Kevin

And what he saw was, is that many of those, the Germans who had come over, they'd migrated en masse to the colonies, had not participated in this effort, even though he tried to woo them into it. And so in 1751, he'd made this effort in 1747. In 1751, he starts railing against the German immigrants. And he says, why are we bringing in all of these German migrants?

He says, rather, what's going to happen? They don't learn our language. They don't have our habits. They don't appreciate our laws. and that instead of anglifying them, they're going to Germanize us. And so he stresses this idea of assimilation.

He says, rather, what's going to happen? They don't learn our language. They don't have our habits. They don't appreciate our laws. and that instead of anglifying them, they're going to Germanize us. And so he stresses this idea of assimilation.

Now, he would change his views on the Germans and the Scotch-Irish over time, but one thing that he stressed, and this was adopted by the other founders, somebody like Thomas Jefferson as well, was the idea of unity. How is it that affection binds a people together to command the kind of sacrifices that are necessary to preserve a people?

Now, he would change his views on the Germans and the Scotch-Irish over time, but one thing that he stressed, and this was adopted by the other founders, somebody like Thomas Jefferson as well, was the idea of unity. How is it that affection binds a people together to command the kind of sacrifices that are necessary to preserve a people?

So when we talk about a people, we say Americans, it means we're presupposing that that entity exists and that it has something in common. And that meant that the foremost, if you read Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, what they really look to is to try to get your own citizens to have more kids.

So when we talk about a people, we say Americans, it means we're presupposing that that entity exists and that it has something in common. And that meant that the foremost, if you read Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, what they really look to is to try to get your own citizens to have more kids.

So that was immigration awareness number one, was we actually don't want to bring in lots and lots of immigrants because of certain threats that they pose, although we do admit immigrants. But it wasn't a nation of immigrants. That's a much later teaching that I think you can trace to the 1920s. The idea of a nation of immigrants really takes off in the 1950s.

So that was immigration awareness number one, was we actually don't want to bring in lots and lots of immigrants because of certain threats that they pose, although we do admit immigrants. But it wasn't a nation of immigrants. That's a much later teaching that I think you can trace to the 1920s. The idea of a nation of immigrants really takes off in the 1950s.

Thomas Jefferson and Franklin, they both really questioned whether we should bring over many of the old world European immigrants. And so I think that's a second point. First, you have the idea of a common mind. What binds us together as a people? And the second was the kind of character. What are the manners and the habits of the people that are coming over?

Thomas Jefferson and Franklin, they both really questioned whether we should bring over many of the old world European immigrants. And so I think that's a second point. First, you have the idea of a common mind. What binds us together as a people? And the second was the kind of character. What are the manners and the habits of the people that are coming over?

And what kind of institutions will they endorse if they're allowed to vote in our political system? Is it the case that they're going to bring over some of the bad policies and habits that they had left and that they had fled from? So that was a second major important point. It's also the case that if we're going to be honest, the founders' warning to us would be that diversity undermines unity.

And what kind of institutions will they endorse if they're allowed to vote in our political system? Is it the case that they're going to bring over some of the bad policies and habits that they had left and that they had fled from? So that was a second major important point. It's also the case that if we're going to be honest, the founders' warning to us would be that diversity undermines unity.

And that's why if you get to the first Naturalization Act of 1790, and this is just truth, it may offend us today, but the founders said only free whites could become citizens. And the reason for that wasn't just you have ideas of inequality, natural inequality.

And that's why if you get to the first Naturalization Act of 1790, and this is just truth, it may offend us today, but the founders said only free whites could become citizens. And the reason for that wasn't just you have ideas of inequality, natural inequality.

But even Franklin in the 1760s, he looks, he goes, he visits the Negro school and he says, well, I've changed my mind about these black children. It seems like they can learn just like white children. But even then, he says, I hope that will discourage migration.

But even Franklin in the 1760s, he looks, he goes, he visits the Negro school and he says, well, I've changed my mind about these black children. It seems like they can learn just like white children. But even then, he says, I hope that will discourage migration.

And the reason that Franklin and Jefferson, Jefferson as well, took this position and notes on the state of Virginia was they didn't think you could have Republican freedoms if you had a population that was torn apart by faction. And so this becomes, of course, this guides immigration policy, who can become a citizen all the way until

And the reason that Franklin and Jefferson, Jefferson as well, took this position and notes on the state of Virginia was they didn't think you could have Republican freedoms if you had a population that was torn apart by faction. And so this becomes, of course, this guides immigration policy, who can become a citizen all the way until

all the way until the 14th Amendment and the New Naturalization Act of 1870. And that's when white Americans say, particularly the radical Republicans, they could see that the attempt on the part of the Southerners was to reintroduce slavery through a loophole in the 13th Amendment.