Why did Europeans emigrate to America?

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Answer 1

For more than a generation, historians and economists have painted nineteenth-century American occupational mobility with broad strokes. The experience of international migrants indicates that their nativity and settlement within America significantly influenced the occupational mobility that they encountered. Between 1800 and 1850, many European emigrants opted to emigrate from Sweden and Germany to America's northern central plains. Many nineteenth-century Irish immigrants remained in New England; other Irish immigrants dispersed across the American continent. Still another set of mid-nineteenth- century European emigrants migrated to America's far western frontier. Between 1850 and 1880, a large contingent of mostly British immigrants relocated to America's Great Basin. This article considers the international occupational mobility of this last group of nineteenth-century immigrants, comprised mostly of European Mormon recruits. Thernstrom found that American upward occupational mobility was infrequent during the early nineteenth-century, at least among first-generation workers in Newburyport. According to Thernstrom, America was not the "Land of Opportunity" so often described by social historians.


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Answer 2

Well, it really depends on what time period you are asking about if you want specifics. But, the overall reason was that they were looking for a better life. Many were poor and the new world was supposed to better for their families. They believed there were better jobs and resources in the Americas. Many came as indentured servants. Some were forced to leave Europe by their home governments (ex. Jews from certain parts of Europe beginning in the late 1800s and lasting all the way up until the end of WWII). It was either leave or die, they had no other choice. Others were running from the law. Then there were some who were just looking for adventure. These are just a few of the reasons, as it's really hard to condense them all into one, especially with no time period or particular group specified. As you can see there were many reasons Europeans emigrated to N. America, but they all boil down to the fact that they all wanted a better life. Unfortunately, the same can't be said of Africans....

Answer 3

Well it appears that at first it was by mistake. Columbus thought he had found a shortcut to the West Indies in 1492. The Spanish like Cortez were looking for land and riches. The French were looking for the same thing. The first English settlements that survived were for religious freedom, Jamestown, Virginia. The English settlement on Roanoke Island disappeared. The Pilgrims came of course for religious freedom. At times, criminals were sent to the colonies as punishment. There are a whole slew of reasons why North America and then the US were appealing to people to come to. Ask your own relatives why their ancestors chose to immigrate. You might find some surprises.

Answer 4

Western europe came to america because of relgious perscution and most were peasents in thier own countrys. They never had a vote or say in their own country until the 20th century. They wanted to build a better and more fairer country for its people. A common beliefs and values, traditions and shared christian beliefs. Western europeans have always loved america and would still come but that avenue is denied to us. As for the comments western europeans were not religious persecuted sounds like most lefties who hate for a living and want to change history books to suit thier own personal agenda:)

Answer 5

The two biggest reasons were gold and God. Check out Albert Robbins' Coming to America (Dell, 1982) which had a very nice discussion covering a wide range and presented simply. Speaking of summaries, Alexis de Tocqueville did a very descriptive one in his Democracy in America (Penguin, 2003, originally 1831). Try They Sought a New World by William Kuralek (Tundra, 1999). Some of these are pretty simplistic and simple, the pile of works available to most students would have answered it by a little searching in most libraries. (Think about Jeff Foxworthy's show about knowing as much as a fifth grader--your asking here tells me you are either young or haven't dug very hard on your own)

Answer 6

All of Europe was engaged in serious race to expand their empires and to gain economic supremacy over their rivals. Also, they were looking foe a "shortcut" to the riches of Asia without going through the Medicis in the Mediteranean Sea.

Two problems: the world was bigger than they expected and America got in the way.

Still they discovered a wealth of resources in the New World and weaker, relatively easy to conquer people in the lands. Europeans could not resist conquest in those days.

The ones who immigratedd came not for wealth but to escape religious persecution.

Answer 7

Well the notion that the pilgrim fathers were persecuted or denied religous freedom is a myth.These pilgrims picketed anything and everything they thought blasphemous.In fact they constantly picketed the Globe Theatre in London. So they hopped on the Mayflower and made for the New Wrld,where they could practice thier bigotry,unchallenged.They did too.

Answer 8

If you mean why did people sail out to America from England. It was to escape from religious persecution.

Answer 9

Mainly for religious freedom. Also politics and, like my ancestors, rebellion.

Answer 10

bcause they wanted to live in america