Backbencher

I find it interesting that Australia was colonized by convicts and other people that England felt were an embarrassment to their country. I knew that Great Britain had done this long before this class, and I thought it was a good idea then and I still do today. After all, one of the benefits of this type of punishment was that the country did not have to build prisons and worry if the convicts escaped. Still, I am forced to wonder what the reasons were for sending the convicts to Australia other than the fact that America had closed its borders to them. The officers that were left in charge to control the convicts had to have a great deal of authority over them as well. Either that or there were quite a few officers keeping tabs on the convicts. There honestly wasn’t anything to keep them from wandering off into the wilds and such other than the possibility of starving to death. Because of this, I don’t think that the worst convicts were sent to Australia. England had the death penalty after all and I know it was used because it was exercised if a convict ever returned from Australia.
I think that it’s strange that once the colonies had started and were successful new people wanted to move in. They were moving in with the very same type of people that they evicted from the motherland in the first place and this just makes me think idiots.
Overall I liked this lecture though. It made me think quite a bit most likely because I thought it was a good idea to begin with and it turned out quite well.