Which of the following statements is true? Select one: a. Both men and women settled in equal numbers in Jamestown at the beginning of the settlement. b. Though there were more men than women, the initial Jamestown settlement had a fair number of women. c. Only one woman accompanied the initial Jamestown settlers. d. No woman accompanied the initial Jamestown settlers.
@Bballplayer48 : i chose b & it was incorrect ...
For this one?
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A. Because they need to have a fair amount of both to expand and populate the area.
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Yep A In August of 1609, about twenty women arrived on ships sent by the Virginia Company of London. One hundred more women arrived a few months later. Many of the female passengers on the first ships were traveling with their husbands and families. All were recruited by the Virginia Company, a land-development, stock-issuing corporation based in London.
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