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Jan 1, 1500
Spain established settlements in Florida, California and the Southwest
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The United States was born!
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Alexis Tocqueville came to America to study the American form of democracy and life
Alexis Tocqueville came to the U.S to study the American form of democracy and life. Many believe, that Tocqueville had a deeper understanding of traditional American beliefs, than anyone else, who has written about the United States. Tocqueville was a neutral observer, who saw both the good and the bad sides of American qualities. -
40.000 Chinese immigrants arrived in the U.S.
The first significant Chinese immigration to North America began with the California Gold Rush. As gold became harder to find, the Chinese eventually settled in cities such as San Fransisco and took up low-wage labor such as restaurant -and laundry work. The Chinese immigrants were brutally discriminated at every level of society. -
Israel Zangwill wrote in a play
"America is God's crucible, the great Melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming... Germans and Frenchmen, Irishmen and Englishmen, Jews and Russians- Into the crucible with you all! God is making the American! -
The United States began to limit immigration
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The Immigration Act virtually closed the door for immigration
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The Immigration Act dissolved
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President George W. Bush began to give his weekly radio speech in spanish, in honor of the Spanish holiday, Cinco de Mayo.
