There has been throughout the history of Australia, New Zealand, and America over the years, but they have some in common as well throughout their histories. Some examples that show their similarities are; the British colonization, the gold rush, and independence. But there are some difference like why the British colonize some land, such as the United States and New Zealand and Turned Australia into a prison for convicts.

One of the many similarities is our fight with Britain to gain our independence which took place in 1783 when the peace treaty was ratified. As seen on the other two timelines Britain was at war with Australia and claim Australia in 1778 just five years after the US received their independence. It took a few more years before Britain gained power in New Zealand around 1840.

However, the difference between the settlements of the countries are as follows. People chose to leave England for America to create a new country due to religious reasons and prosecutable. The Australia settlement however, was formed with convicts from England. Due to over crowding and few jails England felt the land was unsuitable and not civilized therefore was a perfect place to send 162,000 convicts to work the land. New Zealand was discovered by Captain Cook who brought muskets to the Maori people who decided it was easier to use this form of weapon to combat unfriendly tribes. The French at the time was also trying to establish land usage so England expedited a treaty with the Maori people who gave away their land to the English for protection.

As you look over the timelines of the three countries their is even more similarities such as the gold rush in the US, the gold rush took place in the 1848 in California which caused mass amount of people to migrate to the west coast to seek fortune. New Zealand's had their own gold rush in 1861 while Australia was in 1850. There was a common thread between the three gold rushes a man named Gabriel Read who lived from 1824 - 1894 had prospected all three sites for gold. Gabriel Read was originally from Australia.

All three countries during the 1900’s all become self governing with democracy as they way to govern their countries. While two of the countries have gained their independence from the British Empire. The United States of course had done this back in the 1783 while New Zealand finally gains theirs in 1947. Australia has only the British Monarch more as a symbolic gesture than as governmental identity as stated before all three countries us a democracy system for governing.

While the United States has apologized to the Native American for taking their land so has the Australian Parliament has had to apologize to the Aboriginal people who first lived in Australia before the convicts had first arrived. The timelines have so many similarities as well as differences through out the history of the world, these are only a few of a vast and rich history of all three countries.

http://www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html

http://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/the-first-fleet

http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/1stfleet.html List of the first set of convicts from England in 1788

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/read-gabriel/1

Gabriel’s Gully during the height of the gold rush in 1862 in New Zealand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Otago_Gold_Rush

http://www.fotopedia.com/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Tasmania

Port Arthur Tasmania where convicts were first placed when they arrived which eventually became a town.