USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Pennsylvania Dutch (also called Pennsylvania Germans or Pennsylvania Deutsch) are descendants of early German immigrants to Pennsylvania who arrived in droves, mostly before 1800, to escape religious persecution in Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -The so-called Pennsylvania Dutch aren’t from the Netherlands at all. They’re actually descendants of 17th-and 18th-century German-speaking immigrants in William Penn’s colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -From 1614 until the English seized the province in 1664 the Dutch colony of Nieuw Nederland (New Netherland) included parts of the future states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, New York, and Maryland.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Franklin County, there are more than 2, 000 members of the Pennsylvania Dutch population. Berks County has an even larger number at nearly 9, 000 people speaking the dialect. In terms of social customs and traditions, both groups have them; they just vary in some aspects like religion or dress codes.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Pennsylvania Germans or Pennsylvania Dutch – the terms are equivalent – are the descendants of German-speaking emigrants who settled in Pennsylvania beginning in 1683, with the founding of Germantown, and continuing to about 1815 to 1820, the close of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.