Question

questions 1 through 4 refer to the following. \while the contours of the english class structure were lost in transit across the atlantic and gradually replaced by new ones, the ideology of female subordination... was transported intact and easily replanted in colonial soil.\ \it is tempting to debate the relative advantages of chesapeake women, who seemed to profit from their low numbers, and new england women, with their longer life expectancy and greater chance of stable family life. but... the contrast between these two modes of seventeenth - century settlement obscure the commonality of female experience throughout the colonies. north or south, immigrant or native - born, virtually all white women in the english colonies married. consequently much of a womans life would be spent as the mistress of a family unit on a family farm.\ \in the colonies, where the family survived as an agent of settlement and a source of population,... domestic order was especially crucial. accordingly, colonial authorities frequently reiterated the principle of male authority and wifely submission.\ nancy woloch, historian, women and the american experience, 1984. 4 which of the following demographic patterns most directly contributed to the difference between women in the chesapeake colonies and women in the new england colonies as described in the second paragraph of the excerpt? a former indentured servants in the chesapeake were typically unable to marry because they could not acquire land and support a family. b more women chose to immigrate to new england than to the chesapeake because new england was safer and life expectancy was longer. c young, single men tended to immigrate to the chesapeake, whereas families tended to immigrate to new england. d the greater number of women than men in new england forced women to move to frontier settlements in search of husbands.

Explanation:

The demographic pattern of young, single men migrating to the Chesapeake and families migrating to New - England would directly impact the social and family - related experiences of women in these regions. In the Chesapeake, with more single men, family structures and women's roles might be different compared to New England where family - based migration led to more stable family lives for women.

Answer:

C. Young, single men tended to immigrate to the Chesapeake, whereas families tended to immigrate to New England.