Unit 3 The Emergence of Modern Immigration to the US Native Americans Collective Group or Fabricated Identity No they are so dramatically different from one another that you can not identify them as one The Emergence of Modern Immigration WASP White Anglo Saxon People Success depends upon Money Numbers Location Stereotypes Immigrants settle in big cities Wasp leave these areas Wasp very judgmental of all immigrants Such as Germans as Hard Working and the Irish seen as lazy and drunks Scots to America Significance Nearly 30 Million Americans claim Scottish ancestry Why are there more Scots here than in Scotland The population of Scotland right now is about 6 million people Scottish Stuff Kilts bagpipes Irn Bru a drink more popular than Coke in Scotland Sheeps Clans small groups based on familiar bonds Kinship in Scotland 1 000s of clans Gaelic Some people speak Gaelic instead of English People who lived in Scotland 2 000 years ago were Picts rains 300 days a year They deep fry EVERYTHING Ethnic Division in Antiquity Picts Very tribal and war like A lot of tattoos Roman Empire Hadrian s Wall Medieval Scotland Act of Union 1707 Scottish Clearances c 1700 1850 1 Overpopulation Conquered part of England but not all of it Did not conquer modern day Scotland because the Picts were able to keep them back Built by the Romans to keep out the Picts Was the edge of civilization for the Romans beyond the wall was chaos Scoti is a latin word that means raider or pirate England invades Scotland in the late 1200s The Scots fight several wars for independence and end up succeeding only by the mid 1300s Brave Heart is the story of William Wallace and fought for Scottish Independence The more terror England used the more Scotland wanted to fight back Independent until 1707 Passed in the English Parliament Scotland believed it was in their best economic interest to merge with the English Overpopulation occurs because of the emergence of the potato inoculation of smallpox 2 Rising Price of Land Land is becoming scarce and demand is growing do the same as the English and lead to the Enclosure Movement 3 Scotlands s Enclosure Movement Land lords and clan leaders start kicking tenants off of their land A lot of clan chiefs gave money to their members to go to America It is estimated that 2 000 families got keep off of their land everyday 1 typical sheep herder could herd 3 000 sheep Start killing their sheep or herding their sheep south towards England Scotish Military didn t have much of this 4 Jacobite Rebellions 1715 1745 Some groups were not very happy about the union with England especially the Jacobite who rebel twice The English parliament pass a series of laws known as the dress act which prevents them from wearing kilts which takes away part of their identity 5 Highland Potato Famine 1846 1852 1 7 Million people left between 1846 1852 How do they fare in America Pretty well most coming over were in the working class 30 000 came form 1773 1775 Not all were working class some were doctors and teachers Most went to New York and North Carolina people started calling North Carolina New Scotland Scots in Ireland The Scottish who move to Ireland settle mostley in the Ulster province Between 1717 and 1775 200 000 250 000 Scots Irish migrate to America In ulster they offer 100 year leases to farmland Push Factors for the Scots Irish Woolens Act 1699 If you re in Ireland you cannot export your wool to anywhere besides England 100 Year leases up Rent Skyrockets and the Scots can t afford it Famine 1714 caused by a massive drought Constant Religious tension Instead of going to New York or North Carolina they go to Pennsylvania The Irish In Ireland 35 million people in the US of Irish Ancestry The Irish were also one of the groups that faced severe Nativist backlashes What pushed the Irish out of Ireland Significance Ethnic Division in Antiquity Picts Scotland Gaels Ireland Britons Britain Gaels They were good travelers Largely clan based Worshipped many different gods Pagans Saint Patrick Responsible for bringing Christianity to the Gaels Born in present day Britain Was captured as a child to become a slave in Ireland Escaped his bondage and returned to present day Britain Found Christianity and wanted to spread it to any place he could Took a mission to convert the people of Ireland to Christianity Very soon Christianity became the center of Irish culture Ireland becomes Christian The Vikings come to Ireland and build colonies on the Irish coast At one point it looked like the Vikings were going to take over Ireland completely Eventually they kicked out the Vikings but the English were coming to Ireland Pope Adrian IV Only English pope Told England they could have Ireland 1155 England invades Ireland 1155 1921 Ireland is essentially under English control Lose interest in Ireland to focus on colonizing Scotland This gives the Irish time to rebuild England Henry VIII Wanted a divorce Catholics were not allowed divorce So he changed English to protestant Become a target for retribution of Catholics that surround him Launched an invasion to capture and hold Ireland for years to help protect their Western border from catholic invasion Start colonizing Ireland Changing the entire countryside of Ireland they cut the trees built new towns enclosed areas Completely canged the landscape The Penal Laws Catholics and Protestants were not allowed to marry If a catholic priest married a catholic and protestant he could be sentenced to death Irish were not allowed weapons Irish were excluded completely from the professional occupations Where made to disenfranchise the Irish No Irish could become a lawyer or a judge Poppry Act If the oldest son in the family converted to Protestantism he could inherit his entire families land New catholic churches had to be made of wood and not stone and they could not be built near main roads or cities Catholics under the Penal Laws cant vote Can t run for office Can t be educated if caught attending school were sent to the west Indies Add to the growth of Poverty The Growth of Poverty In 1600 Protestants owned 10 of the land By 1798 the Protestants owned 95 of the land In 1837 the Irish conducted a survey of a county with 9000 people the county had 10 beds and 93 chairs Some suggested that the Irish were worse off than African slaves in America Potatoes Not native to Ireland from South America The Irish thrive on potatoes even called the potato people Easy to grow and rich of
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