United States

Question 1

U.S. - Key Themes

Answer 1

• Land/Opportunities
• Assisted/Philanthropic
• Transplanted Communities
• Soldiers

Question 2

U.S. - Historical Context

Answer 2

• When; Late 1840s stats exceeded 10,000 overtook Canada, BMH
• How many; By 1880s consistently over 10,000 per year, BMH
• Who; John Witherspoon and James Wilson, Continental Congress born in Scotland, largely highland presence, BMH

Question 3

U.S. - Transplanted Communities

Answer 3

• Illinois home to 5,000 Scots, communities such as Argyle, Bannockburn, Dundee and Midlothian, BMH
• Scotland County; Missouri, Inverness; California, Montrose; Colorado, BMH
• Over 100 guests, St Paul Minnesota, St Andrew’s Society Ball, 1886, BMH

Question 4

U.S. - Soldier/Pre-Revolution

Answer 4

• Numbers up largely due to 77th (Montgomery Highlanders), 42nd (Black Watch), 78th (Fraser’s Highlanders), BMH
• William Jefferson, “Scotch & foreign mercenaries,” BMH

Question 5

U.S. - Land/Opportunities

Answer 5

• North Carolina, Scottish Governor Gabriel Johnston, granted several thousand acres, 10-year tax exemption, 350 from Argyllshire, 1739, BMH
• Chesapeake-Clyde tobacco trade, 8million lbs in 1741, BMH

Question 6

U.S. - Assisted/Philanthropic/Indentured

Answer 6

• Register for Emigrants, 1 in 5 indentured, BMH
• Scot’s Charitable Society of Boston (founded 1657), oldest charitable society in America, helped find feet, BMH