Reasons for emigration

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Nation 5 History (Free at Last) Mind Map on Reasons for emigration, created by Niamh Taylor on 22/01/2016.
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Reasons for emigration
  1. Wages
    1. better than those working in large factories in Europe
    2. Persecution
      1. many people in europe were persecuted for religious reasons
      2. overcrowding
        1. increasing population in Europe meant there was a shortage of land
        2. natural resources
          1. land was cheap
            1. rich supply of oil, timber and minerals
            2. lack of opportunity
              1. Europe sill in a class system - lower classes hard to escape
              2. economic opportunity
                1. created lots of work
                  1. opportunity to set up new business
                  2. space
                    1. cities had plenty of space to expand
                    2. land of the free
                      1. American bill of Right 1791 - guaranteed freedom of religion speech and press
                      2. unemployment
                        1. many european workers out of work towards end of 19th century
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