The correct option is C) The British refused to help the starving Irish because they believed the potato blight was divine punishment.
What caused the Great Famine?
The Great Famine was caused due to the failure of the potato crop, which many people relied on for most of their living.
The British landlords who owned most of the farmland, they shipped the uninfected crops for sale overseas, Irish faced worst disease condition with the infected potatoes.
A period of mass starvation became the Irish Potato famine.
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