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Several colonists from England landed at Jamestown Virginia under orders from London.
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The first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, to be sold for work building up the English colony.
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A boat called the Mayflower which was filled with colonists arrived and anchored off of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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For the Lenape Tribe in New Jersey to settle on.
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Federal government required citizens to live in the country for 2 years in order to gain naturalization as a United States citizen.
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Congress established laws outlining deportation of citizens and also made it more difficult for immigrants to become a United States citizen.
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Congress acted to make further importation of slaves illegal.
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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
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Californians strike gold, leading to world wide immigration to the United States. Most immigrants coming from China.
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Congress ruled it unconstitutional to regulate immigration, also to tax immigrants.
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Italy experiences troubled economy with crop failure, political corruption. Nearly 4 million Italians immigrate to Untied States.
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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.
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Restricted undesired people with mental illness, sickness, criminals to enter the United States.
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People begin changing German names to sound less Germanic.(schools, foods, towns)
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Created quotas of national origin, eliminated far east Japanese immigration.
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Granted all Native Americans citizenship in the United States.
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Ended earlier quota system based on national origin. New policy based on bringing skilled workers and families to the United States.
