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how my family came to the United States was by boat around the 1850s. My family came to the United States to have a better life for them and the future kids in the family. My family had a rocky start when they had first came to the United States. They had no money or anywhere to live because they were from Germany. the things they faced were finding a home,money,jobs and etc. they managed to defeat all of those after they moved to Pennsylvania.What was happening at the time that they arrived in the U.S. was in 1850:Journalist Henry J. raymond published the first issuse of The New York Times.1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe published "Uncle Tom's Cabin".1853: Franklin Pierce sworn in as President of the United States.Lastly in 1856: a series of problems begun the Second Opium War between Britain and China.