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  • 1607

    1607
    • A small band of about 100 English colonists reached the coast near Chesapeake Bay
    • Found in Jamestown

  • 1619

    1619
    • introduction of slavery to the colonies
    • Black slaves from Africa were forcibly taken from their homes
    • 20 black African slaves were were first brought to Jamestown, Virginia

  • 1620

    1620
    • roughly 100 people later known as the Pilgrims fled religious persecution in Europe
    • arrived at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts
    • they established a colony

  • 1786

    1786
    • United States established its first Native American reservation
    • approached each tribe as an independent nation

  • 1790

    1790
    • the Naturalization Act of 1790 restricted citizenship to "any alien, being a free white person" who had been in the U.S. for two years
    • In effect, it left out indentured servants, slaves, and most women.

  • 1798

    1798
    • The "residence period" refers to the period they had to live in the United States before they could become a citizen.
    • The Naturalization Act of 1798 is considered one of the Alien and Sedition Acts, passed contemporaneously

  • 1808

    1808
    • The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 is a United States federal law
    • stated that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States
    • took affect in 1808

  • 1845

    1845
    • In 1845, the potato crop failed in Ireland. An estimated 500,000-1,000,000 Irish died of starvation
    • Millions emigrated from Ireland, fleeing not only famine but also oppressive tenancy and inheritance laws.
    • The mass of Irish migration left an indelible mark on Irish culture in Ireland and abroad

  • 1849

    1849
    • a relatively large group of Chinese immigrated to the United States -between the start of the California gold rush in 1849 and 1882,

  • 1876

    1876
    • immigration laws following the Civil War
    • Supreme Court in 1875 declared regulation of immigration a federal responsibility
    • The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and Alien Contract Labor laws of 1885 and 1887 prohibited certain laborers from immigrating to the United States

  • 1880

    1880
    • more than 20 million immigrants arrive
    • The majority are from Southern
    • Eastern and Central Europe
    • including 4 million Italians and 2 million Jews
    • Many of them settle in major U.S. cities and work in factories.

  • 1900

    1900
    • U.S. immigration peaks, with 1.3 million people entering the country through Ellis Island alone.
    • Japan agrees to limit Japanese emigration to the United States to certain categories of business and professional men
    • In return, President Theodore Roosevelt urges San Francisco to end the segregation of Japanese students from white students in San Francisco schools.

  • 1917

    1917
    • The Immigration Act of 1917 establishes a literacy requirement for immigrants entering the country
    • and halts immigration from most Asian countries.

  • 1924

    1924
    • limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
    • The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States

  • 1965

    1965
    -the Hart-Celler Act
    -abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin
    -established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States.