Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:03:14 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Irish left because it was better than dying of starvation in a massively
overpopulated country.
Many N Europeans left because they were simply too pious to be
tolerated. As where the original pilgrim fathers.
English left because they were second sons and had no estates, but they
had enough to buy them in the Americas.
Italians probably left to escape poverty, like the Irish.

Technically they weren't Germans since the country didn't exist but there
has been a German presence in the US from almost the beginning. It didn't
last long but Ben Franklin published 'Philadelphische Zeitung' in 1732,
the first German language newspaper in the colonies.

A couple of events may have resulted in a surge. If you were on the wrong
side in 1848 a sea voyage would look good. Bismarck's KulturKampf in
Prussia could persuade Catholics that there were greener pastures. The
stubborn ones formed the Centre party.

In the US the Germans and Irish worked well together. The Germans took
care of business while the Irish provided the politicians and cops. That
seemed to apply in Europe too, given Roger Casement's little scheme.