They didn't create the settlements because D.<span>They didn't think the land was suitable for settlement.
The land in Australia is not suitable to grow cotton (which is a hot commodity back then) and it also possess a large number of dangerous animals that turned potential settlers away from the region. It also separated from popular trading routes in that period.</span>
It was near water, it had high ground, and it was just so happened that they landed there, sorta by chance
A group that wanted to end slavery was the Abolitionist movement of the late 1700s and early 1800.
It was an effort in the USA that promoted the belief that all men are created equal. With time the abolitionists grew bold in their demands while slave owners resisted and became entrenched in opposing the abolitionists, a situation that fuelled regional divisiveness that ultimately resulted in the American civil war.
The abolitionist kept pressing the Lincoln administration to end slavery and in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was made.
There was an ongoing impeachment process against Richard Nixon.
Chileans celebrate their independence on the 18th of September. Their road to independence from Spain started on that date in 1810. Although they would have to fight for eight more years to earn their total freedom, Chile celebrates the 18th of 1810 with great fanfare.
