Irish immigration to the u. s. began during the early development of the american colonies. it is estimated that 200,000 irish came to the u. s. in the 17th and 18th centuries. the numbers swelled from 1820 to 1850 to almost 2 million irish immigrants. most of these were fleeing the potato famine from 1845 until 1852. steady numbers continued to arrive during the late 19th and 20th centuries. today, over 36 million americans claim some level of irish ancestry. what is the paragraph above mostly about?

The paragraph above is mostly about the arrival of Irish immigrants in America.

Explanation:

The paragraph mainly describes the arrival of Irish immigrants

1. the townshend acts of 1767 “threaten the country with poverty and ruin.”

at a town meeting held at faneuil hall in boston on october 28, 1767, boston freeholders and residents discussed the implications of the brutal townshend acts levied against the colonists. the townshend acts were a set of four acts passed by the british parliament in the summer of 1767 in order to generate revenue for the crown (through duties on goods such as lead, glass, paper, and tea) as well as exert british control over the increasingly rebellious colonists.

during the oct. 28 meeting, the bostonians found:

the excessive use of foreign superfluities is the chief cause of the present distressed state of this town, as it is thereby drained of its money: which misfortune is likely to be increased by means of the late additional burthens and impositions on the trade of the province, which threaten the country with poverty and ruin.

as a result, the citizens unanimously voted to boycott all british-made goods.

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