George Taylor and Matthew Thornton. John Dunlap of Strabane printed the Declaration and also founded the Pennsylvania Packet. the first daily newspaper in America. Large numbers of ScotchIrish immigrants Joined the fight for American independence. Irish volunteers performed so courageously in the Revolutionary Army that Lord Mountjoy told the British Parliament. "We have lost America through the Irish." Charles Thomson came to Pennsylvania as an Indentured servant. and went on to serve as the Secretary of the Continental Congress from 1774 to ScotchIrishman Henry Knox was one of four members of President George Washingtons first Cabinet. John Rutledge was the first Governor of South Carolina. Thomas McKean was the first Governor of Pennsylvania. and William Livingstone was the first Governor of New Jersey. The ScotchIrish were strong supporters of the Jeffersonians in the early years of American Independence. The Harvard Encyclopedia notes: The ScotchIrish turned out In strength to vote for Thomas Jefferson In the election of 1800. and their tfluence. along with that of other immigrant groups. may well have been decisive in New York and thus the nation at large. Twelve Americans of ScotchIrish ancestry became President of the United States. The fathers of Andrew Jackson.
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