USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Irish Protestants from the northern counties of Ireland – dubbed “Scots-Irish” or “Scotch-Irish” – developed passages and settlements in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the Highlands of Northwest North Carolina, and portions of Central and Eastern Kentucky.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Scots-Irish were just one of the groups that found a home and a haven in the Appalachian Mountains, but they left an indelible impact on what we refer to today as “Appalachian culture.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Many of the earliest Scots-Irish immigrants (of the 1720s and 1730s) first settled in Pennsylvania. Many then moved down from Pennsylvania into Virginia and the Carolinas. From there immigrants and their descendants went on to populate the states of Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee in the 1780s and 1790s.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Revolutionary War, Scots-Irish militia men were instrumental in defeating the British at the Battle of Kings Mountain. After the war, the mountains of North Carolina were opened to settlement, and many Scots-Irish established small farms and homesteads.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Scotch-Irish settled predominantly in the middle colonies, especially in Pennsylvania where the city of Philadelphia was a major port of debarkation. Over subsequent decades, the Scotch-Irish migrated south following the Great Philadelphia Road, the main route used for settling the interior southern colonies.