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Immigration to
Scotland 1830's
to 1839.
- Push factors(made people leave their county)
- Religion
- Anti- catholic laws
- Can't inherit land from a protestant.
Cant borrow money to buy land. Cant
vote in elections.
- Can't inherit land from a protestant.
Cant borrow money to buy land. Cant
vote in elections.
- Anti- catholic laws
- Land ownership
- Irish tenant farmers
- Land owners lived in England and didn't know
the problems going on in Ireland.
- Land owners lived in England and didn't know
the problems going on in Ireland.
- Irish tenant farmers
- Over Crowding
- Ireland's population
doubled between 1800 and
1850
- Reduced land availability and
not enough food to feed
population
- Reduced land availability and
not enough food to feed
population
- Ireland's population
doubled between 1800 and
1850
- Famine and povery
- 1845 to 1848 potato blight struck and
caused the great famine. Over 2 million
people left the country.
- 1845 to 1848 potato blight struck and
caused the great famine. Over 2 million
people left the country.
- Religion
- Pull Factors (encouraged people to
move to Scotland)
- Distance
- Ireland is close to Scotland
- Costs less to travel to Scotland than
to Canada or America
- Relatives already in Scotland
- Relatives already in Scotland
- Costs less to travel to Scotland than
to Canada or America
- Ireland is close to Scotland
- Work opportunities
- Scotland had a shortage of workers
- Recruited the Irish sometimes paid
travel and rent for them.
- Recruited the Irish sometimes paid
travel and rent for them.
- Scotland had a shortage of workers
- Higher wages
- Higher wages in Scotland
than Ireland so immigrants
could earn more.
- Higher wages in Scotland
than Ireland so immigrants
could earn more.
- Housing avaliability
- Lots more housing and of a
higher standard than of that in
Ireland
- Lots more housing and of a
higher standard than of that in
Ireland
- Distance
- Where did the Irish settle
- West of Scotland
- Glasgow, Paisley, Dundee
and Aryshire
- Glasgow, Paisley, Dundee
and Aryshire
- West of Scotland
- Social Impact on Scotland
- Depopulation
- Steady fall in population,
more people leaving than
coming in.
- Steady fall in population,
more people leaving than
coming in.
- Urbanisation
- Towns and cities
grew as people moved
from the country to
look for factory work
in the central belt.
- Created competition for
jobs and over crowding
became a huge problem.
- Created competition for
jobs and over crowding
became a huge problem.
- Towns and cities
grew as people moved
from the country to
look for factory work
in the central belt.
- Depopulation
- Economic impact on Scotland
- Brain Drain
- Many educated and highly skilled
workers left Scotland to make
fortunes in other countries
- Lost many people with
valuable skills
- Lost many people with
valuable skills
- Many educated and highly skilled
workers left Scotland to make
fortunes in other countries
- Low labour costs
- Many labours came to Scotland
- Production increased and Britain became
an Industrial powerhouse
- Production increased and Britain became
an Industrial powerhouse
- Many labours came to Scotland
- Colonies
- Scots set up business abroad
and set up trade links with
their country of origin
- Foreign trade increased
- Foreign trade increased
- Scots set up business abroad
and set up trade links with
their country of origin
- Brain Drain
- Political impact on Scotland
- Labour Party
- Many Irish campaigned
for better working and
living conditions
- A catholic John Wheatley became a
minister in the first Labour Party
- A catholic John Wheatley became a
minister in the first Labour Party
- Many Irish campaigned
for better working and
living conditions
- Labour Party
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