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Description
Mind Map by Naomi Anderson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Naomi Anderson
almost 9 years ago
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Overall Impact of the Empire on Scotland
- Social and Cultural Impact
- Positive
- Relieved Problems
of overcrowding and unemployment
- Profits improved
living standards
- Indian-grown tea became a
staple of the Scottish diet
- Scotland's cultural profile was
raised internationally through
education, Church of Scotland,
Highland games, and Caladonian
societies
- Provided career opportunities
- Relieved Problems
of overcrowding and unemployment
- Negative
- Scotland was being emptied of its
most enterprising spirits because
of emmigration
- Scottish workers suffered
worse living conditions
than the English
- Scotland was being emptied of its
most enterprising spirits because
of emmigration
- Positive
- Economic Impact
- Positive
- Entrepreneurs able to
make huge fortunes
- Helped Scottish banks to prosper
- Shipbuilding prospered,
especially in Glasgow
- Stimulated the travel
industry
- Entrepreneurs able to
make huge fortunes
- Negative
- Emigration of workers shifted the balance
of economic power to the Empire and
away from Scotland
- Over-reliance of Scottish economy on
heavy industries meant it was vulnerable
to declines in international trade.
- The Empire had become a
competitor to many Scottish
industries eg. Jute in Dundee
- Emigration of workers shifted the balance
of economic power to the Empire and
away from Scotland
- Positive
- Political Impact
- Positive
- Scotland's position within the UK after 1707
offered many Scots the opportunity to
participate in the development of the Empire
(OPINION)
- Raised Scotland's
international profile
- Scotland's position within the UK after 1707
offered many Scots the opportunity to
participate in the development of the Empire
(OPINION)
- Negative
- Scotland's role in helping to create the British
Empire has meant that Scotland's own history
has been tied to that of the UK as a whole
(OPINION)
- Scotland's role in helping to create the British
Empire has meant that Scotland's own history
has been tied to that of the UK as a whole
(OPINION)
- Positive
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