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European diseases decimated indigenous populations before the Pilgrims arrived, leading settlers to incorrectly interpret the abandoned land as evidence of divine providence.

“So all they think is that God has prepared this land for them and it means that they are somehow really really special coming from uh you know a land of it's in economic straits”

Heather Cox Richardson · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 236K views on this topic

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