The 15th and 16th centuries were times of great exploration and increase of trade as well as expansion of Europe's territory. The unexpected discovery of the America was either detrimental or beneficial in the eyes of the inhabitants of the past and the citizens of the US today. Immigration policies have altered since the first European ship landed in the Americas. The European Expansion has had a huge impact on our nation's population, thus leading …showed first 75 words of 1119 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1119 total…years later. Therefore, immigration policies have obviously altered since the early settlements the Europeans made when they arrived in America in 1492. Due to the impacts the European Expansion has had on the population growth in America, people still have different views of whether immigration is beneficiary to the government, but they have multiple reasons backing up their viewpoint. The Expansion has definitely constructed a political, economical, social, and religious influence in today's US Immigration Policy.