The Impact Of The Empire On Scotlands Development Flashcards
Describe the positive impact of the Empire on Scotland’s development
made money in Empire returned to Scotland and built:
large mansions near cities
Dr Grays Hospital in Elgin
made fortune from exporting industries which served empire- Sir Charles Tennant
shipbuilding along the Clyde
Locomotive works in Glasgow provided locomotives for India &Canada
Glasgow known as “workshop of the world”
raw materials( from empire) - Textiles manufactured in Dundee from jute were exported all over the world
Heavy industry in Scotland exported high proportion of products- American green bag into sacs made in Dundee
People from countryside and highlands move to Glasgow in search of employment
Scottish middle-class boys: careers civil servants doctors and soldiers in India
Describe the negative impact of the Empire on Scotland’s development
Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen came to hold investments abroad- Scottish capital was being used to finance projects abroad and not in Scotland
Reliance on trade within the Empire left Scotland vulnerable to slumps In economy following WW1
Investment abroad and not in Scotland meant a lack of modernisation- Low-wage economy in Scotland meant considerable poverty
