I heard that there was a country where a large number of people died because of moldy potatoes. Which country is it?

Food Crisis: Refugees Flee-/Kloc-In Europe in the 9th century, an unprecedented plant disease began to spread, which was caused by a fungus called Phytophthora infestans. It will make the stems and leaves of potatoes turn yellow and wither, the roots rot, and disgusting mucus will flow out. Although the crisis has plunged Europe into a cold season, no country will be so dependent on potatoes.

The crisis deprived Irish people of their main food, and nearly 2.5 million Irish people had to leave their hometown and even wander across the Atlantic. It can be said that during these five years, the population of Ireland under British rule has dropped by nearly a quarter. This figure not only died of hunger and disease, but also included about/kloc-0.0 million Irish people who emigrated overseas because of famine.

Britain's indifference-in fact, just the "potato crisis" is not enough to cause such serious consequences. The ruler of the Irish, the British, is the most important reason why the Irish are displaced. When the "potato crisis" began, Britain not only refused to provide food and economic help, but also forced the Irish to continue to import the only food left from Britain.

In Black Forty-seven, nicolas cummings, a local official in Cork County, Ireland, described it this way:

"I walked into a farmhouse and the scene in front of me stunned me. Six skinny ghostly people were lying on a pile of dirty straw in the corner of the hut. I thought they were dead, but when I got close to them, there was a whisper in my ear. These' people' are still alive ... "

Therefore, this makes the Irish, who are already struggling to survive, worse. The hellish living environment made the Irish unable to persist any longer, so they had to start to flee in order to survive.

The ship of death: the road of great migration-the Irish didn't have enough money when they fled, so they had to squeeze into a simple modified cargo ship. 10.5 million people, 5,000 ships, the cruel environment can be imagined, every adult can be assigned to a position about the size of a floor, but only half that of a child.

Death waved the sickle of disease and madly harvested fresh life. Of the only 65,438+500,000 people, about 350,000 people stayed in Na Pianhai forever.

Obstacle of nativism-When the Irish come to this strange place, everything is different from their hometown, and they can only adapt gradually. Religious differences have a great influence on Irish people. Irish people are descendants of ancient Celts and have lived on the island of Ireland for generations. In the 5th century, with the introduction of Roman Catholicism, Irish people gradually believed in Catholicism.

Although there are some similarities between Christianity in the United States and Catholicism in Ireland, they are two different beliefs after all, so this provides an excuse for some extremists. The most serious example is the 1844 "Bible Destruction" riots in Philadelphia. Those Christians and American extremists began to make trouble crazily, burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil, just like robbers. The Archbishop of Ireland, Hughes, even built an iron wall around his church to resist the mob.

Americans are always arrogant. They have always adhered to the principle of "they are the best in the world" and in the name of "Americans must rule the United States", which is naked discrimination against Irish refugees. At this time, all the media propaganda reads "We hate the Irish".

In the end, all these make Irish life more and more sad.

Although these acts are unfair to the Irish, the brave and hardworking Irish will not give in. They do the most tiring work in America with the least money. They are not only adapting to this new country, but also learning how to live better in this country. The next generation of "potato crisis" is more ambitious. They began to nibble at the United States, and they occupied the ruling class of the American government.

/kloc-At the end of 0/9, a large number of Irish people began to live a well-off life. These Irish people from the island of England can now accept and assimilate the American way of life.

Even, later generations' evaluation of this great famine is:

Many important social changes took place before 1845, but the impact of famine nurtured the existing historical forces and gave them new significance. Unusual population curve, profound mental trauma, and scattered population maintain the same relationship. Ireland after the famine was different from any other European country.

"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has ups and downs." No country will always be smooth sailing, so we all understand refugees. As a country that has always been humanitarian-oriented, we do not blindly expel refugees, and we will still choose unconditional help for many refugees. But there are also many refugees who do whatever they want in his benefactor country by virtue of their refugee status. It is true that foreign laws cannot sanction them, but we can expel them.

We help the weak and we love world peace. However, we are also a country with principles. We won't forgive those who make mistakes. On the contrary, we will strengthen law enforcement and increase punishment.

References:

Nature: a new theory of Irish potato famine, Irish famine: political violence and indifference killed millions of people, Peter Gray-Irish famine.