Why did people flee Europe for America in the nineteenth century ? Explain.

(i) Until the nineteenth century, poverty and hunger were common in Europe.

(ii) Overcrowded cities

(iii) Deadly diseases were widespread

(iv) Religious conflicts were common.

(v) Religious dissenters were persecuted

(vi) By the eighteenth century, plantations worked by slaves captured in Africa were growing cotton and sugar for European markets. Many fled Europe to America.

(vii) Economic opportunities