United States and Arizona Immigration History Timeline

By rachelmazella23
  • Beginning of Colonial Immigration; English Settlers Arrive in America

    Beginning of Colonial Immigration; English Settlers Arrive in America

  • Massachusetts Prohibits "Lame, Impotent, or Infirm Persons" from Entering

    Massachusetts Prohibits "Lame, Impotent, or Infirm Persons" from Entering

  • Pennsylvania’s Immigration Law Ignored by Ship Masters; New Tax and Health Inspections Imposed on Immigrants

    Pennsylvania’s Immigration Law Ignored by Ship Masters; New Tax and Health Inspections Imposed on Immigrants

  • Articles of Confederation Kept Citizenship and Naturalization of Immigrants under Individual States' Control

    Articles of Confederation Kept Citizenship and Naturalization of Immigrants under Individual States' Control

    http://www.history.com/topics/articles-of-confederation
  • First Alien Naturalization Act Enacted by the Newly Created US Government

    First Alien Naturalization Act Enacted by the Newly Created US Government

    http://immigration.procon.org/sourcefiles/1790AlienNaturalizationAct.pdf
  • Foreign Slave Trade Becomes Illegal

    Foreign Slave Trade Becomes Illegal

    http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-abolishes-the-african-slave-trade
  • Irish Immigration to US Begins along with Anti-Irish Sentiments in US

    Irish Immigration to US Begins along with Anti-Irish Sentiments in US

    http://xpatnation.com/signs-of-discrimination-irish-americans-had-to-put-up-with/
  • Naturalizations of Germans and Irish Are Expedited and Offered Free of Charge During Election Time

    Naturalizations of Germans and Irish Are Expedited and Offered Free of Charge During Election Time

  • Supreme Court Rules That Congress Alone Can Regulate Immigration

    Supreme Court Rules That Congress Alone Can Regulate Immigration

  • The President assigns an immigration issues representative. While Congress makes efforts to consolidate control over the immigration issues

  • Chinese Immigration to the United States Increases During the Gold Rush

    Chinese Immigration to the United States Increases During the Gold Rush

    http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/chinhate.html
  • Penalties increase for Transporting Asians to the United States

    Penalties increase for Transporting Asians to the United States

  • First "Great Wave" of European Immigrate to the United States

    First "Great Wave" of European Immigrate to the United States

    "[T]he first great wave of European immigration did not come until the 1880s. Previous events such as the Irish potato famine of 1845, the Gold Rush in 1849 and failed revolutions in Germany and France in 1848 led to the immigration of more than one million people by the 1850s." "History of American Immigration," www.immigrationarchive.com (accessed N0V. 26, 2016)
  • Chinese Exclusion Act Passes and Immigration Exclusion Era Begins

    Chinese Exclusion Act Passes and Immigration Exclusion Era Begins

    https://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=47
  • Ellis Island Opens as Immigrant Entry Checkpoint

    Ellis Island Opens as Immigrant Entry Checkpoint

    http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island
  • Supreme Court Confirms That 14th Amendment Gives Citizenship to All Persons Born in the United States

    Supreme Court Confirms That 14th Amendment Gives Citizenship to All Persons Born in the United States

  • President Obama Announced Executive Action to Prevent Deportation of Millions of Immigrants in the United States Illegally

    President Obama Announced Executive Action to Prevent Deportation of Millions of Immigrants in the United States Illegally