Why Did Class Tensions in the Chesapeake Region Lessen After

question 74

Multiple Choice

Why did class tensions in the Chesapeake region lessen after 1690?

• A) More land became available to small farmers.
• B) The rise in tobacco prices allowed small farmers a better standard of living.
• C) Poor whites shared a common racial identity as free people with upper-class whites which differentiated them from unfree non-whites.
• D) An influx of Native Americans solved the labor shortage.
• E) Poor whites shared a common interest with upper-class whites in maintaining social control over Native Americans.

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