Immigration to Scotland 1830's to 1839.

Immigration to Scotland 1830's to 1839.

1. 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.
   • Land ownership
     • Irish tenant farmers
       • Land owners lived in England and didn't know the problems going on in Ireland.
   • Over Crowding
     • Ireland's population doubled between 1800 and 1850
       • Reduced land availability and not enough food to feed population
   • Famine and povery
     • 1845 to 1848 potato blight struck and caused the great famine. Over 2 million people left the country.

2. 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
   • Work opportunities
     • Scotland had a shortage of workers
       • Recruited the Irish sometimes paid travel and rent for them.
   • Higher wages
     • 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

3. Where did the Irish settle

   • West of Scotland
     • Glasgow, Paisley, Dundee and Aryshire

4. Social Impact on Scotland

   • Depopulation
     • 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.

5. 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
   • Low labour costs
     • Many labours came to Scotland
       • Production increased and Britain became an Industrial powerhouse
   • Colonies
     • Scots set up business abroad and set up trade links with their country of origin
       • Foreign trade increased

6. 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