- 1790: Naturalization Act: only "free white persons" could be citizens.
- Chinese, Korean and Japanese Immigrants arrived to the Hawai in the 19th century
- Chinese immigrants arrived on the West Coast in the mid-19th century. Forming part of the California gold rush, these early Chinese immigrants participated intensively in the mining business and later in the construction of the transcontinental railroa (1862-1869)
- 1848: first North-American Chinatown in San Francisco.
- Although the absolute numbers of Asian immigrants were small compared to that of immigrants from other regions, much of it was concentrated in the West, and the increase of wealth among the Chinese community (while earning lower wages) caused some nativist sentiment known as the "yellow peril".
- Congress passed restrictive legislation prohibiting nearly all Chinese immigration in the 1880s
- 1898: Spanish-American War initiates the US Colonial History. With the Treaty of Paris the US gain control over Cuba and ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands (the latter will regain independence in 1946, after a transition period (Commonwealth) begun in 1935.
- 1917: Asiatic Barred Immigration Act
- After Japan attacked the U.S in 1941 and China formally become an American ally, some within the American media began to criticize the various discriminatory laws against the Chinese and Chinese-Americans. However, the prejudice towards Japanese grew, which didn't help against the yellow peril mania.
- Internment: During World War II, an estimated 120,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals or citizens residing in the United States were forcibly interned in ten different camps across the US, mostly in the west. The internments were based on the race or ancestry rather than activities of the interned.
1942-1944: Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Mine Okubo and her brother were interned to Tanforan Assembly Center and then the Topaz War Relocation Center
1957 - John Okada, No-no Boy
1961 - Beginning of the US involvement in the War in Vietnam (withdrawal in 1973)
1970s - Asian-American Literature as Category
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