where the social and economic changes in the scottish highlands post 1750 all due to the jacobite rebellion?

Question

Was the failed battle at culloden the only factor which caused economic and social change or was there other reasons as well.

Answer 1

There was the problem of an infertile land, overpopulated with fighting men who owed personal allegiance to their chiefs and were partly dependent on plunder to maintain their standard of living. After the catastrophe of Culloden, the Highland chiefs tended to copy the new capitalist agriculture of the Lowlands, creating an impersonal cash relationship with their tenants and leaving those who were redundant in the new economy no alternative to moving south or overseas. The atrocities of government soldiers and the repressiveness of government legislation helped to move this process along.

Answer 2

No it was not although that was the spark that allowed the British to move in and institute the crofting system and removing people from the land. There were also constant wars between England and Scotland that exacerbated the situation. In addition, the industrial revolution was just beginning to roar and therefore the need for cotton was huge and the isolated farms in the Highlands weren't conducive to this.