The Ulster Scots Migration

The Ulster Scots sought to escape from deteriorating conditions in Northern Ireland. During the 1720s they, clashed with the Irish Catholics and endured a depressed market for their linen, several poor harvests, and increasing rent. The Ulster Scots emigrated to the colonies around 1718 and started multiply very fast during the 1720s and 1730s. The Ulster Scots emigrated in groups, generally organized by their Presbyterian ministers, who negotiated with shippers to arrange passage to the colonies. Once in the colonies, the Ulster Scots gravitated to the frontier, where land was cheaper so they could establish large groups to settle together. At first, the Ulster Scots emigrated to Boston, but some violent episodes of New English intolerance persuaded most Scots after 1720 to head to Philadelphia, which is was a more welcoming seaport in a more tolerant colony. …show more content…
There were many reasons why Germans left their homeland to make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic Ocean to America. They left because of the devastation of many wars, a limited economy, and because of the princes who heavily taxed and demanded religious conformity. For these immigrants, the colony of Pennsylvania must have seemed like a land of opportunity, despite accounts written by travelers who warned their fellow countrymen of the dangers they would encounter. Instead, most chose to believe letters from relatives such as Christopher Sauer, who wrote of the generous land grants and religious freedom in the colony of Pennsylvania. Most of the German immigrants tended to come in family units and were often tradesmen or

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