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Thanksgiving and Puritan Geopolitics in the Americas

Evan Rees

Asia-Pacific Analyst, Stratfor

Nov 24, 2017 | 13:31 GMT

The painting "Desembarco de los Puritanos en America," or "The Arrival of the Pilgrims in America," by Antonio Gisbert shows Puritans landing in America in 1620.

By Antonio Gisbert (1834-1902) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

On Thanksgiving, the United States celebrates the Plymouth Colony. However, few know that New England's colonization was a response to major geopolitical pressures -- particularly England's struggle against the Spanish both on the Continent and in the New World....

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