One of our original colonies was mostly populated with English convicts as well. Not to mention the one founded by the Quakers. And the one founded by the businessmen for mostly financial reasons. So, really, we pretty much ran the gamut all along the line from various religions to financial to being forced to go there in the first place.
I fail to see why you’re picking Massachusetts out specifically and claiming that’s both an influential group and one of the reasons we have problems today. You’re just as well off to pick out Florida and blaming the hot blooded Spanish for our woes or say the free-wheeling French and their den of vice known as Louisiana are responsible for the revenge porn business.
