I completely agree with the main thesis of her essay, but she has a huge historical error in the ending. Capt. John Smith did not correct the Pilgrims failed communal economic system! Smith’s venture in Virginia was almost a whole decade prior to the Pilgrim’s landing. Furthermore, The Common Storehouse idea was never the Pilgrim’s desire in the first place but was imposed upon them by the “adventurers” who financed the venture to the New World. After it was clear the idea was a failure to the economic prosperity of the colony, the pilgrims were successful in changing the rule by petition to the Governor and his council. For all the details see, PURITAN ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS by Dr. Gary North.
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