Here’s a little trivia about the Pilgrims of Plymouth. The charter they were under from their sponsors called for them to settle further south on lands the sponsors were granted by the crown. The Pilgrims had trouble getting around the shoals off Nantucket and turned north to land in Plymouth. By founding their settlement outside the land grant they were no longer legally-bound to follow their charter. This allowed the new 1621 governor William Bradford to scrap the whole common wealth property scheme called for in the charter among many other obligations. Bradford assigned people private property tracts and full control of their property. The colony flourished resulting in the first Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a celebration of salvation from a failed socialist state.
“By founding their settlement outside the land grant they were no longer legally-bound to follow their charter.”
Interesting. I was just thinking earlier today how Bradford got out of that part of the contract. IIRC, Bradford and some of the other leaders took on the debt of the colony (that the sponsors had advanced the group). So I was thinking maybe that was how they got out of it. (”Okay - your way won’t work, my bank will pay your $1,000 and we’ll do it my way.”) Perhaps a bit of both?
I really should read more on this time period. They must have had ships coming and going every once in awhile to trade supplies and messages?