Why were the Germans discriminated against when they came to America?

German immigrants began to migrate to the New World in 1717, but the eruption of Immigration did not start until later in the 18th century, around the year 1756.

There was terrible overpopulation in Germany because emigration was illegal. The overpopulation wrecked the economy; the Germans were willing to work for for less than appropriate standards.

However, those who were paid little for the labor were lucky. Most of the Germanic population were serfs, those who belonged to a lord, much like slaves. The lords crammed their serfs into little buildings under terrible conditions.

What made the situation even worse was that the rest of Europe had ideas of Mercantilism, the idea that whoever had the most money was the most powerful and influential. All the tactics to achieve higher financial standards failed and only caused terrible diseases, which lead German's economy into a spiraling downfall.

If the economy and the terrible conditions were not good enough reasons to emigrate, there was a religious aspect as well. Most of the Immigrants who came to America were Catholic and the spread of Protestant beliefs were rampant.

With nowhere else to run, the German emigrants came to the New World, to the English Colonies, where they thought they would find a safe-haven from all the turmoil that was happening in Europe.

They were wrong.