Part one of term paper
From the 1600’s to the 1860’s, America experienced a massive growth in population numbers. Immigration had played an important role in this progress. However, the American people and their government were not prepared for expansion. Their response was not surprising for a newly founded nation still searching for its’ own identity. Wil ...

Part two of term paper
... declared themselves a Protestant and “swore allegiance to the British crown” to have the same rights of any citizen born in America. These policies, known as naturalization laws, swept through all of the colonies after the Parliament passed a Naturalization Act in 1740. This Act did not permit Catholics and Jew to naturalize the colonies. (222) By 1790, the English accounted for forty-nine percent of the people in America. They were not the only group of people to be represented in the col ...