HISC45H3 Chapter Notes -Great Famine (Ireland), Migration Period, Canada Men'S National Soccer Team
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Week 2, great migration era : 19th cent british immigrants; case study of irish. 100 000 irish immigrants came to canada in 1847, caused by great potato famine: growth of irish-catholic immigration to saint john and portland brought expansion of. Orange order: institutional nativist response to unwelcome settlers, anti- catholic, racist appeal, defends protestantism against ic, rejection of immigrants due to cultural/religious diff, symbolic struggle to protect. Protestant jobs against ics: orange order new brunswick, 10 000 members, succeeded b/c large supply of loyalists. + new england + non- irish immigrants who shared same feelings. After mid century contributed to demise of collective conflict by alleviating competition b/w natives and immigrants: fuller employment fostered better relations b/w p&c workers, reduction in ic immigration in 1848 helped subdue nativist impulse. It was a combination of nativist rhetoric + mutual willingness to engage in armed conflict that provided a decade of social violence.
