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Where were convicts sent before 1775?
Prior to 1775, convicts were sent to parts of North America and the West Indies.
Was sending convicts to Colonial America a good idea or not?
it was not
Where are convicts from what lake?
Convicts come from lakes and streams in Central America. They have a high population concentration in Lake Xiloa in Nicaragua.
Were there Convicts in the US?
Convicts were indeed sent to North America. Following the American War of Independence, North America was no longer a viable place for Britain to send convicts. this was one of the factors which led to New South Wales being settled as a penal colony.
Where did Britain transport its convicts before 1775?
Before 1775, Great Britain sent its convicts to parts of North America and the West Indies.
When did the first convicts arrive in America?
After Columbus day in November of '1754.
Was Australia the only country convicts were sent to?
No. The English also sent convicts to Australia, but they stopped doing that and started sending them to Australia because America became an independent nation.
Hyde Park Barracks Museum is famous for its what?
Hyde Park Barracks Museum houses the ghosts of former convicts.
How many convicts were sent from England?
Prior to the revolutionary war which formed the USA, another 60,000 convicts were sent to North America (some sources say 50,000). About 165,000 British convicts were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868. British convicts were also sent to Canada, as well as to its outposts in India, the Cape of Good Hope, Bermuda and Mauritius. Figures for these convicts are unknown, particularly as some of them were then sent on to Australia.
What did the convicts do?
The convicts literally built the colony. They constructed the buildings, roads and bridges and quarried the stone for building as well as cutting down the trees. They established the first farms and crops, and tended the livestock. Some convicts were assigned as servants or tradesmen to free settlers. Other, educated convicts were given work that suited their education; for example, one of Australia's most famous convicts was the architect Francis Greenway.
What is the name of the place where convicts live called?
Alcatraz, Gauntanomo Bay to list some of the more famous ones.
What types of convicts are there?
There are many types of convicts but the main ones are government service convicts, assigned convicts, expirees, emancipists and ticket of leave convicts.
