History of immigration to the United States 1850. In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, concluding the Mexican War, extended U.S. citizenship to approximately 60,000 Mexican residents of the New Mexico Territory and 10,000 living in California. An additional approximate 2,500 foreign born California residents also become U.S. citizens. In 1849, the California Gold Rush attracted 100,000 would-be miners from the Eastern U.S., Latin America, China, Australia, and Europe. California became a state in 1850 with a population of about 90,000. Between 1850 and 1930, about 5 million Germans migrated to the United States, peaking between 1881 and 1885 when a million Germans settled primarily in the
Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada () is located in Glendale, California, United States and is immediately subject to the Holy See. It was created by John Paul II on July 3, 1981 as the Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada for the Armenians. It was elevated to an eparchy on September 12, 2005. The seat of the eparchy is St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Glendale, California. The eparchy has