HASS REFLECTION

Which event occurred last?

• They arrived at Sydney Cove

• The fleet stopped at Rio de Jeneiro to collect fresh fruit and new clothing

• They fleet arrived at Botany Bay, decided it was unsuitable and went to New South Wales

• The fleet was in the middle of the Indian Ocean

Which year did the convicts begin their travel from Portsmouth, England?

• 1788

• 1797

• 1787

• 1777

Which statement is a fact?

• the ships had rats and fleas

• the ships were disgusting

• the ships had zero food

• the ships were overcrowded

Their tools were weak and kept breaking due to the trees being so hard.

What was the effect of this?

• they had no food

• they were unskilled

• their tools broke

• the trees were too hard

Problem:

750 sick and hungry people arrived in the colony

Solution: ??

• Colonists hunted native animals for food and fished in the harbour

• Colonists searched for edible local plants to overcome scurvy.

• The Justinian, a ship from the Second Fleet, arrived with new equipment in 1790

• Hard-working convicts were released for good behaviour and given farm land to produce food.

Which statement is an opinion?

• the ships had rats and fleas

• the ships were disgusting

• the convicts ate rations

• there were 775 convicts on the ships

Choose the things that stayed the same for the convicts when they got to Australia:

• They had the same clothes, it was still cold and they still had no freedom

• They still ate rations and it was still May

• They had the same names, it was still 1787 and they had the same clothes

• They had the same clothes, they still had no freedom and they still had to eat rations

What was an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• More people moved to the countryside

• Less people were sick

• The cities and towns became overcrowded

• James Cook returned from his journey

Name the prison ships that criminals were placed in due to overcrowding:

• Prison ships

• Hulls

• Hulks

• Poorhouses

What was an effect of the American War of Independence?

• More people moved to the America

• Christopher Columbus was happy

• England couldn’t send its convicts to America anymore

• The Industrial Revolution began