AMH2097 2 22 2012 GERMANS Germany as a country did not exist until 1871 This period of German immigration to the New World would be classified by each person who migrated by the actual place they were from The first group of German immigrants are known as the Pennsylvania Dutch They were not from Holland they were from German states Another thing that contributed to them believing these Germans to be Dutch was that these immigrants sailed from Dutch ports Really the English had a tendency to call all blond hair blue eyed people Dutch The first Germans to arrive in the 1700 s and are Protestant meaning they belong to affiliations that broke off from Catholism Reasons people left 1 Every time Europe went to war Germany was a battlefield Soldiers needed food and every time soldiers came through people would get killed and farms would get raided for the war effort 2 Neighbors in Europe were always at each other s throats for German principalities Neighbors would have differing religions etc Thirty Years War 1619 1649 Only 10 of the population remained after this war in Germany After this people wanted land that armies weren t going to raided wanted to practice religious freedom etc Something else that helped push people out of Germany around this time cold snaps At the same time as wars and famine cold snaps that happened in the early 1700 s had stories told of them later in the years by these Germans Germans heard about all the good land in America and then William Penn started advertising land in America to act as a buffer for his colonies between Philadelphia and Indian frontier In the early 1700s 45000 Germans came in the first movement By 1776 on eve of American revolution 300000 Germans were living in the America In the 1800 s we ll have the first wave These Germans were very diverse religiously The Pennsylvanian Dutch had lots of kids 4 WASPs chars for judgment of immigrants 1 Numbers how many immigrants of a certain ethnicity were coming to America The larger the number the more they disliked them WASPs are afraid of being outnumbered This can be offset because if an immigrant group comes in large numbers and they settle away from WASPs ie out of sight on frontier This will make WASPs like them more AMH2097 2 22 2012 Germans settle away from WASPs 2 Money WASPs like people with money If you roll with cash WASPs like you Germans bring money but their own lands on the frontier 3 Location see above also remember all of these are intertwined 4 Stereotypes Your stereotypes make a difference on how much WASPs like you Germans have stereotypes that WASPs can warm up to They are all Protestant They were seen as honest They also built nice barns with flowers stone fields etc meaning they were sort of orderly neat and the WASPs liked this They were hard workers as well They improve on the land and become prosperous farmers 5 WASPs like Germans because they don t care about the politics They were their own entities on the frontier Irish became involved in politics Germans don t Germans kept their language culture etc They stuck to themselves and were very isolated and introspective Because the Penn Dutch were seen as good immigrants this means all other Germans that come in ie 1800 s movement are seen as good They are the largest immigrant group to ever come to the Americas This doesn t mean some of the English didn t like Germans Benjamin Franklin hated Germans Things that are introduce to the Americas that we owe to 1800 s Germans Hamburgers hot dogs apple pie Santa Claus beer pretzels 58 million Americans today claim German ethnicity The Germans that come over in the 1800 s are known as 48ers They come in 1848 because Germany at this time is controlled by outside powers Austrians Russians etc At the time revolutionaries are fighting to free Germany from outside powers and they fail in 1848 and flee to America About 10 000 came to America as a part of this fail revolution These Germans that come to Amercia in 1848 are the beginning of the America abolitionist movement They are fervently anti slavery When they come to America they become strong anti slavery people This gives new blood to the movement due to these liberty minded people They loved democracy and wanted everyone to have it JEWS The thing that sets Jewish Immigrant groups from everyone else we ve looked at are that Jewish don t come from one specific country They come from many in Europe and the reason for this is found in 70AD In late 60 s first century Romans laid siege to Jerusalem from the rebels they sought to put down Jerusalem plays a part in Easter and Passover random Anyways these citizens that inhabited this destroyed city were made to leave and records of this siege can be found in Arches that have carvings depicting the raiding of temples etc They were made to leave to different countries from AMH2097 2 22 2012 Europe AND North Africa The dispersion of the Jews after the destruction of Jerusalem is called the Diaspora When WASPs see the Jews first off they don t care for them for being Jews religion hate etc already covered with other immigrant groups Also this kinda comes out of left field but WASPs believed Jews killed Jesus Sure a Jewish priest and their men captured him but the Romans did if you believe in this assuming Jews didn t execute people by crucifixion Romans did Another thing Jews charged interest on loans and were particular to those they lent money to this brings about the stereotype that Jews are stingy with money just because Christians didn t charge other Christians interest All three of these reasons bring about Anti Semetism The WASPs treated those other Catholics badly but the Jews would be treated more harshly as we can see moving on There are two groups of Jewish immigrants Sephardic and Ashkenazic titles based on where you immigrated from Sephardic Jews come from France Spain Portugal and North Africa Ashkenazics come from Russian Most Sephs now abv are from Spain Mostly because Spain was the economic power of the Romans some Roman empire leaders were even from Spain so yeah Wasn t ever much trouble in Spain so there weren t many soldiers there so Jews chose there to settle after Diaspora due to them probably not going to be bullied by the armies there or not there am I right By 790AD though most of Spain is conquered by Islamic armies They were treated with respect when the conquerors ruled them as some Islamic beliefs overlap with Jewish and some holy characters of Jewish belief are
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