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Why did Irish emigrate to Canada?
Grinding poverty and British supresion of Catholics.
Why did the Scots Irish emigrate to the colonies?
there waz a potato famine in Ireland
The failure of the potato crop between 1840 and 1860 caused many families to emigrate?
It caused many Irish families to emigrate to the U.S.A.
What events caused the british to move to north America?
The British moved to North America for varying reasons, not one large, specific reason. Hope of a better living, to get away from the country, perhaps just for an adventure. Although not British, the Irish potato famine caused millions of Irish to emigrate to North America. The British government failed to support the Irish properly during this time, perhaps causing more Irish to emigrate than otherwise.
Who pushed the Irish out of Ireland?
Irish people have left Ireland for all sorts of reasons down through the centuries. Historically, British involvement in Ireland did result in some people leaving and been sent abroad. Earlier Viking involvement would have resulted in some leaving. However the Irish have never fully deserted the country nor been completely pushed out. So it can be said that nobody has pushed the Irish out of Ireland.
Scots-Irish migrated to America because of?
Scots and Irish came to America after parliament forbade them to ship their dairy products, linens, and woollens to english markets. Faced with economic ruin, they decided to emigrate to the new world.
When the Japanese begin to emigrate?
when the Japanese begin to emigrate
Why did a large number of Irish people emigrate from Ireland?
during the famine they did because they had no food and in the 1950's after ww2 unemployment so they emmigrated to usa and UK
What part of speech is emigrate?
Emigrate is a verb. It describes an action.
How would you put emigrate in a sentence?
He had to emigrate to America to find a job.
What was one effect of the Irish famine?
Many people starved to death during the Irish Potato Famine, when potato blight caused the potato crops to wither and die in the fields for a couple of seasons. Many Irish people chose to emigrate, mainly to America.
Why did Irish people emigrate in 1950's?
Because they needed jobs and they needed money so they emigrated to many countries such as England or America where they would get plenty money from jobs there!
