"Similarly, the sex ratio of the New England emigrant group resembled that of England's population. If women were . . . scarce in the Chesapeake . . . they were comparatively abundant in the northern colonies. In the second decade of Virginia's settlement, there were four or five men for each woman; by the end of the century, there were still about three men for every two women. Among the emigrants [in New England], however, nearly half were women and girls. Such a high proportion of females in the population assured the young men of New England greater success than their southern counterparts in finding spouses."This paragraph of the excerpt makes which of the following claims about the populations of men and women in the colonies?A) New England settlers included more young men than Chesapeake settlers did.B) Emigrants to New England were predominantly unmarried women.C) The populations of men and women in New England were roughly equal from the time of its founding.D) The population of the Chesapeake achieved a balanced sex ratio more quickly than New England did.

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