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Mayflower
English colonists land May 24 at Jamestown, Virginia, under the patent of the London Company. -
Jamestown, indentured servants
At Jamestown, 20 blacks were landed to be sold as indentured servants. -
The English migrate!!!
The Mayflower anchors off Plymouth on December 21, and the colonists from England begin to disembark. -
Native American reservation
The U.S. establishes first Native American reservation and policy of dealing with each tribe as an independent nation. -
All groups
The federal government requires two years of residency for naturalization. -
Bans imports on slaves
Congress bans importation of slaves. -
RIP my people... :/
Potato crop fails in Ireland sparking the Potato Famine which kills one million and prompts almost 500,000 to immigrate to America over the next five years. -
Gold Rush!
The California Gold Rush sparks first mass immigration from China. -
Chinese Immigration
California Senate committee investigates the “social, moral, and political effect of Chinese immigration.” -
Italy's economy
Italy’s troubled economy, crop failures, and political climate begin the start of mass immigration with nearly four million Italian immigrants arriving in the United States. -
Cuban + Puerto Rico
Congress establishes a civil government in Puerto Rico and the Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to island inhabitants. U.S. citizens can travel freely between the mainland and the island without a passport. -
WWI
The U.S. enters World War I and anti-German sentiment swells at home. The names of schools, foods, streets, towns, and even some families, are changed to sound less Germanic. -
Native citizenship
Immigration Act of 1924 establishes fixed quotas of national origin and eliminates Far East immigration. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill granting Native Americans full citizenship. -
Immigration act 1965
The Immigration Act of 1965 abolishes quota system in favor of quota systems with 20,000 immigrants per country limits. Preference is given to immediate families of immigrants and skilled workers.
