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*Migration triggers counter migration*

In the case of the Scottish-Irish migration during the 1700s, they were fleeing from heavy persecution to a land of literal new opportunities. Most immigrants stayed, however a small portion of returned to Europe

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*Migrants tend to move short/shorter distances*

Immigrants moving to North America from Europe moved a large distance. This does not comply with the law of distance decay. While this is true, some immigrants did move to Great Britain for the same reasons they moved to North America, and this shorter distance does follow the Law.

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*Migrants who move long distances tend to settle in large cities*

This Law holds true as many Scottish-Irish immigrants arrived at Boston, with the Boston Harbor being a key port of arrival for many of these immigrants. At the time, the immigrants were given cheap land on the frontier by those in Massachusetts in the hopes of creating a buffer between the colonists and any hostile Native Americans.

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*Urban residents are less migratory than inhabitants of rural areas*

This rule applies for the most part, with most of the immigrants settling around Boston and Philadelphia. Half of the immigrants that settled in Pennsylvania settled in rural parts of Pennsylvania instead of in Philadelphia.

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*Families less likely to make international moves than young adults*

While there is no documented proof of the number of families that immigrated vs young adults, it can be inferred that those that did immigrate traveled as families. This is because since the rent was very high and  they were escaping religious discrimination, it would make more sense that everyone in the family flee.

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The Scottish-Irish people were lured to a North America because of cheaper land and to escape religious discrimination for being (primarily) Presbyterian. Rent in Scotland and Ireland skyrocketed, and so the Scottish-Irish people also went to North America for cheaper land.

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—   Immigrants started arriving in 1718.
—   The first group of 700 arrived in Boston in 1718
—   By 1775, over 250,000 Scottish-Irish people had immigrated into the new world

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They thought of North America as the “New World” and were escaping religious discrimination and very high rent prices. They sought asylum and thought that settling down in North America would be a fresh start

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Different trends, fashions, and foods in North America were different from those in Scotland and Ireland because of the distance they had traveled. This led to them being discriminated against in North America as well for being different

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Because of religious discrimination, these Presbyterian people felt unsafe which made it necessary for them to move. In addition to this high rent that had many people evicted were another reason they were forced to live

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Cheaper land and less religious discrimination made North America seem like a nice place to settle down. Even though when they got here life was more difficult than expected, the majority of them still stayed.

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Many Scottish-Irish people settled down in tight-knit communities away from other religious groups, most likely making life in North America much more bearable than it could have been had they not known anyone

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Religious discrimination and extremely high rent which left many people evicted were push factors that had the Scottish-Irish people emigrate from their countries