In the seventeenth century, white women in the colonial Chesapeake

A. bore an average of four children apiece.
B. generally married later than in England.
C. averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage.
D. generally had a longer life expectancy than their husbands.
E. rarely engaged in premarital sex.


Answer: C

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