day. The movement of the resettlement is central to canadian history‚ from aboriginal people‚ whose ancestors. The history of immigration to Canada extends back thousands of years. The three topics of the waves are‚ The Irish potato famine in 1820-1850. It was the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation‚ The causes upon what happen there was a disease going around and it got around the colony. The second incident was the europeans in 1860-1920. It was when the europeans were trying to immigrate
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I. The Irish Potato Famine was a catastrophic event in Irelands history. Almost a million people died during this harsh time. They had lost their main food source and barely had food for one person let alone their families witch consisted of 5-7 people on average. At the time they were considered a part of Britain but Britain did not help much during their crisis. The Irish Potato Famine of Ireland in 1845 resulted in a great population loss‚ a changed economy‚ and a substantial emigration of citizens
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In the mid-19th century‚ a famine hit Ireland that forced many Irish to leave their homes and emigrate to America in hopes of rebuilding their lives and rising out of their impoverished and starving state. Many Irish emigrated to the eastern part of the United States‚ specifically to New York. The Irish immigrants did not have an easy life in New York because of anti - Irish sentiment and their inability to assimilate into American culture. The most common place in New York where the Irish lived
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The Irish Potato Famine occurred in Ireland in 1845 to 1849‚ when the potato harvest failed. A disease that destroys the edible parts of potato plants known as Late Blight caused the unsuccessful crop. The Irish Potato Famine was the worst famine to occur in Europe in the 19th century. Almost fifty percent of the Irish population had become dependent on potatoes in their diet‚ but the entire population consumed the crop in large quantities‚ especially the rural and the poor. The Potato was very susceptible
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From the year 1845 until the early 1850’s‚ Ireland was hit with one of the most devastating travesties: the potato famine. Disease was spread upon Ireland’s main crop‚ the potato‚ which caused Ireland’s agricultural economy to hit rock bottom. It also caused many deaths among the Irish through starvation. To avoid death and start a new life‚ many Irish had to flee to The United States and Canada. Though many died while traveling across the Atlantic‚ thousands made it to land. With no money and no
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The Irish Potato Famine Have you ever thought that one day all of the potatoes could go bad? Unfortunately it’s true.The potato famine or known as the Great hunger was in Ireland until 1845-49. People of all ages were affected.Since the soil was poor‚ potatoes didn’t grow like they’re supposted to. The cause‚ a failure of the Irish potato crop due to an infestation of Phytophora infestans‚ a microscopic fungus‚ also called the potato blight.They think that the disease was brought him by an American
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When the Irish Potato Famine Struck Ireland On a sunny morning in 1845‚ Irish farmers were going to check their crops. A farmer named Abraham Fitz found black potatoes in his fields. He thought it may be only the one‚ so he moved over 4 rows and dug another potato out of the ground. This one was black and rotten. This causes Abraham to travel to his neighbors house and ask about their potatoes. His neighbor’s potatoes were black‚ rotten‚ and giving off a foul stench. This would later be discovered
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Introduction: The Irish Famine (1845-1852) saw the population of Ireland endure great hardships‚ it saw many starve‚ many emigrate and many perish due to both starvation and disease. This essay will ‘Discuss the factors which made the Famine inevitable in 1845’. This essay will explore the events that took place and lead to the famine. It will delve into the influx of population‚ landownership‚ the Irish diet and the many other factors that saw the Famine occur. Landownership: The Plantations were
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during the mid 1840s to 1850s in Ireland were definitely not the best for many families‚ it was a time of tragedy. These were the years during the horrific times called the Irish Famine‚ also known as the Potato Famine or Great Hunger. The Irish Famine claimed innumerable amount of lives‚ leading to a “mass emigration of famine survivors to the United States” (McCallum). There were countless of families who emigrated to America during this catastrophe in order to escape starvation‚ poverty‚ and death
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Ireland suffered greatly during the potato famine in the 1840s. Around one million people died of starvation or disease. Many immigrated to the United States to try to escape the horrid that surrounded them in Ireland.Food was considered the most deadly weapon in a war. Starvation was the leading cause of death in a war. If you had control of the food supply‚ your army had the greater advantage. Your enemies would most likely fall from starvation‚ enviably you would win. Food also gave the soldiers
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