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__ **Changes made-** __France, Spain and the Netherlands planted colonies in what is now the United States, but the English came in the largest numbers. Eventually France, Spain and the Netherlands lost all control over their land. English law, customs and language became the basis for American culture.=====

In the early 18th century, a migration of non-English people began to come over on America's Eastern Shores. These newcomers moved inland and down the Appalachian Mountain valleys where unsettled lands was still available. This westward migration slowed down when the war with France over the control of the Ohio River threatened these settlers. The westward migration began again after the American Revolution ended in 1783. During the 19th century, immigrants arrived on the American shores at an increasing rate. From the many small countries located in what is Germany today, people who would be in jail because of their religious or political beliefs fled to America. Expanding of American transportation systems brought the Irish immigrants to work on canals and railroadsand even more left their homeland following the potato crop failures of the 1840's. On the West Coast thousands of Chinese came into the country to work on the rapidly expanding railroad system, but also from the south can Mexican workers to labor in the fields. In the late 1800's the new immigrants in America tended to come from northern and western Europe and also included people from Great Britain, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.