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The #Scots came over primarily because of the #HighlandClearances, when they were thrown off their ancestral lands by #British Lords who wanted to convert the land to sheep farming. Part of this oppression also meant that their #Scottish ways were literally being outlawed (wearing the #kilt, playing the pipes, and speaking #Gaelic were all declared criminal offenses).
Some Scots migrated to #Ireland off and on, and some of those came to the USA during the #GreatPotatoFamine. They are often referred to as "the #ScotsIrish" (or incorrectly as "the #ScottishIrish").
#Immigration #Genealogy #History #Scotland #Ancestors #ImmigrantAncestors #Clans #ScottishGenealogy
https://www.britannica.com/event/Highland-Clearances
Highland Clearances | Scottish history
Highland Clearances, the forced eviction of inhabitants of the Highlands and western islands of Scotland, beginning in the mid-to-late 18th century and continuing intermittently into the mid-19th century. The removals cleared the land of people primarily to allow for the introduction of sheep pastoralism. The Highland Clearances resulted in the destruction of the traditional clan society and began a pattern of rural depopulation and emigration from Scotland.
By the early 18th century the people in the Lowlands of Scotland—which lie southeast of a line drawn from Dumbarton, near the head of the Firth of Clyde on the western coast, to
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