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Starvation was a regular occurrence in 17th-18th century Europe, but after the first few hard winters we rarely hear of starvation in the England's 13 colonies. Is population density enough to explain this, or was it more about societal and economic structure?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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