In 1740, with the population of the British colonies reaching one million, Louisiana contained only _____ French people
A. 12,000
B. 8,000
C. 7,000
D, 4,000
E. 3,000
E. 3,000 (By 1746, the population of French colonial Louisiana had shrunk to approximately 3,200 whites and 4,730 blacks, due primarily to the return of many settlers to France, the low number of new European immigrants, the near cessation of the importation of African slaves, and low levels of reproduction among both European and African populations.)
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