• stella@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      It's easy to get confused because a lot of people who left England did so because they had no other prospects or no other choice, in the case of criminals or financial delinquents.

      Reading up on the founding of the US is a doozy. Essentially, all the rejects of England sailed to the 'New World' because there was more opportunity for them there than at home.

      The ones who had it good stayed in England.