Darien Disaster

Question 1

Darian

What were The 3 Reason the Scheme Failed?

Answer 1

1. Unsuitability of Darien for colonisation.
2. Poor planning
3. Actions of King William And English

Question 2

Darian

What was the name behind scotlands attempt at a Empire?

Answer 2

Company Of Scotland

Question 3

Darian

Why was Scotland in econmic harship in 1690s?

Answer 3

The NAVIGATION ACTS meant that Scottish merchants had difficulties trading profitably with England.

Question 4

Darian

When was the Company of Scotland Founded?

Answer 4

1695

Question 5

Darian

Why was Dairen Unsuitible?

Answer 5

• **Weather ** Darien has 200 inches of rainfall yearly.
• **disease ** full of killer diseases including malaria, yellow fever, plague, cholera.
• **Killer animals ** sand-flies, poisonous snakes, plant diseases and even crop-eating crabs.

Question 6

Darian

Who was Responsible for planning the Darien Scheme?

Answer 6

William Paterson

Question 7

Darian

Poor Planning

Answer 7

*1200 ppl didn’t know where they where going.
* Not enough Food
* Spanish had already failed to colonise.

Question 8

Darian

King WIliam and the English

Answer 8

Initially King William suported the scheme, but after the house of commons theatened to pull funding from his 9 year war with france he tuned against the Darian Scheme and the Company of Scotland. And threatend if the scots left he would tell his allies to not support the scots in any way.