Contributions Scots brought to America

Help Build The New Country!

-invented the first steam boat
-scotch broth
-plaid woolen clothing and tweed
-bagpipe music
-many colleges and universities were founded by Scottish Americans
-Edgar Allen Poe, wrote many great works
-composing folk songs "Oh, Susanna"
-first news paper printed in America "Boston News Letter"
-invented first telephone and telegraph
-invented the wheat harvester