During 1700 until 1900, mass migration from Europe to the United States continued, specifically to reach religious freedom, which resulted in the continued spread of art, culture, and diseases across the world. Through time, the reasons for migration varied, as more change was being made within the world. In various Latin American countries, slavery was abolished, which resulted in the migration of workers from East Asia to Latin America, where they can work on plantations for low wages and unfair conditions. Migration increased as various calamities such as the Irish potato famine, as more people left their Ireland to escape famine. A vast amount of migration during the 1700s to the 1900s came from various European countries as people continued
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During this time period, people living in Ireland were growing only one type of potato, which failed in successive years. The crops were destroyed by a late blight, which is a disease that ultimately destroys various parts of the potato. This devastated the Irish as many were left hungry causing the country to go into economic crisis. Therefore, many people immigrated from Ireland to the United States. As people were leaving their homeland to escape the famine, migration rates increased. Thus, disasters cause immigration rates to rise. Additionally, the abolishment of slavery in countries, such as Brazil and Cuba, resulted to an increase in the amount of people migrating into the Americas. After that, many then-free slaves chose to become servants for the rich. Due to the fact that slavery was no longer legal, plantation owners didn't have any workers to tend their land. These plantation owner decided to hire workers from various parts of Asia, espclifically, East Asia, where they could hire people for exceptionally cheap wages. Those workers then had to leave their homeland and migrate to Latin Americas to work on the plantations. Hundreds of these servants worked in horrendous conditions, having to endure long hours under the glaring sun. Therefore, as slavery became illegal, more workers were shipped from East Asia to Latin America to work in plantations under poor conditions and with low
During this time period, people living in Ireland were growing only one type of potato, which failed in successive years. The crops were destroyed by a late blight, which is a disease that ultimately destroys various parts of the potato. This devastated the Irish as many were left hungry causing the country to go into economic crisis. Therefore, many people immigrated from Ireland to the United States. As people were leaving their homeland to escape the famine, migration rates increased. Thus, disasters cause immigration rates to rise. Additionally, the abolishment of slavery in countries, such as Brazil and Cuba, resulted to an increase in the amount of people migrating into the Americas. After that, many then-free slaves chose to become servants for the rich. Due to the fact that slavery was no longer legal, plantation owners didn't have any workers to tend their land. These plantation owner decided to hire workers from various parts of Asia, espclifically, East Asia, where they could hire people for exceptionally cheap wages. Those workers then had to leave their homeland and migrate to Latin Americas to work on the plantations. Hundreds of these servants worked in horrendous conditions, having to endure long hours under the glaring sun. Therefore, as slavery became illegal, more workers were shipped from East Asia to Latin America to work in plantations under poor conditions and with low