Did the United States receive immigration when it was still a British colony?

Question:Not including Britons, of course.

If they did, isn't this strange?

Was there already interchange between countries in the 17th and 18th century?

Could a Spaniard in those times live in England or Australia if he wanted?

Oh, andf was there immigration for the other colonies in the Americas?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Not including Britons, of course.

If they did, isn't this strange?

Was there already interchange between countries in the 17th and 18th century?

Could a Spaniard in those times live in England or Australia if he wanted?

Oh, andf was there immigration for the other colonies in the Americas?

Immigration as we know it today did not occur when the US was a colony of Great Briton.

Their was trade between the colonies and Great Briton. Raw materials would be shipped to England and finnished goods would be shipped back to the colonies.

Since the Spanish Armada... a Spaniard living in England or Australia was usually by mistake... washed ashore from a ship wreck.

There was migration encouraged by the crown to the colonies. The crown also sent prisoners to do sentances in the colonies. At the time this was known as 'transportation' and it was usually for life.

The United States was never a British colony as the United States did not exist until after the Revolution. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Deleware, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia were all British colonies. These were the thirteen colonies that revolted against Britian and became the first thirteen states of the United States after winning their freedom from Britian in the Revolution. The land of these colonies included what became the states of Maine, Vermont, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessesse.