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Immigrants who were looking for an opportunity to increase their wealth, to escape persecution, or to serve out a prison sentence settled the early American colonies. In the 17th century, the colonies were populated almost entirely by the English. From the turn of the 18th century through the Revolution, the arrival of minority immigrant populations including the Dutch, Germans, Scots, Scotch-Irish, Swedes, Irish and Africans imported as slaves, have helped to shape identity of America. Whether is was setting an example of solid living and good husbandry (as in the case of the Germans) or setting the stage for centuries of turbulent race relations (as in the treatment of Africans), the immigrants who populated the American Colonies provided the foundation for who we are today.
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