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Imperial Immigrants: Scottish Settlers in the Upper Ottawa Valley, 1815–1840

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The have an effect on of the British Empire at the history of the Upper Ottawa Valley is explored through the experiences of early emigration-assisted 19th-century Scottish immigrants.

Between 1815 and 1832, Great Britain settled more than 3,500 individuals, mostly from the Scottish Lowlands, within the Ottawa Valley. These government-assisted emigrations, which started instantly after the Napoleonic Wars, are explored to reveal their have an effect on on Upper Canada.

Seeking to turn into their lives and their society, early Scots settlers crossed the Atlantic for their very own purposes. Even supposing they didn’t blindly serve the interests of empire builders, their settlement led to the dispossession of the original First Nation inhabitants, thus supporting the British imperial government’s strategic military goals. After transferring native land religious and political conflict to the colony, Scottish settlers led the demand for political reform that emerged within the 1830s. As a consequence, their migration and settlement reveals as much about the depth of social conflict within the native land and within the colonies as it does about the preoccupations of the British imperial state.

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