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The '''Great Migration''' describes the early wave of European immigrants to New England in the years roughly between 1620-1640. | The '''Great Migration''' describes the early wave of European immigrants to New England in the years roughly between 1620-1640. | ||
In the largest wave, there were upwards of 20,000 English | In the largest wave, there were upwards of 20,000 English migrating to New England between 1630 and 1640. As a rough estimate | ||
about fifteen percent of immigrants to New England arrived in the fourteen years from 1620-1633, with the remaining eighty-five | about fifteen percent of immigrants to New England arrived in the fourteen years from 1620-1633, with the remaining eighty-five | ||
Revision as of 11:03, 9 July 2014
The Great Migration describes the early wave of European immigrants to New England in the years roughly between 1620-1640.
In the largest wave, there were upwards of 20,000 English migrating to New England between 1630 and 1640. As a rough estimate
about fifteen percent of immigrants to New England arrived in the fourteen years from 1620-1633, with the remaining eighty-five
percent coming over half as many years, from 1634 to 1640.
