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1607: Founding of Jamestown and Start of Indentured Servitude

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1607: Founding of Jamestown and Start of Indentured Servitude

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With the intention of building up the American society, Jamestown was founded by the Virginia Company of London. Now as present-day Virginia, Jamestown began as a labor heavy place, where many farms and plantation were functioning  with the help of indentured servitude.

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During the 1630s, the Puritans have founded the Massachusetts bay colony, in order to found their own country, and they have left England and moved to Massachusetts.

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The Germans have immigrated to the US for better economic conditions, and better life, and they also have immigrated to the US because of religious reasons.

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An armed rebellion initiated by Virginia settlers with the intention to force Colonial Governor William Berkeley to drive Native Americans out of Virginia. The Virginias brought out thousands of themselves, from all different classes and races, ultimately torching the settlement.

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Following Bacon’s Rebellion, the plantation owners began to change their employment ideals and focus on using African slaves. They thought the permanent slaves were more stable and better fit for them rather than the temporary indentured servants, which were being used for many years previous.

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1710 : Scots-Irish Immigration to the US

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1710 : Scots-Irish Immigration to the US

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The Irish moved to the US because of religious reasons and economic reasons. Since 1710, the Scots-Irish started to move to Delaware, New Castle, and Philadelphia. This event was the highest ratio of Scots-Irish staying on American continent.

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The Nationality Act of 1790 had a limitation for the white people to become an Untied States citizen. In order to thank the American democracy and to make the group of superior of the white people, the US started the Nationality Act of 1790.

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In order to reinforce the power of the United States, the president Andrew Jackson planned to take the southwest side of the continent.

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The Chinese started to immigrate to the United States starting from the mid 1800s. In order to get jobs, and to have better quality of life, they moved to the US.

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Negotiated the Transcontinental Railroad which relied on Chinese labor. The international agreement secured US access to Chinese workers by guaranteeing rights of free migration to both Chinese and Americans.

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This act prohibited any immigrant who was deemed as undesirable from entering the U.S, but was heavily aimed towards Chinese laborers and Chinese women’s who were prostitutes.

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May, 6th 1882 : Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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May, 6th 1882 : Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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By the process of Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, there were a lot of Anti-Chinese, and it banned all the Chinese from immigrating to the US. In addition, the US prohibited the Chinese who were working in the US.

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Jan, 1st 1892 : Ellis Island Immigration

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Jan, 1st 1892 : Ellis Island Immigration

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Ellis island is located in the Hudson River which is New York and New Jersey. About 120,000 immigrants came through Ellis Island.

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1906 : First Chinatown Created in America

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1906 : First Chinatown Created in America

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The first Chinatown dates back to 1906 in San Francisco, created by Chinese immigrants that served as a comfort community creating thriving the local economy that supported new immigrants.

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It is located in San Francisco and a lot of immigrants, have came through such as Asians, Mexicans, Americans, etc.

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May, 26th 1924 : Immigration Act of 1924

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May, 26th 1924 : Immigration Act of 1924

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The United States made an Immigration act of 1924 in order to reinforce the border of the US, and it became harder for Asians and Europeans to immigrate to the US.

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This program brought more than 400,000 Mexican workers into the U.S to work on short term contracts on farms and other war industries. Following the end of the war the program continued and expanded into agriculture until 1964.

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The president Roosevelt made a plan of Executive Order 9066, which made the Japanese Americans to go to the relocation camps.

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This was a act which made the Chinese to become an actual United States citizens.

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This act allowed a lot of Chinese citizens to come to the US easier than the past. It helped a lot of Chinese to get job and to live in the US.

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This refugee act allowed a lot of refugees to have chance to live in the US easier and settle in the US with safety. The pre amendment was from the Immigration Act of 1965.

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The United States decided to protect the Chinese students living in the US because there was an 1989 Tiananmen protest.

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2002 : Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, Homeland Security Act

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2002 : Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, Homeland Security Act

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Post the 9/11 attack from Osama bin Laden, the United States reinforced their homeland security by getting visas from foreigners.

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In order to protect the children who would be staying for a long term in the United States, the United States planned this act.

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The ex president Donald Trump made a plan of Muslim Ban which made some Muslim countries' refugees would be prohibited to come to the US, and traveling would also be banned.

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While I was making the timeline of the US during 1607-2023, I have seen a lot of changes of immigration. In the beginning of the timeline, I could see that immigrants, the Europeans were moving to the US, and later, a lot of Asians, African Americans, and Latin Americans moved to the US. I learned that the US tried to approve some immigrants. It was interesting that the US came the central power country and had a lot of immigrants who moved to the US.

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I think we all had pretty similar ways of thinking about what events we needed to incorporate into the timeline. We mostly used Jun’s events just because we copied his individual timeline, but then Ensen and I just added things where we needed more events. There was not much for us too add because we had almost all of the same events as each other. We were really just working together and making sure everything that was needed was on the timeline.