Emigration

• What four groups of people emigrated from Britain from 1688-1730?

  • Convicts
  • Indentured servants
  • Ulster Scots
  • Adventurers
• What did the 1718 Transportation Act allow?

  The shipment of convicts across the Atlantic
• Where were convicts going?

  The Americas
• How many people were transported from Britain and Ireland in this period?

  Over 50,000
• What did one merchant say about trade in convicts?

  It was just as profitable as the trade in enslaved people
• Why did indentured servants leave?

  They wanted to build better lives and escape harsh life in Britain
• Where did indentured servants go?

  The Americas
• What happened to many indentured servants?

  They died due to climate, disease, or mistreatment
• What did some indentured servants do if they survived?

  Joined militia groups to protect settler communities
• Where did Ulster Scots go?

  Ulster, Ireland
• Why did Ulster Scots leave?

  To take advantage of better weather and soil, and the easy journey from West Scotland
• What offered Scots incentives to move to Ireland?

  The 1691 Treaty of Limerick
• What did the 1691 Treaty of Limerick offer Scots?

  Incentives to settle in Ulster on land that the Irish were forced to leave
• Why did adventurers leave?

  For trade opportunities
• Where did adventurers work?

  Companies like the EIC, and as mercenary soldiers
• Where did adventurers go?

  All over the world
• Who was an example of an adventurer who had a good experience?

  Scot John Drammond, who became a director of the EIC