The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's population by 1860.
What events provoked the immigration of people from Germany?
revolutions
There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's population by 1860.
There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another twenty-five percent of New York's population by eighteen sixty.
What events provoked the immigration of people from Germany?