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http://www.history.com/topics/u-s-immigration-before-1965 In 1607 the English founded their first permanent settlement in present day America.
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Sep. 17, 1717 - Pennsylvania Enacts Oath of Allegiance for German Immigrants
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The British issued a proclamation,mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands
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An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject
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Naturalization act of 1798 increased the period necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States from 5 to 14 years.
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The Native Americans were forced out of their land in 1814. From 1814 to 1824, Jackson was instrumental in negotiating nine out of eleven treaties which divested the southern tribes of their eastern lands in exchange for lands in the west
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A border skirmish along the Rio Grande started off the fighting and was followed by a series of U.S. victories. When the dust cleared, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.
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the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land
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The Statue of Liberty os a gift of friendship given to American by the French.
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Law passed by congress in February 5, 1917. It restricts the immigration of undesirables.
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World War II was sparked by Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, the war would drag on for six deadly years until the final Allied defeat of both Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.
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Allowed Chinese nationals in the U.S. to become naturalized citizens.
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Despite the civil rights gains of the 1960s, however, racial discrimination and repression remained a significant factor in American life
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The purpose of this legislation was to amend, revise, and reform/re-assess the status of unauthorized immigrants set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Ac
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The Secure Fense Act stated that this bill will protect american people and secure the border.
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S.B. 1070, which requires police to determine the immigration status of someone arrested or detained when there is “reasonable suspicion” they are not in the U.S. legally.
