A Social History of the Scotch-Irish

By Carlton Jackson

Book Overview

Beginning with the origins of their population in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the Scotch-Irish development from Lowland Scotland to Northern Ireland to the American colonies.

Arriving in the East, the Scotch-Irish were characterized by other colonists as being fiery tempered, stubborn, hard drinking, and very religious, and they quickly made lasting impressions. Though the Scotch-Irish were in the minority, they managed to impact history. Most notably, they introduced the appeals system and the checks and balances system.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568331428
• ISBN13: 9781568331423
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Madison Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"