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Tobacco, the source of colonial Virginia's wealth
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Question 980:

Which of the following statements about 17th century colonial Virginia is correct?

       (A) unlike Massachusetts, it had no established church
       (B) it was governed by an appointed governor and governor's council and a House of Burgesses elected by landowners
       (C) by 1640 a great majority of its plantation laborers were African slaves
       (D) the indentured servants' chances of upward social mobility improved in the second half of the 1600s
       (E) conflict with Native Americans was nonexistent


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