Immigration

Immigration policies & Internal migration in the US

  • May 3, 1491

    First settelers

    First settelers
    With the discovery of the New World European expansion in Western Hemisphere creates a huge population increase, with the thoughts of being able to start a new and wonderful life with more oportunities more and more people started to settle in and claim land in the New World .
  • May 3, 1492

    Columbian Exchange

    Columbian Exchange
    Besides finding the discovery of the New World, people would have to survive in a new whole place so as they came along they brought essentials and traded among other parts of the world & Africans were also brought to the "New World" which was known as The Colombian exchange.
  • Sep 13, 1535

    Spanish Caste System

    Spanish Caste System
    The spanish developed a caste system of social prejudice and economic exploitation where it would simply show you certain rights you'd have based on parents ancestry, place of birth, and race.
  • Virginia Company

    Virginia Company
    The Virginia Company was a joint stock company that was approved by King James I to create new settlements in the colony of Virginia. So once King James I approved it, alot of men and young boys were sent to Virginia.
  • Africans in America

    Africans in America
    With the Atlantic Slave Trade transition, the reference of slavery came into law In Virginia once slaves had previously ran away. (White) Men would usually have more years of servitude added but black slaves would have to be a servant the rest of their life.
  • Natives flee

    Natives flee
    Once Pilgrims stepped in, King Phillip started to see the negative affects the english had on his tribe so he declared war. With most of the tribe dying, those who survived fled to other tribes or were caught and sold in slavery. This would have ended eacful relations between Settelers and Natives.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris ended the seven years war or mainly known as the French and Indian war. This treaty forbade the American Colonists from setteling west of the Appalachian Mountains to avoid and more conflict with Natives.