[398] 1700-1776: 1st big wave of immigrants timeline | Timetoast

Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1775

SLAVERY!!!! ~278,400 Africans were forcibly removed from Africa and brought to America as slaves.

http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/548-history-of-immigration-1620-1783.html
Jan 1, 1709

Palatines migrate from Germany

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/10/13/migration-to-america-in-the-1700s/
Jan 1, 1710

Scots-Irish migrate to PN and southern areas as well.

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/10/13/migration-to-america-in-the-1700s/
Jan 1, 1718

The French founded New Orleans

http://www.endmemo.com/events/1700.php
Jan 1, 1725

Germans arrive and settle in PN

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/10/13/migration-to-america-in-the-1700s/
Jan 1, 1745

Scottish rebels transported to America

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/10/13/migration-to-america-in-the-1700s/
Jan 1, 1755

French Acadian survivors sought refuge in Louisiana after expulsion from Nova Scotia

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/10/13/migration-to-america-in-the-1700s/