How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe The author Thomas Cahill was in 1940 in New York City and had Irish-American parents that raised him in Queens and the Bronx. He is said to be a lifelong scholar by the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. He studied ancient Greek and Latin literature as well as medieval philosophy, scripture, and theology at Fordham University where he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree.
The Scotch-Irish people were one of the numerous immigrants who looked for shelter and alleviation in America. The Scotch-Irish appeared in the mid-seventeenth century when the English government, on edge to dominate Ireland, removed Lowland Scots as pilgrims to the province of Ulster in northern Ireland. For around a century the Scotch-Irish squeezed out a living in Ireland, yet in the early piece of the eighteenth century their monetary condition endured a progression of grievous inversions. As a result, a flood of maybe five thousand Scotch-Irish moved to America in 1717. Before the end of the eighteenth century, four more influxes of Scotch-Irish withdrew Ireland for America and a few hundred thousand Ulstermen settled in about each area of the English provinces.
Many Irish families then came to America for a better future, and to ensure that they will not get sick and die. Not only they came to America for the safety of their families, but also for better jobs and earn money. After the potato famine, many families starved to death or were helpless because
The oppressive past that the Scots-Irish faced in their home country optimalized the isolated geography of the Greater Appalachian region, as they were able to construct a society that was rooted in individual liberty as opposed to materialism. When living in Great Britain, the Scots-Irish were forced out due to a large increase in rent put upon by the landlords. As noted by a Scot-Irish in American Nations, “We having been, before we came here, so much oppressed and harassed by under landlords in our country, from which we with great losses, dangers, and difficulties came [to]... this foreign world to be freed from such oppression” (Woodard 104). Thus, as evidenced, the Borderlanders travelled to the New World in search of a life free of oppression.
When Catholic emancipation failed, the dam broke. Revolution became the only option for the repressed in Ireland to achieve the equality that they now believed was an inalienable right. The decades of enlightenment ideas that had been flooding in from America and France finally came to a head in 1798 when the Irish attempted their own rebellion. However, it was not just American and French ideas that lead Ireland to war, the history is much more conjoined that that. Without the historical event of the American Revolution, Ireland would never have developed the national pride that was needed to attempt a
(pg. 2). They were known to hold the power of the newer immigrants. The Irish, being skilled speakers, instantly rose in the political areas. They ran the integration of other immigrants and held this power simply due to their populous numbers and skilled natively English
The narrative’s topic focuses on the mistreatment of the Native Americans through the investigation of native relations with White Americans. Dee Brown argues that Americans only know the White American histories of the Native Americans. Brown claims that his narrative provides a history of the American West from the perspective of the Native American. While the monograph cites a few primary sources, the majority of Brown’s argument relies on footnotes that cite secondary works. Brown’s use of these sources enables him to provide each chapter with a history of different Native American tribes and their interactions with the United States government.
Immigrants were put through many challenges when they first came to America, like discrimination, Americanization, and being blind to how America worked. As previously stated, immigrants who immigrated to America in the Gilded Age/ Progressive Era faced many difficulties adjusting to the foreign land. Immigrants faced such discrimination just for not being purebred Americans. Nativists were Americans who were against immigration.
Topic of interest: The role of Irish Gaelic people immigrant in the Civil War and the proceeding rioting. Did the slipstream riots negate the impact of the simulation and acceptance that Irish immigrants gained through their overhaul in the Civil War? Thousands of Irish enlisted in the Unification Regular army at the spurring of Bishops and to express their support for the Union cause. All-Irish “heritage units” were crucial to the Seven Sidereal Day Battles, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Also in helping the establishment of the “Americanism” and simulation of Irish immigrants.
1. What challenges did immigrants face upon arrival in America? Immigrants traveled a hard and long voyage across the ocean to America in hopes of better jobs and futures with less discrimination. When they saw the Statue of Liberty they knew they had arrived at Ellis Island, in New York.
Employers were known to replace uncooperative workers and those demanding higher wages with Irish laborers. Irish immigrants were often poor by American standards, usually crowding into subdivided homes that were intended for single families. A lack of running water and cleanliness was common in these places which led to disease and other families often moving out in fear of these
“By 1840 the potato had become the sole food of one third of the of the people and an essential element in the diet of many more” (Williams 1996, p. 17). When the blight struck, hundreds of thousands died of starvation between 1845 and 1848. The Irish were in a state of panic and hopelessness. During 1845 and 1851, it is estimated that around 1.6 million people left Ireland for America. As Williams eloquently states, arriving in America, the Irish immigrants had to adjust to their new country and Americans had to adjust to their new fellow citizens.
How do immigrants struggle coming to america? Learning the language and having difficulty speaking english, having trouble communicating. In The latin Deli: An Ars Poetica it identifies the issue of speaking a different language. The poem states "all wanting comfort of spoken spanish. " Securing work is another issue either because of illegal immigration, the job only hiring people with experience in the united states or because of the language barrier.
In 1845, Ireland was hit with a devastating blight that destroyed all of its potatoes and caused more than a million people to die of starvation and disease. The Irish Potato Famine, also known as The Great Famine, was a tragic time in Irish history, lasting from 1845 - 1849. Ireland’s poor was very dependant on potatoes, so the sudden death of the potatoes devastated Ireland’s population. Ireland got almost no help from Great Britain, so it had to help itself, but it did not have the resources to do so.
There are many challenges that immigrants face throughout their lives. Many immigrants are able to come to the U.S., but it is not easy as it seems. One challenge that immigrants go through is being able to have respect that the U.S. citizens have. Another challenge that immigrants face is being able to adapt to the new environment. People who arrive in the U.S. might not be able to speak English.
