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Selling the American colonies

By thorgal on Jun 30, 2007 | In Trivia

Public relation methods were used to sell to Englishmen the idea of settling in the American colonies.

In 1605, George Waymouth, commander of a trading voyage to the Maine coast, returned to Dartmouth with a valuable cargo of furs and five captive Indian maids. The girls learned the English language and adopted English dress and habits, including a taste for beer. They made numerous public appearances, extolling their native land as a veritable paradise.

They were a sensation

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