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Enclosure acts began in Britain
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Steam powered machinery was invented. Industrial Revolution began.
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Convicts stopped being sent overseas to America
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House of Commons decided NSW was suitable as a penal colony.
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Captain Arthur Philip was chosen to lead the First Fleet
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The First Fleet left on 13th May
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Arthur Philip was Governor of the colony
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Two more fleets arrived
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First free colonists arrived
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Huge growth in population, poverty and crime
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Governor Lachlan Maquarie arrived. Construction of roads and buildings began
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Australia wholly divided into six colonies