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Asian-American History Timeline

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Timeline: Asian-American History Asian immigration to America, 1600s to the present by David Johnson 1600s 1700s 1800-1850 Next: Late 1800s 1600s Spanish bring Chinese and Filipinos to Mexico. Top 1763 Filipinos desert Spanish ship in New Orleans, establish first Filipino community in U.S. in Louisiana bayou. Top 1830s Chinese laborers brought to work in Hawaiian sugar cane fields. Chinese peddlers recorded in New York City. Top 1848 California gold rush attracts Chinese prospectors. Top 1850 California imposes tax on foreign miners, targeting Chinese. Top 1852 Presbyterian mission begins working with Chinese in San Francisco. Top 1854 Chinese in Hawaii begin to organize. In The People v. Hall, California Supreme Court rules that a Chinese man could not give testimony in court since Chinese were "inferior, and . . . incapable of progress or intellectual development beyond a certain point . . ." Yung Wing graduates from Yale University, becomes first Chinese to graduate from a U.S. college. Commodore Perry signs first commercial treaty with Japan since 1638. Top Next: Japan sends first diplomatic mission to U.S. Related Links Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Asian-American History Quiz: Asian American History Almanac: Race & Ethnicity Top More Timelines

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