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African arrival in viginia
*20 africans
*exchanged for food
*sold in jamestown
*started slave trend -
plymouth colony
*1st settlement was at new Plymouth
*founded 1620
.*dissolved 1691
*named by captain john smith -
naturalization of 1790
*1st laws of granting national citizenship
*excluded slaves blacks and Asians
*children born at sea could be citizens
*father must be a citizen for a child to be a citizen -
potato famine
*locate In Ireland
*lasted from 1845-1852
*the population dropped by 25%
*1 million immigrated fom ireland -
naturalization of 1906
*immigrants must learn English
*was repealed
*replaced by Nationality Act of 1940 -
emergency quota act
*known as the immigration restriction act
*lead to national origins formula
* immigrants admitted fell from 805,228 in 1920 to 309,556 in 1921
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imigration inationality act
*known as the Hart–Celler Act
* abolished the quota system
*put restrictions on visas at 170,000 per year
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immigration reform and control act
*known as the Simpson-Mazzoli Act
*signed into law by Ronald Reagan
*reformed United States immigration law
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