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Convicts, Enslaved, Free Settlers

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  • What is one difference between convicts and free settlers?
    Convicts were forced; free settlers chose to move.
  • Where did free settlers come from?
    Mainly Britain.
  • Where were enslaved Africans taken?
    The Americas.
  • What is one similarity between convicts and enslaved Africans?
    They had little or no choice in moving.
  • Which group had the most freedom in Australia?
    Free settlers.
  • What work did convicts do in Australia?
    Building roads, farms, and towns.
  • Who were free settlers?
    People who chose to move to Australia.
  • Who were enslaved Africans?
    Africans forced into slavery.
  • Who were convicts?
    People sent to Australia as punishment for crimes.
  • What did free settlers do in Australia?
    Farming, working, and starting businesses.
  • What work did enslaved Africans do?
    Farming crops like sugar and cotton.
  • Why were convicts sent to Australia?
    Prisons in Britain were overcrowded.
  • Why did free settlers move to Australia?
    For land, jobs, and a better life.
  • Why were Africans enslaved?
    To work on plantations for profit.
  • Where were convicts sent from?
    Britain
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