7. how did virginia’s population numbers change in the last half of the 1600s? a) the population fell due to increased disease and warfare with the native americans. b) the death rate fell, and the population increased more quickly. c) new settlers arrived at a steady rate and the population increased gradually. d) new settlers arrived and replaced those who died from the harsh life and disease, keeping the population fairly stable.

The correct answer is C) New settlers arrived at a steady rate and the population increased gradually.

Virginia’s population numbers changed in the last half of the 1600s due to new settlers arrived at a steady rate and the population increased gradually.

Jamestown was founded in 1607. It was the first inhabited place in the Virginia colony. Two years later, John Smith invited the many people that lived in the fort to move to other places. Some people went to Nansemond River, others went to the top of the peninsula and built forts. Little by little, new places started to appear in the territory.

After the tobacco crops sensation made Virginia famous in many places, more people arrived at the colony. John Rolfe planted seeds of tobacco that he brought from the Caribbean island of Trinidad, and the tobacco crops were such as success that were exported to England. People wanted jobs an in that time, the plantations offered work. That is why Virginia’s population numbers changed in the last half of the 1600s due to new settlers arrived at a steady rate and the population increased gradually.

b. the passage of the equal rights amendment  

explanation:

this mean that anything that someone else could do they could do