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stars thinking about immigration
Wanted freedom and a better life -
brother is being forcerd to become soldier in the war
brother brings most of the money home and pays for our bills, dont want him to get hurt -
father and my sister lost thier jobs
we had no source of pay and wanted to gain land to start our own family restraunt -
got robbed and mother got shot by the thief
my family was depressed and made the final dessicion to move to the Uniteed States of America -
paid with most of the money we had for trhe boat to go to the united states
we brought our few amount of clothes we had and also brought the jewlary my mom used to maked to sell in the US -
fell in love on the boat
i was headed to New York, and he was headed towards Boston -
Finally arrived in New York
Saw the Statue Of Liberty, which brought tears to my eyes. My fellow (Tomas) changed his plans and got off wiht me and my family in New York, but we were very poor -
started my first job in america working in a bar
Gained a doller every hour, not treated right (like a tool), the men would take advantage. i saving every penny to buy supplies and other nessaties -
buying then selling cattle
My family buys cattle with money saved up from our jobs in America, then sells it for more money than we origanlly bought it for, the money we get will barley get through the month to pay rent -
My sister gets married to her boss
my sisters husband "abuses her. She divorces him and gets fierd -
start hearing about life in the west
There is more land and cattle for needs in the west, we hear about the great oppurtonities, and free land getting givin away for free! -
Head west
Buy a wagon, supplies, and cattle with the money used selling our house. We are moving becasue of the rasicm in new york. Better oppurtonities in the west -
brother dies
He dies because the cattle had a dieses and it killed him -
we arrive in the west
See all the land we could possiablly imagine. Build our house, and dad died old age. I get a new job and Tomas proposes to me. -
We start our new lfie
We are done building our house and we open a new bakery, and i am now pregrent with a baby girl.
