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..