Scottish Americans
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Scottish Americans or Scots Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Scotland. Scottish Americans are closely related to Scotch-Irish Americans, descendants of Ulster Scot
James VI and I, c. 1604
The Americas in the reign of James VI, 1619
"Uncle Sam" Wilson was based on Samuel Wilson.
Sam Houston was Scotch-Irish (Ulster Scots) descent, and namesake for the city of Houston, Texas.
Scotch-Irish Americans
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Scotch-Irish Americans are American descendants of primarily Ulster Scots people, who emigrated from the Ulster province of Ireland to the United States between the 18th and 19th centuries, with their
Scottish Americans
…Albannach; Scots: Scots-American) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Scotland. Scottish Americans are closely related to Scotch-Irish Americans, descendants of Ulster Scots, and communities emphasize and celebrate a common heritage. The majority of Scotch-Irish Americans originally came from…
An example, showing the usage of Scotch as an adjective, in the 4th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, Edinburgh, Scotland (1800), and modernized to Scottish in the 7th edition (1829).
Scotch-Irish-American boy in Hawaii, 1909