in what ways did post 1707 scottish emigrants retain a sense of scottish identity abroad?

Answer 1

During the 1730s and 1740s, the Scots migrated from Pennsylvania into two separate parts of the southern states-----along the mountains and along the coast.

Those in the mountains assimalated into the local populus but kept their own music. This can be seen by the blue grass music of today.

Along the coast, they formed communities of their own-keeping Gaelic as their language. In Fayetteville, NC the most common language spoken until the Civil War was Gaelic and was still common until the 1930s. There are churches in the area that have services in Gaelic occassionally today.

Answer 2

They lived together in ghettos for the Scots. retained their music and foods. A great deal of what they were was lost, however. They assimilated into America far more than other groups like the Irish or Italians.