One of a series of Scottish history books specifically designed to meet the requirements of the 5-14 curriculum in History, this text enables students to become familiar with a range of sources of evidence, and the concepts of change, continuity, cause and effect. It seeks to encourage an understanding of time and sequence, and an appreciation of heritage and the influence of the past on the present. This work focuses on a key area of Scotland's past and explains its importance, also setting events in the wider context of Victorian times.