I see the descendants of Germans who decided to live in English colonies are mad that I have described the colonies as English.

Charles II gives William Penn of London a charter to bring the Quaker menace to the Americas, and some of y'all are mad that I neglect to mention some of the minorities he brought with him.

@GlomarResponder Another know-nothing. German-Americans make up the largest self-reported ancestry group within the United States accounting for roughly 49 million people and approximately 17% of the population of the US.

@tedperl Not at the founding they weren't.

@GlomarResponder Boldly leaving out the Dutch.

@NotNJ_Taxman Leaving out the Dutch is a fine American tradition.

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@GlomarResponder Spaniards built the south west, Germans/Russian whites built the west coast. English and Irish, built most the east cost. The French built most of the north and northeast.

@GlomarResponder Eh...don't forget Chinese for the railroad system and mines in California! 😎

@GlomarResponder @bart_the_red Germans and Dutch yes, Irish no.

@GlomarResponder @JohnRose_65 The 13 Colonies were all from predominantly White European Countries. *Shrug* That's just history.

@GlomarResponder More Germans than is typically thought

@GlomarResponder I was replying to the woman who said black people built America. I am correct.

@GlomarResponder Italians did a lot too, especially in the Northeast and mid Atlantic states.

@GlomarResponder Germans built the Midwest

@GlomarResponder Later stages Italians as well 🥂

@GlomarResponder Decent number of Germans and Scandinavians in the Midwest, Basque and Irish in herding on the High Plains, too

@GlomarResponder A lot of germans actually, also Dutch and Scandavians . The best way to sum it up is Europeans built this country.

@dizzheart No. No more than we count the horses and oxen.