Emigration

Not very fertile mountains and overcrowded plains for centuries Scots forced to emigrate. Emigration often for political reasons, reluctant to English dominance, persecuted for religious reasons or promoting Stuartów dynasty. To encourage the emigration authorities – the title of baronet of Nova Scotia was established as an incentive to settle in North America. Scots, especially bitni mountaineers, power mercenary troops throughout Europe. Since the Thirty Years War, when the Scottish infantry fighting zasłynęła the Protestant side, the Scottish guards appeared in many armies, including private. Scots Guards regiment, made up of immigrants have jakobickich kings of France, Scotland piechurzy were also on the Polish courts magnate, even a history of Sienkiewicz Scots Janusz Radziwill. Scottish pułki, such as the famous “Black Guard” ( “Black Watch”) – 42 Infantry Regiment of the Royal Scots, or regiment “Cameronians” – were used in the remotest corners of the empire – from India to North America. Today, the elite unit, often serving as a bodyguard British kings.