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Subject: Re: Why do Americans not travel more internationally ? Posted on: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:55:19 EST

Dave Smith wrote:

> What point was it that I missed? I acknowledged that there were earlier
> attempts to colonize for profit. They failed. Many of the settlers
> perished, and the rest packed up and returned to England. The Puritans
> set up the first permanent settlement.

You don't consider the Virginia settlement permanent? Why not? It
ultimately produced Williamsburg and various other places nearby.

And no, not ALL "the settlers perished [or] returned to England." They
just moved inland a little, with excellent results.