Why Did Class Tensions in the Chesapeake Region Lessen After

Multiple Choice

Why did class tensions in the Chesapeake region lessen after 1690?

A) More land became available to small farmers.
B) The rise in tobacco prices allowed small farmers a better standard of living.
C) Poor whites shared a common racial identity as free people with upper-class whites which differentiated them from unfree non-whites.
D) An influx of Native Americans solved the labor shortage.
E) Poor whites shared a common interest with upper-class whites in maintaining social control over Native Americans.