1. Who are the Germans? And what the the three primary religious groups they are?
Germany was not a national state until 1871. There are seven separate essays on Germans. The three main religious groups are Protestant, Catholic and Jewish.
2. When did Germans come to America and what was their motivation?
They came a quarter century after the founding of Germantown. Politics, and economics were the major push factors rather than religion.
3. Why did some Germans have to indenture themselves?
They had to indenture themselves because the journey from Ratterdamn took 4-6 weeks to Rhine. two thirds of the Germans arrived impoverished so they indentured themselves to pay their passage. They were called contemporaneously free willers or redemptioners.
What were the two contracts that they had?
They could either pay their fare on arrival or by friends or relatives that were already there, or they could be sold to the purchaser.
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