United States claimed some measure of German ancestry. This makes up

almost a quarter of the U.S. population. German immigration started as early

as 1607. The first three Germans to migrate to the U.S. were, F.Unger, H.

Keffer, and F. Volday who were followers of Captain John Smith who settled

in Jamestown, Virginia. They started the first German colony, known as the

"damned dutch." From 1820-1970 they estimated about 6.9 million Germans

came to the U.S. which were 15% of the total immigrants. The peak years of

migration were 1854, when 215,000 people arrived, and 1882, when 250,000

people arrived. Approximately 90 percent of all the people leaving Germany

between 1835 and 1910 came to the United States. World Wars I and II

interrupted the immigration of Germans to America. After World War I

immigration picked up again from bad economic conditions in Germany, but

during World War II there were immigration restrictions placed on Germans.

The Germans emigrated to the U.S. for different reasons being that

German immigrants were the most diverse in background of all major

immigrant groups. The availability of land and the desire

and innovators like Carl Schurz, to Albert Einstein. They have had brilliant

and Canada are named after places in Germany, like; Heidelberg,

Throughout history Germans have experienced a degree of economic

of the population claims some German descent, proves almost total

assimilation and exogamy. Germans used to be found settling mainly in New

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