Migration maps

The movements of migrants from country to country.

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Four British Migrations That Shaped America

Massachusetts doesn’t feel like Virginia for a reason. Between 1620 and 1770, four British regions sent settlers with completely different worldviews. East Anglian Puritans built communal New England. North Midlands Quakers created tolerant Pennsylvania. Southern English gentry ran hierarchical Virginia. Scottish-English borderers settled independent Appalachia. The map shows where they came from and where they went. American regions still reflect those origins.

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