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Metacom/King Philip Revolt
Metacom or King Philip, leader of the Wampanoags near Plymouth colony, led many other Indians into a widespread revolt against the colonists of southern New England. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon led a group of Virginia settlers in a rebellion against Virginia Governor William Berkeley and the wealthy planters and politicians known as the Tidewater Aristocrats. The rebellion came to be known as Bacon's Rebellion.
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French & Indian War
The French & Indian War connects to current immigration issues and events because a simple, small regional conflict grew and grew until it became a world-wide clash. Our nation fears this will happen because of the the Southwest's conflicts with Mexican immigration. 2 cultures clashed and we see how Indians are tricked by France so that they can get more allies. -
Naturalization Act
The Naturalization Act made it so that any free white person could get US citizenship. If they renounced their allegiance to their previous state/sovereignty by name, lived in the United States for five years at least, behave as a man of good moral character, and renounced any title they possessed in the previous states. -
Congress Bans Slavery Importation
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Native Americans not to be considered American Citizens
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The Steerage Act
1st important federal legislation on immigration. Includes reporting of immigration and rules for passengers from US ports bound for Europe. Among its provisions, it established the continuing reporting of immigration to the United States and set specific sustenance rules for passengers of ships leaving U.S. ports for Europe. -
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush of 1848 brought a big group of immigrants to the US from around the world. One of the largest groups of immigrants who came for the gold rush was the Chinese. Around 20,000 Chinese miners came to California in 1852. -
Homestead Act
US Government provided free land to immigants who lived on land for five years. Many immigrants moved for this. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act restricts all Chinese immigration to the United States for a period of ten years. -
Immigration Act
Immigration Act stated that a 50 cents tax would be charged on all illegal immigrants landing at US ports. The State Commission and officers were in charge of checking the passengers upon incoming vessels arriving in the U.S. -
Statue of Liberty
The French gave the Statue of Liberty to United States as a gift. The Statue of Liberty was a symbol of freedom and welcomed incoming immigrants to the U.S. -
Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants allowed to come into the United States by a quota system based on their country they were coming from. -
Indian Freedom Citizenship Suffrage Act of 1924
An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue certificates of citizenship to Indians. -
World War II
World War II was fought between the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and the Allied Powers (Britain, United States, Soviet Union, France). Most of the countries in the world were involved in some way. It was the deadliest war in all of human history with around 70 million people killed. http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/ -
Social Security Act
Social Security benefits are one of the issues that American citizens battle over with undocumented immigrants from Mexico. Americans feel entitled to these benefits because they are legal citizens and have worked hard within our country to retrieve them. -
Immigration Reform & Control Act
The number of immigrants was growing that were coming to the United States illegally. Employers were hiring them at very low wages and they were offering no benefits. Many thought they were taking away jobs from Americans. Also, immigrants were not paying taxes. This act was to try and stop this number of illegal immigrants from growing. -
Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
The Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act permits Central Americans the right to become legal residents of the US.
