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The Great Potato Famine was one reason so many Irish fled to America. The land was so overused that it bore nothing and many people died of starvation.
In 1917, Padraig Pierce led a disastrous rebellion in Dublin. Though it failed, the seed of Irish independence was planted and Ireland won independence, but the UK retained 6 Irish Counties in the Ulster province, turning that into Northern Ireland. It also started a huge civil war among the Irish. Religion was one factor, loyalty to the government another and it turned really ugly. Many Irishmen wanted a fresh start in America and many who came thrived and prospered. However, some did not and were treated shamefully, discriminated against and forced to live in conditions almost as bad as what they left behind.
The Great Famine (starvation, poverty, and typhus)
Many Irish people emigrated to the United States, primarily Boston and New York, and England, mostly Liverpool in "coffin ships" where the chance of surving was only 70%. The repercussions of the potato blight were devastating for Irish tenant farmers who were employed by mostly Protestant, English landlords who aside from not even being Irish themselves, were not quick to aid their starving tenants but rather evict them if their taxes were not paid. Another problem was the fact that the English did not feel as though they should have been overly supportive because they felt that if they were too soft the Irish would become entiled and lazy. Also, food was not only not being imported it was being exported out of Ireland to England. Another controversy was the fact that the Ottoman empire intended to send money to aid the Irish but Queen Victoria got them to diminish their donation from 10 thousand euros to one thousand because she herself only donated two thousand. Because of these and many other factors one to one and a half million Irish people left the country to escape the miserable conditions. In the end Ireland lost half its population (8 million to 4 million) due to starvation, disease, and emigration and still today does not have as high a population as it did pre-Famine.
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What was the largest group of white non-English immigrants to come to America during the 1700s?
The Germans and Irish are the two largest non-English immigrant groups to the colonies, respectively. I do not remember the reason for the German immigration, but a potato famine prompted the Irish immigration. Most Germans settled in Pennsylvania.
A major reason for prejudice against Irish immigrants to America in the 1840s and 1850s was?
woopdidoo
What was the cause for Irish immigration in the 1940?
potato blight
Irish immigration was increasing by the 1820s as large numbers of laborers were needed to?
work on the construction of canals and railroads in the United States. The Irish also immigrated due to political and economic reasons, including the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s. Irish immigration continued to increase throughout the 19th century, impacting the demographics and culture of America.
What was the German and Irish immigration to the south Discouraged by?
Competition with slave labor prevented most German and Irish immigration to the South. The cost of fertile land was also very high, and Europeans did not know how to grow cotton.
What was a reason that American cotton production expanded between 1820 and 1860?
the rapid immigration of the Irish into America
What was the main reason for the surge in Irish immigration to the U.S. in the mid nineteenth century?
The main reason for the surge in Irish immigration to the U.S. in the mid-nineteenth century was the Great Famine in Ireland, which led to widespread poverty, famine, and lack of opportunities. Many Irish immigrants sought better economic prospects and a chance for a new life in America.
What national group would be part of the old immigration to America?
Irish
When the Irish wave of Jews went to America what was their first stop?
The Irish Jews were such a small population (<1,000 people) that there really was no wave of Irish Jewish immigration to America. Additionally, since most Irish Jews lived in the cities, they were not subject (as strongly) to the Irish Potato Famine, which was responsible for the largest percentage of Irish immigration to the US.
What was the reason Irish people came to America?
the potato famine
What was immigration from Ireland mostly a result of?
Immigration from Ireland was mostly a result of a potato famine. The reason it's called an Irish Potato is because the Irish depended greatly on the potato and when a blight was destroying the potato crops one million died and others came here.
What was the largest group of white non-English immigrants to come to America during the 1700s?
The Germans and Irish are the two largest non-English immigrant groups to the colonies, respectively. I do not remember the reason for the German immigration, but a potato famine prompted the Irish immigration. Most Germans settled in Pennsylvania.
What were the immediate consequences of Irish immigration?
Rapid Irish immigration effected America's cities culturally; bringing catholic settlements (upsetting many protestants/Nativists), It's economy; bringing more cheap labor for the metal industries, textile, and railroad building; and forcing It's schools to "adapt" to the new Irish students.
What has the author Richard K MacMaster written?
Richard K. MacMaster has written: 'Scotch-Irish merchants in colonial America' -- subject(s): Emigration and immigration, Merchants, Flax industry, Scots-Irish, History 'Scotch-Irish merchants in colonial America' -- subject(s): Emigration and immigration, Merchants, Flax industry, Scots-Irish, History 'Elizabethtown' -- subject(s): History 'The History of Hardy County, 1786-1986' -- subject(s): History
How did immigration change in 1865?
Irish <Fenian> immigration began and escalated thereafter.
Who brougth Halloween to America?
Irish and English immigrants brough the tradition of Halloween to America during the wave of immigration in the mid 1800s.
Who were the immigrants in the second wave of immigration?
the anwnser was Irish and German
