19世纪上半期欧洲人向美国移民的历史分析

Historical Analysis of European Emigration to America in the Early 19^(th) Century

19世纪上半期欧洲移民大量涌入美国 ,形成了美国历史上第一次移民高潮。欧洲人移民美国是有其深刻的历史背景的 :欧洲产业革命的深入发展 ,摧毁了欧洲的传统经济 ,导致剩余劳动力向海外迁徙 ;欧洲革命运动的失败与欧洲大陆的政治和宗教迫害 ,使得人们向往美洲的一片乐土 ;美国工业化的迅猛发展 ,急需大量的劳动力 ,无疑吸引了大批欧洲移民迁往美国 ;欧洲人口激增 ,官方移民政策的改变 ,等等。欧洲移民为美国经济的发展作出了重大贡献。

In the early 19th century,so many Europeans emigrated to America that formed the first immigrant upsurge in American history.There were profound historical backgrounds for it:The deepening development of European industrial revolution destroyed the European traditional economic structure, causing surplus labor to emigrate abroad;the failure of European revolution and European political and religious persecution impelled people to yearn for the free America;the rapid industrial development in the U.S also attracted a large number of European immigrants;and the population explosion in Europe and the change of the offcial immigrant policy helped to form the emigrant upsurge.Undeniably, European immigrants made great contributions to the American economic growth.