The German migration to the English colonies
A) was small when compared to other European migrants.
B) involved fur trapping west of the Appalachian Mountains.
C) was to frontier areas as farmers.
D) was mainly to New England.
E) was as slaveholders in the coastal Carolina region.

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The German migration to the English colonies was mainly to frontier areas such as Pennsylvania, where they settled as farmers. While not as large as some other European migrations, the German migration was still significant, with an estimated 100,000 Germans arriving in the colonies by the mid-18th century. There were some German-speaking groups in other regions, such as New York and the Carolinas, but the heart of the German migration was in Pennsylvania. German migrants were not typically involved in fur trapping or slavery.

The German Migration to the English Colonies