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This is when the English settlers arrived to America. James River marked the beginning of a nation, an English nation.
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Part of the trans-Atlanticc slave trade, 20 African slaves were sent to Jamestown, Virgina and were forced to become indentured servants.
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Nearly 100 people now know as PIlgrams fled to to Plymouth, Massachusetts becaue of the religious persecutions happening in Europe.
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The Puritans followed later to seek relgious freedom and they established their colony at the Massachusetts Bay between 1630-1640. 20,000 Puritans immigrated.
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The General Court of Massachusettes ordered that no town or even a person in the colony is allowed to recieve or host an alien without asking permisson from the authorities.
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Those with relgious differences or those who might become public charges were considered "lame, Impotent, or infirm persons" due to the influx of Germans and Quakers migration.
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German settlers without certification but demonstrated indentity, orgin, and intention had to take an oath of allefiance.
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Since the immigration law was ignored by ship masters an act was passed because thes colonial governor felt scared that the peace and security was endangered.Taxes were made on each immigrant in 1729 which is what restricted them and the ship masters had to anchor a mile away from the city to under go a physical exam on the immigrants.
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The naturalizationg process.It encouraged the immigrants to the American colonies. The process in England included one changing their faith to Christianity and they had to take sacrement at a Protestan Church.
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It was outlawed due to the excessive amounts of slaves coming into the colonie, but people still practiced the importation even if it was outlawed.President Jefferson made it illigal but did not interfere with slavery or domestic slave trade. Then the 50,000 slaves smuggled into the U.S became the first Illegal Immigrants.
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Because theywere regarded as members of tribes or domestic subjects they were unable to seek naturalization and become a citizen because they were not white.
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During the Gold Rush in California the Chinese came just to participate by 1880 the Chinese population was 105,465.
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All American seaboard states were consider unconstituitional because they "usurped the exclusive power vested in Congress to regulate foreign commerce".
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This was a portal for immigrants to enter into the United Statesand over twelve million entered the U.S through Ellis Island. There was a new Ellis Island built of Georgia pine which opened Jan 1, 1892.
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The supreme court confirmed that all the people born in the United States and are another race are given citizenships
