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Early settlers that came here were from Europe, especially France, Spain, and England. As soon as the first settlements were established, immigrants began to flood the colonies. Many of the early immigrants came here for different reasons. Some came to seek a new life that was free of issues like religion, economic problems, and others were brought here as servants or slaves.

With little money in their pockets and no idea of where they might stay, the search for jobs was desperate. However having thousands of immigrants arriving in NYC around the same time caused job opportunities to be limited. With no money, many were left homeless with no place to go but the streets of New York. Having people living on the streets caused overpopulation of the city and left the city dirty and dismantled. Along with the fall of the city the crime rate began to increase dramaticlly due to immigrants going to desperate measures to make money. When an immigrant was lucky enough to find a job they faced the challenge of language barrier, poor working conditions and low wages. These low wages could hardly afford to feed their families let alone provide a decent shelter. This created what would be known as the slums of New York City. The city was being filled with large apartment buildings that were run down and overpopulated with immigrants. Over population began creating conflicts between different ethnic groups throughout New York City. Eventually leading to the divison of the city into sections based on common ethnic backrounds. Nativism however would be a common problem as it increased because of hatred towards immigrants over such issues including the loss of opportunities for already settled natives to the area. To avoid this hatred many immigrants chose to take on other names or alter their own last name. Due to many families

A small percentage of German immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century decided to move due to religious reasons. In the colonial period, religious freedom had been a major factor for immigrants from all over Europe, but during the 1800s it was less significant (Daniels, Coming to America 147). Beginning in the 1830s through the 1880s, anti-Semitic laws were being passed in several of the German states (Hoobler and Hoobler 24). Jews escaped these areas in search of the opportunity to worship freely in America. In the late 1830s, a movement began in Prussia forcing the unification of the Lutheran and Reformed churches (Brownstone and Franck 139). “Old Lutherans,” who resisted this merger, escaped to the United States in protest (139). Religious radicals from Germany found homes in the ever-tolerant Pennsylvania (Daniels, Coming to America 147). These religious persecutions forced many Germans to make the difficult decision to leave their homeland for the promises of freedom and prosperity in America.

Between 1870 and the 1990s, over 11 million immigrants came to America in search of a better a life, coming from Southern and Eastern Europe such as Germany, France, Ireland, and immigrants from China as well. People came to America seeking sanctuary from their home land that did not allow them to be free, such as the Jewish people of Russia, who came to America because the Russian government was anti-Semitic. Jewish people were not allowed to have much property or security in Russia, simply because of their religion. In addition, the draft in Russia would take people away and force them to fight for 25 years, in wars that were pointless due to outdated weapons as well as the brutal discipline they were treated with when drafted. America was a place that allowed freedom of religion, something that was not common and many other countries, making America the ideal place to move and settle down, allowing immigrants to express their religion freely, without the consequences they faced back home. Immigrants also came to America in search of jobs that were scarce in Europe. Many small farmers were put out of jobs in Europe due to large scale mechanized

In the late 1800s , America became the land of new opportunities and new beginnings and New York City became the first landmark for immigrants. New York City was home to Ellis Island, the area in which migrants were to be handed for freedom to enter the nation. Living in New York City gave work and availability to ports. In time the city gave the chance to outsider's to construct groups with individuals from their nation , they were classified as new and old settlers. Old outsiders included Germans, Irish and, English. The new outsiders incorporated those from Italy, Russia, Poland and Austria-Hungary. In 1875, the New York City populace was a little 1 million individuals contrasted with the 3,5 million it held when the new century

There were many Jews who chose to stay while others flee their home countries looking for shelter. “It was not until 1941 that official German policy encouraged Jews to leave the country by making life in Germany increasingly difficult for them. Jews were forbidden from working in certain professions and renting or owning homes in many places; they could not hold on to their financial assets and could not move freely” (America, 2017). As a result of these policies along with a hateful campaign filled with anti-Semitic propaganda and increasingly violent climate, life in Germany was impossible for many Jews.

Germans immigrated to America in search of political and religious freedom. They also came of hopes of better economic opportunities while escaping their own economic hardships. German immigrants settled across America working as farmers, improving their education, and working to develop modern operations. Disputed broke out over the Irish and German immigrants but an increase and economic growth and the need for laborers helped reduce the conflict. (ushistory.org, 2017)

The first Europeans to live in New York were the French. They built a small chateau near Albany in 1540, but they abandoned their chateau after a flood. Then in 1614 the Dutch rebuilt the chateau they started to call it Fort Nassau, it was the first Dutch settlement in North America. It served as a trading post and warehouse, but in 1617 the small fort was washed away in a flood.

Jewish immigrants have been treated very harshly, but somewhat “fair” in the 1800’s when Judaism became really popular. Jewish immigrants started migrating to different countries. Jews began migrating to America since 1820 all through today and still continuing, but in the 1600’s about 23 adult spanish-portuguese jews came to New Amsterdam where they had arrived. In 1655 more jews came from Holland. Nine years later, the British came and attempted to take over New York, but failed in the process of doing so . Although, making less than 1 percent of the population, they still made a pattern of Jewish life in America. They lived in the main port cities and had many leaders of the jewish religion who had impacted America positively. America then

Nancy Forner is a great author on immigrations and the issues that surround it. She states that immigration was one of the predicaments that covered the New York City in the early 20th Century. This immigration saw the influx of population that altered the lives of the residents as the immigration was not planned for (Foner, p1). They disrupted the social economic and environmental aspects of the city including the introduction of new cultures, new methods of cooking to Ney York City. These impacts are evident today as there are still descendants of the Europeans, Italians and Chinese in the New York City. Currently, there is a new wave of immigrants from people of colour moving to the New York City. There exists a significant difference on

The Gilded Age was a nickname given by Mark Twain for the 19th century. He called it that because it means that particular time seems good on the outside but bad on the inside. It was a time of greed and power. It also represents crime and shadowy businesses. This is just the beginning of the Gilded Age.

One reason why Washington deserves a new monument is because, he was the first president. Being the first isn’t always easy, but Washington made it look easy. Having the role of the first president comes with great responsibility, and ability to take force.

Before the American Revolution the Dutch, English, Scots and Germans were the primary settlers; they were followed in the first half of the 19th century by New Englanders spreading across developing Parts of upstate New York and into Westchester and northern long Island. The influx of European immigrants came first from Northern and Central part of Europe and later from southern countries. While often not educated, they came in large numbers; Italians came by the millions, next were Jews who came from Russia, Poland and Romania. This

Concentration of immigrant populations was highest in four of America’s largest cities; New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Chicago. Five out of every six Irish and Russian immigrants lived in a city. Three out of four Italian and Hungarian immigrants came to America with very little money to buy farms or farming equipment. Others settled in cities because farming in America was very different from that of Europe. Some immigrants, such as the Slavs, simply came to America too late to acquire land. Jewish and Irish preferred the city because it provided a chance to worship with other Jewish or Irish without persecution.

Over the centuries, waves of different peoples have invaded or migrated to the United Kingdom. Beginning with the Romans, Saxons, Normans and continued today.The Jewish people started seeking safety in the United Kingdom in the late 19th century and the 1930’s. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, large communities of immigrants from the West Indies and South Asia formed. Additional groups that immigrated at that time were Americans, Chinese, and other