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How did the Bill of Rights encourage immigrants to come to the US? What year was it written? Who wrote it? When was it ratified?
2. How did the Native Americans get to the Americas? How did they settle throughout both continents? What put them at a disadvantage in fighting the Europeans?
3. Describe one of the groups of European colonists who settled in Colonial America. Choose between the Virginia settlers, the Pilgrims, and the Dutch in New Amsterdam. Was the colony you are describing a proprietary or a royal colony). What year was it settled?
Describe some of the immigration laws of the United States and how they have changed over the years. The 1st regulation of immigration was the Chinese Exclusion Act. When was it passed and when was it revoked?
The first comprehensive immigration laws were called the INA. When was this passed? What did it do?
When was the 2nd INA passed? What did it do? When was the 3rd INA passed? What did it do and how was it different from the previous versions?
The most recent immigration reform was the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. What did it do?
