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World History

RicROC

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2. Migration to the New World

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Wed Jan 12, 2022, 09:30 PM

Jan 2022

At the conclusion of the 30 Years War (1648), the treaty stated that Catholics were to move to Catholic areas to live and Protestants relocate to Protestant Areas. Because of the devastation, famine, and other extreme hardships, many Germans decided to move to the "New World"/ the precursor of the United States.

This was the first major emigration of Germans to the 'US' and to this day, the largest ethnic minority of the US is German.

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Germany during the Thirty Years War, 1618 to 1648: Wallenstein versus Gustavus Adolphus [View all] bucolic_frolic Jan 2022 OP

Whoa. This triggered thoughts of the Defenstration of Prague. rsdsharp Jan 2022 #1

Migration to the New World RicROC Jan 2022 #2

If you are interested in well-researched alternate history about this time period, Staph Jan 2022 #3