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Industrial revolution
The industrial revolution was starting to make machines do people's jobs which left people to steal things to survive which made them convicts so they had to send them to Australia because the jails we're getting to full . -
The Arrival of capitan arther Philip
The arrival of the first and second fleet put a pressure on the scarce local recourses but by the time captain arther Philip had got home the colonies were already stating to shape with official land grants and systematic farming and water supply. -
The American civil war
The Australian colonies were effected both economically and immigration. The Australian cotton crop became more significant to England after loosing their American sources as it served for a supply base for the confederate blockade on runners.