Population growth in seventeenth-century Virginia and Maryland was ret

Population growth in seventeenth-century Virginia and Maryland was retarded by __________.

a. many young women who chose to remain single to ensure their property rights
b. emigration to Bermuda
c. the kidnapping of many women and children by local Indians
d. a high life expectancy rate for women but not for men
e. a gender ratio that was seriously unbalanced

ANSWER
E