Where Were Families Both Few and Fragile Due to High

question 93

Multiple Choice

Where were families both few and fragile due to high death rates in the seventeenth century colonies?

• A) New England
• B) the Chesapeake colonies
• C) the middle colonies
• D) Georgia
• E) Florida

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