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the british colonized virginia, the first stable settlemient was jamestown and it was part of the verginia company.
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The slave trade was the transportation, and selling of slaves to the New World.
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the first slavers were brought to jamestown as part of the slave trade (triangular trade, middle passage).
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the pillgims founded/ colonized plymouth bay (in massachusetts).
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First Wave Immigration. Groups of Scottish, Irish, German, started coming over to America.
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Was the beginning of westward expansion/ Manifest Destiny. It started when Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French. this then began the belief in Manifest Destiny, which was the belief that the expansion of the U.S. was both justified and inevitable.
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German, Irish and other eastern European started coming to the U.S. looking for job opportunities
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Chinese immigrants began to come to America. they hoped to find more job opportunities and religious freedom. 1849-1882
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Congress responded to the immense quantity of chinese immigrants by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act. This act stopped the entry of Chinese immigrants for 10 years.
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The 1888 and 1891 acts allowed national government to exclude/deporte certain individual(s).
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Jacob Riis wrote 'How the Other Half Lives". This book explains how immigrants lived in crapped, dirty, unsanitary tenements when they first arrived to America.
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The office of Immigration is created.
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Ellis Island is built. Its the main immigration processing station on the East coast.
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Angel Island is built. Its the main immigration processing station on the West coast.
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Schools in San Francisco become segergated and Japanese students are forced to attend different schools.
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The agreement was that the U.S promises to not ban Japanese immigrants and Japan pleged to not issue passports to the Japanese laborers.
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The Great Migration was when arounf 6 million African Americans from the South moved up North, looking for jobs, and more equality.
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The Quota Act of 1921 limited the annual number of immigrants from each nationality.
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The Immigration of 1924 expanded the Qouta system/act. It stated that immigration from any country is limmited to 2% of its total number in the 1890 census.
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Border Control was created to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the United States.