Irish ImmigrantsNick 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
