The United States is nicknamed "The Melting Pot" and "The Promise Land" because immigrants had religious freedom here. Everyday, people from all over the world migrate to the United States because of better paying jobs, religious freedom and other reasons.
people thought immigrants was taking jobs from the citizens
The Northern colonies were initially settled by groups of people from England who left for religious reasons. People also settled in the Northern colonies for economic reasons.
People thought immigrants were taking jobs away from citizens.
Most of the Irish immigrants who came to the United States to escape the Potato Famine settled in and around Boston and New York. The main reason was they didn't come to the country with very much money, and lacked the resources to move further inland.
They didn’t migrate. They were the crown of Spain.
The South did not have the industries to provide jobs.
to go to a warmer or cooler place
people thought immigrants was taking jobs from the citizens
The Northern colonies were initially settled by groups of people from England who left for religious reasons. People also settled in the Northern colonies for economic reasons.
People thought immigrants were taking jobs away from citizens.
People thought immigrants were taking jobs away from citizens.
Most of the Irish immigrants who came to the United States to escape the Potato Famine settled in and around Boston and New York. The main reason was they didn't come to the country with very much money, and lacked the resources to move further inland.
They didn’t migrate. They were the crown of Spain.
The same reason people would migrate from Europe to the Americas (separated by not hundreds but thousands of miles) in the 16th century: a better life.
Most of them settled in the colonies because of religious freedom
New York was actually New Netherland to start but, most of the 13 colonies were formed for the basic reason of religious freedom.
For the most part, immigrants who settled in the US, stayed there. Few returned to their home countries. The main reason for this often was that the US offered a higher standard of living, a great deal of freedom, and the opportunity to become better educated and improve their social & financial situations.