Taiwan did not become an independent country until 1949. As one of the West’s staunchest allies in the cold war after 1945, Taiwan has enjoyed a special relationship with the United States, including both diplomatic and military assistance in its conflict with the Communist People’s Republic of China.
Read the full storyAs intendant of the colonial territory of New France, Jean Talon vigorously implemented France’s new policy of colonial mercantilism.
Read the full storyTejanos most often refers to Mexican-origin residents of Texas, both native and foreign born, and the unique culture they created.
Read the full storyModern terrorism is the use of violent, brutal force against civilians and the deliberate targeting of noncombatants for political or religious reasons.
Read the full storyThe Republic of Texas (1836–45) was a unique experiment in creating a multiethnic state in the New World.
Read the full storyMost Thai Americans are the product of the revised regulations under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the U.S. presence in Vietnam.
Read the full storyTibetans form one of the smallest immigrant communities in both the United States and Canada;
Read the full storyBorn in Falls City, Texas, to a family of migrant workers who claimed to be heirs to an old land grant, Tijerina became one of the earliest CHICANO activists in the United States.
Read the full storyToronto, with a municipal population of 2,481,494 and a census metropolitan population of 4,647,960 (2001) is Canada’s largest and most diverse city.
Read the full storyTwo simultaneous ethnic migrations—one black and one Asian Indian—occurred from Trinidad and Tobago beginning in the mid-1960s.
Read the full storyTurkish immigration to North America, apart from large numbers of students, has remained relatively small. It has been supplemented, however, by a growing number of resident refugees or asylum seekers.
Read the full storyThe Tydings-McDuffie Act grew out of widespread opposition, particularly in California, to the rapid influx of Filipino agricultural laborers after annexation of the islands following the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Read the full storyUkrainian immigration to Canada represented the largest of any ethnic group from eastern Europe, and the Ukrainians in Canada are one of the few ethnic groups with a larger absolute population than their counterparts in the United States.
Read the full storyUlster, situated in the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland, was one of the major Irish kingdoms of the medieval period.
Read the full storyFrom the establishment of the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia (see Virginia colony), in 1607, the area now known as the United States has attracted more immigrants than any other country in the world.
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