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Beginning of 1st Big Wave of Immigration
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African Immigration
African Americans were brought over against their will to work as slaves. -
Immigration Wave
German, Scottish, and Irish immigration to America -
Scottish Migration
New era or Scottish migration as a result of the Act of Union between England and Scotland -
German Palatine Migration
immigrants settled in Hudson Valley and Pennsylvania due to the devastation caused by the wars of Louis XIV -
Scottish Irish Emigrate
Due to absentee landlords, high rent, and short leases in New England the Scottish Irish emigrated to Pennslyvania -
German and Scottish Irish Colonization
German and Scottish Immigrants from Pennsylvania colonized Virginia Valley in the Carolina back country. -
Naturalization Act
The English Parliament enacted the Naturalization Act, which conferred British citizenship on alien colonial immigrants in an attempt to encourage Jewish Immigration. -
Population reaches 1 Million
Population reaches more than 1 million -
Scotch-Irish Immigration
Severe crop failure and the depression in the Ulster linen trade brought a new influx of Scottish-Irish to the American colonies -
British Emigration Suspension
The outbreak of hostilities in American colonies caused the British government to suspend emigration. -
End of 1st Big Wave of Immigration
