Push Factors: Large rural populations competing for land, •Landowners raising rents and forcibly evicting those who could not pay Landowners raising rents and forcibly evicting those who could not pay , Steam power introduced = men no longer required, Low wages and poor housing conditions in Lowlands , Skilled workers, such as handloom weavers, were no longer in demand, •New methods of farming e.g. sheep farming à more profitable for landowners than crofts New methods of farming e.g. sheep farming  more profitable for landowners than crofts , •5% of all convicts sent to Australia were Scottish , Pull Factors: Advertising agencies promising great things for those who take the risk, Employment opportunities in growing economies, Colonies offering opportunities for those seeking land, Facilities to enjoy this free time in new leisure pursuits such as attending the picture house, football games, dance hall, ice cream parlour or music hall in cities, Cities offered a Wider variety of potential spouse,

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