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Was the American Revolution an Immigrant Revolution?

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Dr. Aaron Fogleman, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along with the cover image of Dr. Fogleman's book "Hopeful Journeys: German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America, 1717-1775", which we discuss in this interview. Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

Introduction In this interview: “No immigrants, no America.” Watch this segment in the video below (00:58:42) Wait… what? Wasn’t the American Revolution mainly an English colonial story? If not, then what role did immigrants actually play? And how many immigrants were even living in the colonies by 1775? Why were Germans taking loyalty oaths to […]