It started with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, but 10 years later it then came to the US opening Ellis Island in which immigrates had spent time before being able to actually enter the US.
Old Light preachers believed that religion should be practiced in a rational way, New Light preachers propagated emotion in religion.
The British government relaxed rules regulating trade for the American colonies in the late 1600s because the British hoped the colonies would become wealthier and spend more on manufactured goods from Britain.
It's true.
Also it means
1. desegregated, especially racially
2. with various parts or aspects linked or coordinated
3. indicating the mean value or total sum of a variable quantity of property
