German immigration has been a huge influence in our country's development. Germans came to this country in the hundreds of thousands to millions over the history of the United States. They came in search of religious freedom, new farmland, more jobs and to flee from genocide. Many of the German immigrants settled in the middle and northeastern states of the USA. Their influences can be seen in town names (name here) and there is a …showed first 75 words of 526 total…

…showed last 75 words of 526 total…be credited with forming the main tactics for the army and improving its system and discipline. He also had a hand in the American victory at Yorktown. The rate of German immigration went down until the early 1800's when the Jews of Germany fled to America. Other major migration periods from Germany took place in the late 1800's and between 1930 and 1950. The Germans brought farming skills and helped shape the face of the United States.