What it says on the tin. The Mayflower sails west, ends up alongside Long Island instead of Cape Cod. They sail west and eventually set up shop on Manhattan Island, founding the ATL Plymouth there.
Results?
Results?
Well they have the awkward problem of having to deal with the Dutch already there. The Dutch had been settling there since 1609.
I believe they didn't realy mind being ruled by the Dutch (since the Dutch government more or less left them alone), but they did mind being culturaly (and religiously) influenced by the Dutch (apparently they realy disliked thefact that their children were more Dutch than English). So I think a deal could be made with the Dutch rulers (we go live overthere and you leave us mostly alone and we don't do anything that bothers you, etc). The Dutch political structure is very suited for autonomous areas. All provinces were more or less independent in many ways. That said, the rulers in the New Netherlands weren't the Dutch, but the WIC (the Dutch west Indies Company) and they were a bit less accomodating than the Dutch republic was. So I can imagine that the Pilgrims get fed up by the WIC (kind of like the citizens of New Amsterdam were), they go complain with the Estate -General in the Netherlands (like the citizens of New Amsterdam did) and gain some kind of independence from the WIC, while still remaining connected to the Dutch republic (like theplan was with New Amsterdam until theAnglo-Dutch wars happened). So Pilgrim land could turn into a generality land, or maybe some variant of Drenthe.No full province, but with a lot of autonomy.They thought they got away from the Dutch the first time, but it seems destiny had other plans!![]()
Well they have the awkward problem of having to deal with the Dutch already there. The Dutch had been settling there since 1609.
Well they have the awkward problem of having to deal with the Dutch already there. The Dutch had been settling there since 1609.