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The first immigrants to North America arrived at the New Sweden colony by the lower Delaware River in 1640. Finland was an integrated part of the Kingdom of Sweden at the time, and a Swedish colony in the New World thus had subjects from Finland as well.
Shortly after the American Civil War, some states started to pass their own immigration laws, which prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in 1875 that immigration was a federal responsibility. [50] In 1875, the nation passed its first immigration law, the Page Act of 1875 , also known as the Asian Exclusion Act.
The migration of Danes to North America spans several centuries and was influenced by a variety of economic, social, and political factors. While the absolute numbers of Danish immigrants might be less than some other national groups, their impact on the cultural, economic, and social life of their adopted countries has been profound. [3]
This page lists Finnish immigrants to the United States when what is now Finland was formerly part of the Russian Empire. Pages in category "Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Finland to the United States"
The Finnish diaspora consists of Finnish emigrants and their descendants, especially those that maintain some of the customs of their Finnish culture. Finns emigrated to the United Kingdom, the United States , France, Canada , Australia , Argentina , New Zealand , Sweden , Norway , Russia, Germany, Israel and Brazil.
The final phase of colonial immigration, from 1760 to 1820, became dominated by free settlers and was marked by a huge increase in British immigrants to North America and the United States in particular. In that period, 871,000 Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of which over 70% were British (including Irish in that category).
Ever since the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump has professed a unique fondness for a bar chart he credits for saving his life. Trump was addressing the crowd in Butler about illegal immigration and reviewing a chart that detailed U.S.-Mexico border crossings during his administration and President Joe Biden's term.
The following is a list of Finnish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Lists of Americans By US state