Author Question: Which of these is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers? ... (Read 47 times)

notis · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Which of these is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers?

a. It was ten years shorter for these Chesapeake colonists than it had been in England.
b. Many of the early male settlers died soon after arriving in the Chesapeake.
c. Half of those born in early Virginia and Maryland did not live past age twenty.
d. The population grew rapidly due to new male immigrants.
e. Half of the male settlers made it to age 50; half the female settlers to age 40.

Question 2

During an 1837 Canadian rebellion against Britain

a. the United States stayed neutral in word and action.
b. the United States imprisoned several American violators of neutrality.
c. America was unlawfully invaded by the British.
d. Canada warned the United States to stay out of the conflict.
e. the U.S. government plotted to annex Canada.