HEADLINE: The Pinta‚ Santa Maria‚ and a Chinese junk? BYLINE: By Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor A new book claims the Chinese discovered America in 1421‚ but historians refute thesis. To the Norsemen‚ the Japanese‚ and the Carthaginians; to the Irish‚ the Africans‚ and a long list of others who‚ it is claimed‚ crossed the oceans to America long before 1492‚ add one more: the Chinese. They toured up and down both coasts of the Americas‚ established colonies‚ made maps‚
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situation The typical Chinese immigrant was a young‚ able bodied man who usually left his family at home and came as a workingman. He had no intention of staying in America but to send money back home to help his family (Wittke‚1964). Mr. Wong illustrated: “’They told me that anyone who comes through Gam Saan will make money fast and go home as a rich man.’“ (Lee & Yung‚ 2010‚ p.71). Statistics undermine these facts by showing that women numbered less than 10 percent of the Chinese American population
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America has always been a free and open country to people that live in other terrible countries. America is made up of all kinds of people from all over the world. America is based on immigration. Life for immigrants used to be hard. They would come to the United States with no money‚ The government has a lot of programs to help immigrants get started with a new life when they come to the United States. Some of these immigrants don’t take advantage of these programs. Many take advantage of these
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In the beginning‚ the Europeans that immigrated to America often did so because of one of two things; religious reasons or economic opportunity. They brought new ideas and new religions to the Americas. The Quaker Colonies of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts were formed by English Protestants who wanted a place where they could worship their religion in peace‚ with social order. These people looked to America for asylum. The Europeans also established colonies in The Caribbean Islands. The Spanish
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to millions of immigrants and their families. News outlets‚ polls‚ and the general insight into immigration widely stop at the first generation immigrants. This can paint a negative outlook on immigration and only show the hardships each person suffers. However when looked into deeper the success of second-generation immigrants is astonishing. As second-generation immigrants adapt to society more than their parents they are open to a wide range of success. The rates of immigrants born children and
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From one person to the next you have probably heard you’re so pretty‚ you’re very intelligent‚ and you’re the funniest person I have ever met. It is precisely understood what all of these compliments are saying‚ but when someone pays you the highest compliment of having good character how do you process the actual meaning? What sort of actions do you take that shows you have good character and are sincere to others. Many factors can go into an individual having good character but those factors
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Irish and Chinese experience in America The end of the civil war and the beginning of the industrial revolution started an increase of immigration into the United States because of a need for low paid workers. Immigrants from around the world fled to America taking valuable jobs away from American citizens. Immigrants who came to the United States sought out every job known to man. Anything from sweeping floors to craftsman was available to the immigrants. From 1880-1920 the population of the United
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Chinese in Early America by Katherine Inserra Most people today believe that with the passing of the Fourteenth Amendment meant the immediate granting of citizenship to all persons born on American soil. However‚ it was not until 1898 that the United States Supreme Court concluded that the amendment awarded citizenship to Chinese children born to Chinese immigrants on American Soil. (Foner 659). Just twelve years previously‚ the courts had finally forced the city of San Francisco to issue
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Historically‚ the United States of America has been a country fabricated by immigrant culture and values. Originally many immigrants traveled to the United States as a means of improving their way of life‚ whether escaping economic oppression and/or political instability in their country. This concept is often understood as the push-pull factor. The migration to America first instituted during colonial times. Europeans remained a large percentage of immigrants during the seventeenth and eighteenth
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Critical Response Why do Immigrants Admire America? The story‚ “Becoming American” by Dinesh D’Souza is about why America is so engaging to immigrants. D’Souza shares his story of when he moved from Bombay‚ India to America. After reading the story‚ I found it fascinating that immigrants were very interested in America. According to the story‚ children carry heavy amounts of stones and the women carry heavy loads to their destination in the villages of Africa and Asia. Everyday these people
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