Identify the Statement That Is False

question 99

Multiple Choice

Identify the statement that is false.

• A) In 1700, the Atlantic seaboard colonies contained fewer than 300,000 inhabitants.
• B) In 1700, only about 20,000 inhabitants were blacks.
• C) By 1775, the Atlantic seaboard colonies contained almost 2.5 million inhabitants.
• D) By 1775, the black population rose to over 1 million.
• E) White immigrants in 1775 made up about 400,000 of the inhabitants.

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