The Highland Clearances involved forcing Scottish clans from their ancestral lands in the Highlands to make way for more profitable sheep farming in the 18th and 19th centuries. The clan chiefs evicted many tenants and their families, often violently, leaving many homeless and forcing them to emigrate. The Clearances had devastating cultural and economic impacts on the Gaelic-speaking Highland communities.

1. The Highland Clearances By Alyx Cunningham & Kai Wood

2. The Clan System Chiefs Tacksmen Sub-Tenants Cottars The order of the clan system is: Chiefs who control the land and lease it out to the Tacksmen who runs it day by day and rents land to the Sub Tenant who in turn employ the + Cottars who receive a small bit of land to work on

3. The Schools Clan System Head Teacher Deputy Heads Teachers !!! US !!! Our Schools Clan System is: Head teacher Deputy Head Teachers + Pupils

4. Their Lifestyle Their lifestyle was never easy. It involved: fish catching, building their homes, ploughing, making clothes, collecting their daily milk, eggs, wool and meat. The beds were probably not the most comfortable. And if that was not all they had to pay the rent to the tacksman which was never cheap. But they were happy!

5. The Jacobites and Culloden The jacobite supporters looked up to King James VII. The last Stewart to the throne. The army was led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. The Jacobites went down south to try and win back the throne. They met resistance at Prestonpans. They were forced back up North to Inverness. Near Inverness they met Cumberland’s Redcoats. Cumberland's army was much bigger and they had more weapons than the Jacobites. They massacred the Jacobites within minutes. LOSERS WINNERS

6. Changes After Culloden After Culloden the Government saw the Gaels as barbaric tribesmen who were a threat. They banned the following: Kilts, Anything tartan and Gaelic speaking.

7. What was the land used for The clan chiefs used the land for sheep because they were more profitable. The clan chiefs removed the cottars their home land and replaced the people with sheep. He did it because he would make more money from the wool than the peoples rent.

8. The Evictions! The Evictions took place because most of the people who received a letter would not move out of their family home. The Countess of Sutherland decided to employ the Meanest, greediest and most selfish factor of al l........ Patrick Sellar . He burnt peoples houses and demolished them. He destroyed their soul, belongings, memories and their culture. The evictions took place across the Highlands. The highlanders still feel down-hearted after what that evil man did to their ancestors.

9. Pictures of their past homes Here are some of what used to be cottars cottages. P.S the quality is not good on the fire burning picture Sorry 

10. Where the people went ? The people during the Highland Clearances would move to the coast, the lowlands, join the armed forces or move abroad. Some people who were evicted settled on the coast on new crofts (small farms). Land owners raised the rent if the crofters made the land better. A few land owners planned new villages and jobs on the coast although there was never enough work for every person and people had to learn new skills.

11. Pictures of where they went. This is a map of Britain and Europe which is just some of the places people went.

12. The Duke and Countess of Sutherland Here is pictures and facts about the countess and duke of Sutherland. Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland was born 24 th of may 1765 – 29 th of January 1839 Lord George -Gower, Leveson The Duke of Sutherland was born on the 9 th of January 1758 – 19 th of July 1833.

13. What happened next ? Everyone chased Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped the country looking like a maid!!!  The Clearances ended in the Middle of the 19 th century and eventually everybody settled in their new homes. Years in 1851 Patrick Sellar died and he is buried in Elgin Cathedral.

14. QUIZ TIME!!!

15. READY……. What Did Bonnie Prince Charlie Disguise himself as? Who won the battle between the Jacobites and the red coats at Culloden? Who did the Jacobite supporters look up to? 3....2....1....GO!

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