Why Did Women in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake Bear Fewer Children

question 53

Multiple Choice

Why did women in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake bear fewer children on the average than their English counterparts?

• A) Higher death rates and an imbalance in the number of men and women in the Chesapeake meant smaller families.
• B) Abortion was more readily available in the Chesapeake.
• C) Women in the Chesapeake were more conscious of family planning.
• D) A lower percentage of Chesapeake women married.

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