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A nation of immigrants
england , scotland, wales, ireland, germany,holland and france immigrated to north america. and slave traders brought thousands of african slaves to america. -
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why did people leave
many of them left so they could avoid poverty, hunger and persecution. others ran away from catastrohes like wars and earthquakes. and some were just looking for adventures. bercause om immigration america is one of the richest and most diverse country in the world. -
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A nation of immigrants
after gold discovery in california in 1849 people from all over the world camew to take part in the gold rush, and the chinese came also to help -
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A nation of immigrants
about 40 millions immigrants from countries in sothern and eastern europe emigrated to america in the late 1800s recorded history.
when the sailingship had been removed and the steamships arrived , italiens, polen, greeks, hungarians, russians and others arrived in record numbers. this became the workforce for america's growing industries. and this was also the time when thousands of scandinavians left for america. -
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A nation of immigrants
by the 1920 american society was made up by 100 different ethnic groups with their different cultures, religions and languages. but not everyone was happy with this so it came laws so it would be difficult to enter the country. -
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A nation of immigrants
since the 1960 immigration has been on the rise again, but now it's mostly people from asia and spanish-speaking countries in latin america. after english, spanish is the most speaked language there. many people come to america illegaly.