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Ethnic groups in the United States

  • German AmericansThe first permanent German settlement in what became the United States was Germantown, Pennsylvania, founded near Philadelphia on the 6th of October 1683.
  • African AmericansThe first African slaves in what is now the United States arrived in the early 16th century. Africans were among Juan Ponce de León's 1513 voyage that landed…
  • Native Americans in the United StatesThe Eurasian migration to the Americas began over millennia via Beringia, a land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska. Archaeological evidence suggests these…