Summary Of Intellectual Pinching And Suffering By Annie Tindley

Over several centuries Scotland has not only been famously known for their landscape and culture, but also for their love of music. The most recognisable form of musical instrument in Scotland is the bagpipes and is the best known instrument around the world, to which several prodigy players took the music of the bagpipe to a higher scale. However a majority of Scotland’s population had a certain fear over the pipers thinking that they were of supernatural entity and were trying to connect with the devil. This led to the people believing that they had occult knowledge or were the form of Gnosticism. To get a clear indication as to wither people believed that pipe players in particular the MacCrimmons were of occult knowledge, the result of

Use the following documents and your knowledge of the period from 1825 – 1850 in constructing your response.

I will firstly explore the community I have chosen by speaking to local people, using photographs, and recordings of my observations. In doing so I intend to create a picture and overall feeling of the community as well as the people who live here. This data will be accompanied by my own comments in

     Nineteenth-century Ireland was the most densely populated country in Europe: in 1800, its population was 4.5 million, and by 1841, it had risen to eight million (Kinealy 15). Yet much of this population existed in condition of sorrow and misery lay in the dependence of the peasantry on just one staple crop, the potato; in western countries like Mayo and Galway, nine-tenths of the people ate nothing else (MacManus 602). Here was a disaster waiting to happen, made worst by the rapid rise in population in the first half of the century which forced the peasants to subsist on smaller plots of land (O Grada, The Great Irish Famine 63).

K.H. Connell, in his paper “Land and Population in Ireland, 1780-1845”, describes and explains the significant population growth in Ireland prior to the famine of 1845 and how the uses of the Irish land changed with the population growth.

o Most were tenant farmers driven of land by the potato famine in the 1840s

For the most part the Scottish did real well for themselves once they were in America. A fair went on to have children who became presidents; Andrew Jackson was one of those children. Along with Andrew Jackson there were a few more Scots to help sign the Declaration of Independence. Many presidents later would be of Scottish decent. Many went on to become successful tobacco and cotton farmers. Many went on to settle and discover the American West

Document 11 shows that in 1875-1900 there were about 18 famines and 26 million deaths by the famines. Therefore, when we look at the whole picture, it with shows that while the health and life improved dramatically, British

An idea that arises No Great Mischief[, is MacLeod’s ability to prove to the readers that it is impossible to talk about the Scottish-Canadian heritage without mentioning family history, loyalty and bonds. It is common for an individual to discuss all three factors when discussing family or one’s past in general. However, in No Great Mischief, MacLeod successfully

During the very harsh of winter of 1609-1610, there was a starving time. The people were starving because it was so

Highland soldier Callum MacDonell battled lowland Covenanters at the service of the King. Now charged with hunting an assassin, his journey would lead not to justice, but to a murderer's passionate Covenanter sister, Mari McEwan.

The value for the people in the seaside community it was always about the sentimental and emotional value. For the people in Scotland things were very much different than the people in Texas. The value of things differ for people who have been opened up to more opportunities. Scotland had less to offer on the physical side. All that the Americans wanted in the beginning was to get the benefit of the oil in that land.

Introduction The study of the Battle of Culloden as a major turning point in the history of the Scottish Highlands has been limited in its scope, as historians tend to focus on a romanticized version of the events of the battle, emphasizing the patriotic surge of the Jacobites, their subsequent loss, and the obvious, immediate consequences, instead of analyzing the extent to which the culture and society of the Highlands had been changing since Scotland’s union with Britain in 1707. Previous researchers have chosen the Battle of Culloden as the single, focused event marking a turning point for Highland culture and society, but this paper serves to examine whether or not the Battle of Culloden and the events following it was the true turning point, or if the change was eventual after the union, as the region experienced gradual shifts. In this research, I attempt to explain that the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, culminating in the Battle of Culloden, in itself did not mark a major turning point in the culture and society of the Scottish Highlands, as the changes were inevitable following the increased imposition of British culture after the union of the two countries. II. Methodology

The problems during the 1819 Highland Clearances what they are known today is the eviction of families renting their homes on estates so large scale sheep farming can take place. Regardless if the families had been there for four generations and paid their rent on time, yet they were still evicted. The manner of which some were evicted was violent as fire was set to homes in front of families, or as reported that a mother about to give birth with fires all around but later died later died due to the noise, uncertainty and grief caused her to pass away. Within a fortnight 100 families were left without a home and thus left to gather together in miserable conditions. However, many of them came together in an association to migrate to America and Canada. Furthermore, due to land owners like

One of the most important effects of long-distance travel in the era 1200 to 1500 was the famine that started in 1315. The population lessened due to the lack of food and even when they did have food it wasn’t enough to stop their starvation. In the article Famine of 1315 it was stated: