The Emigrants

Emigrants working in foreign countries such as Saudi Arabia contribute approximately 20 plus percent of Gross State Domestic Product or GSDP in Kerala (Kannan & Hari, 2002). According to Simplus Information Services (2013), among Indian states, Kerala received the highest remittances totalling approximately $11.3 billion US in 2012. The recognisable successes that these emigrants from the state of Kerala have had working in foreign countries…

The Donner Party’s Expedition to California America in 1846 was a land becoming increasingly populated, at a rapid rate. The cities were becoming densely populated, with little job opportunities. With the nation expanding westward, it opened up more space for settlers to inhabit and start a new life. A few of these opportunity seekers, James Reed, and George and Jacob Donner, took advantage of this bright opportunity and decided to make the journey west. James Reed was a wealthy businessman…

allowed to become British subjects. They enjoyed political rights, and in 1740, Parliament passed the Plantation Act permitting Jews to be naturalized in the colonies. The first Jewish family settled in New Haven, Connecticut in 1772, but most Jewish emigrants settled in New York City. Russian Jews took over the abandoned farms in Connecticut, and as dairy farmers,…

magicians. Rather than communicating with the other world, as they claimed, they were just doing magic tricks and taking money away from innocent victims. In this regard, Harry Houdini was also a very good man. Harry Houdini, the son of Hungarian emigrants, is an American success story. He rose from being a nobody, to being one of the most popular entertainers of his time. He performed in Europe, and throughout the United States, in large cities and in small towns. Harry Houdini performed to…

By the year 1750, settlers and slaves combined outnumbered Native Americans. Although, Indians still controlled much of North America. The relationships between Europeans and Natives was based on many factors. The size and length of time the settlers stayed, as well as their intentions such as trade, resources, and religious conversions. Indians worked in Spanish borderlands because Spaniards wanted complete control over them. These conditions were mainly found in Florida and New Mexico. The…

(Ethics of Belief, p.5) To further support his argument, he applied the example of the ship owner. In the ship owner case, the owner who noticed that his ship has been getting old and rusty still decided to go ahead and let it sailed out with all the emigrants on board. He chose to go against his beliefs and doubts and entrusted it to Providence. And just as he had predicted, as the ship wasn’t in good shape, to begin with, it ended up sinking, and numerous have lost their lives. To Clifford,…

Each ship that brought people to the colonies had a list of emigrants intended to keep track of each person on board the ship. The list of emigrants bound for New England in 1635 included many families made up of women, children, and older men, but the list of people bound for Virginia in the same year contained many young men, accompanied by only six young…

The American dream and the tale of the Mafia Problem: How did some of the immigrants live their American dream at the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century? The American dream started with the idea that everybody with his own work, determination and courage could become rich and prosperous. The concept of the American dream appeared in the nineteenth century. It is one of the most important migrations in the history of humanity. Migrants searched on the…

King Charles actions lead to political instability and fueled the English Civil War and ignited religious turmoil. Wanting to leave the chaos of England, people started to immigrate in large numbers to America. Two religious groups were the main emigrants to New England; the Separatist later known as Pilgrims and the Puritans. The religious immigrants in New England shaped…

“Keep where you are because, if I should make a mistake, it could never be set right in your lifetime.” (p. 6, Dickens) There are many people who will never get a second chance at life, but some will. In A Tale of Two Cities Mr. Darnay, a protagonist, was one of those who got multiple second chances. He was “recalled to life”. “Recalled to life” means that you get another chance, you earn back purpose. Darnay had multiple arrests, and was either saved or released after each trial. It’s safe…