Which factor best explains the trend in colonial population shown in the chart between 1650 and 1770?
- A
Mass relocation of colonists from the Caribbean to the mainland
- B
Government-funded settlement programs sponsored by Parliament
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High birth rates combined with sustained immigration from Europe and Africa
- D
Continuous large-scale Native American conversion to Christianity
Explanation
Mainland British colonies experienced extraordinarily high natural increase plus voluntary European immigration and forced African importation, producing the steep growth shown.