Scotland

**__Scotland __**  Scottish immigrants wanted to immigrant to America for many reasons. Some of those reasons were the agricultral system or the farming. There was many diseases in the crops and farming were not going well. So, those people immigrated to America to find some rich farmland. Another thing was poverty which means they were poor with no money. No jobs were available in Scotland. In America, they had a larger job market and bigger amounts of money paid. On the other hand, lots were criminals and thieves were forced away, into prision. Most, however, were servants. If they told their boss that they would work for them for 7 years, their boss would pay to transfer them over to work for him/her. 

The Scottish immigants influenced America in lots of ways. Some ways were the Scottish popular sports of golf and curling which is played in America. Plus, most Scots did track in field which is now played in America, also. They brought the music, jazz, including many bagpipes. Lastly, they brought whisky, a favorite of all Scottish people. There was also many famous Scottish immigrants such as Andrew Jackson, James Polk, famous inventor, Alexander Graham Bell and many more. Scots also brought lots of favorite foods to America.  [|Click on this sentence to see the receipe for chocolate fudge and other popular Scottish foods.] Fudge is a favorite of all Scottish citizens.   Scots came to America from the mid 1600s to the mid 1700s. They mostly settled in the the thirteen colonies and the Appalachians. Later, Scots went to California which now has the highest population of Scottish people in the U.S. Scots made livings by farming, being blacksmiths, lumber men, cattle ranchers and soldiers. Pretty much anything they could do to make a living they would do. The men would do all these jobs while the women would do the house work and the girls would help out while the boys helped their dad. [|For more informantion click on this sentence.] Scots were almost always looked down on by other European immigrants. Even though they were great fighters and soldiers.

The Scotland people had lots of problems in America. One of the problems was that they were looked down by Dutch,English and German. The Scots were considered less civilized. The people in Scotland came to America during the Revolutionary War. The people in America almost lost all the medical records and files but David Dobson was able to find it and keep track of it. [|For more information click on this sentence.]

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Gormley, Myra. "GenealogyMagazine.com." __GenealogyMagazine.com__. 12 May 2009 <http://www.genealogymagazine.com/Scots>.

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">"People,races,Ethnicity in the us Scottish Americans." __People,races,Ethnicity in the us Scottish Americans__. 12 May 2009 <www.trivia-library.com/b/people-races-ethnicity-in-the-U-S-Scottish-americans.htm>.

"The Scottish Influence in North America." __Martin Frost web site__. 12 May 2009 <martinfrost.us/htmlfiles/gazette/scots-influence.html>.

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