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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 .
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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
Immigrant Experience • Difficult • Religious Hardships • Poverty • Poor living
Reasons for Immigration • Extreme poverty, poor living conditions, tension from the English • Potato famine • Labor Demand • New York State’s Erie Canal
Demographics • Before 1800s, middleclass • Flood of Irish immigrants, 2 million poor • Steerage Act, 43% Irish • Hard Workers, Hard Labor • Factories and Railroads
Hardships • Burning of the Convent School • Religious tension between Protestants and Catholics • Violence and Aggression • Vandalism, murder, destruction, discrimination
Impact/Significance • Workforce • Culture • Society
Irish Immigration Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ_uCUcoFwo