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Push and Pull Factors That Led the Europeans Settle In North America

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Push and pull factors that led the Europeans to settle in North America For many years, the United States has been a welcoming destination for many immigrants across the globe. Daily, asylum seekers, and refugees flood into their embassies seeking to move to the United States for various reasons. They either move voluntarily or are forced to leave their homes for several reasons, sharing a legitimate desire for having and knowing (Mohamed & Abdul-Talib, 2020). Therefore, economic and social stress and overpopulation are the push factors that made European move from their homelands to seek asylum in the United States. At the same time, growing population, well-established shipping routes, and religious tolerance are the pull factors that made Europeans move to the United States. Push factors They were a rising unemployment rate. The unemployment rate in Europe grew drastically for centuries, which led to economic and social stress for the people. According to Van Hear, Bakewell & Long (2018), the rise of unemployment was contributed by the decline in the European region's economic developments and the growing population that surpassed the demand for the population need to work in the various sectors of the economy in Europe. For instance, in the United Kingdom, centralization and industrialization led to the elimination many regional jobs, specifically among the artisan class. Also, there was a high unemployment rate in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars of 1803 to 1815, which led to the collapse of trade between Britain and the larger Europe. Thus this prompted Europeans to move to North America to seek greener pasture.

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Overpopulation in Europe. There was a rapid increase in population in Europe. Research conducted by Scott & Duncan (2001) showed that in the 154th century, most of the European population lived in rural areas. In the early 15th century, the European population, specifically in England, had grown tremendously. The land became limited and a scarce resource that could not accommodate and meet the growing population's demands across Europe. Therefore, rural areas become more overcrowded, and also the cities become more congested and dangerous. Thus they had no option other than to seek asylum in the different parts of the world, specifically North America. Pull factors Growing economy. The growing economy and small population made it possible for many immigrants to move from Europe to North America. The psyche triggered their movement to get better employment which was available in North America. High income boosted by low taxes also promoted immigrants to move to North America to improve living standards. Better education facilities offered in North America also enabled many immigrants to move from Europe to North America due to the economy's growth (Graham, 2019). As a result of a growth economy, better health facilities also lured immigrants to move from Europe to North America. Economic opportunity promissory was the main promoter of immigrants to North America as many run their countries to grab opportunities that were available in North American due to the small population that had settled in North America. Shipping routes. The establishment of well shipping routes from Europe to North America helped the immigrants navigate Europe to North America. Research conducted by Chamaratana & Sangseema (2018) shows that the establishment of routes such as the Mediterranean migration corridor was the central route that connected Italy from Europe to

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North America. As many immigrants moved to North America to look for better lives, the shipping routes made it easy for them to cross to North America. Another shipping route that greatly helped immigrants travel from Europe to North America was Greece's eastern route. This was the most used route, more than any other route combined. This covered the shortest distance from Europe to North America. The principle of religious tolerance. As many immigrants were promised better lives in North America, religion also played a great part in triggering many immigrants to move from Europe to North America. According to Sahatcija, Ferhataj & Ora (2020), many people moved to North America from Europe because most wanted to enjoy their religious freedom. Many believed that religion was the only valued thing that put them together. Religious persecution was also the major promoter of the immigrants to North America as many people were freed from being persecuted based on their religion and faith. In conclusion in push factors are factors that can cause people to move from one place to another. For the case of our study, we have seen that economic and social stress, as well as overpopulation, played a great role for the immigrant to move out of Europe to North America to look for areas to settle their surplus population and improve their economies. Also, we have seen that pull factors were the causes that lured people to move from North America to Europe. These factors were the growing economy in North America and shipping routes that made it easy from Europe to North America.

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