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-823595-72834504005580-8140700Reasons for emigrating to AmericaMy name is Peter. I live here near Hamburg on a farm. Since I have nine siblings and I am the youngest, our father will give his farm to my older brothers. I don’t have the money to travel, but a rich landowner in Philadelphia (USA) pays for my ticket. That’s why I have to work for him on his land for the next seven years. I have heard that every second emigrant in these years came to America under this system.Our names are Emma and William. We live on the south coast of Britain. Our king doesn’t treat us nicely, because we have another religion. We heard that everbody is welcome in America and nobody gets punished because of his religion. My friends and I were told that they found a lot of gold in North America within the last months. We are young people who have no good future in Europe. But we like the adventure of beginning a new life. I am a poor serf and work for a farmer here in Bavaria. Without money I will never be able to marry and found a family. But in the New World I can become a free farmer. Later I want to have a wife and some children. My boss here also thinks about going to America. The land is cheap there for agriculture and cattle raising. Many farmers start a business in the colonies.I am Henry from Marseille in the South of France. Here on the coast many magazines and posters describe America as a paradise. I have not enough money for the voyage, but the ship owners give you some credit for the ticket and later when I have a job in my new home country, I can pay them back. They used all kinds of tricks and promises to get passengers, but I see no other chance.I live in Brussels in Belgium. My cousin is already in New York and he said to me that I should also go there forever. But he told me that I must change my name when I arrive there, because nobody could say Xavier Belanger. But I don’t know, if I should go. An uncle of mine was sent back. The doctors who examined him after his arrival on this place called Ellis Island said he was ill and they sent him back to Europe.As a woman it’s not easy for me to enter the USA. A friend told me, that I should marry somebody at Ellis Island when I arrive in New York. Then they would let me stay.I am Giuseppe, a rich merchant from Italy. I like my country but there is news that you can make a lot of money in the fur trade with the Indians. So I think about moving to the American colonies. Now we are in the middle of the 17th century and the Thirty Years War is over. But everything is destroyed here in the middle of Germany. I want to leave this chaos and start a new life in the west. Some British colonies were founded in the last decades. It’s the year 1645. There is a civil war at the moment in England. The generals here want to force me that I join the army, but I’m too young to die. I only want to flee and save my life. There are French, Spanish and English colonies on the American east coast. Maybe I can hide there. The strange thing is that I know other guys who want to go as a soldier to America. They also have fights there and the kings of Europe pay their own people money that they go as soldiers to America. Soldiers that go to war by free will and for money are called mercenaries (S?ldner). My wife and I want to leave Ireland. We had again a bad harvest and everybody is hungry in our country. Normally we must have a big sum of money with us, that they let us enter the USA. But when we can prove that we already have a sponsor there, they let us in.I am Richard. For five years I have been unemployed now. In America open a lot of iron mines these days. They need thousands of workers. Hopefully they also need me. In Europe are too many people and there is too little work, not enough jobs for everybody. The population growth on our continent in the last century is a big problem. I am Charles. People call me a criminal. I live on the street and okay – sometimes I steal. I have already been in prison for two times. The police warned me: If I get arrested a third time, they will send me with other criminals and a group of beggars to America. This is how they want to solve the problem.4748530-12700Exercises: Write and draw on an extra worksheet!Note down the reasons why people emigrated to America.Note down important facts about the emigration process.13843020637500Draw a bar chart graph with the numbers of immigrants entering the USA. Round the numbers. 10140952406650-107727723272810 cm (1cm = 1 million people: 1m, 2m, …)010 cm (1cm = 1 million people: 1m, 2m, …)6337309080521463010731518cm (1cm = 10 years: 1820, 1830, …)0018cm (1cm = 10 years: 1820, 1830, …)138430952500-55689515938500-26479503376295Buying new land -Advertisement for colonistsBuying new land -Advertisement for colonists-29527502509519European immigrants arriving in New York at Ellis Island.0European immigrants arriving in New York at Ellis Island.-23812513970001) many brothers/ sister no landking doesn’t like religion punishes peopleadventurers looking for goldno good future in Europepoor farmers want to get free and marrycheap landjobsmaking money in the fur tradeeverything destroyed after war, chaoshiding-place for fleeing soldiersto get money as soldiers (mercenaries)civil war in Englandbad harvest and hunger in Irelandpopulation groth in Europe too many people, not enoough jobscriminals and beggars are sent to America2) landowners pay for ticket work for him for 7 yearsposters describe America as paradise, tricks to get passengersship owners pay for ticketsnames must be changedill people are sent back by doctorswomen must marry to enter the USAyou must have a big sum of money or a sponsor that they let you enter the USA3) ................
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