The Half-Way Covenant Reflected

question 29

Multiple Choice

The Half-Way Covenant reflected

• A)a decline in religious zeal and a way to keep political power in the hands of Puritans.
• B)a balance in the Bay Colony's sex ratio where women outnumbered men by 3 to 1.
• C)the growing political power of Puritan men who passed offices to their offspring.
• D)economic decline in the Bay Colony due to Indian wars.

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