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Immigration from 1800 - 1850
History 1301 Essay

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Immigedeon from 1800-1850 There was nelalicely little immögers on from 1770 to to 1830. ile there wis significant emögendkon fecom the u.sto canada, including about 75,000 hoyalists as well as alle Germans and others looking for better famland in what is now Ontario. Large scale immigration resumed in the 1830. fecom Britain, Irelanch, Germany, and other parts of Central Europe as well as Scandlinaria. Most were attracted by the cheap farmland. Some were artisans by the cheap farmland. some were artisans and skilled fac. tory workers attracted by the first stage of industrialization - The krish Catholics were primarily reuskilled workers who built a majo sity of the canals and railroads, setting šu urban areas. Many foish went to the emerging textile mill towns of the Northeast, while others became Longshoremen in the growing Atlantic

and Gulf port cities. Half the Ges. headed to farms, especally in the more West, while the other half becon craftsmen in urban areas. Nalivism took the form of pelle cal dolo-Catholicism directed mostly at the soish. It became important borefly in the mid-1850s in the guine of the Know Nothing party Most of the Catholics and German Luther was became De mocents, and most of the other poolestants joined the to new Republican Party. Based on areailable ele cords, Immigudhon toddled 8,385 in 18 20 with sommigration todals geradually Increasing to 23; 322 by the year 1830 for the 1820s deca de immigad- thon more than doubled to 143,000. Between 1831 and 1840, immigedhon more than quadrapled to a total of 599,000. These included about 207.000 Arapsh, starting to emigurate in large

numbers following Britain's easine of doarel resbichons, and about 152,000 Geumans, 6000 British and 46,000 treench consibiliting the guaups IMO ZO rent langest Immigration of the decade. not Between 1841 and 1850, immigration nearly droipled again totaling 1,7 13,000 enmiguants including at least 481,000 foish, 435,000 Germans, 267,600 British and 14,000 French! The prish, dona by the Potato famine (1845-1849), emigrated durectly from their homeland to escape ponceity and death. The failed neredetions of 1848 brought many intellectuals and actincists to erite po the US.