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…, through the immigrant experience and that of first and second generation Chicano/as in Los Angeles from the 1920s to the present. This film was written, directed, and acted by filmmakers who are of the culture they are depicting on screen. After a brief…

…. The McKinley Tariff of 1890, however, placed a tax on Hawaiian sugar, and made it more expensive than Cuban sugar. Plantation owners wanted Hawaii to be annexed so their sugar would be tax-free. The population of the immigrants who worked on the sugar…

…it, "...the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world...." These names all center on one fact - America is truly the land of the free. We give people fundamental rights such as liberty, equality, justice and the pursuit of happiness, immigrants flock here…

…         Upper Canada: recent immigrants from the US took up arms against the US          Lower Canada: Canadian militia units also took up arms against the US          This was different from the Canadian indifference…

…was tall and elegant. She had a rich complexion and deep black eyes. She was from Europe and was married to Roger Chillingworth, an old and scholarly man. Soon after her marriage she immigrated alone to Boston, Massachusetts to start a new life. She began her…

…of service that placed them under legal control by a master. As more immigrants poured into the colonies, the chances of obtaining social status lessened. The individuals who found wealth and power early passed their influence to family members and colleagues…

…, and in a Maryland day care center to ensure that the right person picks up the right child. In Los Angeles, they are using fingerprints to stop welfare fraud. And they're also being used by frequent business travellers for rapid transit through immigration…

…in the structure of society is thought to have been provoked by increasing industrialisation, and certainly at the turn of the 20th Century, a large portion of sociological study and thought was focused in the USA, where immigration and mass industrialisation created…

…founder from Alsace. -Maxmilien Robespeare ruled France, Germany and Alsace, and was involved in the Amish immigration to America. -William Overholt was a major Amish influence. -Abraham Miller was a major Amish influence in 1893.  When: -1792…

…, and in a Maryland day care center to ensure that the right person picks up the right child. In Los Angeles, they are using fingerprints to stop welfare fraud. And they're also being used by frequent business travellers for rapid transit through immigration…