Or it results in the run-down no-investment nationalized industries of europe in the 70s.
Look at airports that are owned by the municipality, they have no construction, no investment - because that would look like a deficit.
Then look at commercial airports that can borrow money. Or compare AMTRAK to a commercial airline.
Not building new water treatment plants, or new transport links or new hospitals but just spending money patching up the old responsible zero deficit?
Now imagine a corporation whose plans were to spend no money on sales, expansion, R+D etc what would it's share price do?
No - they were mostly just housing suburbs.
That brings in income from fees when the houses are built - but you have roads, sewer/water, schools, hospitals to fund forever.
That's fine as long as the people living in those houses are tax-profitable middle class dual income. As soon as they aren't you have just built a 500,000 person slum to fund.
Knowing that it was half a century after the reformation but before the English civil war, yet after the establishment of other colonies is important.
Knowing that it was 1620 rather than 1619/1621 isn't important - but that's all you are tested on. Treating it as maths where being 1year out is completely wrong is stupid.
Teacher> What did the Vikings come in?
Student>Ships miss?
Teacher>Wrong
Student>Long boats?
Teacher>No they came in hoards, that's what it says in the book