Why did women in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake bear fewer children on the average than their English counterparts?
A. Marriages in the Chesapeake were broken more often by death.
B. Abortion was more readily available in the Chesapeake.
C. Women in the Chesapeake were more conscious of family planning.
D. A lower percentage of Chesapeake women married.
Answer: A
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