Which is the best interpretation of historian Davis Eltis's statement: "In terms of immigration alone . . . America was an extension of Africa rather than Europe until the late nineteenth century"?
A) The colonists set up communities in the New World that were much closer to the communities of Africa than to those of Europe.
B) Many European colonists gave up the traditional ways of their homelands, while people brought to America from Africa retained most of their traditions.
C) The new colonies were governed in ways that were unlike any kind of European government and more like African governments.
D) Africans were not the largest group to immigrate to America, but they had the greatest influence on the new colonies.
E) More Africans than Europeans came to North America in the early years of colonization.
Answer: E
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