NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
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absentee landlords owned large estates but didn’t live there
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many Irish peasants lived in poverty while paying high rents to landlords in England
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Irish Catholics had to pay tithes to the Church of England
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the English caused the potato blight
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Detailed explanation-1: -Phytophthora infestans is a destructive plant pathogen best known for causing the disease that triggered the Irish potato famine and remains the most costly potato pathogen to manage worldwide. Identification of P.
Detailed explanation-2: -In fact, the most glaring cause of the famine was not a plant disease, but England’s long-running political hegemony over Ireland. The English conquered Ireland, several times, and took ownership of vast agricultural territory. Large chunks of land were given to Englishmen.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is estimated that the Famine caused about 1 million deaths between 1845 and 1851 either from starvation or hunger-related disease. A further 1 million Irish people emigrated. This meant that Ireland lost a quarter of its population during those terrible years.