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Colonial Immigration from England
The English began to colonize what is now America, running from the rule of the Crown -
Import of African slaves starts
The British began to bring slaves from Africa to do work in the colonies -
Crop failures causes GermanImmigration
Many Germans moved to the U.S. to escape crop failures -
Irish Potato Famine
The Irish potato famine brought a lot of Irish immigrants to America -
80,000 Mexicans given American citizenship
After the Mexican-American war ended America extended citizenship to 80,000 Mexicans -
California Gold Rush bring Chinese
Word of the California Gold Rush brought a lot of Chinese immigrants to work the mines and pan for gold -
2 million Eastern Eurpoean Jews immigrate
between 1881 and 1920 around 2 million Eastern European Jews immigrated to the U.S. -
Chinese Exclusion Act decreases amount of Chinese immigrants
This lasted for 10 years -
Ellis Island oened
Ellis Island opened , more than 16 million immigrants get processed through here -
Polish immigrant shot President McKinley
He died on September 14th 1901 -
Mass Italian immigration begins
And will continue until 1920 -
The Jones Shafroth Act is enacted
This granted citizenship to Puerto Ricans -
Border Patrol was created
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Albert Einstein immigrates to America
to escape Nazi Germany renouned physisist Albert Einstein immigrates to the U.S. -
Immigration Act of 1990 limited unskilled workers wages
