Early waves of immigrants to the United States each brought something that contributed to the material well-being of the nation.
The English brought notions of common law and individual liberty. The Germans built great breweries and brought their orderliness and discipline in their post-Reformation Protestantism. And sauerkraut. The Norwegians brought cultural tolerance, the Finns their saunas, the Swedes their blonde bombshells — looking at you, Ann-Margret, the Italians their outstanding cuisine, the French their arts, and the Cubans their condos, HMOs, and hatred of tyranny and communism.
