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SeanFromQueens t1_iva9lqb wrote

Reply to comment by twoshovels in New Haven 1640 by twoshovels

Like if you were 50+ years old in England, were going to risk the 6 week voyage and all the dangers of settling virgin territory or just sit back and in England and live out your old age in relative certainty of your last days that you won't starve, attacked by wild animals, or killed by Natives who are interloping on their lands?

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twoshovels OP t1_ivbq1h7 wrote

Not to mention, “oh no I’ve cut myself, now I’m going to die “

I mean I guess so. I mean it seems to me @ 50 yrs old your pretty well set in your little routine in life , and to just up & go to what was to them people back then a new world is a Huge life change. Honestly I can’t say I would. Nothing like that exists today and I’m exuding outer space. But back then I guess it was a promise of sorts , untold wealth & Fortune, and land await all in the new world. I suppose if I hated the king, maybe even the king had it out for me, no work, living under the kings army’s rule, hungry all the time? Maybe I would go. Just seems to us here & now a huge gamble.

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