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The Outsized Role of Irish Immigrants in the American Revolution - Neatorama

As European settlers traveled to the New World, the Irish were ahead of the curve when it came to escaping the British Empire. Ireland was also a British colony, and its citizens were treated terribly. They were converted to Christianity, then a few hundred years later, non-Anglican religions were outlawed. Irish land was confiscated, their trees were cut down, and their priests executed. In the wake of this treatment, many Scots-Irish, particularly Presbyterians, fled to America to breathe free