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After the selecting of the site came the settling. Organising and equipping a party to settle a colony in a part of the world that had been seen once some 15 years previously meant a lot of planning and preparation had to be done. Aside from getting there, the British had the question of exactly who they would take as first settlers. One suggestion was to send American colonists who had stayed loyal to Britain in the American War of Independence. In the end, they went with convicted criminals (for reasons explained in the preceding section). Exactly what sort of people these convicted criminals were, however, is another matter.