Most Immigrants to the Chesapeake Colonies in the Seventeenth Century

question 54

Multiple Choice

Most immigrants to the Chesapeake colonies in the seventeenth century came as

• A) indentured servants.
• B) slaves from Africa.
• C) religious dissenters.
• D) urban artisans.
• E) refugees from civil war in Europe.

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