An American was the scriptwriter for The Beguiled.
Penal transportation or simply Transportation refers to the banishment of convicted criminals , or other persons regarded as undesirable , to a distant colony `` beyond the seas '' for a certain term ; later , specifically established penal colonies became their destination .. penal colonies. penal colony. England transported its convicts , political prisoners as well as prisoners of war from Scotland and Ireland to its overseas colonies in the Americas from the 1610s until early in the American Revolution in 1776 , when transportation to America was temporarily suspended by the Criminal Law Act 1776 -LRB- 16 Geo .. Scotland. Scotland. Ireland. Ireland. its overseas colonies in the Americas. British America. American Revolution. American Revolution. 3 c. 43 -RRB- .. The practice would become mandated for use in Scotland consequent to an act in 1785 , but remained used less than in England .. Scotland. Scotland. Transportation on a large scale would resume with the departure of the First Fleet to Australia in 1787 , and continue there until 1868 .. First Fleet. First Fleet. Australia. Australia. until 1868. History of Australia#Colonisation. France also transported convicts to Devil 's Island and New Caledonia , but their usage both started and ended at later times .. New Caledonia. New Caledonia. Most of this article deals with transportation from Great Britain .