Essentials of United States history . nth century people came, especially from Eng-land, and established themselves along the Atlantic first migration of a sturdy, vigorous race resulted inthe establishment of the English colonies, which afterwardsbecame the thirteen states of the American republic. Near the close of the eighteenth and the opening of thenineteenth centuries there was a second migration. Thiswas across the Allegheny Mountains to the Mississippi third migration had already begun in the period we arenow considering, although it has taken place largely withinth
Essentials of United States history . nth century people came, especially from Eng-land, and established themselves along the Atlantic first migration of a sturdy, vigorous race resulted inthe establishment of the English colonies, which afterwardsbecame the thirteen states of the American republic. Near the close of the eighteenth and the opening of thenineteenth centuries there was a second migration. Thiswas across the Allegheny Mountains to the Mississippi third migration had already begun in the period we arenow considering, although it has taken place largely withinthe last fifty years. This third migration was over the Rocky 266 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY Mountains to the Pacific coast. These second and thirdmigrations, it should be noted, were made by the descendentsof the first. All three, therefore, were of the same race. 343. Migration from Foreign Countries. — About a cen-tury ago there began a migration to our shores differentfrom these other three. This immigration was from all. Copyright, 1900, by Detroit Photographic Company. A Foreign Quarter in New York City. parts of Europe. The immigrants came to better theircondition, which was, for the most part, poor. They camein small numbers till about the year 1840. Since thenthe numbei- of our foreign-born citizens has continued tonuiltiply rapidly. During the sixty years liefore the begin-ning of the present century our population was mcreasedby nearly twenty million persons of foreign birth. In the BUCHANANS ADMINISTRATION (1857-1861) 267 early days of foreign immigration, the great part of thisincrease was from Ireland and Germany. More recentlythe larger part of it has been from Italy, Russia, Poland,and Austria-Hungary. In New England many Canadianshave settled. These newcomers have spread themselves well over ourcountry, except the Southern states. They are in largenumbers in the great cities like New York, Chicago, Boston,Cincinnati, San Francisco, St. Louis, and in th
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