Migration and Empire Flashcards
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Name 4 reasons why scots emigrated to other countries
potato famine- majority of population relied on this crop but blight made it unable to eat
assisted passage- canada needed bigger population, paid to move and live there
fishing industry collapsed after ww1- no way to export to places like germany, fisherman could no longer work in scotland
highland clearances- people in highlands forcibly removed from homes and land belonging to family in order to make room for animals
name the other 4 reasons why scots emigrated to other countries
opportunity to own land- canada was giving it away while scotland had very little available to buy
consolidation of land- left youngest of farmers generations with nowhere to go as land became smaller and smaller
decline in kelp industry meant lots of poverty and therefor people left in hope of a better life
great depression meant that heavily industrialized places struggled- shipbuilding and engineering became harder to find a job in at end of 1920s/30s
What was the experience of Irish Catholics in scotland?
-religion clashed with cots and protestant irish
-said to be strike breakers, worked for lower wages
-worked in hard labour jobs like farmers, navvies and jute worker
-created own schools, churches and football teams (celtic, hibs and dufc originally dundee Hibernians)
What was the experience of the irsih protestants in scotland?
-immigrating since 1800s, good relationship with scots
-shipbuilding, engineering and skilled industries
-secratarian trouble with catholics in glasgow
-orange lodges were first example of social clubs
-easily employed workers and paid well
What was the experince of the italians like in scotland?
-loved by public for introducing cafes, ice cream shops and hairdressers
-also worked as peddlers/ barrowmen
-catholic so had some disagreement with scots and were said to be just after money
-problem with protestants because protestants annoyed about cafes being open on sunday
What was the experince of jews in scotland?
-had their own newspaper in yiddish
anti-jew organisation in scotland (nazis influence), blamed for cholera
-worked as bakers, tailors and in cigarette production
-skilled in medicine and law
Make 4 points on how the empire influenced scotland
-empire day( 24th may)
-martial tradition, working class
-middle class got jobs abroad, teachers, doctors, lawyers and bankers
-thrive of jute industry in dundee, caird hall and park
Make 4 more points on the influence of the empire in scotland
-empire can be blamed for economic slump after ww1 because it relied too much on exports
-brain drain, idea that all the well educated scottish were leaving because of the empire and less educated immigrants were replacing them
-italians brought cafes, ice cream shops and chippys to scotland( wouldnt have without the empire
-catholic irish had football team dundee harp, won 35-0
Explain the impact of scots in canada
-place names such as nova scotia and a dundee in new brumswick
-hudson bay comany, trades in beaver furs ( made indigenous addicted to alcohol by tradeing for beaver hides
-transferred disease and sexual diseases to natives
-took native children away from families and put them in school to assimilate them into western culture
-curling became popular in canada and shinty became ice hockey, the national sport
-John A macdonald was Scottish and first president of canada
What impact did scots have on australia?
-place names, perth, new south whales and victoria
-scottish farmers thrived bringing ayrshire cattle and clydesdale horses to australia
-bnking system deveoped by scottish woman leslie duiguid
-van diems island, filled with scots and very rich community
-freddo choclate made by son of scottish immigrant henry melbourne
-warrigal creek massacre
-sepeareted aboriginal kids from there parents
what impact did scots have on india?
-governor general of india, james dalhousie was Scottish banned practices of sutee and thugee and developed train lines, roads and canals
-indian mutiny in 1857 where a scotsman colin campbell is said to have killed 600 mutineers
-armistar massacre 1919 where 1200 people killed by rifles when unarmed
-tea industry developed under british rule
-margaret donnelly opened first jute mill in india
-university of calcutta and pushed for women to become educated
-provided scots with jobs like administrators and civil servants
