migration of scots Flashcards
Many Scots __________ with the support of family members who had already moved
overseas. It was common for Scottish emigrants, especially ________ones, to write
home to encourage their __________to join them. For example, in _____, William _____
wrote a letter to his uncle describing the ___________ available in his adopted
homeland of Canada.
emigrated
successful
relatives
1838
Knox
opportunities
The ________century saw a revolution in ________________, including the
development of ________ and steamships. As well as easier travel within Scotland, emigration became both quicker and ________ as a result of the improvements in transport. In _____, the SS Cassandra sailed from
Glasgow to _________ in just __ days.
nineteenth
transportation
railways
cheaper
1912
Montreal
10
The Emigration Act of _____ was designed to make it easier for ______ people to
emigrate. The government wanted both to reduce __________ pressure at home and
to provide workers for British colonies. The Emigration Act provided funding to help
_________ pay for their tenants’ passages, with journeys to Australia costing as little as ___ under the scheme.
1851
poorer
population
landlords
£1
In 1868, the ___________ arrived in Western Australia; it was the last _______ ship
sent from Britain to Australia. Up until this point, around ________Scottish convicts had
been transported to Australia. They were sentenced to __________________for crimes
including forgery and ________. The purpose of transporting convicts to Australia was
to provide a workforce for the development of the colony.
hougoumont
convict
8000
transportation
bulgarly
Higher wages available for_______ work – Skilled Scottish workers were drawn to other
countries by the promise of better ___. In the United States, some skilled workers could
earn the _____ amount in a day and a half that they could earn in an _____ in Scotland.
skilled
pay
same
week
Opportunities to own ____ – Scots who worked on farms had very little hope of ________ enough money to buy their own land, and there was __________ not enough work to go round. Countries such as Australia and Canada had _____ amounts of land available to settle. Some areas even offered free ‘____________’ to anyone willing to emigrate and set up a farm.
land
earning
increasingly
huge
homesteads
Gold _______ – Some Scots moved ________ in the hope of becoming rich immediately
through _________ like gold and diamond mining. There were gold rushes in California in _____, Australia in 1851, South Africa in _____, and New Zealand in 1861. Scots who set out to make their ______ in gold often hoped to return to Scotland as wealthy men, but in reality, not many were very ____________.
rushes
overseas
enterprises
1849
1855
fortune
successful
