[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] ago (edited ago)
That actually is completely unrelated to what I said but it's not even accurate. Those of English descent were about 47% of the population in 1775. Add those of British descent generally and it was much higher. Germans were a small minority centered mostly in Pennsylvania.
There is reason to question whether those of German descent are tops even today but again it is unrelated to what I said.
[–] ScientiaPotentia 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Oops, I am wrong. Just check it and there were only 200,000 Germans in America in 1790 with 1.4M Brits.
[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yes, the point I was driving at is that those whites that have been here longest are less inclined to identify with the old country - and for understandable reasons. The later arrivals had to assimilate into an already existing society and it must be said that they only partially did so.