about one million people were killed in the irish potato famine.
about one million people were killed in the irish potato famine.
how many were killed in the irish potato famine?
about one million people
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the recovery of food imports after the napoleonic wars (1803–1815) and the resumption of american trade following the war of 1812 (1812–1815) led to the enactment in 1815 of the corn laws (protective tariffs) to protect cereal grain producers in britain against foreign competition. these laws were only removed in 1846 after the onset of the irish potato famine in which potato late blight ruined most of the irish potato crop and brought famine to the irish people in 1846–50. though the blight also struck scotland, wales, england, and much of europe, its effect there was far less severe since potatoes constituted a much smaller percentage of the diet than in ireland. despite this, ireland still produced agricultural surpluses during the famine- most of the food was exported to english cities and british authorities refused to close the ports. hundreds of thousands died in the irish famine and millions more emigrated to england, wales, scotland, canada, australia, europe, and the united states, reducing the population from about 8.5 million in 1845 to 4.3 million by 1921.
british agricultural revolution