Question

Which are accurate descriptions of the English colonies in North America?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
The first permanent English settlement in Virginia was established with the hope of finding gold.

B.
Unlike farmers in other colonies, Virginia planters refused to use African labor to help cultivate their crops.

C.
Settlers in the Plymouth colony were upper class English who refused to do hard physical labor.

D.
The winter after Captain John Smith returned to England was a period of suffering known as "the starving time."