By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because
A. landowners in the southern colonies became less capable of paying indentured servant wages.
B. of worsening economic conditions in England.
C. colonial parliaments passed laws improving the status of indentured servants.
D. the English government had come to discourage the practice of indenture.
E. of a declining birthrate in England.
E
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What will be an ideal response?
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