Scots-Irish American

E53649

American ethnic group ethnic group

Scots-Irish Americans are descendants of Protestant settlers from Scotland who migrated to Ulster in Ireland and later emigrated to North America, where they became a significant cultural and historical group, especially in the Appalachian and Southern United States.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Scots-Irish Americans	3
Scots-Irish settlers	2
Scotch-Irish Americans	1
Ulster Scots Americans	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ethnic group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Scots-Irish American ⓘ surface form: Scotch-Irish Americans Scots-Irish American ⓘ surface form: Ulster Scots Americans
ancestralRegion	Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Ulster ⓘ
associatedDialect	Appalachian English ⓘ Southern American English ⓘ
associatedWith	Scots ⓘ surface form: Ulster Scots language
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
culturalInfluence	American Southern culture ⓘ American evangelical Protestantism ⓘ American folk music ⓘ American frontier culture ⓘ Appalachian culture ⓘ bluegrass music ⓘ country music ⓘ
culturalTrait	clan and kinship networks ⓘ frontier self-reliance ⓘ martial tradition ⓘ strong emphasis on individualism ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Irish people ⓘ Scottish people ⓘ Scots ⓘ surface form: Ulster Scots
historicalMigration	Scotland to Ulster in the 17th century ⓘ Ulster to North America in the 18th century ⓘ Ulster to the American colonies before the American Revolution ⓘ
historicalRole	formation of Appalachian communities ⓘ frontier settlement in the American colonies ⓘ participation in the American Revolution ⓘ westward expansion in the United States ⓘ
majorImmigrationWave	early 18th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ mid 18th century ⓘ
notableReligionHeritage	Presbyterian church governance traditions ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
religion	Baptist churches ⓘ Methodism ⓘ Presbyterianism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
significantRegion	Appalachia ⓘ surface form: Appalachian United States Frontier regions of colonial America ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ
subgroupOf	European American ⓘ surface form: European Americans Irish American ⓘ surface form: Irish Americans Scottish American ⓘ surface form: Scottish Americans
typicalSettlementPattern	backcountry of the American South ⓘ rural and upland regions ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scots-Irish American → alsoKnownAs → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

subject surface form: Scots-Irish Americans

this entity surface form: Scotch-Irish Americans

Scots-Irish American → alsoKnownAs → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

subject surface form: Scots-Irish Americans

this entity surface form: Ulster Scots Americans

New York Colony → ethnicComposition → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots-Irish settlers

Alexander Martin → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots-Irish Americans

Andrew Jackson → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

Andrew Pickens → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

Charles Taze Russell → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

John C. Breckinridge → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots-Irish Americans

John C. Calhoun → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

Kit Carson → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

Sam Houston → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

Thomas McKean → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

Whitelaw Reid → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

Harriet Lane → heritage → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

Mississippi River culture → influencedBy → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scots-Irish settlers

Scottish American → relatedEthnicGroup → Scots-Irish American ⓘ

subject surface form: Scottish Americans

this entity surface form: Scots-Irish Americans