The Chesapeake Bay, on the East Coast of the United States, has been an important entryway for immigrants since the days of the British Colonists and remains so today. The ports scattered throughout the Chesapeake Bay make it a powerful and influential hub for trade and industry and has attracted immigrants throughout history.
The first immigrants to travel to America were European colonists. These colonists built villages and towns along the East Coast of the United states with hopes of modernizing a new land. Jamestown was the first English settlement, located on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, and become the starting point of immigration all over the country (Jamestown). Proving to have a multitude of resources and other benefits, foreigners traveled to America to form colonies and settlements to expand the European empires and widen their economic boundaries. The pilgrims immigrated to Massachusetts and thrived off of what the land and religious freedom had to offer, escaping the harsh confines of a tyrannical rule (Waves). The New World or America provided economic activity centering in the Chesapeake Bay, such as natural resources and trading ports located along the East Coast (Werner). The Chesapeake Bay contains an abundance of fish, minerals, oysters and many other …show more content…
Many immigrants in the past and present have experienced discrimination when it comes to culture and ways of life (Roy). For many years immigrants have been seen in two lights, one stating that immigrants are essential because they do the jobs that are put off by other people, or they are harmful, taking jobs that nonimmigrants could be doing (Roy). Although immigration is becoming more acceptable in The United States, there are some people in various societies who have not adapted or respect the idea or the situations of which immigrants are coming