Scottish History For Dummies

Part V

The Remaking of a Nation (1750–1918)

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Consider Scottish women and the question of suffrage in an article at

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In this part …

See how one of the poorest nations in western Europe produced great scientists and thinkers who invented the modern world.

Understand the reasons behind the Industrial Revolution and how it affected the Scottish people.

Examine the Highland Clearances and question the role of the landlords in replacing people with sheep.

Consider the changes in the political system and see how a tiny elite of landowners gave way to a mass democracy.

Identify the impact of the First World War on the people of Scotland.