Which of These Is NOT a True Statement About Life

question 75

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers?  

• A) It was ten years shorter for these Chesapeake colonists than it had been in England.
• B) Many of the early male settlers died soon after arriving in the Chesapeake.
• C) Half of those born in early Virginia and Maryland did not live past age twenty.
• D) The population grew rapidly due to new male immigrants.
• E) Half of the male settlers made it to age 50; half the female settlers to age 40.

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