who we are today. Without groups such as the Scotch-Irish,

English, Dutch, etc. America would not be the great melting

pot that it has now become. Each of these cultures brought

with them a sense of religion, culture and spirit. They

took a chance to better themselves, leaving everything that

was remotely comfortable in their life behind, bringing with

One such group is the Scotch-Irish. The Scotch-Irish

history begins with the Scots in the 1600s. By the end of

1600, Europe was at the end of the Renaissance, but Scotland

had not taken part in the resurgence of learning and

culture. It was still a primitive, wild country, one of the

poorest in Europe. Poor soil and backward farming methods,

frequent border wars with England, and the wildness of the

isolated Highlanders had all contributed to Scotland's slow

The colonization of Ulster began in the 17th Century.

British monarchs had been trying unsuccessfully for

hundreds of years to subdue Ireland, but it was not until

1603 that the Ulster Irish finally surrendered to the

reasons ranging from political prisoners of rebellions, to

The weather turned very cold and icebergs were cited. By

blacksmiths, cattle-ranchers, lumberjacks, and factory

Hunger and thirst reduced them to mere shadows. Some people

familiar and safe to travel for months possibly never to see

Carolina. These are chiefly Presbyterians from the

If it were not for these immigrants who dared to take a

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