Period 3 (1754-1800)
Ashmita Totada
MIG-1.0: Explain the causes for migration to colonial North America and, later, the United States, and analyze immigration’s effects on U.S society.
Before this time period, settlers from Europe started to trickle into North America for it new land, resources, and of course new opportunity. -England: Made up a very small portion of the U.S. Population -German: Kept to themselves by staying rooted to customs (6% of U.S. Pop)
-Irish: Left because of the horrible conditions and had no respect for british rule
-Africans: Had been enslaved by the European for labor and had limited rights in colonial America (20% of U.S. pop)
Immigration from Europe, especially the Irish, was proven to be beneficial to
Ashmita Totada
MIG-1.0: Explain the causes for migration to colonial North America and, later, the United States, and analyze immigration’s effects on U.S society.
Before this time period, settlers from Europe started to trickle into North America for it new land, resources, and of course new opportunity. -England: Made up a very small portion of the U.S. Population -German: Kept to themselves by staying rooted to customs (6% of U.S. Pop)
-Irish: Left because of the horrible conditions and had no respect for british rule
-Africans: Had been enslaved by the European for labor and had limited rights in colonial America (20% of U.S. pop)
Immigration from Europe, especially the Irish, was proven to be beneficial to