Originally Posted by indigo
Originally Posted by Dude
Three of the thirteen colonies, plus parts of others, were formed by the Dutch. Germans made up the largest group of non-English immigrants, though waves of immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, and Sweden had already made the place a melting pot before the Revolution began.
The Library of Congress link shared upthread does mention religious persecution for people of these regions.

Then perhaps it's the kind of biased account that it would do well to offset by sources offering a different perspective.