Assignment 1

1. What motivates immigrants to come to the United States (today)? Consider what they lose and what they can gain in your argument.
What motivates immigrants to come to the Unite States today is freedom. In most countries, there is still slavery. Immigrants know that in the U.S, there is just more than freedom, but there is opportunity as well. They want to be able to go as they please and to praise or be apart of any religion without being persecuted. In the process, people who migrate may loose family b/c some families may travel w/o money and little food. But whenever it’s all over and done with, they’ll be happy b/c the U.S. is one of the greatest country in the world.


2.) Thousands of Europeans chose to move to the British colonies. Some for economic reasons and some for freedoms. If you decided to immigrate somewhere, would you move for economic reasons or for freedom?
If I was to decide to immigrate somewhere, the reason for moving would be b/c of the freedom. I mean, who wants to be owned their whole life, not being able to be free. The reason for not picking economic reasons is b/c money brings problems. In some countries, some people probably can buy their own freedom but their probably limited. What sucks is the money people are spending just to be free could be going on something more important like their families or schooling for their children. But having freedom is where it’s at……….