Answer: B They wanted to escape religious persecution.
Explanation: This was a major problem in England.
It is estimated that as many as 4.5 million Irish arrived in America between 1820 and 1930. Between 1820 and 1860, the Irish constituted over one third of all immigrants to the United States. In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this nation.
The right to petition members of the government is technically contained in the first amendment to the Constitution which protects the freedom of speech.