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750 BCE
Germanic Tribes settle in current day Germany
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1 BCE
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279
Romans settle among the Germanic Tribes
The Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus allowed the Salian Franks to settle among the Batavi which is a Germanic Tribe -
Period: 481 to Jan 1, 843
Frankish Empire
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Jan 1, 700
Germany is now Completely Christian
All of Frankish Empire is predominantly Christian -
May 21, 1455
Gutenberg Bible
First printed by Johann Gutenberg. Both this and many other ideas in a period called the Renaissance were spreading across Germany. -
Jan 1, 1517
Prodestant Reformation
Martin Luther started a movement that wanted to break of from the Roman Catholic Church. Many of these ideas led to Germans wanting to come to the New World. -
First German American
Dr. Johannes Fleischer joined English colonists to establish the Jamestown settlement in what is now Virginia -
Many More Germans Arrive at Jamestown
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Germantown (A.K.A. Germanopolis)
A group of Germans who strongly believed in the ways of the Protestant Reformation led by Francis Daniel Pastorius purchased 43,000 acres of land (32,250 Football Fields) and founded Germantown in what is now Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Indentured Servants
Many Germans were desperate to escape life in Germany and go to the New World. Many signed contracts to work for someone for 5-7 years in exchange for a passage to the Americas. -
More Germans
More than 15,000 Germans immigrated to Pennsylvania and the Carolinas. -
Moravians
The Moravian, who are protestant were forced to flee their homes due to religious persecution. The Moravians founded Bethlehem and Nazareth in what is now Pennsylvania. -
Hessians
The British Army hired 30,000 German soldiers, called Hessians, to fight against the Americans in the Revolutionary War. Many Hessian soldiers had been forced to serve in the military. Lots of them joined the Americans during the war. -
Census Report
According to the U.S. census of 1790 it is estimated that there were nearly 9% of the Caucasians in the U.S. were German Migrants -
Immigration Stopped
As famines hit Europe, thousands of Germans migrated to the U.S. However, due to the Civil War, immigration was halted. -
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Ellis Island Immigration Center
The Ellis Island immigration center was opened in New York Harbor where immigrants from Europe, including Germany, were required to undertake to medical and legal inspections. -
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WWI
When the war broke out there were strong Anti-German feelings in the U.S. -
Hitler in Power
Many German Refugees are fleeing the Nazi Party's Fascist views. -
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WWII
With WWII underway, there are thousands of German Immigrants. However some are unable to come. -
German Immigrants Today
There aren't many Immigrants from Germany today. But you never know. when it comes to Immigrating to other places, anything can happen.
