Immigration TimeLine

By Kat1222

  • 1607

    1607
    A small band of 100 English colonists reached the coast near the Chesapeake Bay.

  • 1619

    1619
    Twenty Slaves arrived in Jamestown, which eventually led to the growth and development of slavery throughout the British colonies in America.

  • 1620

    1620
    The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England headed to the New World with 102 passengers

  • 1786

    1786
    The treaty of hope well was signed between the United States of America and the Chickasaw Nation

  • 1790

    1790
    Benjamin Franklin dies on April 17,1790

  • 1798

    1798
    Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius Vl from power

  • 1808

    1808
    Act Prohibiting importation of Slaves comes into affect

  • 1845

    1845
    Texas entered the United States as a slave state

  • 1849

    1849
    Mexican American War

  • 1876

    1876
    Black Immigrants riot in the streets of Charleston South Carolina

  • 1880

    1880
    The US supreme court rules that African-Americans can not be excluded from a jury based on race

  • 1900

    1900
    Irish party was formed

  • 1917

    1917
    Beginning of World War 1, anti German sentiment swells at home, the names of schools foods streets towns and even some families are changed to sound less Germanic

  • 1924

    1924
    The immigration act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed to entry into the United States through a national origins quota

  • 1925

    1925
    Nellie tayloe rose becomes the first female governor