3 ms·
The motive for settling the colonies in New England was emphatically not to make money.
by hollerith 1y ago
The motive for settling the colonies in New England was emphatically not to make money.
- echelon_musk 1y agoHow about the Caribbean?
- bilbo0s 1y agoName the Caribbean nations that were the "winners"?
- echelon_musk 1y agoYou've missed my point entirely.
- MangoToupe 1y agoThat really depends on the time period. The puritanical core of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was certainly replaced by commercial/trade interests long before their war with the crown.
- dragonwriter 1y agoThe idea that the Spanish and Portuguese colonial effort wasn't droven by economic gain above all else is also beyond silly.