Properties (60)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
historical event
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
land use changes
economic hardship land speculation land reform movements Clearance Acts emigration patterns |
gptkbp:causedBy |
agricultural changes
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gptkbp:documentedIn |
historical records
historical literature |
gptkbp:historicalImpact |
gptkb:Scottish_diaspora
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Scottish Clearances
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gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Scottish_nationalism
Scottish_heritage_preservation Scottish_identity Scottish_literature |
gptkbp:influencedBy |
economic policies
industrialization colonial expansion political policies |
gptkbp:involved |
economic exploitation
displacement of communities displacement of families land consolidation community fragmentation clearance of tenants sheep farming expansion |
gptkbp:ledTo |
cultural assimilation
social upheaval cultural revival movements changes in social structure changes in land ownership protests and resistance landlord evictions |
gptkbp:notableEvent |
Battle of Culloden
Highland Clearances Clearance of the Highlands Clearance of the Isles Crofter's War |
gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Lord_Seafield
gptkb:Duke_of_Sutherland gptkb:Sir_John_Sinclair landowners James_Loch |
gptkbp:occursIn |
gptkb:Scotland
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gptkbp:populationTrend |
gptkb:Highland_Scots
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gptkbp:resultedIn |
urban migration
mass emigration increased poverty cultural displacement economic migration altered demographics loss of traditional livelihoods abandonment of crofts increased landlessness decline_of_Gaelic_culture |
gptkbp:sparked |
emigration_to_New_Zealand
emigration_to_Australia emigration_to_North_America |
gptkbp:timePeriod |
18th to 19th century
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