Why did the British Government decide to transport convicts to the other side of the world?
- The new colony needed skilled workers for its farms
- British courts had stopped sending people to jail
- British jails could not hold all the people imprisoned ✓
- Convicts had asked to be sent to a new colony
Why this is the answer
Harsh laws meant very many people were sent to prison, and the jails in Britain were full, so convicts were sent far away instead.
This question is from: Early days of European settlement
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