Yaaaaaaaa - like Plymouth Plantation was founded because of "market forces".
Someone give this clown pages 1 - 10 of an american history book.
Of course it was. Below are some paragraphs from Wiki that you can all find easily. They clearly show that the pressures in England that caused the group to want to move were market forces. It is clearly shown that the method of their trip was influenced by market forces. It is clearly shown that the financing and governance of the group in the new world was driven by - market forces. Underlines and parenthesis added.
"Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth or The Old Colony) was an English colonial
venture in North America from 1620 until 1691.
Plymouth Colony was founded by a group of people who later came to be known as the "Pilgrims". The core group—roughly 40% of the adults and 56% of the family groupings[1]—was part of a congregation of religious
separatists (a political movement driven by market forces) led by pastor John Robinson, church elder William Brewster, and William Bradford. While still in the town of Scrooby in Nottinghamshire, England, the congregation began to feel the
pressures of religious persecution (market forces). During the Hampton Court Conference,
King James I had declared the Puritans and Protestant Separatists to be undesirable (market forces) and, in 1607 the Bishop of York
raided homes (market forces) and
imprisoned several members of the congregation.[2][3] The congregation
thus left England and emigrated to the Netherlands, first to Amsterdam and then to Leiden, in 1609.[4]
[In England] The Separatists had long been controversial. Under the 1559 Act of Uniformity, it was illegal not to attend official Church of England services, with a
fine of 12d (£.05; 2005 equivalent: about £5)[3] for each missed Sunday and holy day (market forces). The penalties for conducting unofficial services included imprisonment and
larger fines. (market forces)
The Separatists met in secret, fearing
persecution (market forces)for their beliefs. In 1607, many of the group decided to move to the Netherlands, a country that was far more accepting of unorthodox religious beliefs. But, twelve years later, the
economic situation of the group, who had settled in Leyden, was bleak. (market forces) The decision was made to move on.
In June 1619, the Pilgrims
obtained a land patent from the London Virginia Company, (a market force) allowing them to settle at the mouth of the Hudson River. They then
sought financing through the Merchant Adventurers, a group of
Puritan businessmen (a market force) who viewed colonization as a means of both spreading their religion
and making a profit (market forces). Upon arriving in America, the Pilgrims began
working to repay their debts.[6] (market forces)
Using the
financing secured from the Merchant Adventurers, the Pilgrims bought provisions and obtained passage on two ships, the Mayflower and the Speedwell. Though they had intended to leave early in 1620, difficulties in
dealing with the Merchant Adventurers (market forces), including several changes in plans for the voyage and in
financing, resulted in a delay of several months. The Pilgrims finally boarded the Speedwell in July 1620 from the Dutch port of Delfshaven.[7]
Among the passengers to join the group in Southampton were several Pilgrims including William Brewster, who had been in hiding for the better part of a year, and a group of passengers known to the Pilgrims as "The Strangers". This group was largely made up of passengers
recruited by the Merchant Adventurers to provide governance for the colony (market forces) as well as additional hands to work for the colony's ventures. Among the Strangers were Myles Standish, who would be the colony's military leader, Christopher Martin, who had been
designated by the Merchant Adventurers to act as Governor for the duration of the trans-Atlantic trip, and Stephen Hopkins, a veteran of a failed colonial venture that may have been the inspiration for Shakespeare's The Tempest.[8]"
