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Early America

In a perspective both clear and informative, David Freeman Hawke not only brings us a detailed description of early life in America, but is also able to delineate the importance of these colonists lives to the growth of a new world. A task that, when truly grasped, is considered an eye-opening adventure at the very least. Even from the very beginning, I was captivated by the plush historical content of this book, and was pleasantly surprised to find many of my commonly held beliefs of early America challenged.
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The huge influx of Mexican immigrations

The Hispanic immigration shows no signs of letting down as it seems like it will persist for a long time. The only reason that might deter this large influx of Hispanics is if the living conditions and work opportunities in their home country improve to almost the level that the United States is at right now. Even then, there is no guarantee that the immigration will slow down, because "when Europe was rapidly industrializing and per capita incomes were rising, 50 million Europeans emigrated to the Americas, Asia, and Africa" (Huntington 5).
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