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# Rising Tensions Didn't Keep European Settlers from Coming to North America
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-american-revolution/extras/rising-tensions-didnt-keep-european-settlers-from-coming-to-north-america-gstcig/
- Published: 2025-11-07T21:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-12T20:12:42.000Z
- Description: Thousands poured down the Great Wagon Road, eager to start a new life in North America’s interior.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The American Revolution, #ZZZ_Show_f16516f8-e9bd-49d8-b49b-96781c68070a, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_feacba6e-9e7f-40c7-bf7f-afe09ea794be, #extra

Tensions were rising between England and the colonies, but new arrivals and American-born colonists were eager to carve out new lives within North America’s interior. Thousands of English, Scots-Irish, German, and a small number of Jewish immigrants poured down the Great Wagon Road, running from Philadelphia to the Carolinas.