Why Scots left

Question 1

Why did Scots leave ?
(Rural Lowlands)

Answer 1

• technology had developed and increased which led to a reduced demand for workers
• subtenencies halted + subdivision of land = prevented = couldn’t own land
• single/married farmhands lived on farms + loss of job = loss of home
• shortage of farm cottages for farm hands
• many couldn’t find work = had to look elsewhere
• jobs in cities/towns = 50% wage increase
• craftsmen couldn’t cope against factories
• people didn’t want to work on farms
• people didn’t like the isolation of the country
• people expected better from life due to education

Question 2

Why did Scots leave ?
(Highlands)

Answer 2

• land = subdivided = rent unaffordable
• famine from 1846-1857
• ## Highland Clearances