[Torie]

Well, the Dutch got to New York first, and Martin Van Buren was of Dutch descent. :) I think the general idea was that any immigration that was other than of Protestants from Northern Europe was problematical.

[Cronos]

Well, the Dutch got to New York first, and Martin Van Buren was of Dutch descent. :) I think the general idea was that any immigration that was other than of Protestants from Northern Europe was problematical.

oh, no, the Dutch were verboten. Remember England and Holland went to war in the 1600s and 1700s -- that's when the terms to go Dutch and other disparaging remarks about the Dutch came into the English language.