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TyVulpine posted...

Zeus posted...

rjsilverthorn posted...

Realistically speaking, almost anyone from the current day would be screwed in the 1700's.

Unless they were paying attention during history class >_> Plus there are a lot of relatively simple inventions you could patent and make a good chunk of money from.

History class wont help much. Your accent would be foreign to them, and they may suspect you of being a British spy based on your knowledge of American government (which may still be governed by the Articles of Confederation, depending on what year you arrive). And your claims of events to come may be viewed as insanity, and get you thrown in the loony bin, which was primitive back then.

While there would likely be something of a language gap, *either* government would only be too happy to have information about specific battles, etc, and they'd easily verified as correct. That said, each intervention will change events slightly so you'd really need to choose when and where to intervene.

More importantly, you don't need to disclose your knowledge of history to take advantage of it -- you'd know who would eventually rise to power so you could try to get in their good graces when they're still relatively young and accessible. Then you could use that information to get into landjobbing and, unlike speculators, you'd know what would eventually become valuable.
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