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Historically Chicago had an ethnic German population. As of the 2000 U.S. Census 15.8% of people in the Chicago area had German ancestry, and those of German ancestry were the largest ethnic group in 80% of Chicago's suburbs. As of that year those of German ancestry were the largest European ethnic group in Chicago.〔Irving, p. (65 ).〕 ==19th Century== The first Germans arrived in Chicago in the 1830s.〔 Germans arrived in the United States as Chicago began to develop in the mid-19th Century.〔Harzig, Christiane. "(Germans )" ((Archive )). ''Encyclopedia of Chicago''. Retrieved on May 4, 2014.〕 1,000 Germans were in Chicago in 1845.〔 In 1848 the first large group of Germans immigrated due to failed revolts in German states. The Germans arriving on or soon after that year became known as the "Forty-Eighters". Irving Cutler, the author of ''Chicago'', wrote that their true underlying motive to come to the U.S. was economic even though they had to immediately leave Germany due to political issues.〔 According to Cutler, these Germans did not place importance on religious reasons, and they "arrived much less destitute" compared to Irish immigrants.〔 The German population increased to 5,073 in 1850,〔 and that year Germans made up 1/6th of Chicago's population.〔 In 1855 Mayor of Chicago Levi Boone declared that on Sundays all beer gardens and saloons will be closed, leading to the Lager Beer Riots.〔 There were 22,230 ethnic Germans in Chicago, or 20% of the city's population, in 1860.〔 The Haymarket Riot occurred in 1886.〔 The peak of German immigration was 1890.〔Heinen and Heinen, p. (7 ).〕 In 1900 there were 470,000 Chicago residents who had at least one parent born in Germany and/or who were born in Germany themselves. Those of German descent were the largest ethnic group of Chicago from 1850 until the turn of the century.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Germans in Chicago」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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