Title: What Items Did German Immigrants Bring to America? | Synonym
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What Items Did German Immigrants Bring to America?
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1 German-American History
2 Christmas
3 Education Standards
4 Foods

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German-American History
Christmas
Education Standards
Foods
1 German-American History
German immigrants first came to the United States with Captain John Smith and founded the colonial town of Jamestown in 1608. The first entirely German-American settlement, Germantown, Pennsylvania, was not founded until 1683. Throughout the rest of history, German immigrants and their families have been extremely successful in the United States. In fact, in the early to middle 1800s, the richest man in America, John Jacob Astor, founder of the American Fur Company, was a German immigrant. Success of Astor and other entrepreneurs caused Germans to flood to the United States. By 1980, 52 million Americans were of German descent. 2 Christmas
Despite common belief, evergreens were brought into homes during winter well before the advent of Christianity. Christmas tress can be traced to early Nordic people. They brought evergreen boughs into their homes to celebrate the solstice, which occurs on either December 21st or 22nd, depending on the year. Later, early Roman peoples brought evergreens into their homes to celebrate Saturnalia, a feast that honored their god Saturn.