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#108: Penal Colonies
Category: Education
Duration: 00:16:16
Publish Date: 2020-11-19 23:00:00
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Starting in the 17th century, Britain sent hundreds of thousands of people to America and Australia for crimes as small as stealing a loaf of bread.

Learn about why this happened, how it worked, and the legacy it has left on the countries where these prisoners were sent to.

  • Sending criminals away as a punishment - as old as time
  • The Bloody Code & being killed for stealing a rabbit
  • Impact of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions on society
  • Prison boats
  • Sending criminals to America
  • What life was like in America as a prisoner
  • The American Revolution & finding a new place for prisoners
  • The discovery of Australia
  • The convicts' journey to Australia
  • 1 in 5 Australians is a descendant of a convict
  • Penal colonies in other countries
  • The cultural impact of sending prisoners to the colonies


Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/penal-colonies

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