Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Britain: Migration, Empires and the People (c790–Present).
A devastating agricultural crisis between 1846 and 1848 caused by potato blight, which acted as a major push factor for Highlanders to emigrate during Phase 2 of the Clearances.
Highland Potato Famine appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Thematic Studies, especially Britain: Migration, Empires and the People (c790–Present) and Migrants to and from Britain.
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