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Irish Immigrants

Irish Immigrants. Nick Kelley & Katie Lefebvre. The Boston Atlas Editorial. Newspaper John H. Eastburn The Boston Post Taken over by the Boston Traveller. The Burning of a Convent School. European Protestants and Irish Catholics Massachusetts 1830’s-1840’s Old hostilities Violence .

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Irish Immigrants

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  1. Irish Immigrants Nick Kelley & Katie Lefebvre

  2. The Boston Atlas Editorial • Newspaper • John H. Eastburn • The Boston Post • Taken over by the Boston Traveller

  3. The Burning of a Convent School • European Protestants and Irish Catholics • Massachusetts • 1830’s-1840’s • Old hostilities • Violence

  4. Immigrant Experience • Difficult • Religious Hardships • Poverty • Poor living

  5. Reasons for Immigration • Extreme poverty, poor living conditions, tension from the English • Potato famine • Labor Demand • New York State’s Erie Canal

  6. Demographics • Before 1800s, middleclass • Flood of Irish immigrants, 2 million poor • Steerage Act, 43% Irish • Hard Workers, Hard Labor • Factories and Railroads

  7. Hardships • Burning of the Convent School • Religious tension between Protestants and Catholics • Violence and Aggression • Vandalism, murder, destruction, discrimination

  8. Impact/Significance • Workforce • Culture • Society

  9. Irish Immigration Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ_uCUcoFwo

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