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Around the year 1700, many Germans were fleeing their homeland to find an easier life in other European countries, the Western Hemisphere, and Australia due to extremely violent conditions. Unlike most immigrants, German immigrants mostly did not immigrate for political reasons.
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library.thinkquest.org/20619/German.html
library.thinkquest.org/20619/German.html
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German American - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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German Americans (German: ) are Americans of German descent. They form the largest self-reported ancestry group in the United States, outnumbering the Irish and English. They account for 50 million p...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American
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List of online German emigration databases for finding your immigrant ancestors. From the German Roots website. ... Online German Emigration Records, Lists & Indexes...
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home.att.net/~wee-monster/emigration.html
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German immigrants had been coming to the United States since the U.S. was a colony of Britain. Many of the early immigrants came to the U.S. in search of religious freedom. Later, as a result of the Napoleonic Wars (1796-1815), individuals sought freedom from military involvement and political oppression.
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www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/german_migr...
www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/german_migration.html
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This presentation provides information about immigration from the German-speaking world to the United States, and about the activities of German immigrants in the United States from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
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www.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/germany.html
www.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/germany.html
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This was largely attributed to the fact that German immigrants established their own distinct, independent communities and they didn't try to integrate into American society. Rather than setting in the populous northeastern region of the United States, most German immigrants opted to settle in the western frontier.
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/240889/german_immigra...
www.associatedcontent.com/article/240889/german_immigrants_in_america.html
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use their prior knowledge of German to discuss photographs of people. ... Create a product designed to entice potential immigrants to the Upper Midwest. Photos and pictures from the web site must be incorporated into the product to make it more appealing. Pictures would be helpful to immigrants who were not literate.
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memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/german/intro.html
memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/german/intro.html
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Soon the number of German immigrants grew enormously, averaging over 800,000 for each of the six succeeding decades. ... Add to these the descendants of the immigrants from the earliest periods down to our time, and the large number of people of German descent who can now hardly be recognized as Germans, owing to the fact...
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