Scottish Darien scheme (1698–1700)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:colonyName	New Caledonia
gptkbp:consequence	financial ruin for many Scottish investors contributed to the 1707 Act of Union
gptkbp:endDate	1700
gptkbp:firstExpeditionDeparture	July 1698
gptkbp:goal	establish a Scottish colony in Central America
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	major factor in the unification of Scotland and England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Scottish Darien scheme (1698–1700)
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Kingdom_of_Scotland
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Darien,_Panama
gptkbp:mainBacker	gptkb:Company_of_Scotland_Trading_to_Africa_and_the_Indies
gptkbp:mainCauseOfFailure	gptkb:disease lack of supplies hostile climate Spanish military opposition lack of support from England
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:William_Paterson
gptkbp:numberOfColonists	over 2,000
gptkbp:numberOfExpeditions	2
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Kingdom_of_England gptkb:Kingdom_of_Spain
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Act_of_Union_1707 Company of Scotland New Caledonia (Darien)
gptkbp:result	failure
gptkbp:secondExpeditionDeparture	September 1699
gptkbp:startDate	1698
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Darien,_Panama
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7