It’s a common mistake. Columbus discovered Haiti and the Bahamas but not what is now the United States. Columbus led an expedition whose intent was to circumnavigate the globe he ran into problems. One of his three ships had to be scuttled and the other two sailed back to Spain with their original crews. That was his first 1492 expedition.
The Mayflower is the ship that landed in Plymouth and primarily it’s crew and passengers were British and English speaking (Thank God…as you can guess where the current immigration debate would be if they primarily spoke Spanish).
Anyhoo, most of America’s first settlers were indentured servants from primarily White European families because that was the only way they could afford to pay for passage. Socially what happened is the indentured servitude contracts became more and more expensive and thats how we got into the slave trade with Africans. They were cheaper and their costs could be more easily controlled via an almost unlimited supply and most favorably they did not have contracts which stipulated a fixed date on when the debt would be paid in full and they would be set free.
Since most toll bridges and tunnels are operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, I would assume that PATH is the recipient of any subsidy.
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The Mayflower is the ship that landed in Plymouth and primarily it’s crew and passengers were British and English speaking (Thank God…as you can guess where the current immigration debate would be if they primarily spoke Spanish).
Hmmmm. Nope. I can’t guess where the current immigration debate would be if they spoke Spanish. Nor can I imagine why I should thank God for that.
Would you care to elaborate?
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He is probably unaware that a major debate took place in the Continental Congress regarding the choice of English or German as the national language.
There are many toll crossings in the New York area that do not involve passing between New York and New Jersey. The old Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (remember the infamous Robert Moses?) is now rolled into MTA Bridges and Tunnels … does that MTA ring a bell, Chicagoans? … which handles those crossings. Here is one listing of current tolls, which also shows which bridges and tunnels are involved: