Chinese

Did you know that many Chinese Americans came to the US in the 1850s. They moved to the US during the Gold Rush, because the life in China were politically and economically unstable and internal rebellions made matters even worse. Many Chinese search for gold in America in order to bring it home. First they were accepted in America and their future seemed auspicious. Then in many country the political climate changed and the Chinese were excluded. Most of them work in mines, in the opinion of white miners the Chinese were too much of a competition for them. A number of Anti-Chinese laws were passed between 1852 and 1862.