1. Immigration in the US People and Places

2. The Colonial Period  French established colonies in the lower Mississippi Valley (New Orleans 1718) where the fertile soil and warm climate enabled the settlers to establish successful farms and plantations.  Population of French immigrants - 80,000  English population of 1,500,000 was concentrated in the thirteen colonies along the Atlantic seaboard.  16 th Century -Spanish centered around Florida and southern areas totaling 200,000  Dutch arrived in 1609- Dutch West India Co. up to 8,000

4. The Mid-Nineteenth Century  Northern Europeans  Irish Famine – 2 million migrated to US  By 1840’s British numbered more than half of all emigrants leaving from Europe  1848-1858 over 1 million Germans migrated to the US

6. The Turn of the Twentieth Century  Southern and Eastern Europe  Russians came in 1900’s  Italians, from 1890- 1900, 655,888 arrived in the US, of whom 2/3’s were men  1901-1910 when 8.8 million people arrived increasing the total U.S. population by 1 percent per year as the U.S. population grew from 76 to 92 million

7.  Germany – 6,978,000 14.3%  Italy – 5,294,000 10.9%  Britain – 4,898,000 10%  Ireland – 4,723,000 9.7%  Austria-Hungary – 4,315,000 8.9%  Russia – 3,374,000 6.9%  Sweden – 1,272,000 2.6%  Norway – 856,000 1.8%  France – 751,000 1.5%  Greece – 655,000 1.3%  Portugal – 446,000.9%  Turkey – 385,000.8%  Denmark – 364,000.7%  Holland – 359,000.7%  Finland – 33,000.1% Countries Contributing to the US Population

8. Major Cities for Immigrants