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First Chinese Americans to Arrive
Three Chinese seamen arrive in the continental United States aboard the ship Pallas in Baltimore, MD -
Census Records
The first U.S. Census notation of Chinese in America records three Chinese living in the United States -
Gold Rush
Gold found at Sutter’s Mill, California, attracts Chinese immigrants to mine gold -
Chinese American Population Rises
Chinese American population represents 4,000 out of a total U.S. population of 23.2 million -
30000 More Chinese Americans
Chinese American population represents 34,933 out of a total U.S. population of 31.4 million -
Complete Transcontinental Railroad with Chinese Immigrant Workers
The first transcontinental railroad is completed with significant Chinese immigrant labor -
Limit Chinese Immigration
The United States and China sign a treaty that allows the United States to limit Chinese immigration -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act halts Chinese laborer immigration for 10 years and denies Chinese from becoming naturalized U.S. citizens -
Chinese Americans Current Population
The Chinese American population represents 107,488 out of a total U.S. population of 62.9 million -
The Geary Act
The Geary Act extends the Chinese Exclusion Act for another 10 years and requires all Chinese residents to carry permits -
Fong Yue Ting vs. United States
In Fong Yue Ting v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Congress has the power to expel the Chinese -
Chinese American Homebases
Sun Yat Sen, founder of modern China and political activist, helps bring down the Qing dynasty. He establishes home-base operations for the liberation of China among Chinese American communities in Hawaii, San Francisco, and in New York -
Chinese Exclusion Act Indefinite
Congress makes the Chinese Exclusion acts indefinite. Law enforcement officials arrest 250 allegedly illegal Chinese immigrants without search warrants