Title: German immigrants » Immigration to the United States
Headings: German immigrants
German immigrants
Immigrant groups / European immigrants / Agricultural workers
Early Immigration, 1608-1749
Profile of German immigrants
Late Eighteenth Century Developments
First Century of American Independence, 1783-1900
Immigration from Germany, 1820-2008
Twentieth to Twenty-first Centuries
Keith J. Bell
Further Reading
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Content: Source: Department of Homeland Security, Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, 2008. Taking their name from Deutsche, the German word for "German,” the Pennsylvania Dutch were the primary builders of Philadelphia and many of its neighboring communities in what became a six-county region that would be known as "Pennsylvania Dutch Country.” Pennsylvania’s Amish communities have kept alive German culture through their rejection of modern technology, their continued wearing of early German farming attire, and their ability to speak both old and modern forms of German. German farmers, craftsmen, and indentured servants helped develop Pennsylvania. Late Eighteenth Century Developments
During the late eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution began transforming the economies of the many German states from agricultural to manufacturing bases, making it more difficult for farmers to prosper. The lure of apparently unlimited farmland in North America, coupled with news from successful immigrants to provide a powerful lure to emigrate. From the late eighteenth century through much of the nineteenth century, millions of Germans went to the United States. Many of them were farmers who brought skills that contributed significantly to the agriculture of the Midwest, and many settled and helped build cities such as Milwaukee and Cincinnati. The success of many early German immigrants in agriculture helped draw many German-born businessmen to the United States, where some of them built beer breweries that prospered alongside local agriculture.