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=== Emigration From Italy === | === Emigration From Italy === | ||
'''Prior to 1848'''. About 10,000 emigrants left Italy prior to 1848. | |||
'''1848 to 1870'''. More than 20,000 emigrants left Italy and migrated to the United States. This wave of emigration was caused by political upheaval and revolution as Italy struggled to become an independent, unified state. | '''1848 to 1870'''. More than 20,000 emigrants left Italy and migrated to the United States. This wave of emigration was caused by political upheaval and revolution as Italy struggled to become an independent, unified state. | ||
'''1870 to 1914.''' From 1870 to 1880, an estimated 55,000 Italians came to the United States. From 1880 to 1890, more than 300,000 others arrived. As word arrived in Italy of the opportunities in America and as economic problems increased in Italy, nearly 4 million Italians came to America between 1890 and 1914 | '''1870 to 1914.''' | ||
*From 1870 to 1880, an estimated 55,000 Italians came to the United States. | |||
*From 1880 to 1890, more than 300,000 others arrived. | |||
*As word arrived in Italy of the opportunities in America and as economic problems increased in Italy, nearly 4 million Italians came to America between 1890 and 1914. | |||
Most emigrants were from southern Italy and settled in '''New York, Chicago, and along the East Coast'''. Many emigrants from northern Italy settled in the '''coal and mineral mining towns''' across the United States. Other northerners later settled in '''northern California''' where a climate similar to their own existed. | |||
Besides going to the United States, many Italian emigrants went to '''Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Australia, and Canada'''. | |||
== Passport Records (passaporti) == | == Passport Records (passaporti) == | ||