and in 1929 setting an annual immigration quota of 150,000, the act was a continuation of restrictive immigration laws that were enacted before 1900. As theOffice of the Historian at the U.S. State Departmentsite sums up:
Athens' first written laws were drawn up by Draco (621 B.C.). While most of Draco's laws had to do with the system of elected offices, he is most famous for the fact that he made death the sentence for most crimes, hence the term draconian punishment! Solon (c. 640-c.560 B.C...