America: A Melting Pot of Cultures

First Native Americans arrive in North America

Jan 1, 1000

Native American Musichttp://www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/anth7_hist1.html
Scientists believe that the first Native Americans arrived somewhere between 8,600 and 11,000 years ago

Spanish Immigration 1565

Jan 1, 1565

http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Timeline.html
1565: Spanish establish settlement of Saint Augustine. Which is now present day Florida.

Spanish Immigration

Jan 1, 1598

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Pa-Sp/Spanish-Americans.html
Spanish settle in what is now Texas and New Mexico.

English immigration became set when the settlement of Jamestown

Jan 1, 1607

British Immigration

African Immigration 1619

Jan 1, 1619

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAs_ZmtuKOghttp://www.pbs.org/itvs/thecity/america1.html
The first African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia.

French Immigration

Jan 1, 1685

http://immigrationinamerica.org/510-french-immigrants.html
The prominence of French immigrants first came about in 1685 along the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River.
French immigrantion rates rose in the 1800s.

Chinese immigration was dated for the 18th century because of the California Gold Rush, but they say it may have been a little earlier

Jan 1, 1800

Chinese Immigration

Irish immigration due to the mass potato rot

Jan 1, 1840

Video on Irish Immigration to America

Italian immigration to the America

Period: Jan 1, 1876 to Jan 1, 1976

Italian Immigration

Middle Eastern Immigration

Jan 1, 1880

http://cis.org/MiddleEasternImmigrantsProfile
Middle Eastern immigrants come from many different countries. In the late 1800s, Middle Eastern immigrants began to settle in the U.S. in great numbers and in the last 40 years their numbers have shown significant growth.

Mexican Immigration

Jan 1, 1910

http://immigration.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000023The Mexican Revolution lead to thousands of Mexicans moving to the United States. Within 20 years nearly one million Mexicans entered the U.S.