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Why They Came Not?many?decisions?could?have?been?more?difficult?for?a?family?to?make?than?to?say?farewell?to?a?community?where?it?had?lived?for?centuries,?to?abandon?old?ties?and?familiar?landmarks,?and?to?sail?across?dark?seas?to?a?strange?land.?Today,?when?mass?communications?tell?one?part?of?the?world?all?about?another,?it?is?quite?easy?to?understand?how?poverty?or?tyranny?might?force?people?to?exchange?an?old?nation?for?a?new?one.?But?centuries?ago?migration?was?a?leap?into?the?unknown.?It?was?an?enormous?intellectual?and?emotional?commitment.?The?forces?that?moved?early?immigrants?to?their?great?decision---the?decision?to?leave?their?homes?and?begin?an?adventure?filled?with?uncertainty,?risk?and?hardship---must?have?been?of?overpowering?proportions?(overwhelming,?overcoming).?As?Oscar?Handlin?states,?the?early?immigrants?of?America?would?collide?with?unaccustomed?problems,?learn?to?understand?alien?ways?and?alien?languages,?manage?to?survive?in?a?very?foreign?environment＂.? ? ?Despite?the?obstacles?and?uncertainties?that?lay?ahead?of?them,?millions?did?migrate?to?“the?promised?land”---America.?But?what?was?it?that?moved?so?many?to?migrate?against?such?overwhelming?odds??There?were?probably?as?many?reasons?for?coming?to?America?as?there?were?people?who?came.?It?was?a?highly?individual?decision.Yet?it?can?be?said?that?three?large?forces---religious?persecution,?political?oppression?and?economic?hardship---provided?the?chief?motives?for?the?mass?migrations?to?America.?They?were?responding?in?their?own?way?to?the?pledge?of?the?Declaration?of?Independence:?the?promise?of?life,?liberty?and?the?pursuit?of?happiness＂.??? The?search?for?freedom?of?worship?has?brought?people?to?America?from?the?days?of?the?pilgrims?to?modern?times.?In?1620,?for?example,?the?Mayflower?carried?a?cargo?of?102?passengers?who?” ? welcomed?the?opportunity?to?advance?the?gospel?of?Christ?in?these?remote?parts＂.?A?number?of?other?groups?such?as?the?Jews?and?Quakers?came?to?America?after?the?P