Coming to America: Chapter One

"Migration" and "immigration" are two terms that get mixed up a lot. The distinction between these two terms is that migration means when someone is moving to another place within the same region. On the other hand Immigration means when someone moves from one country to another. Europeans attitude changed in the Age of discovery because they were not willing to change their ways. Huge European populations came to the new world was to find a faster and cheaper trade, spices and to spread their religious ways. The native American population in 1492 was about 10 million. Many people immigrate or migrate due to "push" and "pull" factors. For example a push factor means the the factor in which pushed them to leave. A pull factor would be on what caught their attention which  lead them to migrate or immigrate. The three major immigration myths that most Americans believe is statue of liberty and melting pot.