What Was a Contributing Factor in the Virginia Company's Importation

Multiple Choice

What was a contributing factor in the Virginia Company's importation of 150 "tobacco brides" to Jamestown in 1620 and 1621?

A) The settlers in the Chesapeake colonies were mostly male, so there was a lack of available spouses.
B) There was a growing need for domestic servants on Chesapeake farms.
C) Virginia's Puritan leadership hoped the addition of women would produce more marriages.
D) Leaders wanted to prevent a preponderance of mixed-race children in the colony.