Why did the population of New England rise in the seventeenth century?

A) Better overall health resulted in longer-lived people.
B) Puritans families tended to have many children.
C) Couples in New England married younger and tended to have more children.
D) Many more immigrants came to New England than to the other colonies.
E) Colonists from the southern colonies moved to New England in large numbers.


Answer: A

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