In this region, the factor Patrick Sellar ordered the burning of a cottage and a 90-year-old woman who refused to leave it, a crime of which he was acquitted in just 15 minutes.
In this region, the factor Patrick Sellar ordered the burning of a cottage and a 90-year-old woman who refused to leave it, a crime of which he was acquitted in just 15 minutes. The plight of this region's residents was investigated by the Napier Commission, whose findings were incorporated into an 1886 Holdings Act that improved security of tenure. In this region, the Duke of Sutherland oversaw a policy of destroying homes and ordering their occupants to take up fishing. Mass waves of emigration away from this region occurred during 1792, the ";Year of the Sheep,"; and during a non-Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s. Crofters protesting the namesake";clearances"; of this region were sometimes dispersed by this region's Black Watch regiment. This region is home to the Grampian Mountains. For 10 points, name this area whose traditional clan system declined after the Jacobite rebellions, a region of Scotland that lies in the north. 
In this region, the factor Patrick Sellar ordered the burning of a cottage and a 90-year-old woman who refused to leave it, a crime of which he was acquitted in just 15 minutes.
the Scottish Highlands and Islands [prompt on ―Scotland‖]