Scottish Clearances

GPTKB entity

Properties (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:associatedWith land use changes
economic hardship
land speculation
land reform movements
Clearance Acts
emigration patterns
gptkbp:causedBy agricultural changes
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
historical literature
gptkbp:historicalImpact gptkb:Scottish_diaspora
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Scottish Clearances
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
gptkbp:populationTrend gptkb:Highland_Scots
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