylvania, 14th Fattah, Chaka, Pennsylvania, 2nd Kanjorski, Paul E., Pennsylvania, 11th Murphy, Patrick J., Pennsylvania, 8th Murtha, John, Pennsylvania, 12th Pitts, Joseph R., Pennsylvania, 16th Schwartz, Allyson Y., Pennsylvania, 13th Shuster, Bill, Pennsylvania, 9th
Corruption of a German word used as a term for German immigrants in Pennsylvania?
These German Pennsylvania immigrants are called the Pennsylvania Dutch, a misnomer- the German word for German is "Deutsch," but these people were mistakenly called Dutch.
Were the Dutch a major ethnicity in Pennsylvania?
No. Pennsylvania Dutch relates to Deutsch, i.e. German.
Pennsylvania Dutch really means what?
The Pennsylvania Dutch are the descendants of 17th century German immigrants primarily living in southeastern Pennsylvania.The word Dutch is a corruption of Deitsch (compare Deutsch) and refers to Germans, not the Dutch.
''Pennsylvania dutch'' were immigrants who originally came from?
The Pennsylvania Dutch came to North America in the 18th century primarily from the western regions of the Holy Roman Empire (now Germany, Holland and Belgium)
What type of peopled lived in Philadelphia Pennsylvania?
The dutch.
Are the Pennsylvania Dutch really Dutch?
They were German immigrants the term is really Deutsch for German. I understand that the German immigrants that left Germany in the 17th century seeking religious freedom, settled in Pennsylvania and when they were asked where they were from? They answered in German the German word "Deutsch" which means Germany. The English speaking Pennsylvanians understood it to mean they were from Dutch land, where in fact they were saying they were from Germany.
What is Pennsylvania language?
I think you may be referring to "Pennsylvania Dutch" dialect, which derives from the Swiss and German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania during the 17th-18th centuries.See the related Wikipedia link listed below:
How did Germantown. Maryland gets its name?
Many early settlers who operated businesses there were German immigrants or Pennsylvania Dutch and their accents gave the town its name.
Where did the Pennsylvania Dutch settle?
Pennsylvania
Did William Penn buy Pennsylvania from the Dutch?
No, William Penn did not buy Pennsylvania from the Dutch.
Corrupiton of a German word used as a term for German immigrants in Pennsylvania?
The expression "Pennsylvania Dutch" referring to this group of people is an alteration of the word "Deutsch" meaning "German." The Pennsylvania Dutch are actually as much of Swiss origin as German.
Why are Amish called 'Pennsylvania Dutch'?
Amish people speak Pennsylvania German, but they are not called Pennsylvania German. Pennsylvania dutch are actually just any people of German descent who settled in Pennsylvania. When the Germans came to Pennsylvania, people thought they were saying "dutch" when they were actually saying "deutch" which means German.
