The English Colonial Settlements in the Caribbean

question 106

Multiple Choice

The English colonial settlements in the Caribbean

• A) concluded it was cheaper to buy new African slaves than to protect those they owned.
• B) developed their settlements along the same lines as those of the Chesapeake.
• C) developed significant economic success through the production of tobacco.
• D) had a smaller percentage of slaves than that held by the North American colonies.
• E) were forced to deal with larger native populations than settlements on the mainland.

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