Investigating the Amish Culture Introduction When one hears the word Amish it is sure to conjure up images of people who wear old style clothing and who travel by horse and carriage. The Amish are part of a strict religious order that began in the late 17th century and is a variation of the Anabaptist movement that started in Switzerland in 1525. You will find Amish people living in rural areas in 20 or more states from Pennsylvania to as far west as Montana, as far north as Ontario, Canada, and as far south as Florida. Approximately 75 percent of the total Amish population is concentrated in the region of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. There are a few variations of Amish groups for example including the New Order Amish, Old Order Amish
There are four Commonwealth States in which include Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Kentucky. Kentucky was originally part of Virginia. It was Kentucky county Virginia 1776. Four years later it was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties of Virginia. As we all know now Virginia was a Common wealth so in 1792 when Kentucky became the 15th state it took the Commonwealth with it.
Running Head: THE AMISH 1 THE AMISH CULTURE Jennifer Stotts ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Prof. Debbie Cassetta December 12, 2011 Running Head: THE AMISH 2 The Amish people of America are in old religious sect; they are direct descendants of the Anabaptist of sixteenth-century Europe. They migrated to America in the eighteenth centuries to escape persecution in Europe. They initially settled in Pennsylvania, but later waves of immigrants settled in New York, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and Ohio. There are over two dozen Amish affiliations and all of their practices vary from one another. The Amish are best known for their nineteenth-century way of life.
Adam Green 3-18-11 Robert Emmet: An Irish Martyr According to Bold Robert Emmet, by Seán Ó Brádaigh, Robert Emmet was the 17th child of Dr. Robert Emmet and Elizabeth Mason, born in 1760 AD to a Protestant family. Only three of his siblings lived despite the fact the father was a doctor. However, Robert Emmet did not conform to the Protestant mould – he became an advocate against Catholic oppression. He was for the independence of Ireland. As Ó Brádaigh continues, Robert Emmet attended Trinity College when he was fifteen and a half.
For example, in 2005, 69 Liberians arrived in the U.S. on student visas, 4,880 Liberians were classified as legal permanent residents, and more than 1500 Liberians became U.S. citizens.12 Many Liberians are under temporary protective status (TPS), a temporary immigration status granted to eligible nationals of designated countries.13 Liberians have settled throughout the U.S., although communities of Liberians are more concentrated in certain areas. The concentration of Liberian community associations in different states
Approximately 85% of the population was white with English, Irish, Scottish or Welch decent, 9% of German Origin and 4% Dutch. The remaining 2% were African Slaves imported to the colonies. Smith, Daniel Scott (1972). "The Demographic History of Colonial New England". The Journal of Economic
The first few arrivals had found work in the canal projects. By 1826 there were around 5,000 Irish working on four different canal projects. In 1850 a census of the Irish population has revealed that there were close to a million Irish immigrants in
Mainly all of the immigrants that went to America settled in New York and Boston in the east but some did go further west to cities like Cincinnati, Chicago, and San Francisco. By 1850 the Irish immigrants made up 43% of the foreign born population in the whole of America. New York had more Irish born citizens than Dublin at this time which emphasises the large scale of this movement of
Some tribes such as the Aztecs fell under Spanish rule, their wealth was extracted, land seized, and large numbers of their people died. Other tribes living in the Southeastern part of the United States, the Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole, known as the Five Civilized Tribes, had to circum to European Settlement, and with little choice in the matter, they were forced to make an alliance. They assumed European customs and their religion, Christianity. Why? When the Europeans arrived they brought more than guns and gunpowder, they brought smallpox, measles, pneumonia, and many other illnesses.
Farming is a big deal in Ireland and is the source of their economy; religion is also a big deal, majority of Irish people are Protestant or Christian. Elizabeth mentioned in the letter how Reverend John Caisey from the Presbyterian church is a “scotch man”, which to me sounds like an Irish thing, Irish people drinking scotch. She also mentions that how Reverend John Caisey has “many of County Armagh belong to him”, which I am not really sure what she means by it, but she related County Armagh (I am guessing her home town) to it. 4. Write a three to five paragraph reply letter.