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The mid-Atlantic colonies with an inset of New Amsterdam from a 1682 map. (Gilde

Essay

Colonization and Settlement, 1585–1763

American colonial history belongs to what scholars call the early modern period. As such, it is part of a bridge between markedly different eras in the history of the western world...

Family in Chinatown, San Francisco, CA. (LC-G4085- 0192 <P&P>)

Essay

History Times: A Nation of Immigrants

Coming to the Land of Opportunity

Throughout American history, millions of people around the world have left their homelands for a...

Glossary Term – Organization

American Protective Association

The American Protective Association was formed as a secret anti-Catholic organization in 1887. Using propaganda and rumor-mongering, the APA aimed to restrict Catholic immigration into the United States and to prevent Catholics from holding office. At its 1896 peak, the organization had 2.5 million members.

Stephen Austin’s contract to bring settlers to Texas, June 4, 1825 (Gilder L

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Stephen Austin’s contract to bring settlers to Texas, 1825

In order to settle Texas in the 1820s, the Mexican government allowed...