Classmates Reflection

Randy:

I like Randy's Blog post because first it talks about the same people that i did, the Germans. Randy's blog really talks about the experience the German had to go through good and bad. its really surprising how many Germans lives were miserable because of the violence.

For more info on Randy's blog the link is below.

http://www.randyeloko.blogspot.com/

Nestor:

Wow Nestor's research on Italians immigration problems were really sad, especially the part of having no money and living in a small house with more than 9 or 10 family members. its really a problem being poor and having many problems were you live especially if there's violence going on. Most of the population couldn't even read or write now there's a serious problem that many of them had to face.

For more info on Nestor's blog Please visit the link below

http://www.nestor40.blogspot.com/

Itze:

On itze's research i found mutual information that was really sad every time i read it. if you come to think about it Germans really had no choice but to move to the US, unless they wanted to keep getting robbed and tortured. the best decision they did was moving to the US even if there would be people that wouldn't want them there but at least its better than being tortured right? I really think this blog was really informative about the Germans immigration history.

If you are interested on finding out what im talking about please visit the link below.

http://www.technicolormotion.blogspot.com/

Ireliz:

In ireliz research many Italians didn't have a good life like all the other immigrants. they hoped to reaching the US to have a better life, to reach The American Dream like many wanted. Farm land prices went up and the Italian had to get a job, many of them were unskilled laborers and had to get jobs. The jobs they had to go with were shoe shinning, rag picking, sewer cleaning, and whatever hard, dirty, dangerous jobs others did not want. there life was really hard but it was better than there old life in Italy.

For more info visit the link below.

http://www.darkhistoryandyou.blogspot.com/

Family Tree

I looked for some information in the Internet of were did my family originated from or immigrated from. It turns out that not only my mothers side of the family but also my fathers family was originally from Spain. My mothers side immigrated to New York and My fathers side immigrated to Connecticut. Its really interesting that Both my mothers and fathers side of the families ancestors immigrated from Spain but still to different states in the U.S.

Immigration Influx of Prosperous Mexican Families Fleeing Violence

 

In this video it explains why many Mexican families are looking for a good place to live because of so much violence that is happening in Mexico. From Mexico 9/10 families look for houses in a safe neighborhood and are immigrating legally. I really do think that innocent people in Mexico are getting hurt and should get out of there as soon as possible. Mexico should be working harder to try and stop all the violence and the U.S should be helping as well.

Deutsche Vornamen- My Immigration Journal

April 14th 1746

It has been only a few months since me and my family immigrated to Pennsylvania in the U.S. We are all hoping to live the American dream. These past few days we have been having some problems with locals from where we live. The American families show signs that they don't want us there to be living in the same place as them.

April 15th 1746

Everyday after the other I'm feeling like little by little we are getting more accustomed to the way's of the American citizens. Today earlier in the afternoon i sat with the only American ever since we started to live here. He had many questions about our family and our moving here, i really didn't have any problem answering his question. I finally made my first friend here in the U.S.

April 16th 1746

Today was my first day at the job. Since we are immigrants from Germany i didn't like have the best job in the world but nothing is worse. my boss though is really harsh on me cause i am the only German ever since the big migration. The job that I'm attending right now is cleaning the bathrooms every hour for the workers of the clothing factory, there over 1,000 workers and only 4 bathrooms.

April 17th 1746

Yesterday after a hard and stinky days work I finally got food at the table for my family to enjoy. My 10 year old boy is doing great at school and my wife is doing great at home. I really hope this good luck keeps coming our way so we can reach our goal to living the American Dream.

Germanies Road to Immagration

Reason For Leaving:

Around the Year 1700, Germans were leaving to the European countries, the Western Hemisphere, and Australia to find easier lives because of violent conditions. Another reason why they left their homeland was because they were constantly being attacked by armies of various. When they arrived to their new places they were constantly robbed and tortured, entire villages burned and inhabitants killed.

Journey To the U.S

Because of all the acts of violence and problems the German were facing they decided to go somewhere else. In 1709, 3,000 Germans crossed to New York. By the year of 1745 an estimate of 45,000 Germans immigrated to Pennsylvania alone. In the U.S most Germans lived in the countryside, only about 2/5 lived in cities larger than 25,000 people.

German Group Lifestyle:

Germans went to live in the U.S, a real high percentage of Germans worked as farmers. The Germans prefer to live in areas were other Germans were found. the large number of German farmers could be found in the Midwest and Texas, others went to California. West coast farmers didn't live up to the stereotype and would sacrifice fertile land just to live near to other Germans, also many Germans would form communities. these German communities would produce larger industries and would make Germans have more and different jobs such as bakers, butchers, cabinetmakers, cigar makers, distillers, machinists, and tailors.

Reflection of my Learning.

On the information that i have gathered i think that immigration is a good thing because at that time Germans could would get jobs, work and have a good life. if it were me immigration to the U.S at that time i would be very scared because of the new things good and bad that could happen.

Information acquired from

http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/German.html