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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 317603, member: 23&quot;]Opoe beat me to it.&nbsp; What we call Pennsylvania Dutch are descendants of German immigrants from the 18th century.&nbsp; Many were refugees from the Palatine area of Germany, driven out by the French.&nbsp; They fled to England and Queen Anne &#039;gave&#039; them land, mostly in the Hudson Valley, to colonize.&nbsp; When the Revolution started, the men were conscripted to fight for the British.&nbsp; When the war ended, they&#039;d lost their land or went south and west.&nbsp; Some went to Canada.&nbsp; There was a large population outside of Quebec.&nbsp;&nbsp; Besides being a history buff, I&#039;m also a descendant of the Canadian Germans who intermarried with the French Canadians.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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