Jamestown was the first successful English colony in North America, established in Virginia in 1607. It was not an example of political and economic equality among men and women, and slavery was eventually introduced and became a significant part of the colony's economy. It was also not a Puritan colony, as the Puritans established their own colonies in New England.

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Jamestown was the

A) Best example of complete political and economic equality among men and women in the colonies.
B) First successful English colony in North America.
C) One colony where slavery would have been tolerated.
D) Only Puritan colony established in the seventeenth century.

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