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Some worked in the fur trade, trapping and exploring, but most settled in rural farms and villages. They cleared the land of trees, built homes, and planted fields. Many others worked in coastal areas as fishers, on ships, and as dockworkers. In the 1800s, Irish immigrants in the United States tended to stay in the large cities where they ...
The history of immigration to the United States details the movement of people to the United States from the colonial era to the present day. Throughout U.S. history , the country experienced successive waves of immigration , particularly from Europe (see European Americans ) and later on from Asia (see Asian Americans ) and Latin America (see ...
New immigrants after 1800 made Pittsburgh a major Scotch-Irish stronghold. For example, Thomas Mellon (b. Ulster; 1813–1908) left Ireland in 1823 and became the founder of the famous Mellon clan, which played a central role in banking and industries such as aluminum and oil.
The final phase of colonial immigration, from 1760 to 1820, became dominated by free settlers and was marked by a huge increase in British immigrants to North America and the United States in particular. In that period, 871,000 Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of which over 70% were British (including Irish in that category).
Barrett, James R., and David R. Roediger. "The Irish and the 'Americanization' of the 'New Immigrants' in the Streets and in the Churches of the Urban United States, 1900-1930." Journal of American Ethnic History 24.4 (2005): 3-33. How the Irish helped the "new immigration" in New York City and Chicago. online; Bayor, Ronald H., and Timothy ...
Irish immigrants sailing to the U.S. during the Great Famine in 1850. Illustration for publication in the London News on 6th July 1850. Credit - Illustrated London News—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
From 1841 to 1850 immigration exploded to 1,713,000 total immigrants and at least 781,000 Irish who fled their homeland to escape poverty or death during the famine of 1845–1849. In attempting to divert some of this traffic to help settle Canada, the British offered bargain fares of 15 shillings for transit to Canada, instead of the normal 5 ...
The face of immigration in the early 1900s His photos of child workers helped expose the hazardous conditions and abuse children were facing all over America that lead to new regulations on child ...
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