-
1500
First Europeans arrived in the U.S
Spanish and French -
English first permanent settlement
at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony -
20 African slaves arrived
they were forced into indentured servitude in Jamestown, Virginia -
Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts
because they were persecuted in Europe -
Period: to
Migration of 20.000 Puritans
in the Massachusetts Bay Colony -
A total of 7.000 Africans slaves
in the American colonies -
Period: to
500,000 to 650,000 African slaves
who were brought to America and sold -
A total of 700.000 African slaves
in the American colonies -
Importation of slaves is outlawed
in the U.S, by the Congress -
Period: to
Important wave of immigration
from Nothern and Western Europe -
Period: to
4.5M Irish
migrated to U.S -
Majority of Irish immigration
Settled along the East Coast -
25,000 Chinese immigrants
attracted by the California gold rush -
Period: to
Emancipation of 4M slaves
as a result of the U.S Civil War -
Slowdown of immigration
because of the Civil War -
Period: to
Immigration of 2M Jews
because they fleeing religious persecution in Eastern Europe -
Period: to
20M immigrants
European immigration
=> because of the rapid industrialisation and urbanisation -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
which banned Chinese labourers from coming to America -
Ellis Island as federal immigration station
declared by President Benjamin Harrison -
Central, Eastern and Southern European immigration
with 600,00 Italians -
Period: to
12M immigrants
who entered the U.S through Ellis Island -
5M German immigrants
journeyed in Milwaulkee, St. Louis and Cincinnati to buy farms -
1.3M people entered the U.S legally
it was the peak of immigrant admission -
Legislation of a literacy test
immigrants over 16 have to pass it -
4M Italian immigrants
-
Act for immigration quotas
that restricted entry to 2% of the total number of people of each nationality in America
=> favoured Western European immigrants and prohibited immigrants from Asia -
Period: to
Decrease of foreign-born population
from 14.2M to 10.3M
=> because of WW2 and the global depression -
Refugees from Cuba
fleeing the communist revolution -
Immigration and Nationality Act
which did away with quotas based on nationality -
Majority of immigrants from Asia and Latin America
rather than Europe