Ships full of hope

During the nineteenth century Irish immigration tofamine years.
the USA was on of the turning points of theThe policy of British government discouraged the
nation that gave new motherland and new hopeimmigration to New England and was interested in
to nearly four million of Irish. The dominance ofthe new settlers in its Canadian territories. As a
Irish immigration caused to the fact that nearlyresult the travel ticket to Canada was 4 times as
every third immigrant form 1820 to 1860 wascheap as a ticket to New England. But still the
from Ireland, and every fifth immigrant was Irishgreat need in labor in fast developing New England
during the period form 1860 to 1900.territories resulted in the mass immigration of
The successive ways? of Irish immigration to theIrishmen to the northeast of the USA, looking for
USA in the nineteenth century can be divided in tothe better place of living. The timber trade as well
three waves: the first way started following theas development of industry caused a lot of Irish
War of 1812 and lasted to the famine yearsto settle in the north east and made it the place
(1812-1845), immigration during the famine yearsof continuing immigration.
(1845-1859) and the immigration during the post