Early Colonial Population Statistics for Virginia and Maryland Reveal That

question 112

Multiple Choice

Early colonial population statistics for Virginia and Maryland reveal that

• A)men outnumbered women by a ratio of thirty to one.
• B)most men married for the first time in their late teens.
• C)most men lived to age 45,while most women died before the age of 40.
• D)life expectancy in the colonies was higher than in England.
• E)their colonists lived longer than those in the northern colonies.

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