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100 english colonists reached the coast, they found jamestown. The first permanent english settlement in north america.
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In Jamestown, Virginia were recorded as "20 and odd negroes" originated from Angola. These slaves were stolen from Portuguese slave ship
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Immigrants were known as the pilgrims, the beginning of a large scale migration from Europe. The territory would end up becoming the united states.
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The U.S. establishes the first native american reservation and policy of dealing with each tribe as an independent nation
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The federal government requires two years of residency for naturalization
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The Naturalization Act, passed by the United States Congress. increased the period necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States from 5 to 14 years.
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a United States federal law that stated that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States and took affect in 1808.
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Potato crop fails in Ireland sparking the Potato Famine which kills one million and prompts almost 500,000 to immigrate to America over the next five years.
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The California Gold Rush sparks first mass immigration from China.
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California Senate committee investigates the “social, moral, and political effect of Chinese immigration.”
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Italy’s troubled economy, crop failures, and political climate begin the start of mass immigration with nearly four million Italian immigrants arriving in the United States.
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Congress establishes a civil government in Puerto Rico and the Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to island inhabitants. U.S. citizens can travel freely between the mainland and the island without a passport.
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The U.S. enters World War I and anti-German sentiment swells at home. The names of schools, foods, streets, towns, and even some families, are changed to sound less Germanic.
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Immigration Act of 1924 establishes fixed quotas of national origin and eliminates Far East immigration
President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill granting Native Americans full citizenship. -
Abolishes quota system in favor of quota systems with 20,000 immigrants per country limits.
