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English Colonists landed in Jamestown, Virginia
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Twenty African Americans were sold as "Indentured Servants" at Jamestown
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The Mayflower anchors at Plymouth, and the colonists disembark
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America establishes each tribe as a private reservation
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Naturalization Law was passed (allowed national citizenship) which said you need two years of residency to become a resident
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Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by President Addams saying that it would be harder for immigrants to vote and to deport immigrants
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The act of importing slaves became illegal (no slave trade)
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There was a potato famine in Ireland, so there was a big wave of immigrants heading to America
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The Gold Rush had brought the attention of people from China, so many immigrants came from China
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California Committee investigates the social, moral, and political effects of Chinese immigration
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Italy's situation had been not been well, millions of Italians immigrated to America
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Cuba and Puerto Rico have the ability to become citizens and Americans don't need a passport to travel to Cuba/Puerto Rico
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America enters World War 1, German names of schools, buildings, places are all changed to sound less Germany.
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The immigration act of 1924 limited the amount of immigrants allowed into the US through a national origins quota
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Immigration act of 1965 abolished an earlier act, and was based on reuniting immigrant families and skilled labor. (Became effective 1968)
