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1607 English settlers arrive in America
The settlement on the James River began -
Importation of African Slaves
Twenty Africans arrived to Jamestown, Virginia from a Dutch warship -
10,000 servants kidnapped and sent to the colonies
Boys and girls that were poor were sent on ships and sold to become slaves. -
Massachusetts prohibits people from entering
No immigrates would become a public charge -
Pennsylvania enacts allegiance with German Immigrants
German aliens had to take an oath of allegiance -
Articles of Confederation kept citizenship of immigrants
Allowed foreigners of good character who took oath to acquire property -
Alien neutralization act
You could be a free person if you were white -
Foreign slave trade becomes Illegal
Jefferson made it illegal to trade, but you could still own a slave -
Anti-Chinese
Depression on the west coast made people loose their jobs, blaming the Chinese -
Bureau of Immigration
Congress passed an act that expanded the existing Immigration Bureau to the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and put it in charge of ‘all matters concerning the naturalization of aliens. -
Mexican Revolution
Drove thousands of Mexicans across the Mexican border -
Ozawa vs U.S. supreme court
U.S. declares that Japanese were ineligible for U.S. citizenship -
Massachusetts requires permission to host aliens
Authorities had to give permission for people to have Aliens. -
911 terrorist attack
Twin towers get attacked -
Trump wants to build a wall
Trump wants to build a wall so Mexico is blocked off from the United states.
