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Jan 1, 1492
maize cultivation with natives
ignore the dates for some of these if it says jan 1st the year though is always gonna be right. this is the time when natives decided to cultivate corn when they couldnt find anything else. its important because it started civilization -
Sep 19, 1492
exploration
exploration is the beggining of the race of exploration by many of the big european countries trying to beat out eachother by gaining territory and in turn the resources found there. this is important because this marks the begining of the colonization of the americas -
Jul 24, 1534
new france
this would attract many people because they required many different people of many different trades. it needed people who could smith or farm or make candles anything would be helpful which called in many different people with many different trades. this is important because it called together people to create a new community and allowed france to be able to colonize north america -
Mar 19, 1550
permanent settlements
this was the begging of a new type of living for natives. it allowed them to drop the nomadic lifestyle that so many had adopted in order to make communities and grow food. this is signifigant because this was the beggining of society in north america and the beggining of communities for natives -
northwest indian settlements
the northwestern indians were important because of the fact that they live on the coast which was important because they were one of the only coast settlements. this is important because it helps the indians cope to the different enviroments of the country -
southern colonies
these colonies were appealing to the people because of the climate and the fertility of the land because at the time most people who crossed to the colonies were farmers and the best places for farming were located down south. this is important because the southern colonies started to become very well known for growing and trading tobacco with other place making them and england wealthy. -
middle colonies
these colonies were the ones that were made up of puritains and other religous peoples. this was important because of the deeply religous roots of the people from there homes and assimilated it to the new colonies in the americas -
new netherland colonie
people would be attractyed to this settlement because of the explorer known as henry hudson came back to the netherlands reporting that there is good land for farming and a native people eagerly willing to trade furs and other goods. this would call over many farmers and traders to come in want of business and good farm land. this is important because it sets up the netherlands to have good relations with the natives which will result in a peace between the natives and the dutch -
new england colonies
these were the colonies made up of the pilgrims, they fled england because they were fed ip with the ceremonial church of england. this is important to us history because they brought a newly created type of christianity to the americas and plus they created a new holiday as well, and a colony known as plymouth -
ohio river basin
this positively impacted migration and settlement of north america because of what they were fighting over. if they claimed the ohio river basin they could use it for farming and to expand there territories. both sides wanted it for these reasons so they fought for it . this increased migration to north america for want of more settlers to farm on the ohio river basin -
french and indian war
this would have a negative effect on migration and settlement for a few reasons. people dont want to come to a place where active fighting is going on and its hard to convince a man to fight and die for a foreighn country. if you want more people to cross over during a war you are going to have to draft more men into your militaries. this is an important event because it takes france down a couple of notches in the colonization race -
parlimentary acts following the 7 year war
this would have a negative effect on migration to the colonies because no one wants to go to a place where everyone is getting the crap taxed out of them. they dont want to cross to try and make a better life if they arent able to make hardly any money. this is important because it starts the colonies on a road to revolution -
revolutionary war
this had a negative effect on migration because people beleived the revolution to be an act of rebellion against the crown. they didnt see it in the eyes of the colonists whom beleieved they were fighting for there freedom they saw it as loyalists who believed these colonists simply wanted to take what was theres in britain, which basically stoped most migration. this is important because it changed the way america would deal with foreighn peoples coming into the us. -
decleration of independence
this changed the pattern of migration to the us because ithis was simply an open decleration of rebellion against the crown, this made people not want to come to america because all the loyalists and normal people in genral at britain at the time saw this simply as an attempt to overthrow everything they made and didnt see it as an attempt of liberation which made the vast majority of people stop coming for the most part -
articles of confederation
this had a somewhat positive effect on migration, because people who heard of these they beleived it a good idea and they thought it would bring more equality than the countries they were currently in. this is important because it made the countrie into more than just an assortment of colonies -
slave trade compromise 1787
this was a negative influence because this made pro slavery people not want to come to america or some to even stay and caused people to stay where they were -
adoption of democracy
this is officially when the us decided to become a democracy. this positively impacted migration to the us because it showed people that the us is a place for people where everyone can have a say in what happens in the government and also everyone can have liberty. this porobably convinced many people who lived in countries where they were oppressed to migrate to america to get a taste of the rumored liberty -
when great basin indians adopted nomadic lifestyle
this is when the great basin natives decided to become nomadic due to the lack of food or natural resources they had to move with there food being herds of animals or other food. this is important because it shows how people in different areas survived the different enviroments found -
market revolution
this most likely improved migration and settle ment into north america because it boosted the economy sky high at the time. this made america seem appetizing to many foreighn merchants and traders who were wanting to sell there goods or new technologies and moved to america in order to make a living during the market revolution -
second great awakening
this could improve migration into north america verymuch because at the time religion was sort of failing and those religous practicers that still held services were corrupted some what. this however tryed to make a following trying to revive the old religous ways to the present which could persuade some more religous peoples to migrate to america to practice religion the "right" way -
abolitionist movement
i would say this both negatively and positivly influenced migration. for one thing this would most likely inspire other abolitionists to come to america in order to help with the anti slavery movement. but at the same time this may have dissuaded the pro slavery people from coming here because they think it a nusiance and an overall un appealing prosepct which could hurt the chances of more people coming over -
benton compromise of 1845
this was an attempt to soften political tension between north and south but instead created more conflict when it failed. it negativley affects migration because texas has become a many flagvored state instead of just a territory so now people try and avoid it -
seneca fall convention
this was a convention that was held for abolitionist and this would draw people in to america by playing on there desires to perhaps abolish slavery from the us -
compromise of 1850
this was a compromise that stated the new territories gained after mexican american war would be able to choose to have slavery or not. this helped migration and settlement by offering new land for peopl to settle on -
kansas nebraska act
this was a bad influence on migration and settlement because when this went through kansas became a violent place hwere many would either want to leave or not want to come -
gilded age
this was positive because during the time it had people coming to america to sell and buy all of there new items -
imperialism
this may have a negative impact on migration because while this helped our country it hurt others and thats what many people didnt like. now when people hear we take advantage of other countries they wont come due to fear and wanting to have nothing to do with it considering they themselves are foreighn -
lection of the president 1877
this positively affected migration because due to this more people were given the chance to vote luring people to that sense of power knowing that there vote might go towards the next president -
progressive movement
this was a movement focused on social reform movements and removing corruption from the governent. this is positive because when social activists from other countries see what there doing here they might just want to come to america and help with that dream to make it there own -
labor unions
labor unions is a big help because it had people getting in communities to help fight the injustice of the foul conditions for workers -
working conditions
this was a big negative becaause the working conditions were so horrible that it repelled people from the us and its big cities -
new inventions
this was a big positive because when people have new things to sell people flock from the far corners of the world to see it -
business
business is a big positve because people wanted to buy all the new stuff found in america and they would come from far and wide to do it -
world war 1
this would be a big negative because when a war strarts paranoia sets in about foreighners and not only do people fear to come to us at that point we also fear them coming to us. this would have a dramatic decrease in migration to the us -
great depression
this would be a big negative because when a countries stock market crashes the economical appeal has vanished completly so most people dont have a reason to come here anymore -
world war 2
this is also a big negative because again during war times people get paranoid and even more so after pearl harbor so most people would avoid the us during the war -
cold war
this is also a big negative because the fear of communist infiltration was running rampant in the us at the time which made foreighn travels to the us hard and some times impossible without risk of subjugation -
beat movement
this was a positive because it showed foreighners that we dont conform to the normsof society that we are free and independent to do what we like -
civil rights movement
this would be a big positive because it shwos the forieghners that they are up for fighting for equality -
vietnam war
this was a big negative because again in a war against communism people begin to become paranoid and also peopple diliked the treatment of viets by us soliders -
election of obama
this was a big positive because it showed foreighners that we can have a leader of any color and we can follow anyone who is able to lead us