Bohemian

__Bohemian__

====People moved from Bohemia because they wanted freedom and better living conditions. Bohemia was very strict and was under communist control for a long time so many people moved because they wanted freedom. They also moved because they didn't have the best living conditions, so they decided to come to America to get a fresh start with the conditions they wanted.====

====The Silesians of the Czech Republic tend to maintain their ethnic character, but many agree that they constitute a subculture within the Czech culture. The term "Czech" refers to the cultural characteristics of the Czech-speaking inhabitants of the Czech Republic, which includes Bohemia, the larger western part, and Moravia, the eastern part.====

====Bohemians got to America by ship. Many people would leave Bohemia and Austria illegaly because the process to get a passport took too long and it was too hard to get. People would leave through the main port and sail to America. Many Bohemian police did not care if people left illegaly because it required more work to put them into prison then it was to just let them leave.====

====The Czechs and Bohemians came to settle in Chicago. By 1850 there were about 10,000 Bohemians in America. The city with most Bohemians was Chicago, because it was accessible from almost everywhere in America and because it was populous with other immigrants. Other cities that had a lot of Bohemians were New York, St. Louis, Cleveland, and Milwaukee.====