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*Beginning in the seventeenth century, Scottish people began emigrating to the '''United States, India, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and elsewhere in the British Isles'''. | *Beginning in the seventeenth century, Scottish people began emigrating to the '''United States, India, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and elsewhere in the British Isles'''. | ||
*Emigration increased in the mid-eighteenth century as a result of political unrest and again after 1815 as a means of poor relief, particularly from the Highlands. | *Emigration increased in the mid-eighteenth century as a result of political unrest and again after 1815 as a means of poor relief, particularly from the Highlands. | ||
* | *The following types of emigrants account for most persons who left Scotland. | ||
:*Free emigrants. Beginning in 1630, emigrants left Scotland to '''promote trade or set up military outposts and way stations''' for merchant ships. Later, free emigrants sought opportunity in a new land or fled poverty or oppression in Scotland. | :*Free emigrants. Beginning in 1630, emigrants left Scotland to '''promote trade or set up military outposts and way stations''' for merchant ships. Later, free emigrants sought opportunity in a new land or fled poverty or oppression in Scotland. | ||
:*Assisted emigrants. From 1815 to 1900, qualified emigrants received '''passage money or land grants''' in the destination country as an alternative to receiving poor relief. Many Scots from the Highlands emigrated to Canada in this manner. After 1840, New Zealand and Australia offered money for land grants to skilled workers to encourage immigrants. | :*Assisted emigrants. From 1815 to 1900, qualified emigrants received '''passage money or land grants''' in the destination country as an alternative to receiving poor relief. Many Scots from the Highlands emigrated to Canada in this manner. After 1840, New Zealand and Australia offered money for land grants to skilled workers to encourage immigrants. | ||