8.2 million people - The population of Ireland at the beginning of The Famine, Norfolk System - One of the advances that occurred in farming, Seed drill - A machine that sowed seeds at the correct depth and in straight rows, More food available - A consequence of the new farming advances, Cotters - Labourers who rented 1 acre from a farmer, 1 million - The amount of cotters in Ireland in 1845, Starvation and disease - What people died of during The Famine, Potato Blight - A fungus that spreads in damp and humid weather and destroys potato crops, 1845 - The year Irish farmers first noticed potato blight, 1846 - The year two thirds of the Irish potato crop was lost to blight,

Chapter 16: The Great Famine and Irish Diaspora, Part 1

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