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Following this event, a demand for the “three Fs” was issued by the Tenant Right League. (15[1])The Choctaw Nation remarkably raised thousands of dollars in aid during this event. (15[1])Charles Trevelyan was blamed for his laissez-faire response to this event. Many immigrants fleeing this event boarded overcrowded (*) “coffin ships” for passage across the Atlantic. Robert Peel repealed the Corn Laws (10[1])in order to alleviate this event which was caused by a blight of phytophthora infestans. For 10 points, named this 1840s event that killed over a million people in Ireland by decimating a certain crop. ■END■

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