🟣| Unit 1 - Pull External Flashcards
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- Australian Convicts
- Duke of Argyll’s Scheme
- Letters to Home
- British American Land Company
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Australian Convicts
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- 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.
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Duke of Argyll’s Scheme
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- To deal with the overpopulation crisis the Duke of Argyll embarked on a large-scale scheme of emigration of men, women and children principally to Canada between 1847 and 1851 at a cost of £3.50 to the Duke per person.
- This pulled Scots to move as for a small fee they had a new and better life organised for them, taking the stress and planning out of emigration.
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Letters to Home
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- 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.
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British American Land Company
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- 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.
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Railway Boom
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- 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.
