How did the immigrants of the late 19th and early 20th centuries reshape their adopted homeland? what common interests and threads did they share?

The main way in which immigrants of the late 19th and early 20th centuries reshaped their adopted homeland was by bringing their languages and customs with them and often forming communities in which they all lives. Most of the shared traits of both their homeland and America. 

The colony was represented by the house of burgesses

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