In What Way Might the Transporting of British Prisoners to Australia

question 48

Multiple Choice

In what way might the transporting of British prisoners to Australia be considered an Enlightenment concept?

• A) Once their terms of incarceration were completed, all residents in Australia were to have equal rights to life, liberty, and property.
• B) The costs of incarceration in Britain would go down according to free market principles.
• C) Civilized British society would not be undermined by uncivilized populations.
• D) Transportation was a more enlightened form of punishment than hanging.

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