During the colonial era, most immigrants came to the United States from . About 800,000 Irish immigrants came to America to escape in the early 1800s. Many German immigrants also arrived at that time as a result of . In addition, many people were brought to America by force from .

The final sentence asks where people were forcibly brought from. Enslaved people were taken from Africa and brought to America, so the correct choice is Africa. The other statements refer to European immigration and do not change the answer to that final blank.

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