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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 . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Irish ImmigrantsNick Kelley & Katie Lefebvre
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The Boston Atlas Editorial Newspaper
John H. Eastburn
The Boston Post
Taken over by the Boston Traveller
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The Burning of a Convent School European Protestants and Irish Catholics
Massachusetts
1830’s-1840’s
Old hostilities
Violence
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Immigrant Experience Difficult
Religious Hardships
Poverty
Poor living
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Reasons for Immigration Extreme poverty, poor living conditions,
tension from the English
Potato famine
Labor Demand
New York State’s Erie Canal
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Demographics Before 1800s, middleclass
Flood of Irish immigrants, 2 million poor
Steerage Act, 43% Irish
Hard Workers, Hard Labor Factories and Railroads
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Hardships Burning of the Convent School
Religious tension between Protestants and Catholics
Violence and Aggression
Vandalism, murder, destruction, discrimination
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Impact/Significance Workforce
Culture
Society
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Irish Immigration Video http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ_uCUcoFwo