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Hi!

What would have been the ramifications if the Plymouth settlements failed in 1620? For the POD, you can consider something along the line of the 1620/21 winter killing off enough of the colonists for the rest to either be assimilated into the Native American culture or die off a la Roanoake.

I can think of a couple offhand.

1. With two out of three colonization attempts failures, the British may get a bit leery of trying to colonize North America. They change their focus to other parts of the New World (perhaps colonizing places which provide resources Jamestown can't), leaving the Jamestown colony where it is. New England probably remains in the hands of the French or Dutch.

2. Less of a Puritan work ethic in American culture.

What do you think?

ACG
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