The First Fleet carried convicts and their military guards, the first free settlers came later and were not convicts
There were free settlers on the First Fleet Which arrived in New South Wales in January 1788. They were the officers' wives and children. With each successive fleet, more free settlers came out. The Second Fleet arrived in New South Wales in June 1790.
Very few. The only civilian free settlers on the First Fleet were the wives and children of some of the marines. No other settlers sought passage on the convict-dominated Fleet. There are no records listing the wives and children, but it is estimated that there were not more than a couple of dozen.
what challages did th free settles faced
While in Britain, the settlers wanted a new, independent lifestyle that granted them religious freedom and a new life. However, after arriving in America, the settlers wanted to be free of the incredible taxation Britain was placing on them. They also wanted to be free of a monarchy and establish their own government. They could inly do this if they declared independence so they did. All in short, the settlers wanted to be free of Britain's enormous amount of taxation.
they were not treated well
They were accepted as immigrant-settlers.
The early Australian settlers were a mixture of convicts, officers and the officers' wives and children. Some of them were therefore free settlers.
The native Americans were treated horribly by the spanish settlers...
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When the free population of a territory tops 60,000 settlers have the right to have a slave free state. This is a well known thing.
The First Fleet carried convicts and their military guards, the first free settlers came later and were not convicts
Free settlers came to Australia for two main reasons:unemployment in England forced them to seek a better life in Australianew opportunities were offered in Australia, particularly as many early free settlers were given land grants
There was really no concern for the environment as there is nowadays. European settlers treated the environment like they did in Europe.
Convicts and free settlers to Australia