tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746468652435913462.post6895518101176815771..comments2023-09-20T09:39:24.282-04:00Comments on Spirit in the Wild Wood: Christian Diversity, Part 2dedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04110715735805987539noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746468652435913462.post-90275257311810989722011-05-24T20:18:04.359-04:002011-05-24T20:18:04.359-04:00Actually, there was a capitalist component in Plym...Actually, there was a capitalist component in Plymouth, as well. The Pilgrims did not have the money to make the trip on their own, so they worked out a deal with some financial backers to pay for shipping them over. The backers did not do all that well on the deal, and eventually sold their ownership interest to the colonists.<br /><br />The later Puritan colony in Massachusetts Bay was better financed, better organized, and better run. They also had a "joint stock company" as corporations were called back then, but someone neglected to state in the charter where the corporation would have its annual meetings. The King, who issued the charter, assumed it would meet in London. The Puritans took advantage of the oversight, and moved the entire corporation, lock, stock and barrel, to Massachusetts.postmodern redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279009105618761553noreply@blogger.com