in the first settlement waves a lot of germans who settled there had religous reasons like the amish menonite and the pa dutch and so for --- the second big wave was the 48ers after a political unrest and a revolution attemt alot of people settled over and the last wave of settlers was due ökonomic crisis in the early 1900s funfact i can still understand the pa dutch when they are speaking dialect
I can only say why I would personally emigrate to the USA: I come from a tiny province in the southwest of Germany called the Saarland. Everyone knows everyone here, and if you don't have connections, finding work is almost impossible. The people are quirky and peculiar, only interested in themselves and the tiny little world they live in. Soccer, beer, cars, and everyday gossip are their entire lives. Naturally, I’ve always had the longing to move to a big country full of opportunities and diverse cultures like the USA.
11:05 yes, religious freedom was an important factor for many people back then. The German "empire" was then split up into many small dukedoms and kingdoms, and the rule was (in Latin) "cuius regio eius religio", that means you had to adopt the ruler's religion, like it or not. Religion was an important thing back then. It is not so much these days in modern Europe, but look at other people who follow their religion in a very strict way. Or some American communities who are strictly religious. Nothing against that; may they do what they want as long as they don't burn witches anymore.
Immigration can be a blessing and a curse. Just imagine the families Trump and Heinz hadn't decided to leave Kallstadt an der Weinstraße... And another reason for the good integration of Germans in american society is sadly WWI. With the (understandible) bad perception of Germany back then many immigrants were becoming "extra-american" to distance themselves from the Kaiserreich.
Well cen zors hip real.. here is a link to another reason why Germans leave their homeland And it's in German so turn on the subtitles... Comments get lost too much th-cam.com/video/4Im_ldM4pwY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Gyk-Wjr-zqpAE1Nm
in the first settlement waves a lot of germans who settled there had religous reasons like the amish menonite and the pa dutch and so for --- the second big wave was the 48ers after a political unrest and a revolution attemt alot of people settled over
and the last wave of settlers was due ökonomic crisis in the early 1900s
funfact i can still understand the pa dutch when they are speaking dialect
I can only say why I would personally emigrate to the USA: I come from a tiny province in the southwest of Germany called the Saarland. Everyone knows everyone here, and if you don't have connections, finding work is almost impossible. The people are quirky and peculiar, only interested in themselves and the tiny little world they live in. Soccer, beer, cars, and everyday gossip are their entire lives. Naturally, I’ve always had the longing to move to a big country full of opportunities and diverse cultures like the USA.
11:05 yes, religious freedom was an important factor for many people back then. The German "empire" was then split up into many small dukedoms and kingdoms, and the rule was (in Latin) "cuius regio eius religio", that means you had to adopt the ruler's religion, like it or not. Religion was an important thing back then. It is not so much these days in modern Europe, but look at other people who follow their religion in a very strict way. Or some American communities who are strictly religious. Nothing against that; may they do what they want as long as they don't burn witches anymore.
dude that 30 years war he is talking about... was a religous conflict for well 30 years
that picture of germany is not the germany of the time of the emigration.
Immigration can be a blessing and a curse. Just imagine the families Trump and Heinz hadn't decided to leave Kallstadt an der Weinstraße...
And another reason for the good integration of Germans in american society is sadly WWI. With the (understandible) bad perception of Germany back then many immigrants were becoming "extra-american" to distance themselves from the Kaiserreich.
Well cen zors hip real.. here is a link to another reason why Germans leave their homeland
And it's in German so turn on the subtitles...
Comments get lost too much
th-cam.com/video/4Im_ldM4pwY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Gyk-Wjr-zqpAE1Nm