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20 pages in length. Immigration - a critical component of America's infrastructure - is the very backbone of a country comprised of a multicultural character heretofore unknown by the global community. It is not surprising to find, therefore, how the United States suffered through some tremendous growing pains throughout its Founding Era and particularly during the US Constitutional Convention period whereby immigration trends - also known as colonization - became the focal point of which direction America would ultimately take in her development. Outlining immigration trends during the colonial period as well as opposition/support for immigration, this paper will pay specific attention to the feelings and writings of America's founding fathers as they set forth the image they perceived and sought for this country. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
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to find, therefore, how the United States suffered through some tremendous growing pains throughout its Founding Era and particularly during the constitutional convention period whereby immigration trends - also known
as colonization - became the focal point of which direction America would ultimately take in her development. Outlining immigration trends during the colonial period as well as opposition/support for
immigration, this paper will pay specific attention to the feelings and writings of Americas founding fathers as they set forth the image they perceived and sought for this country.i ii
PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF IMMIGRATION DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD (1760-1800) America was akin to the pretty young girl upon which every eligible young man wanted to pin his corsage;
she represented an elusive yet tangible rebirth of social, political, religious and economic ideals that no longer existed in the homelands of those who gathered on her shores. While
the English comprised the vast majority of immigrants - ultimately giving way to the Scotsiii - several other colonists sought out the promise of a better life, escape from
oppression and war, and the opportunity to establish a foundation of future progression,iv not the least of which included the Dutch, Swedes, Germans, French Huguenots, African slaves, Spaniards, Italians and
Portuguese.v South Carolina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland were four primary cities/states where immigrants converged upon arriving to America, but some like the French also made their way to
Quebec, Canada.vi Of the various components that served to impact immigration, perhaps none had a greater effect than the Revolutionary War. No different than most other battles, the American
Revolution began as the result of a quest for independence and freedom from oppressive rule. British North American colonists were content with being loyal to their homeland; it was
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