And the Superpower of the time had a prison colony running on a far away island. True, the prisoners had had a fair a trial as you could expect at the time, and were actually subjects of the British crown, rather than forigners*

Botany Bay, 1788.
( ie Australia)




*Forigners fighting the British, and those most serious of criminals, ie those stealing more than 6 sheep wouldn't be transported, just hung where they were...