Friday, October 21, 2016

Immigration In Colonial America

America is known for its diversity, but that had to of started somewhere.  Some of the first settlers in america came for religious freedom.  Pilgrims fled religious persecution in Europe and established a colony in america in present-day Plymouth.  After the pilgrims, a different group of people called Puritans also came to america in search of religious freedom.  A group of immigrants who arrived against their will were the slaves from West Africa.  The first slaves arrived in Jamestown in 1619.  There were around 7,000 African slaves in the American colonies.

http://www.history.com/topics/u-s-immigration-before-1965