The Old Church Tyranny was much like the BioTech Tyranny of Today: Shifting religious beliefs and rising commerce was accompanied by a decline in demand for religious uniformity – a step away from the belief, prevalent in the Middle Ages, that those with views different from their own were evil. http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h29-fr.htm In the 1700s England had an agricultural output that was "at least twice that of any other European country …” So what happened? Why did everyone flee for America ? Class and power abuse, just like the 1% in USA now Class privilege remained, with most men unqualified to vote because of a land qualification law. A few owned much of the country's agricultural land. Some others owned small farms. Some people rented land from the big landowners, giving the landowner a share of the wealth they produced. The king of England still exercised executive powers. His ministers gained powers in the 1700s,
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