🟠| Unit 1 - Pull External

Question 1

Points

6

Answer 1

• Australian Convicts
• Letters to Home
• British American Land Company
• Railway Boom
• Better pay
• Nova Scotia

Question 2

Australian Convicts

Answer 2

• Up to 1867 Australia was used as a place to send British convicts, and during this time around 7600 Scottish prisoners were transported.
• This pulled scots to move abroad because many of these convicts settled in Western Australia after serving their time and their families moved to join them.

Question 3

Letters to Home

Answer 3

• Many Scots who had already moved wrote letters home that explained the freedoms offered abroad – for example, Neil Calder from Bonar Bridge emigrated to Australia and wrote home to his brother in 1899 about the political and social freedoms in Australia
• This pulled Scots to move abroad as they felt comforted by the fact that life abroad was positive, so were more inclined to move to experience such freedoms.

Question 4

British American Land Company

Answer 4

• The British American Land Company bought 1 million acres of land in Quebec and began to recruit Scottish farmers for their skills – they helped 60 families from the Outer Hebrides with the cost of their passage across the Atlantic
• This pulled Scots to move abroad as they were given guaranteed work based on what they knew how to do, ensuring easy financial security.

Question 5

Railway Boom

Answer 5

• The railway boom of the 1840s developed railways around Scotland and other countries, and the invention of the steamship made emigrating easier, quicker and cheaper.
• This pulled Scots to move abroad because migration seemed less risky and become more realistic for the average Scot to achieve.

Question 6

Better Pay

Answer 6

• Wages abroad were much better than in Scotland - it took granite workers a week to earn what granite workers would earn in 1.5 days in America.
• This pulled Scots to move as they wanted better payment, which was offered in other countries in exchange for the same skills and jobs Scots were already used to.

Question 7

Novia Scotia

Answer 7

• Scots who had moved to Nova Scotia in the beginning of the migration period in 1830 had built up a familiar community with Scottish values.
• This pulled Scots to move abroad as many of the skilled workers seeking new homes from their rural areas were unhappy with the ‘immoral’ cities that lacked religious structure due to pub hours and prostitution.