Using the three primary sources shared over the last two days (Crevecouer, Lazarus, and Obama), explain what the promise of America to immigrants has historically been. Be sure you use SPA format pulling your proof from at least one of the sources discussed.
The promise made to immigrants is that they can live in a promising land of democracy, where there will be no feudalism in the new world. Crevecoeur writes, "Without any part being claimed, either by a despotic prince, a rich abbot, or a mighty lord." Coming to America, the English need to have no fear that they will be overruled because America is an asylum that immigrants can seek shelter in.
ReplyDeleteEmma Lazarus’s poem The New Colossus, examples the promise of America to immigrants. She exploits the fact of America as being the “Mother of Exiles.” Lazarus means that America will embrace the immigrant deciding whether or not to go to America, even if they are down. If the immigrant chooses to move to America, they will not be disappointed for the country declares certain welcoming attributes.
ReplyDeleteThe proverbial promise made to immigrants upon entering America is that they can live freely in a land of capitalism. According to John Crevecoeur a French immigrant to America this new promise land is not "A country that had no bread for him, whose fields procured him no harvest, who was met with nothing but the frowns of the rich". America was a place where he was able to earn his own living without fear of anyone taking his or her profits.
ReplyDeleteThe promise made to immigrants entering America is that you will be save here and protected. John Crevecoeur a French immigrant in 1782 says, "In this great American asylum, the poor of Europe have by some means met together, and in consequence of various causes; to what purpose should they ask on another what countrymen they are?" America was a place that they could be save and live in protected place away from danger.
ReplyDeleteThe poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus is a great source of what is promised to the immigrants. One example of this would be Lazarus making the Statue of Liberty speak and say "Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free", referring to the immigrants of escaping their motherlands. The United States at the time had adopted democracy for a government, while other countries were still using monarchy and other forms of government ruling. This quote is basically telling that coming to this new land would offer more freedom than what their motherlands are ruling under.
ReplyDeleteThe promise made to immigrants is to be united and have a fresh start. In Crevecoeur letter to England he says, "In this great American asylum, the poor of Europe have by some means met together, and in consequence of various causes; to what purpose should they ask on another what countrymen they are?" Crevecoeur is telling us immigrants that you may not have had a real home in Europe, but here in America we are one people and you can start over again.
ReplyDeleteThe main promise made to immigrants was that they can come live in a free country not ruled by some monarch. In the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus she talks about masses of people who want to be free. America promises that they can come here and be in a country ruled by democracy not by kings. This quote shows how they were telling everyone who felt oppressed to come here.
ReplyDeletePeople immigrate to the United States knowing the promises set forward to them. In Crèvecoeur's letter he promises that America is an "asylum" where refugees can come from their countries when in danger. He sates that we are not poor and we will take in those who are "pinching penury." Immigrants that come here, to the United States, will sure to "become men" or no longer be asylum seekers. He states that we are the "Alma Matter," we are the motherland. He promises that when you come to the United States, you become a part of us, one of us. He promises that people who seek refuge and immigrate to the United States will bring posterity. Crèvecoeur promises that you can seek no feudalism in the United States, you will find no, "despotic prince, a rich abbot, or a mighty lord," but you will find a strong government, a democracy where your say counts. Crèvecoeur promises that if you need a great place to live when you want to escape your country, come to the United States, because we can help you; you will feel at home here, you will be protected, you will be one of us, a part of our United States of America.
ReplyDeleteHistorically, the promise made by Americans to the immigrants wheb they move to the United States is that they will be able to make a family, and succeed in their goals no matter what. In Barack Obama's speech in 2004, he explains that the generosity of America will not require you to be rich to achieve your goals. In america, anyone including the immigrants can achieve in everything they try even if he/she is poor. This promise gives immigrants the freedom to live their lives to the fullest.
ReplyDeleteThe promise that was made to immigrants was that they would be coming into a land of oppurtunity and democracy, instead of the fuedal societies that fill Europe. In his excerpt Crevecoeur says, "Without any part being claimed, either by a despotic prince, a rich abbot, or a mighty lord." Crevecoeur is telling the immigrants that in America, they can live freely and not have to worry about what a fuedal leader thinks. They are in a democratic society, where they are free to do what they want and be who they want. They are protected in the "asylum" called America and will be accepted here.
ReplyDeleteHistorically, the promise of America for immigrants has been having the ability to acquire success in which ultimately lessens poverty. In an excerpt from “Letters from an American Farmer” John Crevecoeur states, “Wives and children, who before in vain demanded of him a morsel of bread, now, fat and frolicsome...” Before coming to the promise land of America, families were seen to have struggled to provide for their families. Upon the arrival to America, families were able to obtain crops to feed themselves as well as money to supply them with necessities, which further lead to the belief of America providing immigrants with a better life.
ReplyDeletein the reading The New Colsses by Emma Lazerus, Lazerus does a great job by telling imigrants that they will be safe in America. Lazerus welcomes the immigrants with her "beacon hand, glows world-wide welcome". The statue of liberty has always been the symbol of freedom and welcome to those who need refuge and lazerus poetically tells this through the poem.
ReplyDeleteIn Barack Obama’s Speech at the 2004 DNC Convention he makes a promise of America to immigrants. One promise that Obama makes of America to the immigrants, is that we are all one in America, and we are all united. Obama states, “…there's not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America.” The United States of America is one United Nation, and not broken up by different races and heritages, immigrants are in this was “promise” that every race and heritage is equal in the one United States.
ReplyDeleteOver the course of American history, the United States has always promised its immigrants the right to success with hard work. "Here the rewards of his industry follow with equal steps the process of his labour; his labour is founded on the basis of nature, self-interest..." Crevecoeur uses this quote to describe how those who truly want to do well, in this country, can. He shows how America is truly the land of opportunity.
ReplyDelete"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus shows promises that were given to the immigrants. She says "your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." This is saying that America is a place where everyone is free. Another thing she writes is "Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me." again she is saying that everyone that comes to America will be welcomed. It doesn't matter how much money you, all that matters is that you want to make a new start. In this poem, she gives a positive welcome to all of the people through out the world.
ReplyDeleteHistorically the promise to immigrants from the United States is a new start. This country represents freedom and having pride but most of all hope, in time has been lost. " That is gods greatest gift to us the bedrock of this nation, a belief in things not seen, a belief that there are better days ahead" -Barrack Obama. In a country that started off with just basically Indians, immigrants had hope to make it become a great country where that can have their freedom.
ReplyDeleteUpon entering the United States, there was a promise made to immigrants that if they were to work hard, their efforts would be rewarded. Crevecoeur, a French immigrant who came to the States in 1782 says in a letter to England that "Here the rewards of his industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labour." Upon hearing this, it gives the promise to immigrants that unlike where they currently are, if they work hard their efforts will not be fruitless but will be rewarded. It promises that a hard working citizen in America will surely reap the benefits their work deserves.
ReplyDeleteThe primary goal of the USA on immigration is to promise outsiders a new fresh and prosperous life. In "Letters from America" by St. John Crevecoeur, he states that immigrants "formerly... were not numbered in any civil lists of their country, except in those of the poor; here they rank as citizens." St. John emphasizes the major success that foreigners achieve in their quest for a better life in America. He also postulates the oppression that foreigners felt in their native country, in which they were taken away of freedom and opportunity. He contrasts this with the major advantages and integrity of America, proclaiming that the people are given liberty and justice as well as the privilege to live a new and flourishing life.
ReplyDeleteOver the course of history a main attraction known all around the world is America. In the Crevecour letter of 1782, America is viewed as the land of the plenty where people never run out of things they need. The letter compares the United States to other places saying that "Wives and children, who before in vain demanded of him a morsel of bread, now, fat and frolicsome, gladly help their father to clear those fields whence exuberant crops are to arise to feed and to clothe them all..." He shows that this land is worth coming to and you will live with no problem and have a lot of opportunities.
ReplyDeleteThe promise made to immigrants is that they will be able to start a new life in America. Immigrants will be able to have more freedom and opportunities in a new land. This is stated great in a quote by Crevecour "In this great American asylum, the poor of Europe have by some means met together, and in consequence of various causes; to what purpose should they ask on another what countrymen they are?". In this quote, Crevecour is saying that people in Europe who are poor can come to a great new land and start a new life. He is saying that no matter where you are or how bad off you are in Europe, you can put your old life behind you and start a new one in America. Immigrants were promised a second chance in America.
ReplyDeleteThe promise made to the immigrants was that they would come to a free democratic country. In the poem, the author writes "Mother of Exciles" she uses this saying to express the new meanings of the country. The new meaning would be how proud they are to be free society. The Mother of Exciles represents the Statue of Liberty which symbolizes the Americans freedom, happiness, and liberty.
ReplyDeleteAmericans have been portrayed as "the great melting pot" by people for many years. Americans are seen as some of the best people with the most money, a top notch education system, and a used-to-be great economic system. Crevecoeur, a french immigrate who came to America in 1759 states in "Letters from and American Farmer", "The Americans were once scattered all over Europe; here they are incorporated into one of the finest systems of population that has ever appeared." Immigrates see America as the best people on earth, and they want everyone to know that. Crevecoeur is proud to be part of one of the best populations of people known to man, the Americans.
ReplyDeleteThe promise made to immigrants by American in Emma Lazarus's poem The New Colossus, is that they can come into this new land rich or poor and there will be opportunities awaiting them. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" She is welcoming anyone who is wanting to come over and promising them that this new land is like a golden door. She makes it sound as if this new world is heavenly and accepting. For people coming from a land that they called home but wish to leave, this idea of the "golden door" which they will now be entering sounds pretty good and promising to them that there will be a better life.
ReplyDeleteThe promise that America has made to immigrants coming here has been that they can come here to live peacefully, with freedom ran under a democracy where everyone has rights. As American author Emma Lazarus says in her poem The New Colossus, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Praising the United States in her poem, immigrants have viewed the country as somewhere where they can get a "fresh start" for countless years. St. John Crevecoeur also made the country seem like a holy land when writing to people living back in England in letters in 1782. For people leaving their home country, the United States is a place that is something immigrants have never experience before and get a great taste of the American life.
ReplyDeleteThe promise made to immigrants by Crevecouer is one that shows a promising new land. He convinces the audience that the new United States offers promising compromises amongst cultures as well as an increased agriculture and surplus of all resources essential to living. For instance, Crevecouer proclaims, "Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labours and posterity will one day cause great changes to the world." In this way, the immigrants are promised not only hope for themselves but hope for the prosperity of future generations. The author conveys the United States in a persuasive manner to share the surplus of land and agriculture he and many others benefit from.
ReplyDeleteThe promise made to immigrants is that when they arrive in American, they will get a better life. In the except from Letters from an American Farmer, Crevecouer says "Every thing has tended to regenerate them; new laws, a new mode of living, a new social system; here they are become men:." When immigrants come to American, everything will change. They will mature along side with the country and they will become men. This country is meant to be strong and have strong citizens within itself.
ReplyDeleteThe promise made throughout history to immigrants coming to the United States, is a fresh start with unlimited opportunity. In Emma Lazarus's poem "The New Colossus", this promise is made when she says, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free". This promises a second chance for those who were unfortunate in another situation for one reason or another. America takes in those who want to be free and have no where else to call home.
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ReplyDeleteWhen immigrants come to the United States they are expected to be happy and have a better life for themselves and their children because that is what we promised them. In the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus she promises the immigrants help by having the Statue of Liberty say "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless." She promises that people who cannot be in their homeland country will be welcomed and wanted in ours. It also promotes America as a warm welcoming and free country which other countries do not. It also grantees that they will have better living circumstances and a better future for the next generations.
ReplyDeleteThe promise that was made to the immigrants was that they could live in a promising land and and that they could live freely in a land of democracy. According to John Crevecoeur, a French man who immigrated to America, "Without any part being claimed, either by a despotic prince, a rich abbot, or a mighty lord." For the English coming to America, they needed to fear nothing and America became a place for him to earn his own living without having a fear of anything.
ReplyDeleteHistorically, immigrants to the United States have been promised a new world. In Emma Lazarus's sonnet "The New Colossus", Lazarus uses the phrase "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!". This phrase calls upon the Old World to keep the glory of ancient times, because the New World doesn't need it. The New World holds a promise of new adventure. Immigrants are promised that the New World will be Earth's new theater of history, and this was one of the few promises of America which was actually true.
ReplyDeleteIn history, America promised immigrants opportunity. They were given the chance to work hard and have their hard work pay off in the end by becoming successful. In "Letters From an American Farmer," Crevecoeur writes, "Everything has tended to regenerate them; new laws, a new mode of living, a new social system."
ReplyDeleteAmerica has given them the chance to recreate a country. They were promised a new government that would give them them the opportunity to live a prosperous life.