Where did this story start?
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Select the part of the world from which this "First Gen" originated
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Africa
Stories of why African peoples came to the Americas include:
16th-19thC:
-- Forced immigration through Abduction and Deportment.
19th-21stC:
-- Escape from persecution in their African homelands, Greater economic and social opportunities in the West
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South and SouthEast Asia
Stories of why South/SouthEast Asian peoples came to the Americas include:
20th-21stC:
-- Post 1965 - Economic Hardships and Opportunities;
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South America (Contact us for a prelease version)
Stories of why South American and Caribbean peoples came to the Americas include:
17th-19thC:
-- Northern Dispersion & Absorbtion
19th-21stC:
-- Economic Hardships and Opportunities
-- Political Oppression
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Pacific Rim
Stories of why Pacific Rim peoples came to the Americas include:
19th-mid20thC:
-- Economic Hardships and Persistance
20th-21stC:
-- Post 1949: Political Freedoms and Convictions
-- Post 1975: Economic Opportunity
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Pacific Rim
Stories of why Pacific Rim peoples came to the Americas include:
19th-mid20thC:
-- Economic Hardships and Persistance
20th-21stC:
-- Post 1949: Political Freedoms and Convictions
-- Post 1975: Economic Opportunity
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First Nations
Stories of why Berengia and Land Bridge peoples came to the Americas include:
15thC BCE:
-- Population Radiation
16th-21thC:
-- Displacement and Persistance
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First Nations
Stories of why Berengia and Land Bridge peoples came to the Americas include:
15thC BCE:
-- Population Radiation
16th-21thC:
-- Displacement and Persistance
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Europe and the Mediterranean
Stories of why European/Mediterranean peoples came to the Americas include:
16th-17thC:
-- Conquest: wealth, power, and resources
17th-18thC:
-- Religious freedom, Opportunity for a new life, and escaping conflict
19th-21stC:
-- Economic opportunity, escaping persecution;
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