Iowa Ethnic Groups: Difference between revisions

====Amish====

The Amish or sometimes known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish_Mennonite Mennonite Amish], originally came from three countries, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatinate_%28region%29 Palatinate] region of Germany, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace Alsace] now in France, and German speaking Switzerland. This group of Amish and Mennonite immigrants came to Pennsylvania with the Palatine groups in the 18th century. They spoke [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_German_language Pennsylvania German] commonly known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch Pennsylvania Dutch].