What we find is that very few Africans come to Virginia in the colony's first half century. People of African descent made up no
more than 5% of the population at any time during those years."—James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle How does the second half century of the Virginia colony compare to the first? (5 points)
1) The exponential increase of free African people led white settlers to ally with native peoples in an attack.
2) The import of enslaved Africans increased, leading to laws that resolved challenges to English views on slavery.
3) The percentage of Africans decreased until late in the century when tax laws encouraging slavery were introduced.
4) The growth of indentured servitude led to flat growth in African slavery, so the percentage of African people fell.
These people believed our way of life was superior to the way of living in other countries. Another reason why we pursued a policy of imperialism was because we wanted to be viewed as a world power. ... We didn't have these colonies and felt we needed them to be viewed as a strong country.
