The Convict Settlement, Story of the World book 3 Chapter 24

England had run out of jail space so they sent their prisoners to other places. Before 1783, they sent them to the English colonies in America, but now after American independence, England had no place to send them.  So they remembered about New South Wales! 

Read this section from page 202 to 204 and then discuss these questions with your teacher. 

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Questions: 

What was the first idea about the convicts?  Why didn't this work? 

Why didn't people want to go to Australia? 

What did the first governer of Australia want to do? What was his vision about the colony? 

How many ships came with him? 

Why did he move his colony north? 

Who did the work in the colony? 

What was the problem with the native trees? 

What products did they bring from India? 

How did people feel about the colony after a while? 

Who got lots of land?  

Who were squatters and what did they do? 

How did the government motivate more women to come to Australia? 

What happened to the natives of Australia? 

Homework: 

You are Arthur Phillip, how do you motivate the prisoners to work and grow food? 

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