Migration of scots- push factors

Why did the agricultural revolution push scots to migrate?

Steam powered machinery, such as the threshing machine made farming more efficient with less need for farm workers, migrated to find jobs

Why did the highland clearances push scots to migrate?

Highland landowners, like the Duke of Sutherland, evicted tenants to make more money from sheep farming, migrated to find homes elsewhere

Why did the difficulties of farm work push scots to migrate?

They often worked in harsh weather conditions for long hours and low pay, and many lived in bothies with dirty farm animals, migrated to find better pay, working, and living conditions

Why did overcrowding push scots to migrate?

Farmland was subdivided for each tenant's generation, with each having a smaller amount of land which wasn't enough for growing enough food to support their families, migrated to find better work and living opportunities to support their families

Why did the decline of the kelp industry push scots to migrate?

Soap and glass made from kelp in the Highlands was sourced more cheaply from Europe, especially after the Napoleonic wars, so many Highlanders could no longer support their families, moved to find other work opportunities

Why did the highland potato blight push scots to migrate?

For most Highlanders, the potato was a staple part of their diet, so when the potato crop failed due to blight in 1846, moved to avoid starvation

Why did the lowland enclosures push scots to migrate?

Landowners built walls around their farms to focus on sheep farming to make more money, meaning tenants no longer had space to work their own plots of land and were now just farm servants, migrated to find opportunities to own their own land.

Why did poor conditions in cities push scots to migrate?

Rural scots moved to Glasgow, but the housing was poor and disease such as cholera was common, moved abroad to find better living conditions

Why did balmoralism push scots to migrate?

The Highlands became popular amongst upper classes due to the novels of Sir Walter Scott, so many came to hunt deer. Migrated abroad or towns and cities as they were evicted to make way for these leisure opportunities.