History Of The Poles In The United States
The history of Poles in the United States dates to the American Colonial history of the United States, Colonial era. Polish people, Poles have lived in present-day United States territories for over 400 years—since 1608. There are 10 million Americans of Polish descent in the U.S. today. Polish Americans have always been the largest Slavic Americans, group of Slavic origin in the United States. Historians divide Polish American immigration into three "waves", the largest from 1870 to 1914, a second after World War II, and a third after Poland, Poland's independence in 1989. Most Polish Americans are descended from the first wave, when millions of Poles fled Partitions of Poland, Polish districts of Germany, Russia, and Austria. This group is often called the ' (for bread) immigrants because most were peasants in Poland who did not own land and lacked basic subsistence economy, subsistence. Austrian Poles were from Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia, Poverty in Austrian Galicia, un ...
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Colonial History Of The United States
The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of North America from the early 17th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War. In the late 16th century, England (British Empire), Kingdom of France, Spanish Empire, and the Dutch Republic launched major colonization programs in North America. The death rate was very high among early immigrants, and some early attempts disappeared altogether, such as the English Lost Colony of Roanoke. Nevertheless, successful colonies were established within several decades. European settlers came from a variety of social and religious groups, including adventurers, farmers, indentured servants, tradesmen, and a very few from the aristocracy. Settlers included the Dutch of New Netherland, the Swedes and Finns of New Sweden, the English Quakers of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English Puritans of New England, the Virginian Cavaliers, ...
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