The Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic:Fuadach nan Gàidheal, the "eviction of the Gael") was the forced displacement during the 18th and 19th centuries of a significant number of people from traditional land tenancies in the Scottish Highlands, where they had practised small-scale agriculture. It resulted from enclosures of common lands and a change from farming to sheep raising, an agricultural revolution largely carried out by hereditary aristocratic landowners. The Clearances were a complex series of events occurring over a period of more than a hundred years. A Highland Clearance has been defined as "an enforced simultaneous eviction of all families living in a given area such as an entire glen".
The Clearances are particularly notorious as a result of the brutality of many evictions at short notice (year-by-year tenants had almost no protection under Scots law), and the abruptness of the change from the traditional clan system, in which reciprocal obligations between the population and their leaders were well recognised. The cumulative effect of the Clearances, and the large-scale "voluntary" emigrations over the same period, devastated the cultural landscape of Scotland in a way that did not happen in other areas of Britain; the effect of the Clearances was to destroy much of the Gaelic culture.
Edinburgh, the country's capital and second-largest city, was the hub of the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century, which transformed Scotland into one of the commercial, intellectual, and industrial powerhouses of Europe. Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, was once one of the world's leading industrial cities and now lies at the centre of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Scottish waters consist of a large sector of the North Atlantic and the North Sea, containing the largest oil reserves in the European Union. This has given Aberdeen, the third-largest city in Scotland, the title of Europe's oil capital.
Burnside Avenue is a main thoroughfare connecting East Hartford, Connecticut's Main Street to Manchester, Connecticut. The road is part of U.S. Route 44. It runs through a low income portion of East Hartford and is home to a significant population of Hispanics and African Americans. East Hartford Middle school is located near the center of the avenue and is next to the main campus of Goodwin College. The eastern portion of Burnside Avenue has little housing, but is significantly developed with strip malls and restaurants. The Avenue is home to two important parks in East Hartford. Martin Park in the west has a swimming pool and a skating park along with access to many of East Hartford's bike trails. The east of the avenue has an entrance to Wickham Park, a large private park containing an aviary, bike trails, hiking trails, picnic grounds, and a view of Hartford's skyline.
Before the turn of the 20th century, Burnside was colloquially considered a separate village from the rest of East Hartford. Its rough terrain and proximity to the Hockanum river led to early artifice, so that even before the industrial revolution, it was dominated by paper mills. By 1900, Burnside was developing as a streetcar suburb. Its development prior to Pratt and Whitney (1929) explains its high density relative to the post-war housing so prevalent in the remainder of the town.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 18.7square miles (48.3km²), of which, 18.6square miles (48.2km²) of it is land and 0.1square miles (0.1km²) of it (0.27%) is water. It was incorporated in 1857.
History
In 1700 Isaac Magoon purchased 1,950 acres (7.9km2) of land from then Windham and thus began Scotland’s History. He named the town Scotland as a way of commemorating his ancestral home. Scotland was incorporated in May 1857.
Government
The town still maintains the town meeting as its form of government with a board of selectmen. The town also has eight boards & commissions, including Inlands & Wetlands, Planning & Zoning and Board of Education.
Attractions
Scotland is home to the D'Elia Antique Tool Museum. The museum was built in 2005 and is housed in the same building as the Scotland Public Library. It is the home of over 1200 antique woodworking planes dating back to the mid-18th century. Another attraction is the Samuel Huntington house which located on Huntington Rd or Route 14
Russia's ambassador to UK appears to appears to laugh and dismiss Novichok inquiry | BBC News
The family of Dawn Sturgess, who died six years ago after coming into contact with Novichok, have been calling on Vladimir Putin to speak to the inquiry after her death in the Salisbury poisonings.
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg put their request directly to Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, in as part of a wide-ranging sit-down interview that will be broadcast on Sunday.
“I hardly believe President Putin will go to Britain just to testify something,” he said.
The UK government holds Russia, and two Russian agents, known as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, responsible for the attack.
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published: 20 Oct 2024
The Highland Clearances: Explained (Short Animated Documentary)
The Scottish Highlands used to have a sizeable population. But now they're barely populated at all, so what happened? Well, the Highland Clearances happened, that's what. Find out what that was and who was effected in this simple, short animated history documentary.
A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible:
Franco La Bruna
Patrick M.
Kevin Sanders
Stefan Møller
Gregory - The Bittersteel
Ian Jensen
Richard Wolfe
Chris Fatta
anon
sharpie660
D. Mahlik
Dragan
Wold
Qi Xiao
John Garcia
Ariadni Voulgari
Andrew Niedbala
Rod D. Martin
Paul McGee
Bernardo Santos
Christopher Godfrey
Jeannette Baechle
Tristan Kreller
Warren Rudkin
Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel
Danny Anstess
Christopher S Nelson
Chris Hall
Shaun Pullin
Perry Gagne
bas mensink
Alen
James B...
The family of Dawn Sturgess, who died six years ago after coming into contact with Novichok, have been calling on Vladimir Putin to speak to the inquiry after h...
The family of Dawn Sturgess, who died six years ago after coming into contact with Novichok, have been calling on Vladimir Putin to speak to the inquiry after her death in the Salisbury poisonings.
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg put their request directly to Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, in as part of a wide-ranging sit-down interview that will be broadcast on Sunday.
“I hardly believe President Putin will go to Britain just to testify something,” he said.
The UK government holds Russia, and two Russian agents, known as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, responsible for the attack.
Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#BBCNews
The family of Dawn Sturgess, who died six years ago after coming into contact with Novichok, have been calling on Vladimir Putin to speak to the inquiry after her death in the Salisbury poisonings.
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg put their request directly to Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, in as part of a wide-ranging sit-down interview that will be broadcast on Sunday.
“I hardly believe President Putin will go to Britain just to testify something,” he said.
The UK government holds Russia, and two Russian agents, known as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, responsible for the attack.
Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#BBCNews
The Scottish Highlands used to have a sizeable population. But now they're barely populated at all, so what happened? Well, the Highland Clearances happened, th...
The Scottish Highlands used to have a sizeable population. But now they're barely populated at all, so what happened? Well, the Highland Clearances happened, that's what. Find out what that was and who was effected in this simple, short animated history documentary.
A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible:
Franco La Bruna
Patrick M.
Kevin Sanders
Stefan Møller
Gregory - The Bittersteel
Ian Jensen
Richard Wolfe
Chris Fatta
anon
sharpie660
D. Mahlik
Dragan
Wold
Qi Xiao
John Garcia
Ariadni Voulgari
Andrew Niedbala
Rod D. Martin
Paul McGee
Bernardo Santos
Christopher Godfrey
Jeannette Baechle
Tristan Kreller
Warren Rudkin
Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel
Danny Anstess
Christopher S Nelson
Chris Hall
Shaun Pullin
Perry Gagne
bas mensink
Alen
James Bisonette Fan #1
Joooooshhhhh
Henry Rabung
Troy Schmidt
Adam Barrett
William Wold
Cap
I’m Not In The Description
Blake Dryad
Lachlan
FF Nelly
Mark Ploegstra
Lim Gilleece
FuzzytheFair
Roman Cascioppo
Jeffrey Schneider
Luke Robinson
Kinfe85
Byzans_Scotorius
Haydn Noble
TooMuchWaterYouDie
MrPalomino
HelloAgainThere
Josh Cornelius
ColmBoyle
Colin Steele
Big Nick
Richard Manklow
Gabriel Lunde
Julian Baumann
Konstantin Bredyuk
João Santos
Donald Weaver
Richard Hartzell
Steve Bonds
Nick Finan
Christine Purvis
Pierre Le Mouel
Seth Reeves
Nathan Perlman
StukaJi86
SirAlpaka
Andrew Miraut
Sources:
Sir William Johnson, Highland Scots, and American Indians by Colin G. Calloway
From Family Roots to the Routes of Empire: National Tales and the Domestication of the Scottish Highlands by Juliet Shields
Highland Migration to Lowland Scotland, 1760-1860 by T. M. Devine
The Scottish Highlands used to have a sizeable population. But now they're barely populated at all, so what happened? Well, the Highland Clearances happened, that's what. Find out what that was and who was effected in this simple, short animated history documentary.
A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible:
Franco La Bruna
Patrick M.
Kevin Sanders
Stefan Møller
Gregory - The Bittersteel
Ian Jensen
Richard Wolfe
Chris Fatta
anon
sharpie660
D. Mahlik
Dragan
Wold
Qi Xiao
John Garcia
Ariadni Voulgari
Andrew Niedbala
Rod D. Martin
Paul McGee
Bernardo Santos
Christopher Godfrey
Jeannette Baechle
Tristan Kreller
Warren Rudkin
Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel
Danny Anstess
Christopher S Nelson
Chris Hall
Shaun Pullin
Perry Gagne
bas mensink
Alen
James Bisonette Fan #1
Joooooshhhhh
Henry Rabung
Troy Schmidt
Adam Barrett
William Wold
Cap
I’m Not In The Description
Blake Dryad
Lachlan
FF Nelly
Mark Ploegstra
Lim Gilleece
FuzzytheFair
Roman Cascioppo
Jeffrey Schneider
Luke Robinson
Kinfe85
Byzans_Scotorius
Haydn Noble
TooMuchWaterYouDie
MrPalomino
HelloAgainThere
Josh Cornelius
ColmBoyle
Colin Steele
Big Nick
Richard Manklow
Gabriel Lunde
Julian Baumann
Konstantin Bredyuk
João Santos
Donald Weaver
Richard Hartzell
Steve Bonds
Nick Finan
Christine Purvis
Pierre Le Mouel
Seth Reeves
Nathan Perlman
StukaJi86
SirAlpaka
Andrew Miraut
Sources:
Sir William Johnson, Highland Scots, and American Indians by Colin G. Calloway
From Family Roots to the Routes of Empire: National Tales and the Domestication of the Scottish Highlands by Juliet Shields
Highland Migration to Lowland Scotland, 1760-1860 by T. M. Devine
The family of Dawn Sturgess, who died six years ago after coming into contact with Novichok, have been calling on Vladimir Putin to speak to the inquiry after her death in the Salisbury poisonings.
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg put their request directly to Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, in as part of a wide-ranging sit-down interview that will be broadcast on Sunday.
“I hardly believe President Putin will go to Britain just to testify something,” he said.
The UK government holds Russia, and two Russian agents, known as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, responsible for the attack.
Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#BBCNews
The Scottish Highlands used to have a sizeable population. But now they're barely populated at all, so what happened? Well, the Highland Clearances happened, that's what. Find out what that was and who was effected in this simple, short animated history documentary.
A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible:
Franco La Bruna
Patrick M.
Kevin Sanders
Stefan Møller
Gregory - The Bittersteel
Ian Jensen
Richard Wolfe
Chris Fatta
anon
sharpie660
D. Mahlik
Dragan
Wold
Qi Xiao
John Garcia
Ariadni Voulgari
Andrew Niedbala
Rod D. Martin
Paul McGee
Bernardo Santos
Christopher Godfrey
Jeannette Baechle
Tristan Kreller
Warren Rudkin
Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel
Danny Anstess
Christopher S Nelson
Chris Hall
Shaun Pullin
Perry Gagne
bas mensink
Alen
James Bisonette Fan #1
Joooooshhhhh
Henry Rabung
Troy Schmidt
Adam Barrett
William Wold
Cap
I’m Not In The Description
Blake Dryad
Lachlan
FF Nelly
Mark Ploegstra
Lim Gilleece
FuzzytheFair
Roman Cascioppo
Jeffrey Schneider
Luke Robinson
Kinfe85
Byzans_Scotorius
Haydn Noble
TooMuchWaterYouDie
MrPalomino
HelloAgainThere
Josh Cornelius
ColmBoyle
Colin Steele
Big Nick
Richard Manklow
Gabriel Lunde
Julian Baumann
Konstantin Bredyuk
João Santos
Donald Weaver
Richard Hartzell
Steve Bonds
Nick Finan
Christine Purvis
Pierre Le Mouel
Seth Reeves
Nathan Perlman
StukaJi86
SirAlpaka
Andrew Miraut
Sources:
Sir William Johnson, Highland Scots, and American Indians by Colin G. Calloway
From Family Roots to the Routes of Empire: National Tales and the Domestication of the Scottish Highlands by Juliet Shields
Highland Migration to Lowland Scotland, 1760-1860 by T. M. Devine
The Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic:Fuadach nan Gàidheal, the "eviction of the Gael") was the forced displacement during the 18th and 19th centuries of a significant number of people from traditional land tenancies in the Scottish Highlands, where they had practised small-scale agriculture. It resulted from enclosures of common lands and a change from farming to sheep raising, an agricultural revolution largely carried out by hereditary aristocratic landowners. The Clearances were a complex series of events occurring over a period of more than a hundred years. A Highland Clearance has been defined as "an enforced simultaneous eviction of all families living in a given area such as an entire glen".
The Clearances are particularly notorious as a result of the brutality of many evictions at short notice (year-by-year tenants had almost no protection under Scots law), and the abruptness of the change from the traditional clan system, in which reciprocal obligations between the population and their leaders were well recognised. The cumulative effect of the Clearances, and the large-scale "voluntary" emigrations over the same period, devastated the cultural landscape of Scotland in a way that did not happen in other areas of Britain; the effect of the Clearances was to destroy much of the Gaelic culture.