Scots-Irish Americans

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ulster_Scots_Americans
gptkb:Scotch-Irish_Americans
gptkbp:ancestry gptkb:Ulster_Scots
Northern Irish
Scottish
gptkbp:censusCategory gptkb:White_American
Ancestry group
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:American_Revolution
westward expansion
settlement of the Appalachian region
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Ulster-Scots_Agency
gptkb:Scotch-Irish_Society_of_the_United_States_of_America
gptkb:Ulster_Historical_Foundation
gptkbp:culturalSignificance bluegrass music
country music
American frontier culture
Appalachian culture
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Irish_Americans
gptkb:Scottish_Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Scots-Irish Americans
gptkbp:immigrationPeriod 1710s–1800s
gptkbp:immigrationWave 1717–1775
gptkbp:mainLanguage English
gptkbp:majorSettlementAreas gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Appalachia
gptkb:the_American_Midwest
gptkb:the_American_South
gptkbp:migratory revolutionary
economic hardship
land shortages
religious discrimination
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkb:Elvis_Presley
gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Sam_Houston
gptkb:Davy_Crockett
gptkb:James_Knox_Polk
gptkbp:population over 27 million (self-identified, 2019 US Census)
gptkbp:regionOfOrigin gptkb:Lowland_Scotland
gptkb:Ulster,_Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Irish_Americans
gptkb:Ulster_Scots
gptkb:British_Americans
gptkb:English_Americans
gptkb:Scottish_Americans
gptkb:Welsh_Americans
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Baptist
gptkb:Methodism
gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Irish_Americans
gptkb:European_Americans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5