What was the principal reason for england’s liberal immigration policy for the colonies (i. e., refusal to limit immigration to the colonies)? 1 the british needed immigrants to provide cheap labor in the resource rich new world 2 the english were pluralists at the time, and believed that people from all nations and 3 races should live as one 4 many of the members of parliament were german, and were secretly hoping that germans would control the colonies

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.