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The earlier colonists settled along Maryland's rivers and bays, as these were the primary routes of transportation. By about 1740, English, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish immigrants began moving into the Appalachian section of western Maryland. | The earlier colonists settled along Maryland's rivers and bays, as these were the primary routes of transportation. By about 1740, English, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish immigrants began moving into the Appalachian section of western Maryland. | ||
<u>'''Ireland'''</u> | <u>'''Ireland'''</u> | ||
From 1611 to 1870, more than 50,000 Irish criminals were sentenced to deportation to a penal colony for a number of years | From 1611 to 1870, more than 50,000 Irish criminals were sentenced to deportation to a penal colony for a number of years. Beginning with Irishmen who rebelled against Cromwell's army in 1649, political prisoners were often deported and sent to Virginia and Maryland, until 1775. | ||
'''<u>German</u>''' | '''<u>German</u>''' | ||