Timeline for Was the USA colonized by criminals?
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| Jun 11, 2021 at 15:59 | comment | added | phoog | @Shadur those people went to Massachusetts Bay, however, not to Jamestown. | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 7:09 | comment | added | Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI | @GEdgar Ah, no. When they fled from religious persecution in Britain, they settled in the Netherlands, which was notoriously tolerant towards all faiths at the time. However, they found themselves chafing under that same tolerance, because it meant they'd also have to tolerate other faiths. That's when they eventually emigrated to settle America. | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 18:01 | comment | added | JimmyJames | @Beofett Ah. I tend to miss that when things get bumped to the main page and I am distracted. | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 17:56 | comment | added | Beofett | @JimmyJames Good catch. Thank you. I've made a quick edit to correct. If only you had seen this 5 years ago :) | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 17:56 | history | edited | Beofett | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2019 at 17:21 | comment | added | dsollen | regardless of rather or not Jamestown was a founded by those fleeing religious persecution, see JimmyJames comments, the fact is it still would not work as valid proof that the majority, or even a sizeable minority, of America settlers were fleeing religious persecution, as a single town does not equate to anywhere near sufficient population to conclude what the majority of the American settler's motives were. Some separate proof would need to be provided siting larger statistics to prove this claim, which is lacking. | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 17:04 | comment | added | JimmyJames | Jamestown Church: "...with all of the men required to take an oath acknowledging the supremacy of King James and the lack of authority over him by the Pope before they set sail to Virginia." Pretty much the opposite of fleeing religious persecution. | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 16:35 | comment | added | JimmyJames | "Oglethorpe envisioned a colony which would serve as a haven for English subjects who had been imprisoned for debt" when founding Georgia. | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 16:33 | comment | added | JimmyJames | Jamestown was not populated by people fleeing religious persecution. The two sentences from the link you provide: "The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607." Is not connected to the next sentence: "Many of the people who settled in the New World came to escape religious persecution." Jamestown was founded by the [Virginia Company] (a business venture) and was later turned into a royal colony: nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/… | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 15:25 | comment | added | GEdgar | Take this one ... "The colony of Jamestown was largely populated by those fleeing religious persecution". That is, their religious practices were illegal in Britain, so they were criminals. Even though they were not convicts. In England, they were subject to arrest at any time. | |
| Apr 4, 2013 at 19:49 | history | answered | Beofett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |