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

Choose all answers that are correct.

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

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

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

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

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Answer: B and D

Explanation: i took the test!

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User DmitrySandalov
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"B. The winter after Captain John Smith returned to England was a period of suffering known as "the starving time." and "The first permanent English settlement in Virginia was established with the hope of finding gold" are both accurate, although of course gold was never found.
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