Immigration

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characteristics of the immigration

it's important to remind our history

first colony in Virginia in 1607 by English settlers

America already sheltered a population, the natives who have spread throughout the entire continent

these people used a lot of nature and, over time, distinguished themselves and several groups, with their own language and culture

1492--Christopher Colomb sailed the ocean

he arrive in Bahamas and meet an indigenous group, the Arawark

they are friendly but C Colomb no.  He took some prisonners and want to know where the gold of the Arawark have came from

Americans---poorly armed

European---well armed

So European won between indigenous

they vanquished indigenous group after indigenous group with cunning and brutality

the most part of the population of indegenous was dead by disease (like smallpox)

People from Europe did not know about smallpox, so these people were very vulnerable which resulted in a lot of sick people

there were nearly 20 millions indigenous and 95% were killed by disease

1620 : Bristish come to North Arerica to escape religious persecution, and to take opportunity, or for an adventure

Dutch create cities and trading posts

New York city is born

a lot a colonist become farmers (90%)

but farmers are poor, , they need large families to work in the fields. That provokes a rejuvenation of the population

Bristish send 60000 prisoners without a reason (because they were poor). They cultivate tabacco in the southern colonies

historians studies why people leave their homeland

For them, there is always a reason that pushe them to leave their country and pull them to the United States

the slave trade is fairly global

In the beginning, the slaves were not forced

later, we found forced immigration

Hundreds of thousands Africans are taken prisonners and move to America were they have no freedom and no pay

In 1790 : the Native American are only a few part of the population. There are so many immigrant is the country in this years, especially bristish, african, irish, german

native american--only 100 000 in 1790

Spanish coloners move from Mexico to California, Texas...

French seatle along the Mississipi

In 1830's : tens of thousands of immigrants arriving on western shore, attracted by the cheap farmland or because they like the advantages of the manufacturing

Irish--built railroads, canals They work in the ports

About half Germans become farmers

Asian immigants--laborers, in the mine

during the 19th century : immigration is dominate by males between 18 to 25 years but irish immigrant were most womens

people go to city where they know peaple because these people help the immigrant to find some jobs and places to live

From 1790 to 1850, the population multiplied by 6

1850--more than than 20 millions inhabitants in the US

poverty and potato famine was hitting irsh population

After 1890 ; large ships take to the seas, much faster and cheaper to cross the ocean making the dream of a journey to America more accessible to many around the world

People board in many parts of Europe mainly to New York or some to other ports

many migrants have joined liberty when arriving in the United States, for some it is a miracle

This group was young, most were under 30 years old, mainly because an entire generation of

the children of farmers and factory workers in Europe and the Russian empire couldn’t

find work because the owners of the farms and factories preferred to have an efficient

machine - that they didn’t have to pay.

Well, this was fine by America, whose steel, coal, automobile, textile, and garment production

industries were booming.

It happily took in this pool of eager, hard workers and put them to work in its growing

industrial cities.

Cities grow up aroud the industries.

In turn, the cities beckoned to workers by the millions from the American countryside

and from overseas to fuel the burgeoning industrialization.

Rural nation become industrialize nation

From 1860 to 1910, the urban population grew from over 6 million to over 44 million.”

The United States take advantages tanks to the world war 2 in europe.

Millions dying in europe.

The european industries are focused on makes weapon for their army to win this war.

But with many of its working-aged men on the front lines, in hospitals or at home after

horrific injuries - or dead - the factories of Europe couldn’t meet all the demand,

so US factories made up for the shortfall in production.

Before long, the United States had leapt to the front ranks of the world’s economic

giants.

And when the Americans entered the conflict themselves in 1917, US industry was now tasked with supplying its own soldiers too.

It was during this 50-year immigration wave, from about 1870-1920, when many well-off,

white, native-born Americans began to consider mass immigration a danger to the health and security of the country

slow it down with law

first immigration law is Asian Exclusion Act in 1875outlawed Asians, specifically Asian contract

laborers, from stepping foot on American soil, plus any other people considered convicts

in their own countries.

In 1921, Congress pushed through a law that marked a turning-point in American immigration policy .

They make a quota to the immigration who can enters in US in a years.

It was very effective.

The number of new immigrants let in fell from over 800,000 in 1920 to just over 300,000

admitted in 1921.

But that drop off in the flow of persons into America still didn’t satisfy the anti-immigration

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