Darien scheme
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 The Bay of Caledonia, west of the Gulf of Darien. |
The colonization project that became known as the Darien Scheme or Darien Disaster was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to become a world trading nation by establishing a colony called 'Caledonia' on the Isthmus of Panama in the late 1690s. From the outset, the undertaking was beset by poor planning and provision, weak leadership, lack of demand for trade goods, devastating epidemics of disease and increasing shortage of food; it was finally abandoned after a siege by Spanish forces in April, 1700. As the Darien company was backed by about a quarter of the money circulating in Scotland, its failure left the nobles and landowners – who had suffered a run of bad harvests – almost completely ruined and was an important factor in weakening their resistance to the Act of Union (finally consummated in 1707). Although the scheme failed, it has been seen as marking the beginning of the country's transformation into a modern nation oriented toward business. Within a generation, Scotland had one of the most advanced commercial cultures in the world .
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| The Darien Scheme - The Fall of Scotland The Darien Scheme - The Fall of Scotland www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Scotland-History/DarienScheme.htm - Web |
| The Darien Adventure The Darien Adventure www.rbs.co.uk/.../illust_hist.htm - Web |
| The Darien Chest The Darien Chest www.nms.ac.uk/highlights/objects_in_focus/the_darien_chest.aspx - Web |
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| Pathfinder Pack on The Darien Scheme Pathfinder Pack on The Darien Scheme www.rls.org.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-001-451-L - Web |
| Account, written in 1700, by a colonist Account, written in 1700, by a colonist www.archive.org/details/historydarien00borlgoog - Web |
