Regarding the regional distribution of population, (a) New England as

Regarding the regional distribution of population,

(a) New England as a whole continued to increase in its population base faster than the Middle Colonies throughout the colonial period.
(b) Virginia had the smallest population of any colony at the time of the Revolution.
(c) at the end of the colonial period, nearly half the total colonial population resided in the five Southern colonies.
(d) the distribution remained firmly concentrated in what is now called the thirteen original colonies.

ANSWER

(c)