What Was a Contributing Factor in the Virginia Company's Importation

question 9

Multiple Choice

What was a contributing factor in the Virginia Company's importation of 150 "tobacco brides" to Jamestown in 1620 and 1621?

• A) The settlers in the Chesapeake colonies were mostly male, so there was a lack of available spouses.
• B) There was a growing need for domestic servants on Chesapeake farms.
• C) Virginia's Puritan leadership hoped the addition of women would produce more marriages.
• D) Leaders wanted to prevent a preponderance of mixed-race children in the colony.

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