Passage Summary: England's North American colonies in the 17th century. Newcomers underwent "seasoning", a period of illness. Would cause fever and ague (shivers, fever). Once over this threshold, settlers were at risk of contracting malaria (disease spread by mosquitos). Though seldom fatal itself, malaria could so debilitate (cause to be weak) it's victims that they often died of dysentery (inflammation of intestines). Passage Question: The passage above best describes which of the following parts of England's North American colonies?

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