The Emigrants

The Erie Canal was known as the gateway to the West. It was wildly popular; people came from near and far to travel along its 363 mile long route. The canal had a major impact on the nation’s economy in the 1800s. Towns emerged in the area and businesses blossomed. It was a huge success and many people began to rely on it. The Erie Canal increased the nation’s economy, brought people together, and promoted nationalism through trade and expansion. The Erie Canal joined people and product together…

The New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled by people of English origin, but developed into completely different societies. They did not have the same intentions for their settlement in the New World. The colonies had religious, political, economic and social differences. New England sought religious freedom, however, in the Chesapeake region when the people first settled all they wanted to do was look for gold and other valuables to take back to Europe. New England sent…

found work in the tobacco industry. Also, mostly families and young people migrated over to New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania areas with nothing to loose. They were ready to work and make a name for themselves as free people. There were also emigrants who came over to America as “indentured servants”. This means that they agreed to give up approximately 5-7 years of their lives to working as a slave. After their service was over, they would become free people just like the rest of the…

religion on each region were probably two very big influences on the different developments of the societies. In New England, people who immigrated there came mostly in the form of families. In 1635, "Ship's List of Emigrants bound for New England," showed that the majority of emigrants were part of a family or a servant coming with a family (document B). There was a fairly low death rate and a reasonably balanced sex ratio very early in colonization in New England. All of these factors…

An Assisted Passage Scheme was introduced in 1951, whereby the Australian Government paid for fares and accommodation in migrant camps in exchange for several years employment. Between 1951–1968 over 42,000 Italians arrived under this scheme. One emigrant family, the Derossi’s, recounted their move to Australia and how they were…

As England began to take interest in the "New World", colonization by Englishmen began to spread drastically in the 1600's. English colonies took place on the eastern coast of the United States. Two early settlements established were in the New England and Chesapeake region. Although both were settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700 these two regions had evolved into two distinct societies, due mainly to reasons involving the reasons for settlement, geographical differences leading…

The extraordinary levels of migration in the late nineteenth century were unprecedented at the time, and have never again been repeated on such a scale. Between 1820-1914, almost 60 million Europeans immigrated to the New World, and more than 40 million of these arrived after 1850. America received almost two-thirds of immigrants, but other key destinations included Canada, Australasia and Latin America. Although migration flows from other areas did exist at the time for example, the massive…

Crevecoeur, a French aristocrat, now an American farmer in 1782, wrote essays “Letters from an American Farmer.” Crevecoeur wrote to persuade other Europeans how much of a convenience America was through his rhetorical devices. Crevecoeur’s humble yet eager tone would have certainly urged more immigrants to come to the American colonies. Crevecoeur displays the poverty and events that were happening in Europe to show his audience that “Country that had no bread for him…” should not be called a…

The theme that I chose for this paper is family. This theme appears in the essays "Proofs" of Richard Rodriguez and in "The Apology: Letters from a Terrorist" of Laura Blumenfeld. We can clearly see the theme in the essay of "Proofs"in the following ways: The essay talks about how migration sometimes separate families, and how difficult it becomes for the migrant to be able to live in another country without his culture and with his family so far away from him.In the essay "The Apology" the…

Book one of an intended series, Glennis Browne's The Fortune Seekers traverses time in a thought provoking saga, which delivers a tale of pioneering life that includes the elements of wanderlust, adventure, drama and romance, all steeped in a well plotted, and vividly re-imagined history. Author Browne brings the mid 1800's back to life, within this exploration of the erstwhile era of the Australian Gold Rush. The narrative poses the multi-faceted hardships people faced during that time in…