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United States Immigration

By rs0822

  • First Colonists Arrive

    First Colonists Arrive
    Several colonists from England landed at Jamestown Virginia under orders from London.

  • First Slaves Arrive

    First Slaves Arrive
    The first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, to be sold for work building up the English colony.

  • Mayflower Arrives

    Mayflower Arrives
    A boat called the Mayflower which was filled with colonists arrived and anchored off of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • First Native American Reservation Established

    First Native American Reservation Established
    For the Lenape Tribe in New Jersey to settle on.

  • Naturalization Act of 1790

    Naturalization Act of 1790
    Federal government required citizens to live in the country for 2 years in order to gain naturalization as a United States citizen.

  • Alien and Sedition Act

    Alien and Sedition Act
    Congress established laws outlining deportation of citizens and also made it more difficult for immigrants to become a United States citizen.

  • Prohibition of Importation

    Prohibition of Importation
    Congress acted to make further importation of slaves illegal.

  • Irish Potato Famine

    Irish Potato Famine
    Potato crops in Ireland go bad starving and killing nearly 1 million people. 4 million Irish to immigrate to the United States over the next 5 years

  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush
    Californians strike gold, leading to world wide immigration to the United States. Most immigrants coming from China.

  • Unconstitutional Immigration Laws

    Unconstitutional Immigration Laws
    Congress ruled it unconstitutional to regulate immigration, also to tax immigrants.

  • Italian Economy Collapse

    Italian Economy Collapse
    Italy experiences troubled economy with crop failure, political corruption. Nearly 4 million Italians immigrate to Untied States.

  • Jones Act on 1900

    Jones Act on 1900
    Cuba and Puerto Rico inhabitants gain US citizenship after the United States established a civil government over their land. Free to travel to US mainland.

  • Asiatic Barred Zone Act (Immigration Act of 1917)

    Asiatic Barred Zone Act (Immigration Act of 1917)
    Restricted undesired people with mental illness, sickness, criminals to enter the United States.

  • United States Enters WW1

    United States Enters WW1
    People begin changing German names to sound less Germanic.(schools, foods, towns)

  • Immigration Act of 1924

    Immigration Act of 1924
    Created quotas of national origin, eliminated far east Japanese immigration.

  • Indian Citizenship Act

    Indian Citizenship Act
    Granted all Native Americans citizenship in the United States.

  • Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act)

    Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act)
    Ended earlier quota system based on national origin. New policy based on bringing skilled workers and families to the United States.