Old Stock Americans

Regions with significant populations
United States
Languages
American English
Religion
Christianity (primarily Protestantism)
Related ethnic groups
Old Stock Canadians, British, English, Scots, Welsh, Ulster-Scots

Old Stock Americans, Old Pioneer Stock, or Anglo-Americans are people who are descended from the original settlers of the Thirteen Colonies,[1] of mostly British ancestry, who immigrated in the 17th and the 18th centuries.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Settlement in the colonies

Between 1700 and 1775, the overwhelming majority of immigrants to the colonies (around 75%) were British immigrants of varying ethnic backgrounds such as English, Scottish, Scots-Irish and Welsh. Populations of Germans, Dutch and others arrived with other colonial efforts but the majority were British.[8]

19th Century to present

Until the late 20th century, Old Stock Americans dominated American culture and politics.[9][10] Thousands of Germans and Irish immigrated to the United States during the 19th century and were met with strong opposition from the majority Protestant Old Stock, who were anti-immigration and anti-Catholic.[11][12]

Regardless of ancestral origin, English-speaking, native-born White Americans, were referred to as Anglos or Native Americans (not to be confused with Indigenous Americans). American settlers arriving in droves to the newly acquired, formerly Spanish, French, and Mexican colonies, whether they were native born or immigrants from the British Isles, were labelled as "Anglos", especially if they did not assimilate into the cultures that inhabited the area for centuries.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Boundless U.S. History: Immigration". Boundless.com. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Brookhiser, Richard. "Way of the Wasp: How It Made America, and How It Can Save It, So to Speak". Free Pr. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "English Immigration to America". Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. ↑ McClymer, John F. "The KKK in the 1920s". Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Limerick, Patricia Nelson. "The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West". W.W. Norton Company. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Hirschman, C. "Immigration and the American century". Demography. 42: 595–620. doi:10.1353/dem.2005.0031. PMID 16463913.
  7. ↑ Khan, Razib. "Don't count old stock Anglo-America out". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  8. ↑ McKee, Jesse O. (21 August 2017). "Ethnicity in Contemporary America: A Geographical Appraisal". Rowman & Littlefield. Retrieved 21 August 2017 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Oyangen, K. "Immigrant Identities in the Rural Midwest, 1830--1925". Iowa State University. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Lichtman, Alan J. "Prejudice and the Old Politics: The Presidential Election of 1928". Lexington Books. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Byrne, Julie. "Roman Catholics and Immigration in Nineteenth-Century America". National Humanities Center. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Bill. "AN ANTI-CATHOLIC LAW'S TROUBLING LEGACY". Catholic League. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Anglo-Americans - Know Louisiana".
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