Migration and Empire 1830-1939 Chapter 3 Flashcards
How many Scots emigrated to Canada between 1900 and 1939?
Half a million
What trade did Scots emigrants dominate in Canada?
Hudson Bay Company trading in furs, textiles, furniture making, paper, steel, oil, and iron
What evidence is there of Scots emigrants making a huge impact in Canadian economy?
By the end of the century, Scots occupied a third of Canadian business elite despite being only 16% of the population
What did most Scots emigrants go to Canada for?
Agricultural opportunities. Raised cattle and crop using skills learned in Scotland.
What was the biggest impact Scots made on Canada?
Canadian Pacific Railway which connected parts of Canada that used to be cut off from each other
What impact did Scots emigrants make on Politics in Canada?
John MacDonald. Canada’s prime minister who led Canada to independence in 1867
What is an example of a Scot emigrant establishing a school in Canada?
1818 George Ramsey established Dalhousie University
What contribution did Scottish faith make to Canadian culture?
Church of Scotland funded Queens University
What parts of Scottish culture became a part of the culture in Canada?
Highland societies, bagpipe playing, whiskey tasting and ceilidhs
How did Scots emigrants get on with Canadian natives?
met them through Hudson Bay company and developed close relations leading to intermarriage between the groups
What are Metis people?
Generation of people with an immigrant parent and a native parent
What impact did Metis people have on the economy in Canada?
Helped trade flourish as they could communicate with Scots and native tribes
What were Metis people thought of by Scots? What did this impression make them do?
Scots thought of them as inferior or savages and forced them off their land
What happened in Canada in 1885?
Canadians and Metis people stage rebellion against immigrants but their leader was executed
What work did Scots emigrants do in Australia?
Worked in remote settlements to establish farms and towns.
Exported new agricultural techniques that were successful.
What areas were Scots emigrants dominant in in Australia?
Finance, engineering, shipping, coal mining, sugar and manufacturing
Who were James and Alexander Brown? What did they do?
Scots emigrants that set up coal mines in Newcastle and New South Wales which were very successful