Immigration To America Research Paper
A mix of people
Do you know that for almost 200 years, people have emigrated to America from all over the world. Don't you think that's interesting? I think it is. Can you actually believe that millions of Europeans came by boat to New York during the late 1800s? Sometimes as many as 2,000 people arrived in one day. And later, large groups of immigrants came from Asia and from Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
From the mid 1800s to the early 1920s, then it left about 1.5 million Swedes that moved mainly to the USA. The trip to America was by boat across the Atlantic. Most of the immigrants could not speak english, so they often stayed togheter. They often settled in places where the scenery and climate reminded them of their home country. Many of these kept their own traditions and continued to speak their own language.
United States consists of a mix of different people. But that was not so in the first begining. Those first humans were Native Americans. But in the beginning we called them Indians. But that was wrong. But why did we called them Indians then? We did thar because when Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492 he thought he had come to India, so he called the people he met there Indians. But the name we use for them today …show more content…
People immigrated to America for about 200 years, and it could be several hundred each day. From the mid 1800s to the early 1920s, then it left about 1.5 million swedes that mainly moved to the USA. It means that many Swedes have relatives in the USA. The first humans were Native Americans. But we recognize them usually as "Indians". And in 1619 the first ships arrived in America bringing slaves from Africa. But the slavery forbade in 1865. This means that America is made up of different people. There are people from Asia, Europe and Africa and even South America who live in America, and they've done it for a long
Do you know that for almost 200 years, people have emigrated to America from all over the world. Don't you think that's interesting? I think it is. Can you actually believe that millions of Europeans came by boat to New York during the late 1800s? Sometimes as many as 2,000 people arrived in one day. And later, large groups of immigrants came from Asia and from Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
From the mid 1800s to the early 1920s, then it left about 1.5 million Swedes that moved mainly to the USA. The trip to America was by boat across the Atlantic. Most of the immigrants could not speak english, so they often stayed togheter. They often settled in places where the scenery and climate reminded them of their home country. Many of these kept their own traditions and continued to speak their own language.
United States consists of a mix of different people. But that was not so in the first begining. Those first humans were Native Americans. But in the beginning we called them Indians. But that was wrong. But why did we called them Indians then? We did thar because when Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492 he thought he had come to India, so he called the people he met there Indians. But the name we use for them today …show more content…
People immigrated to America for about 200 years, and it could be several hundred each day. From the mid 1800s to the early 1920s, then it left about 1.5 million swedes that mainly moved to the USA. It means that many Swedes have relatives in the USA. The first humans were Native Americans. But we recognize them usually as "Indians". And in 1619 the first ships arrived in America bringing slaves from Africa. But the slavery forbade in 1865. This means that America is made up of different people. There are people from Asia, Europe and Africa and even South America who live in America, and they've done it for a long