Few Americans realize that “Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” created an economic miracle.
By 1750 the Colonies had the highest standard of living in the world and the highest per capita income in the world.
This would be the case for more than 200 years, when some of the wealthiest European countries finally caught up to us.
Since 1648 everybody in the Colonies ate meat every day ~ not just the Indians. The great plague in the winter before had been a total disaster for them and they had to turn to commercial meat hunting for white customers.
The rest of the world wasn't like that. Still isn't.