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  2. Immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    During the 17th century, approximately 400,000 English people migrated to America under European colonization. [17] They comprised 83.5% of the white population at the time of the first census in 1790. [18] From 1700 to 1775, between 350,000 and 500,000 Europeans immigrated: estimates vary in sources.

  3. History of immigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    The bill was so limiting that the number of immigrants coming to the U.S. between 1921 and 1922 decreased by nearly 500,000. [65] A complicated piece of legislation, it essentially gave preference to immigrants from Central, Northern, and Western Europe; limited the numbers from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe; and gave zero quotas to Asia.

  4. English Americans - Wikipedia

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    English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.In the 2020 United States census, English Americans were the largest group in the United States with 46.6 million Americans self-identifying as having some English origins (many combined with another heritage) representing (19.8%) of the White American population.

  5. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    The Empire of Japan's State Department negotiated the so-called Gentlemen's Agreement in 1907, a protocol where Japan agreed to stop issuing passports to its citizens who wanted to emigrate to the United States. In practice, the Japanese government compromised with its prospective emigrants and continued to give passports to the Territory of ...

  6. US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for ...

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    So there is a lot to lose.” Another proposed change would make the civics section on U.S. history and government multiple-choice instead of the current oral short-answer format.

  7. European immigration to the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Between 1815 and 1930, 60 million Europeans emigrated, of which 71% went to North America, 21% to Latin America, and 7% to Australia. [1] This mass immigration had as a backdrop economic and social problems in the Old World , allied to structural changes that facilitated the migratory movement between the two continents.

  8. People are moving to SC from these 5 states the most ... - AOL

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    In 2021, 8.4% of people lived in a different residence one year ago, down from 9.3% in 2020. Below are the top five states where people moved from to South Carolina in 2019. 5.

  9. English diaspora - Wikipedia

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    The English diaspora consists of English people and their descendants who emigrated from England.The diaspora is concentrated in the English-speaking world in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, South Africa, and to a lesser extent, Zimbabwe, India, Zambia and continental Europe.