By the End of the 1700s, What Was the Percentage

question 79

Multiple Choice

By the end of the 1700s, what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of colonial America?

• A) 25 percent
• B) 40 percent
• C) 60 percent
• D) 75 percent
• E) 90 percent

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