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The Highland economy had now collapsed and the population was still growing. This forced landlords to evict people from their homes, people then decided to move to Canada for a better life.
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He created a way to make paper from wood pulp.
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After the potato famine had started in Ireland and spread to some parts of Scotland the people living there were starving. After having potatos as a large part of their meals for years people no longer had food to eat.
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Canada did their best to make our country very open to others, the restrictions originally stated that if you were penniless, aimless or otherwise shiftless you would not be admitted into Canada.
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According to this document in 1871, 157 of every 1,000 Canadians were of scottish origin.
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During this time there was an increase of 2 million immigrants per year.
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"feeble-minded, insane, idiots, imbeciles, persons afflicted with tuberculosis or any other loathsome disease (unless the disease was treatable on board ship or at dockside medical facilities). It also banned the mute, blind, or otherwise physically defective, unless self-supporting." pg 5
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Certain restrictions that were in place for a long time were finally removed. New criteria was created to choose those who were more educated and had specific skills for the work place.
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