Population growth in seventeenth-century Virginia and Maryland was retarded by __________
A) many young women who chose to remain single to ensure their property rights
B) low birth rates in both colonies
C) the kidnapping of many women and children by local Indians
D) a high life expectancy rate for women but not for men
E) a gender ratio that was seriously unbalanced
Answer: E
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