What Ironic Consequence Did William Penn's Generous Policies,such as Religious

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Multiple Choice

What ironic consequence did William Penn's generous policies,such as religious toleration and inexpensive land,have?

• A) They contributed to the increasing reliance of Virginia and Maryland on African slave labor.
• B) Now that Pennsylvania attracted so many settlers,Carolina was desperate for laborers and began a vast Indian slave trade.
• C) They actually discouraged suspicious Europeans from choosing Pennsylvania as a place to settle.
• D) They led the Puritan authorities in Massachusetts to adopt religious toleration in order to compete with Pennsylvania for colonists.
• E) They encouraged poor residents of New York and New Jersey to move to Pennsylvania in such numbers that Penn repealed his policies within a decade.

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