A land flowing with riches, a place of equality, a nation teeming with an endless supply of jobs, a country that tolerates every religion; this was how many immigrants pictured America. Who wouldn’t want to immigrate to such a perfect utopia? The only problem was, the United States wasn’t as perfect as the rumors implied. For the Scots-Irish and the Mexicans, this was found out the hard way. The Scots-Irish population started off relatively small in America. From 1718-1720 only 2,600 Scots-Irish had immigrated to America, but within the next fifty years nearly 250,000 more followed suit. For the Mexican’s, immigration was much less gradual. From 1910 to 1920 nearly one million Mexicans flooded onto American soil in search of better lives. Despite
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The Scots-Irish and the Mexicans were no different; the dream of better life was the fuel that kept their motors running. The substantial difference between Mexican and Scots-Irish immigration was the factors that pushed them from their homeland. While the Mexicans were driven forcefully from their land by a deadly revolution, the Scots-Irish’s choice to come to America was voluntary and organized. In the late 1710s a variety of economic factors contributed to the Scots-Irish migration of 1718. Bad harvests, recession of the linen industry, and high rents were the key factors that sent Scots-Irish to America. For the Mexican’s such economic factors would have seemed minuscule compared to the destruction that their homeland was experiencing. With ninety percent of the Mexican population being landless during the revolution, immigration was inevitable. But it wasn’t only the poor conditions of their homelands that pushed the Scots-Irish and the Mexicans to America; equality, freedom, economic opportunities, and unity were just some of the aspects of America that the Scots-Irish and Mexicans so naively believed to be true. Unfortunately, for both the Scots-Irish and the Mexicans such dreams rarely came
The Scots-Irish and the Mexicans were no different; the dream of better life was the fuel that kept their motors running. The substantial difference between Mexican and Scots-Irish immigration was the factors that pushed them from their homeland. While the Mexicans were driven forcefully from their land by a deadly revolution, the Scots-Irish’s choice to come to America was voluntary and organized. In the late 1710s a variety of economic factors contributed to the Scots-Irish migration of 1718. Bad harvests, recession of the linen industry, and high rents were the key factors that sent Scots-Irish to America. For the Mexican’s such economic factors would have seemed minuscule compared to the destruction that their homeland was experiencing. With ninety percent of the Mexican population being landless during the revolution, immigration was inevitable. But it wasn’t only the poor conditions of their homelands that pushed the Scots-Irish and the Mexicans to America; equality, freedom, economic opportunities, and unity were just some of the aspects of America that the Scots-Irish and Mexicans so naively believed to be true. Unfortunately, for both the Scots-Irish and the Mexicans such dreams rarely came