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  2. German Americans - Wikipedia

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    The resulting lack of a unified and clearly definable German-American community explains in part why only few Americans, including those of German descent, have any idea when Steuben Day or German-American Day falls, whereas the Irish St. Patrick's Day is one of America's most popular celebrations, and Columbus Day, named after the Italian ...

  3. Forty-eighters - Wikipedia

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    In 1848, the first non-British ship carrying immigrants to arrive in Victoria was from Germany; the Goddefroy, on 13 February. Many of those on board were political refugees. Some Germans also travelled to Australia via London. In April 1849, the Beulah was the first ship to bring assisted German vinedresser families to New South Wales. [24]

  4. Germany–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The first records of German immigration date back to the 17th century and the foundation of Germantown, now part of Philadelphia, in 1683. Immigration from Germany reached its first peak between 1749 and 1754, when approximately 37,000 Germans came to North America.

  5. European immigration to the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The final phase of colonial immigration, from 1760 to 1820, became dominated by free settlers and was marked by a huge increase in British immigrants to North America and the United States in particular. In that period, 871,000 Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of which over 70% were British (including Irish in that category).

  6. List of German Americans - Wikipedia

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    German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States who are of German ancestry; they form the largest ethnic ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of U.S. population. [1] The first significant numbers arrived in the 1680s in New York and Pennsylvania. Some eight million German immigrants have entered ...

  7. Category:German emigrants to the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "German emigrants to the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 958 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

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  9. German diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Many of its present-day inhabitants speak German [130] In the 18th century, German immigrants settled the areas of Tingo Maria, Tarapoto, Moyobamba, and the Amazonas Department. [131] German immigrants largely settled in Lima, and to a lesser extent Arequipa. [132] Uruguay: By 1940, there were 50,000 Germans living in the country. [109] Venezuela