As New England fathers ran out of farmland to provide for their sons,
a. younger sons left their families behind to seek their fortunes further west.
b. they began to invest in the carrying trade and banking houses of new England's urban centers.
c. rivalries between sons over the limited resources turned increasingly fierce.
d. the bolder sons ventured south to try their hand on tobacco and sugar plantations.
ANSWER: a
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