2. Where art thou from? 1. Where does your family come from? 2. If you don’t know, speculate! 3.Write down what you think of the following song. Is the song jubilant? Is it sad? Would it make your ancestors (or you) want to come to America??
3. Neil Diamond’s “America” “On the boats and on the planesThey're coming to AmericaNever looking back againThey're coming to America” “Home, to a new and a shiny placeMake our bed, and we'll say our graceFreedom's light burning warmFreedom's light burning warm”
4. “Foundation” We all have a “foundation”. A “foundation” is the basis or groundwork of anything… What is your “foundation”?
6. The New World Spain: Florida, New Mexico, California Great Britain: “13 Colonies” Holland: New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut France: path of the Mississippi River, the Ohio country. Russia: Alaska Sweden/Finland: Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
7. Reasons for New World Immigration Religious toleration Chance to start a new life Escape- Cromwell, Napoleon, etc. You were a slave… You were bored
8. Germans Poor conditions at home Hessian Soldiers and Loyalist fears Religion- Pennsylvania Dutch The “Forty Eighters” Columbus and Cincinnati
9. Scandinavians Northern settlers Many came through Canada Agrarian: Dairy farms Settled the northern plains states. Do they like it cold? Did they give us anything of importance?
10. Irish They were Catholic. THEY were Protestant. Keep them down- the Penal Laws You can grow taters in Ireland. Dependent The Famine and the Great White Queen Landlords and evictions Here they come…
12. Some wore blue. Some wore grey… Many immigrants fought in the Civil War. German 48’ers fought for the Union. Many European immigrants sided with the Union. The Irish had men on BOTH sides of the conflict.
13. Cobb and Meagher General Thomas Reade Roots Cobb- CSA General Thomas Francis Meagher- USA Battle of Fredericksburg, Mayre’s Heights Meagher’s brigade virtually wiped out in the assault. Brother shooting brother…
14. Why Should I Go to the New World? Why would you or your ancestors want to come to the new world? What were some incentives? What were some of the drawbacks?
15. Home, to a new and a shiny placeMake our bed, and we'll say our graceFreedom's light burning warmFreedom's light burning warm
