Immigration

1. European settlers

1.1. Spain

1.2. Britain

1.3. France

1.4. Netherlands

2. Reasons

2.1. Escape religion

2.2. oppression

2.2.1. religious

2.2.2. political

2.3. belief in better life

3. Peaks

3.1. mid-19th century

3.1.1. northern/northwestern Europe

3.1.2. Germany (after 1948)

3.1.3. Irland (famine years)

3.2. early 20th century

3.2.1. southern Europe

3.2.2. easterns Europe

3.3. post-1965

3.3.1. non-Europeans!

3.3.1.1. Latin America

3.3.1.2. Asia

4. American view

4.1. originally

4.1.1. unified

4.1.2. monocultural

4.2. since 1970

4.2.1. multicultural

4.2.2. diverse