American Immigration Research Paper

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Immigration is a problem that the U.S. has face for centuries.The first immigrants in the United States were the Europeans during their settlement in the early 1600's. The first English colony was Jamestown,Virginia which was established in 1607. Tobacco was a very profitable crop to the English and several plantations were established along the Chesapeake Bay.This began a long line of immigration lasting all the way up to the revolution in 1775. Large numbers of young men and females were brought to the New World as indentured servants to colonies who need help with their crops.These indentured servants were trained,clothed,fed,housed but we're not paid for their services.Once they had paid of their debt they were free to marry

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