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HOW WAS THE BRITISH EMPIRE USED TO DEAL WITH TROUBLE MAKERS?
ACTIVITY
List 3 petty crimes on your whiteboards
What punishments would you get today?
WHY DID THE GOVERNMENT USE THIS SYSTEM?
Remove the criminals from Britain
Protect people or society
Workers needed in Australia and other colonies
WHAT TYPE OF CRIMINALS WERE TRANSPORTED?
Petty crimes – like stealing cheese
Political criminals: their beliefs had landed them in trouble
Also serious criminals
They were usually very poor and not educated.
TREATMENT OF CRIMINALSMany died on the way to Australia.
Very horrible conditions.Sold to people and they had to work
very hardMany were beaten..
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